Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, testing was limited to just five days at the Losail International Circuit in Qatar ahead of the opening round of the season on 28 March. The final day of testing was disrupted by windy conditions, and featured very limited running. Miller set an unofficial lap record on Wednesday ahead of
Month: March 2021
5:30 AM ET Mercedes, Red Bull and McLaren bosses, whose teams were the top- three in Formula One last year, have given their backing to proposed Saturday sprint qualifying races. 1 Related The sport is expected to confirm the experiment, which would award championship points on Saturday as well as in Sunday’s race, for a
Walker served as the lead commentator for F1 coverage in Great Britain from 1976 until 2001, becoming an icon within both motorsport and wider sports broadcasting. In a statement issued by the British Racing Drivers’ Club on Saturday evening, it was announced that Walker had died at the age of 97. “It is with great
F1 is planning to hold sprint races for the first time at three grands prix in 2021, running a 100km race on a Saturday to set the grid for the Sunday grand prix. F1 managing director of motorsports Brawn used the term “sprint qualifying” to describe the races during an interview on the world feed
On Thursday MotoGP announced it had come to an agreement with the Qatari authorities for the entire paddock present in the country to be offered the COVID-19 vaccine, following the region’s successful rollout amongst its population. The jab on offer is the Pfizer vaccine, which requires its two doses to be split by 19 days.
8:02 AM ET Sebastian Vettel said he will not publicly compare Aston Martin’s Mercedes engine to Ferrari’s out of respect to his former team. Vettel joined Aston Martin for its return F1 project this year, after his six-year stint with Ferrari came to an end. It is his first time driving a Mercedes power unit
But while the focus for many outfits has been on the floor area, and some clever ideas have already appeared, McLaren appears to have stolen a march on rivals with a unique diffuser solution instead. The package of rule changes for 2021 came in three parts – involving new requirements for the floor, the brake
The Dutchman and then team-mate Alex Albon struggled at times in 2020 with the aerodynamic anomalies of the RB16 that resulted in a nervous rear end and a car that was hard to be fully committed with. With the team having worked hard throughout last season to address the problems, the new RB16B has proved
High winds around the Losail International Circuit had blown a lot of sand from the surrounding Qatar desert onto the track, with no one bothering to post a lap time in the opening hour of running. Petrucci ventured out in the second hour on his KTM, but only did two laps, the fastest of which
8:30 PM ET Associated Press GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Ron Capps topped the first round of Funny Car qualifying Friday in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series’ season-opening Gatornationals at Gainesville Raceway, while 71-year-old John Force struggled in his return. Capps had a pass of 3.895 seconds at 329.02 mph in a Dodge Charger SRT
Verstappen closed out the first of three days of pre-season testing with both the quickest time and the most laps completed, racking up more than two race distances in the RB16B. The session marked the first extensive run-out for the RB16B, as well as its first public sighting after Red Bull kept it hidden following
Mercedes gave its W12 car a first on-track run on Friday at the Bahrain International Circuit, but slumped to the bottom of the mileage chart after a challenging day. Valtteri Bottas lost the majority of his morning after a gearshift issue, which team principal Toto Wolff said “came out of nowhere”, was discovered on his
High winds left Losail circuit covered in sand for the final day of the Qatar pre-season test, with only five riders completing laps due to the conditions. Suzuki duo Mir and Alex Rins didn’t venture out at all during the eight-hour session, with the former admitting the lost day has proven to be problematic as
11:30 AM ET Red Bull’s Max Verstappen set the fastest time on the opening day of testing as main rivals Mercedes appeared to struggle, but are the world champions really in trouble? Read our recap and analysis below… What happened? All ten teams were present for the first of three days of testing ahead of
Vettel made his official Aston Martin debut on Friday morning in the Mercedes-powered AMR21, setting 51 laps at the Bahrain International Circuit before handing over the car to team-mate Lance Stroll after lunch time. Vettel’s fastest lap of 1m33.742s was three seconds slower than Max Verstappen’s leading time in the Red Bull, but the German
McLaren raced without its own nominated reserve driver last season after agreeing to call on Mercedes’ back-ups if needed, with the agreement to remain in place this year should circumstances arise where a stand-in driver is required. Mercedes currently has Formula E drivers Stoffel Vandoorne and Nyck de Vries already locked in as its official
Vinales continued evaluating the 2021 chassis on Thursday, riding three different specs of Yamaha on his way to the top of the timesheets with a 1m53.244s. The eight-time race winner spent the first test focusing on his own riding style and was “surprised” at how good his long run pace was on the 2020 bike.
