3:59 PM ET Formula One’s rule changes for 2021 were intended to rein in Mercedes, seven times world champion Lewis Hamilton said on Saturday. The Briton was speaking to reporters after Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, who has been fastest in testing and every free practice session, took the first pole position of the season in
Month: March 2021
Scott Dixon, Josef Newgarden, Alexander Rossi and Pato O’Ward were in action on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, using the push-to-pass system at 1.5-bar to simulate the burst of released energy from a KERS unit. IndyCar will replace the current 2.2-litre twin-turbo V6s with KERS-supplemented 2.4-litre twin-turbo V6s in 2023, with the target being a combined
The AlphaTauri driver let rip with some choice swear words over his team radio during the opening practice session for the Bahrain Grand Prix after being dumped out in to traffic. While his feistiness captured the interest of fans on social media, Tsunoda thinks that he needs to control his emotions better. “I always try to
The third practice session of a MotoGP weekend often features a battle to get into the top 10 on combined times to secure a place in the pole shootout session in qualifying. But the baking hot conditions of the Saturday afternoon session in Qatar meant improvements on the combined order were non-existent. This was good
Miller ended Friday’s running fastest of all after posting a 1m53.387s in the second session, leading a Ducati 1-2 ahead of factory team-mate Francesco Bagnaia. Morbidelli topped FP1 after setting his best effort on a 16-lap-old rear tyre, and was 0.289s off Miller’s time in seventh on the combined order after FP2. Miller admits the
4:01 PM ET McLaren’s Lando Norris was second fastest in second practice for Formula One’s season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix on Friday and almost as quick in playing down his team’s prospects. “We looked quick today but it’s fairly obvious what’s going to happen tomorrow. It’s going to be kind of the usual front four cars
Following an encouraging pre-season test, Verstappen continued to set the pace for Red Bull by going quickest in both free practice sessions on the opening day of the Bahrain Grand Prix. At the end of FP2, McLaren’s Lando Norris was the Dutch driver’s closest competitor, with the pair split by just 0.095s, while defending F1
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Hitech Grand Prix driver Vips has been removed from the qualifying results after FIA stewards determined that the undertray fins of car #8 were not in compliance with Article 4.3.13 of the F2 Technical Regulations. Vips, who had been fifth fastest in Saturday’s 30-minute qualifying session, will now start Saturday’s opening race and Sunday’s feature
The former KTM rider, who has joined Honda this season after four years on the Austrian company’s machines, admitted during Qatar pre-season testing that not being able to know the limit of the front end of the Honda was “stressful” and felt he could only do this by crashing. Although he did fall during the test,
4:09 PM ET If you haven’t bought into the hype surrounding the 2021 Formula One season already, now might be the time. 1 Related On the eve of the first qualifying session of the year in Bahrain, Red Bull has emerged as a genuine threat to Mercedes and Max Verstappen appears to be the favourite
Ferrari is aiming to rebound from a dreadful 2020 season in which the Scuderia finished sixth in the constructors’ championship and it has appeared to make good progress during the off-season. Boosted by an improved power unit newcomer Sainz was fourth fastest in Friday’s second practice, using Pirelli’s soft tyres to come within three tenths
The Suzuki rider admitted after pre-season testing that he started the season only “70%” ready having lost a vital day of work on the 2021 GSX-RR chassis to poor weather conditions (with Mir confirming on Friday he is using the 2020 frame). Mir began the day fifth fastest, but faded to outside of the Q2
With an engine development freeze carrying over into the start of 2021 for all but Aprilia and KTM, Yamaha’s power deficit to its rivals – and Ducati in particular – remains substantial. This is accentuated in Qatar owing to Losail’s one kilometre long main straight, with the fastest Ducati clocking 354km/h during Friday practice, while
1:52 PM ET Mercedes boss Toto Wolff is expecting a dog fight with Red Bull at the Bahrain Grand Prix, the opening race of Formula One’s 2021 season. Red Bull appears to be the car to beat at this stage of the season, a reversal of the last seven years of unmatched Mercedes dominance. Max
