The Aston Martin driver endured an eventful race at Imola while making the most of favourable damp conditions to finish seventh at the chequered flag. However, Stroll was judged to have breached regulations when overtaking AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly following a post-race investigation, resulting in a five-second penalty. It was deemed Stroll left the track at
Month: April 2021
In a race dominated by Joe Gibbs Racing, Hendrick Motorsports driver Bowman pounced on a late restart to charge past Joey Logano and leader Denny Hamlin to assume control of the race in the dying stages. He had little trouble from that point hanging on for the win, finishing 0.381 seconds ahead of Hamlin to
Nine months since he suffered the arm break that would rule him out of the 2020 season, six-time MotoGP world champion Marquez made his return to action at Portimao this weekend. After qualifying sixth, Marquez ran as high as third on the opening lap, before eventually being shuffled back to ninth as he tried to
9:56 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Erica Enders went from nearly not qualifying to winning the Pro Stock finale in the DENSO Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Sunday. In her 300th career start, the back-to-back world champ earned her 30th career win with a run of 6.656
Team Penske driver Newgarden lost control on the exit of Turn 4, touched the grass and spun in front of the pack on the opening lap and was subsequently hit by the Andretti Autosport cars of Herta and then Hunter-Reay. Felix Rosenqvist also flew into the air after further contact with Max Chilton as the
Stewards determined the Alfa Romeo driver breached regulations having failed to enter the pitlane for the restart of the race after the red-flag period caused by the clash between Valtteri Bottas and George Russell. On the lap prior to the restart following the race suspension, Raikkonen spun his Alfa Romeo at Turn 3. Sporting regulations
Norris had been in third place for the restart on lap 35, after the race was red-flagged following a clash between George Russell and Valtteri Bottas, tucked in behind leader Max Verstappen and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc. After Verstappen had nearly spun at the restart, it meant Leclerc didn’t find a useful tow behind the Red
Quartararo stormed to his second-successive race win in 2021 by 4.8 seconds at the Algarve International Circuit to open up a 15-point lead in the championship after three rounds. Quartararo made a similarly strong start to his 2020 campaign, but was a lowly 14th at the Algarve track last season after the Portuguese venue proved
2:17 PM ET Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff said George Russell had “lots to learn” after the Mercedes junior driver clashed with Valtteri Bottas at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. Russell, who is on a long-term development contract with Mercedes but currently drives for Williams, collided with Bottas while attempting to take ninth position from
Although he was only 21st and 17th fastest in the practice sessions on Saturday, Grosjean progressed through the first round of qualifying. He looked set to make the Fast Six session, but was knocked out by Will Power in the closing seconds. Grosjean, who scored 10 podiums in his nine-year F1 career, is making the
Following years of discussions about getting a race in Miami, F1 chiefs announced on Sunday that a 10-year deal had been signed for a grand prix to be held around the city’s famous Hard Rock Stadium. While no firm date has yet been set for the inaugural event in 2022, F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali has
Quartararo repeated his Doha race-winning route to victory at the Algarve, recovering from sixth at the end of the first lap to lead early on and go on to dominate to take a 15-point lead in the championship. Johann Zacro powered his Pramac Ducati into the lead at the start as poleman Quartararo dropped back,
Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia posted a record-smashing lap time to initially claim pole in Saturday’s Q2 session at the Algarve circuit. However, his pole time was stripped from him after he was deemed to have set it while travelling through a yellow flag zone at the Craig Jones corner where KTM’s Miguel Oliveira had crashed. Bagnaia
5:53 AM ET Formula One cars will race in Miami next year after the sport announced a ten-year deal to host a Miami Grand Prix, starting in 2022. The long-awaited race will take place on a new 3.36-mile track that loops around Hard Rock Stadium, the home of the Miami Dolphins. The circuit will have
The seven-time Cup champion is set to drive the #48 Chip Ganassi Racing-Honda for all 13 road and street courses on the 2021 IndyCar schedule, with 2004 IndyCar champion Tony Kanaan taking over the car for the four oval races including the Indianapolis 500. Having raced at the Cup level for two decades, winning 83
