6:09 AM ET Sixty British parliamentarians joined campaigners on Wednesday in urging Formula One to commission an independent inquiry into the human rights impact of the Bahrain Grand Prix. Rights groups said in an open letter to chief executive Stefano Domenicali that they also wanted him to seek “redress for those victims of abuses directly
Month: March 2021
If F1 can navigate the problems still being caused by COVID-19 around the world, a record 23 races will be held this year. This includes the return of the Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort and a new addition in the form of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix at a street circuit in Jeddah. The global pandemic
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Encouraged by the success of the Blancpain Endurance Series, world-renowned Swiss watch manufacture Blancpain and the SRO Motorsports Group decide at the end of 2013 to extend their partnership to the Sprint series, previously promoted as the FIA GT Series, offering teams and drivers the opportunity to compete for an overall Blancpain GT Series title,
The British team, co-owned by 2009 Formula 1 champion Jenson Button, announced back in December that it would field a McLaren 720S in the revamped DTM series this year, taking advantage of its switch to GT3 machinery. This was supposed to mark the next stage in the expansion of the outfit after it spent the
11:43 AM ET Laurence Edmondson Close F1 Editor • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Nate Saunders Close F1 Associate Editor • Previously worked in rugby union and British Superbikes • History graduate from Reading University• Joined ESPNF1 in February 2014 The Formula One season starts with the Bahrain Grand Prix on March 28. While
It’s also a question that is impossible to answer, simply because even the man himself is adamant that he doesn’t yet know. Speculation about Hamilton’s career plans has been rife since his new one-year deal was finally announced on 8 February, a little over a month before the start of testing in Bahrain. It’s not
Juan Pablo Montoya, Kimi Raikkonen and Fernando Alonso are regarded as one of F1’s greatest-ever rookie intakes, the trio each enjoying standout seasons with the Williams, Sauber and Minardi squads that would set them up for lengthy top-line careers. Montoya overtook Schumacher three times on track during the season and finally broke his duck in
The Honda rider has only recently been able to start training on motorcycles again following his third operation on the right arm he broke in last July’s Spanish GP. Despite this, videos of the six-time world champion tearing up the Barcelona and Algarve circuits aboard an RC213V-S track bike led almost the entire MotoGP paddock
12:41 PM ET Formula One drivers will gather again in a moment of unity on the starting grid pre-race this season but in support of wider social and environmental issues than a sole focus on anti-racism. The sport this week announced international advocacy organisation Global Citizen as a charity partner of Formula One’s WeRaceAsOne platform,
Alonso will make his F1 comeback at this weekend’s Bahrain Grand Prix, returning to the grid after spending the last two seasons racing in IndyCar, the World Endurance Championship and the Dakar Rally. The two-time F1 world champion is beginning his third stint with the Enstone-based operation, having raced for Renault between 2003-2006 and 2008-2009.
Ferrari commenced work with the FIA last year on its new Girls On Track scheme to find female talent for the Ferrari Driver Academy. Maya Weug, 16, became the first woman to join the FDA after winning the initiative, and started work at Maranello earlier this year. Ferrari announced on Wednesday that following the success
Gasly enjoyed a solid 2020 season by finishing tenth in the drivers’ championship, capped off by a shock maiden win in the Italian Grand Prix. AlphaTauri’s 2020 car allowed Gasly and former teammate Daniil Kvyat to be firmly in the midfield mix, the pair scoring points on 17 occasions as the team finished seventh. Despite
The only British event on the GTWCE calendar, originally set for 2 May, was postponed earlier this month, with publication of a new date pending. It has now been set for 29 August, making it the fourth of the five weekends that make up the sprint segment of the series. The original postponement was made
Honda had a mixed test in Qatar last week after its riders registered 10 crashes across four days, with Marquez accounting for five of those – the last one resulting in a fractured foot. The Japanese marque’s top rider at the end of testing was factory team rookie Pol Espargaro in 10th, 0.716 seconds off
