The rebranded Aston Martin Formula 1 team is set to drop Racing Point’s pink livery, with the squad expected to run in predominantly green colours alongside a new title sponsor. After changing its name to Aston for the start of 2021, the team that started life as Jordan will lose the pink livery associated with
Month: January 2021
Sebastien Loeb has reacted furiously to the speeding penalty given to him after Stage 4 of the 2021 Dakar Rally, saying “there is no room for incompetence or incompetents”. Loeb, the nine-time World Rally Champion, finished fourth on Wednesday’s stage from Wadi-Ad-Dawasir to Riyadh, but received a five-minute penalty for speeding. That relegated him to
Suzuki MotoGP project leader Shinichi Sahara says Davide Brivio’s decision to leave his role as team manager for a switch to Formula 1 with Alpine “was shocking” to him. On Wednesday, Autosport exclusively revealed Brivio would be leaving his role at Suzuki to become CEO of the Alpine F1 team in 2021. On Thursday morning
2:43 AM ET ESPN staff Indian motorcycle racer CS Santosh has a suspected head injury after he suffered a crash on Wednesday in Stage 4 of the 2021 Dakar Rally underway in Saudi Arabia. It is understood that the 37-year-old was conscious when paramedics arrived on the scene and was airlifted to a hospital in
Pierre Gasly says he can remember “every single second” of his shock maiden Formula 1 victory at the Italian Grand Prix after taking time to fully reflect on the result. Gasly took a surprise win for AlphaTauri at Monza in September after a red flag and a penalty for leader Lewis Hamilton shook up the
The planned 2021 IndyCar Series opener on the streets of St Petersburg has been postponed to April amid COVID-19 concerns. IndyCar’s now-traditional season opener in Florida has been pushed back from 7 March to 25 April in the hope of being to accommodate more fans as coronavirus cases in the state continue to rise. Florida
Toyota’s Nasser Al-Attiyah has recorded his third consecutive stage victory of the 2021 Dakar Rally on Wednesday, narrowly beating overall leader Stephane Peterhansel of X-raid Mini. Al-Attiyah and Peterhansel, along with Henk Lategan and Carlos Sainz, made Stage 4 the most openly-contested battle of Dakar so far, with the quartet separated by just a minute
Ueal Eugene ‘Pat’ Patrick, who ran cars at the Indianapolis 500 for quarter of a century and won three times, has died at the age of 91. Patrick, who first entered Indy in 1970, took his first of three trips to Victory Lane in 1973 with his next star driver Gordon Johncock. Three years later,
Davide Brivio, the man who helped lead Suzuki to MotoGP title glory in 2020, has been linked with a shock move to join the rebranded Alpine Formula 1 team. The Italian has earned huge respect in MotoGP, where his recent success with Suzuki has come after a lengthy career that delivered multiple world championships for
Former IndyCar racer Ed Jones will make his sportscar return in this weekend’s Gulf 12 Hour enduro in Bahrain, joining British GT outfit 2Seas Motorsport. The Dubai-born Brit, who finished third in the 2017 Indianapolis 500 but controversially lost out on rookie of the year honours to non-finisher Fernando Alonso, hasn’t raced since the conclusion
Stephane Peterhansel says the Dakar Rally has become “kind of dangerous” in 2021 due to high average speeds witnessed in the deserts of Saudi Arabia. After organiser ASO admitted that some stages in the inaugural Saudi-based Dakar event last year were “very fast”, a new route that is “80-90% new” compared to the previous edition
Kyle Larson has lost his new spotter Chris Monez at Hendrick Motorsports just days after being announced due to controversial social media posts. Larson is gearing up for his return to the NASCAR Cup Series this year after being sacked by Chip Ganassi Racing and suspended by NASCAR last April for using a racial slur
11:33 AM ET Associated Press IndyCar has moved what was supposed to be its season-opening race in St. Petersburg, Florida, to April 25. The race through the downtown city streets had been scheduled to start the new season for a 10th consecutive year on March 7. IndyCar’s season opener will now be held at Barber
Alfa Romeo team boss Fred Vasseur says he’s “not sure that we would have been able to survive” without Formula 1’s cost-saving measures and partial development freeze. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, which also drastically impacted F1’s finances, F1 teams agreed to delay the all-new regulations by a year until 2022, while carrying
Former IndyCar racer Ed Jones will make his sportscar race debut in this weekend’s Gulf 12 Hour enduro in Bahrain, joining British GT outfit 2Seas Motorsport. The Dubai-born Brit, who finished third in the 2017 Indianapolis 500 but controversially lost out on rookie of the year honours to non-finisher Fernando Alonso, hasn’t raced since the
M-Sport will continue its policy of blooding young drivers in the World Rally Championship by adding WRC2 competitor Adrien Fourmaux to its 2021 line-up, alongside Gus Greensmith and Teemu Suninen. Announcing M-Sport’s three-man squad, team principal Richard Millener said the programmes he has drawn up are designed to “bring out the best in each driver”.
