Their #51 Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo held a four-second lead over the FFF Racing Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo of Mirko Bortolotti, Andrea Caldarelli and Marco Mapelli after six hours of the centrepiece round of the GT World Challenge Europe. Pier Guidi moved to the head of the field in front of Mapelli with an around-the-outside
Month: July 2021
Sainz lost control of his car at the final corner, hitting the barrier with the left-hand side of the car with a 22G impact. Nevertheless, he tried to get going, but his front wing became dislodged under the front wheels. He was unable to find reverse to back away and drive around the broken wing,
Mercedes driver Hamilton took provisional pole with his first run in the final stage of qualifying at the Hungaroring, sitting over half a second clear of title rival Max Verstappen in third. Hamilton and team-mate Valtteri Bottas ran ahead of Red Bull duo Verstappen and Sergio Perez as they came to start their final laps,
The Finn bolted to the top of the times towards the halfway stage of the one-hour stint when he ran to a 1m17.012s benchmark on soft tyres to put himself two hundredths clear. While Hamilton was able to recover time through the final sector compared to his team-mate, a quicker opening half of the lap
After Max Verstappen topped the opening free practice session for Red Bull at the Hungaroring, Mercedes fought back in FP2 with Bottas producing a 1m17.012s to take top spot by 0.027s from team-mate Lewis Hamilton. However, the day’s main focus was on the fallout from the FIA’s rejection of Red Bull’s review request over Hamilton’s
7:27 PM ET Associated Press FAIRMONT, Minn. — An auto racing announcer in southern Minnesota is out for the rest of the season following a racist rant he made during a side gig in Iowa last month, and the Minnesota track promoter who supported him is now apologizing. Fairmont Raceway promoter Jon McCorkell, in southern
Verstappen was involved in a high-profile accident at Copse on the first lap of the British Grand Prix after contact with Lewis Hamilton, with the back of his Red Bull completely destroyed after impacting the tyre barriers at high speed. Despite the sizeable damage, which Red Bull estimated cost the team over $1.8 million, Honda
Marciello grabbed the top spot in the Super Pole session for the fastest 20 cars from the opening qualifying session on Thursday aboard the #88 ASP Mercedes-AMG GT3 he shares with Daniel Juncadella and Jules Gounon. The Italian, running last in the Friday evening session after he and his team-mates came out fastest on aggregate
Hulkenberg has made 179 starts in Formula 1 but so far has failed to land a podium finish, and has been out of a full-time drive since 2019 – but has been in contact with Ed Carpenter Racing’s team owner Carpenter. The German driver made three substitute appearances for Racing Point last year, covering for
After the British Grand Prix’s sprint format debut, practice reverted to a pair of one-hour Friday sessions in Budapest. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen was fastest ahead of Bottas in FP1 but he struggled with his car’s balance in FP2, and Bottas led team-mate Lewis Hamilton in setting the fastest times of the day overall. Read
After seeing Max Verstappen lead FP1 for Red Bull, Valtteri Bottas headed up a sweep of the top two places for Mercedes in second practice at the Hungaroring. Bottas pipped Hamilton to P1 by just 0.027 seconds, with Verstappen finishing almost three-tenths off the pace in third. With the air temperature well above 30ºC and
Hamilton and F1 title rival Max Verstappen collided while battling for the lead of the British Grand Prix on the opening lap of the race, resulting in a 51G crash for Verstappen. Hamilton was hit with a 10-second time penalty, but recovered to win the race, sparking anger from Red Bull which pushed for a
An Amazon X-Prix event and the following season finale in Brazil were both cancelled due to the COVID-19 crisis in the South America that forced the respective course recces to be canned. But championship organisers have remained steadfast in their commitment to hold a five-round debut season, which has led to the addition of Sardinia
After all, with Hamilton having already been sanctioned for the accident based on video and telemetry data, there was little chance of Red Bull being able to cross the threshold of providing some new ‘significant’ and ‘relevant’ evidence to the FIA. As Ferrari found out to its cost in 2019, when it proposed using a