The German manufacturer conducted a deep analysis of the troubles it suffered in pre-season testing, when main rival Red Bull enjoyed a confidence boosting three days of running. PLUS: Is this Red Bull’s best chance to beat Mercedes? It thinks a combination of the impact of the new harder Pirelli tyres, allied to the implications
Taking the place of Rally Chile – which has been cancelled due to COVID-related restrictions in the country – the classic gravel event will host round ten of the WRC from 9-12 September. Famed for its unforgiving rocks and high temperatures, the Acropolis was one of the first events to sign up to the WRC
Zarco stepped up to the premier class in 2017 with Tech3 Yamaha as reigning double Moto2 world champion, scoring six podiums across his first two years. However, he has only claimed one podium since then following a miserable half-season with KTM in 2019 and mixed campaign with Avintia Ducati last year. Zarco has been promoted
5:07 AM ET Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton said he had spoken to Bahrain officials about human rights in the country after promising last year he would not let any abuses go unnoticed. 1 Related The Mercedes driver, who will be chasing a record eighth world title in a season that starts in the
This year, F1 will again hold a pre-race moment for drivers to express their personal views following the ceremony’s introduction in 2020 in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests that followed the killing of George Floyd. A change has been made ahead of the 2021 season, with the moment no longer being held
The reigning IMSA SportsCar Championship title winner, who notched up his second Daytona victory in January, will partner full-season drivers Ben Hanley and Henrik Hedman in the DragonSpeed ORECA-Gibson 07 LMP2 car at the Barcelona series opener on 18 April. The team will subsequently bring in a different star driver for each of the remaining
The fundamental rule surrounding track limits has not changed as such for 2021, but the policing has become stricter. Last season, riders could go one wheel off circuit onto the painted run-off area and still keep their lap times, while both wheels off-track resulted in that sector – and ultimately the lap – being cancelled
1:39 PM ET Lewis Hamilton said his newly signed one-year deal with Mercedes should not be seen as him keeping the door open to leave Formula One at the end of the year. 1 Related Hamilton and Mercedes only agreed his 2021 extension earlier this year, although the final duration was much shorter than most
The daily F1 weekend podcasts that Autosport began producing in 2020 will now be hosted by motorsport broadcaster Ariana Bravo. Bravo is an experienced motorsport podcaster, who currently co-hosts the ‘Driven by Diversity Podcast’, which shines the spotlight on a range of individuals from underrepresented backgrounds and discusses their journey into motorsport, with the hope
The current 2.2-litre twin-turbo V6s used in the IndyCar Series will be replaced in 2023 with 2.4-litre V6 units, still using twin turbos but also with a hybrid unit. To simulate the effects of the 100hp boost that IndyCar is striving for from the hybrid unit on ovals as well as road and street courses,
Honda announced on Monday that, following consultation from his doctors, Marquez would not stage his long-awaited MotoGP return in the season-opening Qatar double-header despite his accelerated training programme. The six-time world champion was cleared to begin riding motorcycles again earlier this month and undertook two trackdays at Barcelona and the Algarve on a Honda RC213V-S,
1:45 PM ET Lewis Hamilton will continue to take a knee ahead of Formula One races this year in the hope it will spark more “uncomfortable conversations” on issues related to racism. Throughout the 2020 season, F1 invited all 20 drivers to unite against racism ahead of the start of each race. Not all drivers
The one billion fans figure has been projected by sports industry analytics company Nielsen Sports. Nielsen’s forecast is based on its analysis of individuals with an interest in F1 that are aged between 16-69 in the championship’s key markets, and it claims to have detected a noticeable increase in F1 interest mainly coming from the
Rumours emerged earlier in the week on the run up to the opening round of the 2021 MotoGP season that Vinales’ Yamaha crew chief Esteban Garcia had tested positive for COVID-19. Vinales confirmed Garcia had an initial test which proved reactive – meaning the result didn’t count – but tested negative on Wednesday. Despite this,
The Petronas SRT rider came to within 13 points of the 2020 title on his older ‘A-spec’ Yamaha after winning three races and emerging as the Japanese marque’s leading runner. Despite remaining on the ‘A-spec’ M1 – which was given “substantial” updates during testing – many expect Morbidelli to once again be a factor in
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