Ricciardo jumped ship from Renault to McLaren during the off-season, hoping to do better than the two podiums he achieved in two years with the Enstone team. After not being able to finish in the top three in his first season with Renault, Ricciardo got team boss Cyril Abiteboul to agree on getting a tattoo
Month: April 2021
This is not your father’s Bristol anymore. Well, technically it is – in the autumn. But in the spring this year, and for the foreseeable future, the concrete-covered Bristol Motor Speedway is now a haven for dirt track racing thanks to the importation of 23,000 cubic yards of dirt to cover its surface. The high-banked
Power from the one-make 4.2-litre normally-aspirated Gibson V8 has been reduced by 20kW or 25bhp in addition to the 30kW or 40bhp originally planned. That means the Gibson engine will push about approximately 535bhp (400kW) in 2021 compared with more than 600bhp (450kW) since the introduction of the current P2 formula in 2017. The minimum
The LCR rider struggled for form on the RC213V in his rookie season in 2020, only cracking the top 12 on the grid twice across the campaign. The Honda is typically a difficult bike to extract the maximum from during a time attack, but Marquez feels he has made a step forward in this area
10:44 AM ET Lewis Hamilton said he realised last year the value of being diplomatic in his push for racial equality rather than “embarrassing people”. Seven-time world champion Hamilton has become outspoken on the issue of equality and knelt ahead of every Formula One race last season. Ahead of the season, Hamilton had called out
While Red Bull-Honda had a clear pace advantage over Mercedes in qualifying at Sakhir last weekend, in the race there was little to separate the two teams. That shift in form opened the door for Mercedes to use an aggressive strategy to help Lewis Hamilton get track position over Max Verstappen, with the Briton holding
Thursday’s test at Martinsville Speedway aims to determine whether rain tyres could be feasible at some short tracks in the future. Kyle Larson will pilot the #5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet and Chris Buescher will pilot the #17 Roush Fenway Racing Ford on a dampened track. NASCAR first used rain tyres in an official national series
Szafnauer has blamed the rule tweaks for the team’s loss of competitiveness since the end of last season, when as Racing Point it was a regular podium challenger and took victory in the Sakhir GP. Racing Point followed the Mercedes low-rake concept for its 2020 car and was committed to it for 2021 due to
The Italian was tagged as one of the favourites to fight for victory in last Sunday’s season-opener, but plummeted from seventh on the grid to 18th come the chequered flag. Sources close to the team confirmed to Autosport that Morbidelli’s issue stemmed from a faulty holeshot device. Morbidelli confirmed on Thursday ahead of the second
4:29 AM ET Formula One’s motorsport managing director Ross Brawn has hailed Yuki Tsunoda as the best rookie in years after the Japanese scored points on his debut in Bahrain last Sunday. The former Ferrari technical director who also ran the Honda, Brawn and Mercedes teams, said he had been impressed by the 20-year-old AlphaTauri
The 21-year-old, who won the Indy Lights title in 2018 and finished fourth in his rookie season in IndyCar last year, lapped the 1.44-mile speedway in 23.325s, an average speed of 222.25mph. That means the Arrow McLaren SP-Chevrolet driver has now led the last three group tests, lending credence to the theory that his blend
Hamilton has won 74 races since the start of 2014 and his Mercedes team 103 of the 138 in that period, which has led to suggestions from some observers that such a level of success is solely down to the Black Arrows squad’s car advantages. Such theories ignore the 22 wins Hamilton scored for McLaren before joining his
Pastrana, whose list of achievements includes 11 X Games gold medals and four Rally America titles, is also the co-creator of the Nitro Circus action sports franchise, Nitro World Games and the upcoming Nitro Rallycross Series. Pastrana will return for his ninth ROC appearance at the event’s first-ever edition on snow and ice, which is
Aprilia is one of only two manufacturers along with KTM who was allowed to start the 2021 MotoGP season with a new engine, with the marque’s RS-GP proving to be a step forward in all areas compared to its predecessor. Espargaro qualified eighth and was able to run in the front group to claim seventh
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In the Bahrain Grand Prix he struggled on the medium tyre in Q2 and started 11th, and then in the race he charged up to fifth after an engine issue on the formation lap obliged him to start from the pitlane. Red Bull motorsport boss Helmut Marko suggested the Mexican was losing out to team-mate