Newgarden made it through to the Fast Six final stage of qualifying and lapped the 2.238-mile Mid-Ohio course in 66.673 seconds at an average speed of 121.919mph, to shade Herta by just 0.031s. These two appeared to be in a league of their own, as Will Power slipped up on what should have been his
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The Red Bull driver dominated qualifying for the second Austrian race to clinch his fourth pole of the season and third in a row, beating an impressive charge by McLaren’s Lando Norris by just 0.048s. Norris, who secured his best-ever F1 qualifying result, beat Red Bull’s Sergio Perez and both Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton and
The reigning BRDC British F3 champion was transferred to Universitatsklinikum Graz Hospital following an incident during Saturday’s second race at the Austrian venue. FIA F3 Championship organisers have since confirmed the American has suffered a fracture and dislocation of his left thumb, which has forced him out of the remaining race of the weekend. It
10:16 AM ET Formula One leader Max Verstappen put his Red Bull on pole position for the Austrian Grand Prix on Saturday with title rival Lewis Hamilton managing only fourth on the grid for Mercedes. McLaren’s Lando Norris joined Verstappen on the front row, a sensational career best for the young Briton, with Verstappen’s Mexican
Calderon, who also remains on the Alfa Romeo Formula 1 team’s books as a test and development driver, will pilot Sebastien Bourdais’ #14 Dallara-Chevrolet on Tuesday July 6 following this weekend’s Mid-Ohio IndyCar race. The chance comes thanks to ROKiT, the primary sponsor of the #14 car that also backs the 28-year-old Colombian racer in
Alonso was on his final flying lap in Q2 and looked on course to make it in to the top 10 positions, before he was held up by a slow Vettel as they ran through the last corner. The Spaniard failed to make it through to Q3, and will now start the race from 14th
Verstappen came out on top after the one-hour qualifying session, with title rival Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes only managing fourth position. Read Also: Austrian Grand Prix qualifying results: Verstappen on pole from Norris What happened in Q1? Verstappen set the Q1 benchmark at 1m04.249s, a quarter of a second ahead of Hamilton. Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes)
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Ricciardo has struggled for form through the early part of the 2021 season following his winter move to join McLaren, scoring less than half as many points as team-mate Lando Norris. Ricciardo dropped out in Q2 last weekend at the Red Bull Ring before a power unit glitch in the race caused him to fall
Africa’s return to the WRC calendar threw an unusual curveball at the M-Sport Ford squad, who were forced to largely run their operation from their UK base as COVID-19 travel restrictions meant only a handful of staff could be on the ground in Kenya. PLUS: How WRC’s new Safari adventure ended with a familiar tale In
10:34 PM ET Associated Press LEXINGTON, Ohio — Felix Rosenqvist and Rinus VeeKay returned to their cars at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on Friday, where they were welcome sights in the IndyCar paddock but neither dazzled in their return from injury. Rosenqvist was out two races following a crash last month at Detroit, an impact
Jean-Karl Vernay is a man in demand. He recently combined his winning WTCR debut as a Hyundai factory driver with a class runner-up finish in the Nurburgring 24 Hours and is the only member of the manufacturer’s WTCR roster pulling double duty in the new Pure ETCR electric tin-top series. But the 33-year-old’s career might
Mazepin moved up from Formula 2 to make his F1 debut with Haas at the start of the year, but has managed to beat team-mate Mick Schumacher just once in both qualifying and races at the eight events so far this season. The Russian driver revealed last week that he was driving a slightly heavier
The two-time IndyCar champion was a quarter second ahead of Arrow McLaren SP’s Pato O’Ward with an average speed of 120.870mph around the 2.258-mile course. Eight-hundredths slower than O’Ward was Jack Harvey for Meyer Shank Racing, the hometown team, with Alexander Rossi leading the Andretti Autosport contingent. Local hero Graham Rahal was fifth fastest for
12:47 PM ET Associated Press LEXINGTON, Ohio — Felix Rosenqvist and Rinus VeeKay returned to their cars at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on Friday after both IndyCar drivers were sidelined by injuries. Rosenqvist missed two races after a crash last month in Detroit. He said Friday he went through IndyCar’s concussion protocol after he was