McLaren Formula 1 driver Lando Norris has tested positive for COVID-19 and is now self-isolating in Dubai. Norris is currently in the United Arab Emirates on holiday ahead of a planned training camp, but after recognising some symptoms, underwent a test for COVID-19 on Monday. McLaren confirmed in a statement that Norris had tested positive,
Toyota’s Nasser Al-Attiyah nearly halved the deficit to Stephane Peterhansel after claiming a second successive stage victory in Tuesday’s third stage of the Dakar Rally. Three-time winner Al-Attiyah was left on the backfoot when he lost 12 minutes to the leaders in the opening stage on Sunday. After gaining three minutes back in Stage 2,
9:24 AM ET McLaren driver Lando Norris has tested positive for COVID-19 while on holiday in Dubai. The 21-year-old tested positive on Monday ahead of a planned training camp. He will now isolate in his hotel for 14 days, which is in line with local regulations in Dubai. His team confirmed the news on Tuesday,
Williams has announced it will enjoy closer technical ties with Mercedes in Formula 1 from 2022, using more parts designed by its power unit supplier. Williams has been powered by Mercedes since the start of the V6 hybrid era in 2014, but has made all other parts in-house and stressed pride in its independence. But
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Defending Dakar Rally champion Carlos Sainz Sr lost over half an hour on the third stage of the 2021 event due to a navigation problem having got “stuck on a point”. Sainz, who led the opening stage of the 2021 Dakar Rally, suffered a frustrating third day of action by ending it 33m34s off overall
10:37 AM ET Mercedes has expanded its technical relationship with Williams to include the supply of gearboxes and hydraulics from 2022 onward. 1 Related Mercedes has supplied the British team with engines since 2014, but will expand the deal next year to include “certain transferable components”, including the gearbox and related hydraulic components. Formula One’s
Carlos Sainz Jr feels it will be a “tough thing” to make his Ferrari Formula 1 debut with limited testing in its new car, but is relishing the challenge. Sainz has joined Ferrari ahead of the 2021 season after being signed as four-time F1 world champion Sebastian Vettel’s replacement back in May. The Spaniard will
Toyota’s Nasser Al-Attiyah says the 2021 Dakar Rally is one “where we need to attack from day one” due to the “open” nature of the battle for overall victory. First in the prologue on Saturday, Al-Attiyah scored guided his Toyota to victory on Monday’s second stage on the 284-mile run from Bisha to Wadi Ad-Dawasir,
4:32 AM ET Australian Grand Prix organisers and officials are discussing the schedule for the race with Formula One management, a government spokesman said on Tuesday, amid speculation the season-opener will be postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. With Australia maintaining strict quarantine controls on international arrivals, media reports have said the March 21 race
John Hogan, a hugely respected pioneer in Formula 1 sponsorship who was instrumental in brokering Ron Dennis’ McLaren takeover, has died of a COVID-related illness at the age of 76. Hogan was best known for his work with Philip Morris, overseeing deals with McLaren and Ferrari that led to F2 world championship victories for Emerson
7:49 AM ET The Australian Formula One Grand Prix in Melbourne looks set to be rescheduled from its season-opening slot to later in the year due to the COVID-19 pandemic and a tightening of local quarantine rules. Tickets for the March 21 race at Albert Park have yet to go on sale. A Formula One
FIA president Jean Todt has warned that the 2021 Formula 1 campaign will not be like “a normal season” and expects more calendar changes due to COVID-19. F1 faced an unprecedented 2020 season of 17 rounds in Europe and the Middle East due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with a late start in July and an
Nasser Al-Attiyah put Toyota on top in the second stage of the 2021 Dakar Rally on Monday, as Stephane Peterhansel took the overall lead from X-raid Mini team-mate Carlos Sainz. Three-time event winner Sainz started first on the road in the 457km test from Bisha to Wadi Ad-Dawasir following his victory in Stage 1 on