8:44 AM ET Fernando Alonso says his Formula One return will not be affected by the broken jaw he suffered earlier this year. Alonso’s preparations hit a setback last month when he was knocked off his bike in Switzerland. He suffered a fractured upper jaw and underwent surgery to have two titanium plates fitted to
Aston Martin was perhaps the most open of all Formula 1 teams when it came to the launch of its latest challenger. But as the new AMR21 rolled out on to the track in Bahrain for the start of pre-season testing, it was clear to see that the team was already ringing the changes, with
The world champion outfit had launched its W12 earlier this month but been open that it was not fitted with a real version of the floor that it would be running in 2021. With F1’s aero rules having changed this year in a bid to cut back on downforce, teams have been forced to rework
The entire MotoGP paddock will be effectively locked down in Qatar until the beginning of April following the Doha Grand Prix, with pre-season testing currently underway. The 2021 season will begin on 28 March with the Qatar GP, while a second round has been added following the postponement of the US and Argentine GPs as a
2:13 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 This page will be updated during the day with news and developments from the
The seven-time NASCAR Cup champion has tested at Barber Motorsports Park, Sebring and Laguna Seca, and has found that aside from trying to exploit his Chip Ganassi Racing Honda’s aerodynamic grip, he’s also been too “gentle” on his tyres on out-laps. He described an IndyCar as “a monster”, and has added Formula 3 outings to
A report from the Financial Times in December claimed that F1 was in “advanced” talks with Amazon over streaming races in 2021, building on an existing partnership with Amazon Web Services. Amazon has been expanding its live sport offerings in recent years, picking up rights across Premier League football, tennis and the NFL. Speaking to
The six-time MotoGP podium finisher admitted last weekend that he was finding the Honda “stressful” as he hadn’t had a crash yet to understand the limits of the bike. That first tumble came on the penultimate day of testing when he slid off at Turn 1 on the third lap of his first run. Unscathed by
Sainz will make his first public appearance in a Ferrari F1 car later this week when pre-season testing gets underway at the Bahrain International Circuit. But with just three days of testing this year before the first race of the season in Bahrain, drivers changing teams have been left with a limited window in which
1:50 PM ET Alfa Romeo’s F1 boss Frederic Vasseur will miss the three days of preseason testing in Bahrain after testing positive for COVID-19. Vasseur tested positive and immediately entered self-isolation in France. Two days later he had a test and returned a negative result and is displaying no symptoms. However, he will not travel
As to be expected following a season like no other in 2020, the break before the 2021 campaign also had many unique elements. Drivers had their preparations impacted by growing travel restrictions around the world, while three – Lando Norris, Charles Leclerc and Pierre Gasly – also had to battle off a bout of COVID-19
Gerhard Berger planned a Lamborghini all-star team comprising ex-Formula 1 stars Nico Hulkenberg and Jacques Villeneuve for the 2021 DTM season but failed to strike a deal, Autosport has learned. Following the news of the DTM’s switch to GT3 cars, ITR boss Berger had been working hard over the winter to secure a driver line-up
The one-time MotoGP race winner has had a difficult pre-season so far, ending the first test 1.5 seconds off the pace in 16th following two crashes on the last day, and was 20th on the opening day of the second outing on Wednesday after another tumble. Branding his Wednesday “a bit of a shocking day”,
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