Sunday’s 27-lap Le Mans race started off in dry conditions but the field was forced to change to their wet bikes at the end of the fifth tour due to worsening weather conditions. The slick running on a wet track before the stop caught out a number of riders, with Suzuki’s Joan Mir crashing and
Month: May 2021
12:59 PM ET MONACO — Lando Norris felt like he was on an awkward first date when he first opened his latest contract negotiations with McLaren CEO Zak Brown. On Wednesday, McLaren announced the 21-year-old had signed a new multi-year deal with the team for next year and beyond. Norris has been a part of
On Wednesday McLaren announced it had signed Norris to a new multi-year contract for 2022 and beyond, meaning the British driver is set to drive for McLaren for at least five seasons after making his debut in 2019. When asked if his long-term commitment to the team could set Norris up to become one of
Bottas is currently in his fifth season racing for Mercedes in F1, having routinely agreed one-year contract extensions with the team, the most recent of which expires at the end of the 2021 campaign. Mercedes is set to be a focal point of the driver market silly season for next year as both Bottas and
Ducati is the only manufacturer other than Yamaha in 2021 to have reached the podium in the first five races of the season and has won twice courtesy of Miller. This marks the first time in MotoGP that Ducati – either with its factory team or a satellite squad – has scored podiums in each
8:46 AM ET James Bond movie stunt driver and W Series racer Jessica Hawkins has joined the Aston Martin Formula One team as ‘driver ambassador’. The team of four-times world champion Sebastian Vettel and Lance Stroll said in a statement on Wednesday that she will work with partners and “across a variety of disciplines”. If
Two historic racing brands. One spectacular livery design. McLaren will celebrate its historic partnership with Gulf by racing in a one-off Gulf livery at the 2021 Monaco Grand Prix. Look the part with our Gulf collection: https://www.mclarenstore.com/es/en/f1/gulf/ Join McLaren Plus, our fan engagement programme which brings McLaren fans closer to the team with the most
Rewind the clock to last year and the Woking-based team had actually been the first to test a 2021 specification floor, when it installed one on its MCL35 at the Belgian Grand Prix. This allowed it to assess the aerodynamic havoc that the changes would wreak at the rear of the car, and which all
Norris, 21, made his F1 debut with McLaren in 2019, and has since scored two podium finishes for the team, the most recent coming at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix in April. The British youngster’s McLaren contract was due to expire at the end of the year, but the team announced on Wednesday ahead of
Bagnaia was forced to work his way through the pack from 16th on the grid, but was able to leap up to the fifth at the pitstop at the end of lap five when rain started to fall – though he was hit with a double long-lap penalty for speeding in pitlane, along with Ducati
8:09 PM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — The kids were at last quieted when Indianapolis Motor Speedway opened for practice. Experience mattered once again, and a trio of former Indianapolis 500 winners led the way. Will Power ran 226.470 miles per hour Tuesday in a Chevrolet for Team Penske, followed by Ryan Hunter-Reay and Takuma
Rahal lapped at 223.449mph, to marginally shade Chip Ganassi Racing’s six-time IndyCar champion Dixon, with rookie Scott McLaughlin heading up the Chevrolet-powered runners with third fastest in the #3 Penske entry. Two-time Indy 500 winner Juan Pablo Montoya produced the best speed for Arrow McLaren SP, ahead of Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser Sullivan driver
Ocon made his full-time return to F1 in 2020 with Renault’s since-rebranded works squad, but struggled to match teammate Daniel Ricciardo’s form through the year. A run to second place at the Sakhir Grand Prix offered Ocon a late-season boost that has carried through to the 2021 campaign, where he has so far led Alpine’s
Team Penske’s Power, the 2018 Indy 500 winner, set a 226.470mph lap on his 35th of 57 laps around the iconic Indianapolis Motor Speedway to edge 2014 winner Ryan Hunter-Reay in his Andretti Autosport. Behind them was defending and two-time winner Takuma Sato for Rahal Letterman Lanigan. The Dreyer & Reinbold Racing entry of Sage
The Ducati rider led at the start of the race at Le Mans before trading overtakes with both Yamaha factory riders Maverick Vinales and Fabio Quartararo until he briefly went off the track as the rain began to fall. After pitting to switch to his wet bike, Miller – and Ducati team-mate Francesco Bagnaia –
2:00 PM ET A race-winning Formula One McLaren driven by Lewis Hamilton in 2010 will be put up for auction at the British Grand Prix in July as it does laps of the Silverstone circuit. 1 Related The Mercedes-powered MP4-25A will carry a price estimate of $5-7 million. Seven-times world champion Hamilton, now at Mercedes,
Keselowski, has been offered a full-time Cup spot with Roush Fenway Racing beginning next season in a deal that would also include part-ownership in a renamed team called RFK (Roush-Fenway-Keselowski) Racing, multiple sources with knowledge of the deal have confirmed. Keselowski would become the driver of the #6 Ford, but it remains unclear how much
Club motorsport and TV talent show contestants do not seem an obvious combination. But former Let It Shine finalist Anthony Sahota and X Factor contender Sam Callahan are not only both due to be competing in national racing this year but are also encouraging more to do the same after forming their own business. The
Lewis Hamilton holds a 14-point lead over Max Verstappen heading to Monte Carlo for the iconic Monaco GP – the first time the race has been held since 2019 after last year’s event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic – with the title fight set to continue on the streets of the principality. While
The Aprilia rider was running strongly inside the top seven at the start of the race, but dropped down 12th after flag-to-flag bike swap. Able to recover back up to sixth in the wet conditions, Espargaro’s RS-GP expired on lap 16 due to an unknown technical issue – with team-mate Lorenzo Savadori suffering a similar
Every year Borg-Warner adds $20,000 to a bonus prize it started in 1995 for a driver who can win the Indy 500 in back-to-back years, but only once has it been paid out – to Helio Castroneves in 2002. The Brazilian star won $160,000, and the fund returned to $20,000 but it has now built
Take a lap around Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course with Ricky Taylor in the No. 10 Konica Minolta Acura ARX-05 DPi.
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The LCR Honda rider was one of the big beneficiaries of the flag-to-flag conditions in last Sunday’s Le Mans race, having been able to leap up to sixth during the pitstop phase at the end of lap five. Marquez started that lap 11th having come from 19th on the grid and says the risks he
The news that the McLaren will swap its conventional papaya orange livery for the blue and orange of its fuel partner was met with great excitement on Sunday, and evoked memories of the iconic machines that it has adorned down the years. From the Ford GT40, Porsche 917, McLaren F1 and Aston Martin DBR9, it has
Rins crashed out of the battle for victory in Portugal last month while running second and fell early on in the following Spanish Grand Prix from sixth position. In Sunday’s wet Le Mans race, Rins recovered from 15th on the grid to run in the podium places by the end of lap five and exited
The Norwegian – who continues his recovery from the respiratory illness, which left him suffering from a fever as well as a sore head and throat – says he has “no idea” how he contracted the virus. Mikkelsen and Ola Floene are prioritising the World Rally Championship’s WRC2 support series this season and currently lead
The Briton has had a strong start to the 2021 Formula 1 season, and is currently fourth in the drivers’ standings having taken a podium finish at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. However, his qualifying sessions have not played out in an ideal fashion, as he has often been unable to match his best time
Vinales led the race briefly in the early laps on slick tyres in Sunday’s flag-to-flag Le Mans race, but dropped to fifth just before the pitstop on lap five when he made an error at the Chemin aux Boeufs esses. He continued to lose ground to the leaders, coming into pitlane close to 20 seconds
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