The Canadian was abruptly dropped by Arrow McLaren SP at the end of 2019, leaving him scrambling to find a ride for 2020. Genesys, a “global leader in cloud customer experience and contact center solutions” stepped up to sponsor him in the #29 Andretti Autosport-Honda for three races – at Texas Motor Speedway, the Grand Prix
Month: March 2021
Suzuki test rider Sylvain Guintoli revealed on Saturday that he was already trying a prototype version of the Japanese marque’s 2022 engine at the first Qatar pre-season test last weekend. Engine development for all manufacturers apart from Aprilia is banned for the 2021 season as part of COVID-19 cost-saving measures, with all except Aprilia and
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Speaking on the Rusty’s Garage podcast, Power explained that he met with Chip Ganassi Racing’s IndyCar boss Mike Hull at the end of 2007 to discuss a drive. However the Australian says Hull hinted that he lacked the “Chip Factor” and talks didn’t progress beyond the initial meeting. “We met at Starbucks,” said Power. “I’d
As part of its long-term sustainability efforts, F1 has outlined some key targets that it wants to achieve alongside an effort to become carbon neutral from 2030. These include a vision for F1 events to be rid totally of single-use plastic and to ensure that 100% of all waste is reused, recycled or composted. While
The change, which has been strongly rumoured for most of the off-season, has been introduced for two primary reasons. The first is to reduce accommodation costs for the teams and the series, and the second is to reduce personnel’s potential exposure time while the America is still grappling with the COVID-19 pandemic and awaiting vaccinations
New factory Yamaha signing Fabio Quartararo topped the test outright as he got work evaluating the M1’s new chassis, though wasn’t totally sold on it just yet. Ducati debuted a new aero concept, with Jack Miller going second fastest overall, while Aprilia made encouraging steps forward with its all-new RS-GP after Aleix Espargaro ended the
And despite the hours spent in their windtunnels and on sophisticated CFD modelling, the aerodynamicists won’t be completely confident that they’ve got their sums right until their new machines have completed a decent amount of testing in Bahrain later this week. Teams are always keen to pursue correlation between their real cars and the tunnel,
In just his fourth start since being suspended most of the 2020 Cup Series season, Larson took control of a wild race on Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and cruised to victory in the Pennzoil 400. Larson was fired from his Chip Ganassi Racing #42 team last April for using a racial slur during
Four-time F1 world champion Vettel has joined the rebranded Aston Martin team for 2021 following a difficult final season with Ferrari, replacing Perez. Vettel finished a lowly 13th in the championship for Ferrari, scoring just one podium and barely one-third of team-mate Charles Leclerc’s points total. Recurring errors by Vettel in recent years led to
The double Moto2 world champion returns to factory status as a rider in 2021 after being promoted from Avintia to Pramac aboard full works Ducati machinery. Zarco ended the opening two days of the Qatar pre-season test 0.416 seconds off the pace in sixth on the combined timesheets and was second-fastest Ducati runner. He says
6:18 AM ET Aston Martin will supply Formula One with a safety and medical car for the upcoming season, sharing the responsibility with Mercedes. The British manufacturer has returned to the sport for the first time in over 60 years. Four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel and Lance Stroll will drive for the team. As part
As previously reported by Autosport, Aston Martin – which returns as a manufacturer F1 entrant for the first time in over 60 years – will share the safety and medical car duties with long-time supplier Mercedes this season. Mercedes and Aston Martin have become increasingly close over the past 12 months, having reached deals on
As is typical during the Qatar test, the Losail circuit was sparsely populated in the early part of the session, with KTM test rider Dani Pedrosa setting the early pace at 1m58.290s as one of just four runners on the circuit in the first hour. Pramac’s Johann Zarco rounded out hour two fastest of all
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all official pre-season testing has been confined to the Losail International Circuit and the riders will have just five days of running before the opening two rounds at the circuit. Only KTM and Aprilia have been able to build completely new bikes for 2021, with COVID cost-saving restrictions meaning Ducati,
