The Yamaha rider stormed to victory in last Sunday’s Doha GP in Qatar ahead of Pramac’s Zarco, securing the first ever French 1-2 in the modern MotoGP era and the first in the premier class of grand prix racing since the 1954 French GP at Reims – when Pierre Monnerret won on a Gilera and
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It’s why teams spend money on spy photographers to capture close-ups of other cars, and why there are rules limiting what techniques and technology – like 3D camera scans – are actually allowed. While teams try their best to keep their own designs secret – which is why you often see mechanics blocking off sections
As reported by Autosport last month, Paffett will reunite with the manufacturer with which he scored titles in 2005 and 2018, as well as 23 race wins and 48 podiums in a 15-year stint between 2003-18. The British driver will race for the Mucke Motorsport team, which is entering the DTM this year with a
Miller ended last weekend’s second round of the 2021 season in ninth after suffering from arm pump in the closing stages of the race. He admitted after the race he was evaluating having surgery on his arm, with Ducati confirming Miller went under the knife in Barcelona at the Dexeus University Hospital, with the operation
The Grove-based outfit is hoping to move up from the bottom of the F1 constructors’ championship table this season, with its main rivals set to be Haas and Alfa Romeo. But although wanting to do well with its current car, it is well aware of the opportunities that will come from the all-new 2022 rules.
After every race this season, the FIA will select a finishing car at random and subject it to a deeper level of checks and analysis than is usually the case, focusing on particular areas. Teams are trusted to show up with cars that are fully legal, and indeed the F1 sporting regulations note that “competitors
All four KTM riders ran the medium front tyre in last Sunday’s Doha GP, having wrecked the soft option in the Qatar GP the week before. Binder said pre-Doha weekend that the tyre choice dealt KTM a “hard blow”, because the soft was too soft for the RC16, while its preferred hard option didn’t work
Aided by a more powerful Honda engine, AlphaTauri came out of the blocks strong in the season opening Bahrain Grand Prix last month. Pierre Gasly showed the potential of the car by qualifying fifth but didn’t manage to achieve a good result due to sustaining front wing damage at the start. Rookie Yuki Tsunoda impressed
Formula E launched with the Beijing E-Prix on 13 September 2014 and received widespread coverage after a last-corner crash between race leader Nicolas Prost and Nick Heidfeld. The shunt sent Heidfeld airborne before his Venturi car came to a rest upside down. Last weekend’s maiden Extreme E event, the Desert X-Prix in Saudi Arabia, was
Bastianini emerged from the Qatar GP as top rookie in 10th on his two-year-old Ducati and put in another impressive display in last Sunday’s Doha race. The Avintia rider came from 19th on the grid to finish 11th, and was in the group fighting for seventh headed by Suzuki’s Joan Mir covered by 0.662 seconds.
You can’t knock Sergio Perez down! After suffering a technical issue on the formation lap the Mexican’s race was seemingly over. However, the Bahrain comeback King got going once again from the pit lane and finished a superb fifth on debut for Red Bull Racing. Relive the epic moment onboard with Checo! For more F1®
REAL LIFE RACING LIVE FROM BATHURST AUSTRALIA . FANATEC GT WORLD CHALLENGE AUSTRALIA 2021 Heads to the 2nd round at Bathurst. The hill is calling out for the sound of GT3s! This livestreaming is geo-restricted. Viewers from Australia and New Zealand can watch on: Australia: 7mate and 7plus New Zealand: Sky Sports GT World is
The Colombian veteran, who has started just five Indy 500s yet has won two of them, was announced as the team’s third, Indy-only driver last December, alongside full-timers Pato O’Ward and Felix Rosenqvist, while last month it was revealed that Mission Foods will be Montoya’s primary sponsor. Arrow McLaren SP announced on Monday that Montoya’s orange
Verstappen took pole position for Red Bull for the F1 season-opener and led the opening stages of the race, but frequently reported problems and was unable to pull more than two seconds clear of Lewis Hamilton. This allowed Hamilton to pit early and get the undercut on Verstappen, laying the foundations for the Mercedes driver