7:22 AM ET Williams driver George Russell has replaced Romain Grosjean as the director of the Grand Prix Drivers’ Association (GPDA). Grosjean’s departure to IndyCar this year opened up a vacancy. Russell, 23, will work alongside fellow director Sebastian Vettel and chairman Alexander Wurz. The GPDA represents the interests of all 20 F1 drivers. Russell,
Last year, F1 drivers were given a platform to display their anti-racism stance with a special time set apart during the moments on the grid before the start. But the gesture of taking a knee divided opinion among drivers, with not all opting for it. While Lewis Hamilton led the charge, six of the 20
The FIA Formula 3 graduate has been heavily linked to a promotion to the Dutch squad’s F2 programme, with an appearance at the pre-season test only serving to strengthen speculation. MP Motorsport has today confirmed via social media that Verschoor will indeed join the team for the F2 season opener, although Autosport/Motorsport.com understands the deal
Honda announced on Monday Marquez would not make his long-awaited MotoGP return from injury in this weekend’s season-opening Qatar GP having been advised against doing so by his doctors. Marquez then confirmed his absence would extend to the Doha GP also, with the Spaniard set for another check-up by doctors on 12 April ahead of
10:00 AM ET Mick Schumacher is unbelievably calm for someone carrying such a weight of expectation. You might even say unreasonably calm. He is set to make his Formula One debut with American team Haas this year, aged 21, but it feels like people have been expecting big things of him for a long time.
Demaison arrives at Williams after a decade-long spell at Volkswagen Motorsport, where he helped develop the ground-breaking I.D.R electric car that achieved multiple records at Pikes Peak and the Nurburgring. He was also responsible for the WRC Polo C car that won the rally titles from 2013 and 2016. During that time he forged a
Current WRC cars are petrol powered, with electrification being added into the mix next season. Under the new rules that come into effect from 2022 and last for an initial three-season spell, Rally1 cars will combine an internal combustion engine (ICE) and a 134bhp electric motor supplied by Compact Dynamics. The cars – which are
Officially named John Crichton-Stuart, but known to friends as Johnny Bute, he took on the surname he became known by to race fans worldwide in order to keep his background as low profile as possible. A statement from his family said that he was “devoted husband, father, brother, uncle, son and grandfather and loved by
2021 is a case of evolution rather than revolution, with most of the teams only making small tweaks to their cars. Nevertheless, Sam Collins takes a look at the aero developments up and down the grid at pre-season testing in Bahrain. The full episode of Tech Talk is available now for F1 TV subscribers: http://f1.com/2021Test-TTDay1
The reigning FIA Formula 3 champion is making the step up F2 this year with champion outfit Prema Racing and is among a group of young drivers expected to impress. Already a rising star in the junior ranks, Piastri was snapped up by the Renault Sport, now Alpine Academy, in 2020, resulting in a F1
Marquez has been out of action since last July when he broke his right arm in a heavy fall during the opening Spanish Grand Prix. He will undergo a further medical check-up on 12 April according to Honda, which also rules him out of the Doha GP in Qatar next weekend. HRC is yet to
5:18 PM ET Associated Press A fully vaccinated Roger Penske is hard at work at Indianapolis Motor Speedway preparing for a full season of racing that will include spectators at his showcase event. There will be fans at this year’s Indianapolis 500, Penske said Monday, but how many remains a moving target based on COVID-19
GP Racing editor Ben Anderson and columnist Mark Gallagher join host Stuart Codling to debate whether Red Bull’s punchy performance during the Bahrain test is all that it seems. Is Mercedes really on the back foot? What version of Valtteri Bottas are we on? Can new Red Bull recruit Sergio Perez succeed where Max Verstappen’s
Johnny Dumfries had impeccable credentials when he was signed up to be Ayrton Senna’s team-mate at Lotus for 1986. He was a British Formula 3 Champion, and a dominant one at that. He’d been test driver for Ferrari. And he’d raced in Formula 3000. That wasn’t the CV of a driver who was going to
11:29 AM ET Ugo Ugochukwu, a 13-year-old go-karting star from the U.S.A., has signed a long-term deal with McLaren to develop his career through the junior categories of motorsport. 1 Related Ugochukwu started karting in New York State in 2013 and last year won the 2020 FIA OKJ European karting championship. The deal gives McLaren
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