1:04 PM ET Haas driver Nikita Mazepin has been penalised three grid places at the Spanish Grand Prix for impeding Lando Norris during qualifying — a penalty that will have no impact on his grid position as he was due to start last anyway. 1 Related Mazepin held up Norris through the final three corners
Month: May 2021
The reigning champion landed pole on the full Monaco grand prix circuit by 0.012s over Envision Virgin Racing driver Robin Frijns in a session when just 0.059s split the top four. That marked the DS Techeetah racer’s second first-place in three races, having inherited the position in Valencia last month when Stoffel Vandoorne had his
Liberty Media has long been trying to expand the sport in the USA, and finally achieved its first goal when last month it confirmed that the first Miami GP will be held in 2022. Asked in a call with Wall Street analysts if a local driver on the grid in Miami would boost the sport
MotoGP coverage in the UK has been behind a paywall since the 2014 season, when BT Sport took over exclusive broadcasting rights from the BBC. The BBC broadcasted entire grand prix weekends across its red button and main channels from 2003 through to the end of 2013, with the series enjoying strong viewership during its
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After a tricky qualifying session in Portimão, the team were in recovery mode on race day as Lando came home fifth, having started seventh, and Daniel made up seven places to finish in a points-paying position. #SendIt Join McLaren Plus, our fan engagement programme which brings McLaren fans closer to the team with the most
Formula E has been holding biennial events in Monaco since the inception of the championship in 2014, but this year marks the first time that the electric series will use the entire length of the circuit that also serves as the venue for Formula 1’s most prestigious race. The track has undergone a select number
Hamilton only has a one-year deal with Mercedes, and inevitably there has been much speculation about him stepping away at the end of 2021, especially if he wins a record eighth F1 world championship. Hamilton himself has insisted that he hasn’t made any decision, and that when he does, it would not be influenced by
1:27 PM ET Kimi Raikkonen suffered teasing from his six-year-old son as well as Formula One colleagues after colliding with Alfa Romeo team mate Antonio Giovinazzi at last weekend’s Portuguese Grand Prix. The 2007 world champion said after the race that he was distracted trying to change a switch on the steering wheel, a confession
Four-time F1 world champion Vettel has failed to score any points in his first three races with Aston Martin, having struggled with the car’s rear-end instability following the FIA’s downforce cuts for 2021. But the team hoped to remedy his struggles with an upgrade package that was used by team-mate Lance Stroll last weekend in
Travellers returning to the UK who have been in countries on the list in the previous 10 days are obliged to pay for a compulsory 10-day quarantine in government-approved hotels. Turkey will officially join the red list on 12 May, a month before the scheduled race date of 13 June. It’s understood that the usual
Double 125cc world champion and veteran team boss Gresini passed away in February after a battle with COVID-19. Last week it was announced his wife Nadia Padovani had taken over ownership of Gresini Racing and had become its team principal ahead of its return to independent status in MotoGP from 2022. Aprilia – who confirmed
Frantic edge-of-the-seat racing is set to return this weekend with the start of the British Touring Car Championship and FIA Formula 3 Championship. The BTCC is set for arguably one of the most fascinating title battles in its history with the likes of defending champion Ash Sutton, four-time champion Colin Turkington, returning three-time champion Gordon
Four-time F1 world champion Vettel joined Aston Martin for this season following his exit from Ferrari at the end of last year, linking up with Lance Stroll. Vettel had hoped to rediscover his form after a tough final year with Ferrari, but has failed to score any points in the opening three races of the
The slenderest of margins claimed pole in Portugal – but who came out on top? Watch all the best bits from qualifying at the Algarve International Circuit. For more F1® videos, visit http://www.Formula1.com Follow F1®: http://www.instagram.com/F1 https://www.facebook.com/Formula1/ Tweets by F1 https://www.twitch.tv/formula1 @f1 #F1 #PortugueseGP
8:15 AM ET Red Bull has signed five more people from Mercedes to key roles in its new Formula One engine division. Red Bull will manufacturer its own engines from 2022 onwards following the withdrawal of Honda at the end of this season. It has already poached one of Mercedes’ senior power unit enginers, Ben
Red Bull announced in February that it would be taking over the production of its power units from Honda at the end of the year, moving its engine operations in-house in anticipation of the next rules cycle in 2025. The team has since been on a hiring spree for its engine division, including the signing
The Turns 10/11 sequence has been significantly altered ahead of this year’s Spanish Grand Prix, a move made to improve safety that has been carried out in conjunction with the FIA and FIM. Turn 10, at the end of the track’s back straight, has returned to a similar layout to its original design – a
From the first four races so far in 2021, Rossi has scored just four points with a best result of 12th in the opening Qatar Grand Prix – and even that came after he slid down the order from a strong fourth in qualifying. Rossi registered his worst-ever qualifying result of his career with 21st
9:27 AM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The car will definitely not be the star this summer in the Superstar Racing Experience, which has been formatted for drivers to showcase their skills using what series co-founder Ray Evernham calls “old-school tools.” The good old steering wheel, gas pedal and brake pedal. “With this format,
Red Bull-backed Liam Lawson set the early pace on Day 3 of the Lausitzring test after the track dried out enough for slick tyre running, leading the timesheets with a 1m43.740s lap in the #30 Ferrari 488 GT3. Haupt Racing Team’s Gotz then managed to shave three tenths out of Lawson’s benchmark to go quickest,
At the yearly Laureus World Sport Awards, dubbed the Oscars of sport, Hamilton was the first recipient of the new Athlete Advocate of the Year Award, which recognises the Mercedes driver’s ongoing efforts to support racial justice and promote diversity. During the 2020 Formula 1 season, in the wake of the George Floyd murder and
The MotoGP sophomore has only finished one race so far in 2021 having suffered crashes in the Qatar double-header and in last weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix at Jerez. It’s left him 18th in the standings on just eight points, with the younger Marquez brother struggling to find a set-up to suit the 2021 RC213V. Having
In Saturday evening’s race, Sebastien Bourdais was running seventh when he braked in reaction to Colton Herta slowing in front of him, heading for the pitlane. Immediately behind Bourdais, Team Penske’s Josef Newgarden was caught by surprise and tapped the #14 car into a spin that sent the 37-time race-winner hard into the barrier on
10:31 AM ET Valtteri Bottas shot down media speculation on Thursday that he could be replaced as Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes teammate midway through the season and said such talk was just part of being in Formula One. 1 Related The Finn is out of contract at the end of the year and already 37 points
Verstappen and Hamilton are currently separated by eight points in the drivers’ championship heading into this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix, after Hamilton beat Verstappen home in the last race in Portugal. That event featured the two championship leaders each passing the other – Verstappen getting by at the early safety car restart before Hamilton moved
The British Racing & Sports Car Club category was launched in the middle of last year and features bespoke track-focused examples of the Citroen C1, Peugeot 107 and Toyota Aygo. Special conversion kits – including a remapped ECU and adjustable suspension – can be purchased, or drivers can buy ready-to-race cars. Unlike other series for C1s
After finishing second in Sunday’s Spanish Grand Prix at Jerez, Bagnaia now leads the championship by two points from Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo – who slipped to 13th in the race due to an arm-pump issue. Bagnaia’s points tally of 66 so far in 2021 is 19 more than the 47 he managed throughout last season
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The #00 Notlad Racing by RS1 Aston Martin suffers a heavy rollover crash near the Turns 3-4-5 complex during Round 3 of the 2021 Pirelli GT4 America season from Circuit of the Americas. GT World is the official YouTube channel for SRO Motorsports Group, the global leader in GT racing. Join us for live and