The two-day test at the Red Bull Ring was a significant milestone for Correa, who contested his first competitive motorsport session since surviving a tragic multiple car Formula 2 crash at Spa in 2019 that claimed the life of Anthoine Hubert. The 21-year-old American has been on a long road to recovery, that has included
Espargaro endured another tough qualifying in the second Qatar outing which left him down in 15th for the start, though he was able to make his way to the lead group having had pace good enough to fight for victory. But the Honda rider made “two huge mistakes” in the closing stages when he ran
12:56 PM ET Associated Press Santino Ferrucci will enter the Indianapolis 500 with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, creating a lineup of drivers who took three of the top four spots in last year’s race. Ferrucci will drive the No. 45 Honda at Indianapolis with sponsorship from Hy-Vee. The Midwestern supermarket chain will also be the
The former Haas Formula 1 development driver finished fourth in the 500 last year for Dale Coyne Racing, and earned rookie of the year honours in a 2019 season which yielded three fourth-place finishes on the Texas, Pocono and Gateway ovals. Ferrucci switched to the second-tier NASCAR Xfinity Series for 2021 with Sam Hunt Racing
The team previously known as Renault endured a tough season-opening Bahrain GP, with Fernando Alonso retiring and team-mate Ocon finishing down in a disappointing 13th position. It was the first time since last year’s Spanish GP that neither of the Enstone team’s cars finished in the points. Ocon’s race chances at Sakhir were compromised by
McPhee and Gresini rider Alcoba were part of the manic lead group in Sunday’s thrilling Moto3 encounter in Qatar. Alcoba ran into the back of McPhee’s team-mate Darryn Binder at Turn 1 at the start of lap 15, crashing out while his errant Gresini bike flicked into McPhee’s path and hit the Scotsman on the
Rins proved to be an early threat for the victory as he worked his way up from seventh on the grid to the podium places by the third lap, before engaging with Pramac’s Johann Zarco over second. Zarco was able to use the brute power of the Ducati to keep Rins at bay, with the
After being teammates in karting, Hamilton and Rosberg raced at Mercedes between 2013 and 2016, going head-to-head for the F1 world championship in their final three years together. The title battles featured a number of tense moments between the two drivers, including on-track collisions at the 2014 Belgian Grand Prix and the 2016 Spanish Grand
The Japanese car manufacturer has entered its final season in F1 with an all-new power unit concept that partner Red Bull will take on to run itself in the future. For the 2021 design, Honda has gone aggressive with its packaging and introduced some key changes to push the size boundaries that it famously tried before with its original ‘size zero’
Double 125cc world champion and veteran team boss Gresini tragically died after losing his battle with COVID-19 in February. Martin raced for Gresini’s Moto3 squad from 2017-2018, the Spaniard winning eight grands prix in that time and securing the world title in 2018. Stepping up to Pramac Ducati in 2021 in MotoGP, Martin stunned with
Vettel’s Aston Martin start was hampered by issues in pre-season testing, which restricted his mileage and opportunities to adjust to the AMR21. The four-time world champion qualified 18th in Bahrain after encountering double yellow flags on his final Q1 hotlap but was demoted to last on the grid after stewards decided he hadn’t respected the
Mir put an aggressive overtake on Miller at Turn 10 on lap 13 of Sunday’s MotoGP race, which resulted in the pair touching as they debated fifth spot. The pair made contact again on the main straight moments later, which was investigated by Race Direction but deemed a racing incident. Mir feels Miller intentionally clattered
Quartararo was left in ninth at the end of the opening laps having been swamped from fifth on the grid. But the Yamaha rider carved his way through the pack and by lap 19 had taken over from long-time leader Jorge Martin on the Pramac Ducati, from which point Quartararo sped off to the fourth
12:25 PM ET Reuters and ESPN Nico Rosberg’s team won the first race of the new electric Extreme E off-road series in Saudi Arabia on Sunday while Lewis Hamilton’s X44 outfit hit problems and finished third in a cloud of dust. Retired 2016 Formula One champion Rosberg was in Al Ula to celebrate the Desert