Marciello and Juncadella both went fastest when they were at the wheel of the #88 ASP Mercedes-AMG GT3 in their respective sessions, while Gounon was third quickest in the final 15-minute segment of qualifying for the double-points round of the GT World Challenge Europe. Their average time of 2m18.433s put them four tenths clear of
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Hamilton received racist abuse on social media in the wake of his victory at the British Grand Prix two weeks ago, prompting F1, the FIA and Mercedes to issue a joint statement condemning the messages. This was followed by a wave of support from other teams and drivers on the grid showing solidarity with Hamilton,
With the controversy over the collision between Hamilton and Verstappen at Silverstone showing no sign of dying down, both drivers spoke at length about the incident for the first time in Hungary on Thursday. Reflecting on the specifics of the crash, with Hamilton making a move down the inside into Copse, the world champion was
Speaking on Motorsport.tv’s This Week with Will Buxton, Shank admitted that he and co-owner Jim Meyer had been “talking about ways to expand the relationship [with Castroneves] even before we had the win,” and that, following the Indy 500 triumph together, their sponsors were “really excited to do something more” with the 46-year-old Brazilian. He
With McLaren and Ferrari already far clear in the fight for third, it has left Alpine, Aston Martin and AlphaTauri separated by just nine points in the race for P5. AlphaTauri currently sits fifth, one point clear of Aston Martin, with both teams having already scored podium finishes this year. Alpine is a further eight
The iconic German street circuit was originally slated to hold its annual DTM round in early July, taking its traditional spot on the calendar after the season opener at Monza. However, the DTM was forced to postpone the event to an unspecified date in April due to rising COVID-19 cases in the country, which would
“You’re kidding!” That was Norfolk hotshoe David Sears’s reaction when his late father, ex-touring car hero Jack Sears, told him that family friend Colin Chapman, boss of the Lotus team from just up the road in Hethel, had been on the phone to invite Sears Jr to an upcoming December Formula 1 test at Paul
2020 F2 champion Schumacher graduated to F1 this year with Haas, and has so far led its efforts at the rear of the field, beating teammate Nikita Mazepin in all but two races both drivers have finished. Schumacher has regularly been heard exchanging feedback with race engineer Gary Gannon on team radio, and has also
Morbidelli underwent surgery on his knee ahead of last month’s Dutch TT after aggravating a pre-existing injury he suffered earlier this year in training. The Italian was ruled out of the Assen race and will be out of action until at least September’s Aragon GP. SRT has confirmed Yamaha test rider Crutchlow will stand in
The next IndyCar round takes place in the Tennessee capital on an all-new venue for the series, where the Music City Grand Prix will cross the Korean Veterans Memorial Bridge and take the field past the Nissan Stadium. Seven-time NASCAR Cup champion Johnson has so far had to contend with learning circuits that the majority
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The 36-year-old Scot was forced to skip last weekend’s British GT round at Spa, with fellow works driver Ross Gunn filling in at Beechdean AMR alongside team patron Andrew Howard. Now Adam, who also leads the GTWCE Endurance Cup and overall GTWCE Pro-Am standings with Garage 59, will also have to miss the blue ribband
Verstappen and Hamilton collided at high-speed while fighting for the lead on the opening lap of the British Grand Prix, resulting in a 51G crash for Verstappen at Copse. Mercedes driver Hamilton was deemed to be predominantly at fault for the crash, resulting in a 10-second time penalty, but he recovered to win the race
Title rivals Verstappen and Hamilton collided while fighting for the lead of the race at Copse on the opening lap of the British Grand Prix two weeks ago, resulting in a 51G crash for Red Bull driver Verstappen. Hamilton was hit with a 10-second time penalty for causing a collision, but recovered to win the
Grosjean is set to make his oval race debut in the Gateway round of the IndyCar calendar on 21 August, having foregone Texas Motor Speedway’s double-header and the Indianapolis 500. The French driver will be part of a three-car Dale Coyne Racing entry next month, and turned 166 laps to finish the day eighth fastest
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