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Since retiring from racing in 2008, 1993 Indy Lights champion Herta Sr has concentrated on team ownership with his eponymous Bryan Herta Autosport squad famously running Dan Wheldon to victory in the 2011 Indianapolis 500. Herta Sr has been a part-owner and strategist for the #98 Andretti-run car driven in recent seasons by Marco Andretti,
Following a long-running push to introduce some kind of race weekend format change, F1 received “broad support” from teams to stage three sprint races this year to set the grid for the final grand prix. The plan is to run a 100km race in Canada, Italy and Brazil, with qualifying taking still place in its
Vinales ended the day 0.455 seconds off the benchmark pace of his Yamaha team-mate Fabio Quartararo in seventh, but was one of only a few riders to try consistent long runs. The Spaniard’s rhythm was strong, with Vinales – who suffered a small Turn 2 crash on Sunday – able to lap in the low
The six-time MotoGP podium finisher made his debut on the RC213V on Saturday in Qatar, and made a lap time improvement of 1.2 seconds on Sunday to 12th with a 1m54.673s. Espargaro noted on Saturday that both the KTM he rode for four years and the Honda are similar in terms handling – but felt
Palou joins the outfit which claimed the first title of IndyCar’s aeroscreen era with Scott Dixon last year and won five races after a promising rookie season with Dale Coyne Racing that yielded a best finish of third at Road America. The 23-year-old joins six-time champion Dixon and Marcus Ericsson on the team’s full-time roster,
The Canadian missed the Eifel Grand Prix at the Nurburgring due to illness, being replaced at the team then called Racing Point by Nico Hulkenberg. Stroll later revealed he had tested positive for COVID-19, but following a negative test he was able to return to the cockpit for the Portuguese Grand Prix. He struggled on
The current qualifying system was introduced ahead of the 2018/19 season, replacing the lottery method that had been in place previously. As per the new format, the entire field is still grouped on the basis of their championship positions, the top six drivers heading out on track first, with the other groups following them in
The three-time MotoGP race winner made his on-track debut on Saturday at Losail as a factory Yamaha team rider and ended the day down in 15th, having completed the most laps of anyone with 69. The COVID-19 pandemic has meant testing has started later than normal this year, with February’s Sepang test cancelled. Quartararo was
Dixon spoke candidly to Autosport last year about how, despite scoring four wins and his sixth championship, there were several performances that left them either disappointed or bemused, citing the car’s performance with the tyres on some tracks, and difficulties with the handling of the car. Although he believes the issues have been overcome, he
Along with sustainability a key aim of Formula 1’s budget cap is to rein in the performance of the top teams by levelling the playing field. And yet in typical glass-full style Mercedes boss Toto Wolff sees the cap not as a hurdle for the Brackley team, but an opportunity to become even stronger. F1
Pre-season testing should have started back in February, but the escalating COVID-19 situation in Malaysia forced MotoGP to cancel this and confine all five days of running this winter to Qatar in March. High winds and dust greeted the field at the Losail International Circuit, with the sub-optimal conditions meaning just nine riders took to
Aprilia and KTM are the only manufacturer’s allowed to start 2021 with totally new motorcycles, with the former unveiling its redesigned RS-GP on Thursday. Espargaro and team-mate Lorenzo Savadori have already been testing the bike since last November, with Espargaro completing a further 57 laps on Saturday in Qatar on his way to the top
Rosenqvist won the IndyCar Series Rookie of the Year title in 2019 with sixth place in the championship driving for Chip Ganassi Racing, but last year slipped to 11th, despite scoring his first win in the series. For his third IndyCar season, he has joined Arrow McLaren SP, partnering team incumbent Patricio O’Ward. Asked about
Bottas will enter the 2021 season looking to finally beat Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton in the drivers’ championship battle, having been defeated in each of their four years together so far. During the brief off-season since the end of the 2020 campaign in December, Bottas split his time between Finland and Monaco, allowing him to