6:58 AM ET Ferrari has named Benedetto Vigna as its new CEO, taking on the role that was left vacant when Louis Camilleri suddenly retired from the car company six months ago. Ferrari Chairman John Elkann occupied the role temporarily but has now appointed Vigna, who will join the car company on September 1. Vigna
Month: June 2021
Corberi was condemned by the motorsport community after a video of the 2020 world karting finals at Lonato went viral on social media, where the 23-year-old was seen throwing a bumper at fellow karter Paolo Ippolito after being involved in a collision with him on the previous lap. In another video that emerged later, Corberi
The Portuguese rider struggled at the start of 2021, as the RC16 didn’t get on well with Michelin’s generally softer front tyre allocation in the early rounds. Failing to crack a top 10 from the first five races, a new chassis transformed Oliveira’s fortunes last week at Mugello as he scored second before going on
With new tougher FIA pull-back tests not due to come into force until the French GP, the race in Baku was the last chance for outfits to get away with their more bendy rear wings. That prospect annoyed teams like Mercedes and McLaren, and the threat of a protest remained if outfits went too far
The ART Grand Prix driver was involved in a Turn 3 incident with Dan Ticktum (Carlin) and Marcus Armstrong (DAMS) during last Sunday’s feature race at the Baku street circuit. The incident, which resulted in a safety car, eliminated Ferrari junior Armstrong for the second race in a row, while Pourchaire was also forced to
The Petronas SRT rider made genuine steps forward with his Yamaha at Barcelona following a tough start to 2021, with Rossi making it through to Q2 for only the third time this season. Though a crash left him 11th on the grid Rossi was confident of a strong showing in the race. However, his choice
It feels as though every race in the last year has thrust Lewis Hamilton on the path to breaking a new Formula 1 record, largely those once-unbelievable records set by Michael Schumacher. We have also included the records Hamilton shares with another driver, some of which he could hold alone in the next few years.
8:13 AM ET Red Bull boss Christian Horner has continued his war of words with Toto Wolff, criticising the way his Mercedes counterpart has criticised his own team’s recent performances. Mercedes has scored just six points over the past two races, Monaco and Azerbaijan, its worst performance over two consecutive races since the end of
IndyCar president Jay Frye says the series will examine its rules regarding blue flags, following frustration from leading runners over the behaviour of backmarkers. While IndyCar drivers generally ensure slow-down laps don’t interfere with flying laps by rivals, current race etiquette allows slower or delayed drivers to fight the leader to avoid getting lapped. In
Top Performer After a truly punishing rally run over some of the most brutal roads on the calendar, you could argue that the four top flight WRC crews that completed the full distance deserve the Top Performer gong. However, in truth there are two contenders rally winner Toyota’s Sebastien Ogier and Hyundai’s Ott Tanak. On
Back in March, it was announced the Suzuka IGTC fixture planned for 20-22 August had been scrubbed from the IGTC schedule for a second year in a row owing to the continued effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. At that time, the championship said the 10-hour race would be replaced with a new event in the Middle
The Yamaha rider ended the grand prix with his suit opened and without his chest protector, resulting in a three-second time penalty dropping him to sixth, having already lost third to a three-second time penalty for a track limits violation. Quartararo had no explanation for why his leathers came undone and said Alpinestars was looking
After troubled practice sessions in Baku his team-mate Lewis Hamilton found extra speed for both qualifying and the race, but Bottas was never able to recover. He qualified only 10th having contributed to second place for Hamilton by giving him a tow. Although he maintained 10th early on he faded to 14th at the red
Crashes, collisions and heartbreak – Baku delivers yet another thrilling race with a sting in the tail! 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 #AzerbaijanGP
Yamaha rider Quartararo had just been overtaken by Pramac’s Johann Zarco at Turn 1 at the start of lap 22 when he made a mistake under braking and was forced to run through the Turn 1/2 chicane. Any rider doing so was forced to cede one second or face a long lap penalty, though Quartararo
Quartararo’s leathers came open with around five laps of Sunday’s race to go and he completed the grand prix with his suit opened and without his chest protector. This would gain him a three-second time penalty some hours after the race, dropping him to sixth having already lost third to a three-second time penalty for
Max Verstappen’s tyre failure with four laps to go resulted in the race being red flagged so that the debris could be cleared on the main straight. FIA race director Michael Masi felt there was “no reason” not to restart the race, setting up a final two-lap sprint under green flag conditions after a standing
5:35 PM ET Associated Press Helio Castroneves had hoped his fourth Indianapolis 500 victory would lead to a seat this weekend at IndyCar’s doubleheader in Detroit. He asked, many times over, but Meyer Shank Racing held to its original plan. The team said Monday it will field just its usual one car with Jack Harvey
Following Ferrucci and RLL’s sixth place in the Indianapolis 500, Hy-Vee, Inc. – an employee-owned supermarket chain that operates 280 retail stores across eight Midwestern states – will again step up as primary sponsor for the #45 car. Hy-Vee will also be primary sponsor for Graham Rahal’s #15 car at Road America this month and
The Baku race erupted into action when Verstappen suffered a shocking tyre failure which caused a red flag with three laps to go. A standing start was called, with the race counting down to two laps left, with Hamilton and Perez fighting for the lead at the first corner. But the reigning F1 world champion
Most of the field remained at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya circuit for the second in-season test day of 2021, though Aprilia’s Aleix Espargaro sat it out due to some swelling in his arm – a legacy of recent arm-pump surgery. LCR’s Takaaki Nakagami led the opening hour of running with a 1m40.648s, the Honda rider
12:09 PM ET Sebastian Vettel looks like a man reborn at Aston Martin and the decision to sign him appears to be paying off, Formula One’s managing director for motorsport Ross Brawn said on Monday. Germany’s four times world champion joined the former Racing Point team this season, after struggling in his last two campaigns
For the second rally in a row Hyundai went from dominating event to salvaging a podium as Toyota capitalised on the Korean marque’s misfortune to score a one-two in Sardinia. Hyundai once again showed the impressive speed of i20 winning the first nine stages of the rally, as Tanak opened up a commanding 40s lead
The Yamaha rider’s race suit somehow opened fully in the later stages of Sunday’s Barcelona race, leading to many riders to question the safety of his decision to continue racing. Quartararo was later handed a three-second time penalty, dropping him from fourth – having already been penalised for a track limits offence in the race,
Oh, Baku. Beautiful, bonkers Baku. After a year away, Formula 1 returned to the fastest street circuit on the calendar and was rewarded with a race to remember. Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton both saw chances to win the race pass them by and left Azerbaijan empty-handed as Sergio Perez scooped his second grand prix
What a qualifying session! Enjoy all the thrills and spills from a memorable battle for pole in Baku. 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 #AzerbaijanGP
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Larson held off his Hendrick Motorsports team-mate Chase Elliott in a two-lap overtime fight to secure the win in at Sonoma Raceway, but his victory never seemed seriously challenged. Larson started on the pole, won both stages and led 57 of the 92 laps and was only under threat when a late-race three-car wreck set
6:26 AM ET Mercedes boss Toto Wolff said he and Lewis Hamilton are “destroyed” by the way their Azerbaijan Grand Prix unravelled on Sunday. In a remarkable climax, Hamilton squandered a golden opportunity to reclaim the lead of the championship by driving straight on at the restart. The race had been stopped when Hamilton’s title
The AlphaTauri driver had shown strong pace throughout the Baku weekend, initially running fourth, but faded somewhat in the race as the leaders pulled away from him. He then made clear some frustrations over the team radio after Aston Martin’s Sebastian Vettel was able to draft past him on the straight midway through. At that