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After finishing ninth in final practice on Saturday morning at Imola, Alonso struggled throughout qualifying, scraping through Q1 before propping up the timesheets in Q2. In his second qualifying session since returning to F1 after a two-year absence, Alonso finished four-tenths off a Q3 berth, setting an identical lap time to Williams’ Nicholas Latifi. Alpine
Following its season of inactivity, the IndyCar Series’ feeder championship returned with a 13-car entry, an improvement on the eight AER-powered Dallara IL-15s that started its last race at Laguna Seca in September 2019. Swedish 22-year-old Lundqvist, the 2018 British F3 champion, was an expected favourite after scoring 15 wins from 17 races on his
The six-time MotoGP world champion hasn’t started a grand prix since last July’s season-opener at Jerez, and hasn’t seen a chequered flag since he won the 2019 Valencia GP. Coming through Q1 – courting some controversy from Joan Mir over his tactics – Marquez went on to qualify on the back of the second row
12:48 PM ET Antonio Giovinazzi has criticised Nikita Mazepin for disrespectful driving after having his final qualifying lap ruined by the Haas rookie at Imola. At the end of Q1, the opening qualifying segment, Mazepin followed Giovinazzi down the main straight and used the Alfa Romeo’s slipstream to overtake into Turn 1. That immediately compromised
The Arrow McLaren SP driver, who is embarking on only his second full season in IndyCar, produced a new track record of 1m05.847s to edge out Rossi of Andretti Autosport by just 0.069s. In the frantic fast six final qualifying stage, fellow youngster Alex Palou narrowly missed out on the front row in his first
The 23-year-old Briton, who will start 12th on the grid at Imola, was switching to his Mercedes power unit’s push mode in Q1 when he got sideways and ran across the gravel. He was trying to leave the change to the last possible moment in order to gain the maximum benefit over his flying lap.
Ex-Formula 1 driver Romain Grosjean was the first of the runners to duck under the 1m07s barrier, with the IndyCar rookie logging a 1m06.942s lap in his Dale Coyne Racing with RWR-Honda, despite flirting with the dirt exiting Turn 13. Colton Herta had moved to the top of the timesheets prior to a brief stoppage
Bagnaia went four tenths clear of the field with his final Q2 lap of 1m38.494s, which smashed the existing Algarve International Circuit lap record and would have secured him his second pole in three rounds. However, Bagnaia – who took his first MotoGP pole at the 2021 season-opening Qatar GP – set this lap having
12:58 PM ET Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Jimmie Johnson hopped on a scooter and navigated his way through an unfamiliar Alabama paddock. He stopped to lean against a stack of tires for a quick conversation with childhood hero Rick Mears then went to work on his new career. The seven-time NASCAR champion turned 22
The Spaniard, heading into his second season in IndyCar, produced a 1m06.472s lap to take top spot ahead of Andretti Autosport’s Colton Herta, who went just 0.017s short of displacing him. Three-time Barber winner and two-time series champion Josef Newgarden slotted into third just 0.006s further back for Team Penske. Defending series champion Scott Dixon
Perez bounced back from a difficult Friday that saw him crash into Esteban Ocon in FP1 and struggle to feature with the frontrunners in FP2 by qualifying second at Imola. It marked Perez’s best-ever F1 qualifying result, beating his previous best starting position of third, as he fell just 0.035 seconds shy of pole-sitter Lewis
Following his impressive showing on debut in Bahrain three weeks ago, Tsunoda arrived at Imola hopeful of challenging for a second haul of points and a maiden Q3 appearance. But the Japanese driver lost the rear of his AT02 car at the exit of the Variante Alta chicane, causing him to spin backwards into the
Martin came off his Ducati at the Turn 7 right-hander while he was on an out lap in the closing stages of this morning’s practice. Though it’s still unclear how the crash happened, Martin was heavily knocked around when he hit the gravel trap and required medical assistance. The session was red-flagged while medics attended
11:39 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Robert Hight raced to the provisional No. 1 spot with a standout performance in Funny Car qualifying Friday night, the first NHRA four-wide race in two years. Hight, the runner-up at this year’s season opener, had a run of 3.922-seconds at 327.59 mph in his Camaro at
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