Razgatlioglu was one of the names linked to Yamaha’s satellite MotoGP squad for 2022, which is facing losing both of its current riders for next season. Maverick Vinales’ shock departure from the factory Yamaha squad may see current Petronas man Franco Morbidelli moved into that slot, while Valentino Rossi is looking set to retire at
Red Bull and Honda junior Tsunoda impressed on debut in Bahrain at the start of the year by finishing ninth, but went four races without points after struggling in qualifying. A spin in Q1 at the French Grand Prix marked his third qualifying crash in seven races. Red Bull looked to help Tsunoda’s development and
A weekend of mixed emotions in Austria. Fifth place for Lando, while not a podium, was the maximum result on pure pace, but the sense of achievement was tempered by a frustrating end to the weekend for Daniel, whose points-scoring chances were thwarted by a temporary loss of power. #SendIt Join McLaren Plus, our fan
There was excitement aplenty in the second race of the weekend at Zandvoort with some incredible head-to-head battles and spins right up until the chequered flag! GT World is the official YouTube channel for SRO Motorsports Group, the global leader in GT racing. Join us for live and uninterrupted coverage of major events, as well
After Verstappen followed his dominant Styrian GP victory with first place in first practice for this weekend’s repeat event at the Red Bull Ring, he finished third and 0.217s behind Hamilton in Friday’s second one-hour practice session, which was hit by light rain in the closing stages. At the start, the pack headed out on
Mazepin revealed at last weekend’s Styrian Grand Prix that his car was running at a heavier weight that Schumacher, making him feel like “a carrot that was about to be caught by a rabbit” against his team-mate in the race. Mazepin has beaten Schumacher just once in races both drivers have finished, and has outqualified
The Chinese-flagged team currently operates out of two facilities in the UK, using both the workshop of its predecessor NEXT EV in Donington Park – where all Formula E teams were located at the inception of the championship – as well as its own innovation centre in Oxford. But following the conclusion of the 2020/21
In the wake of his defeat to Max Verstappen in the Styrian Grand Prix last Sunday, Hamilton said that Mercedes “need an upgrade of some sort” after finding it “impossible” to keep up with the Red Bull driver. The victory saw Verstappen extend his lead over Hamilton at the top of the drivers’ championship to
The Italian is continuing to undergo treatment for the serious head and facial injuries he suffered after colliding with a truck last June. Daniela Zanardi, in an interview for BMW, said that her husband was undergoing a rehabilitation programme which included multimodal and pharmacological stimulations. “I would like to tell all those people who are
Ganassi entered NASCAR in 2001 and (currently winless in 2021) will likely leave it with a fairly meagre total of 14 wins at Cup level and 20 in the second-tier Xfinity Series. Compare those stats to its IndyCar and IMSA/Grand-Am sportscar numbers – 117 and 59 race wins respectively. Granted, two of those 14 Cup
Ganassi made the surprise announcement on Wednesday at the NASCAR Hall of Fame, ending his 20-year run as a NASCAR team owner. His entire operation has been bought by Trackhouse Entertainment Group and Trackhouse Racing, which will field two cars in the premier stock car series from 2022 using CGR’s two NASCAR charters that guarantee
The COVID-19 pandemic had a major impact on all sporting events in 2020, with MotoGP’s original 20-race season transformed into a heavily revised 14-round schedule which began last July. Centred in Europe, MotoGP held double-headers at Jerez, Red Bull Ring, Misano, Aragon and Valencia, while it also managed to bring back the Portuguese GP to
Max Verstappen’s burnout as he took the chequered flag after his victory in the Styrian Grand Prix last weekend did not go down well with F1 race director Michael Masi, who warned Red Bull that repeat behaviour would not be tolerated in the future. While Masi’s concerns on safety grounds are understandable, two-time F1 world
Saturday in Monaco started in dramatic fashion! Watch the highlights from a busy morning as drivers pushed to the limits ahead of qualifying. 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 #MonacoGP
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