The Finn has endured a difficult campaign with the British team and has run a split campaign in both WRC and WRC2. Suninen released a statement on Friday night confirming his departure from the outfit, stating the decision has been communicated to M-Sport, although the team has yet to issue a statement. The immediate departure
Month: August 2021
Dixon has been drafted in at SRT for the Silverstone weekend to stand in for the injured Franco Morbidelli, whose spot was originally meant to be taken over by Cal Crutchlow before he was moved to the factory Yamaha squad to replace the ousted Maverick Vinales. Former British Superbike Championship star Dixon finished second-to-last in
After Valtteri Bottas topped the opening free practice session for Mercedes at Spa-Francorchamps, Verstappen fought back in the second session with a 1m44.472s to take top spot by 0.041s from the Finn. But Verstappen’s day ended early when he crashed in the final minutes of FP2 exiting Les Combes, hitting the outside barrier, which caused
The MotoGP world championship leader’s 1m59.317s gave him top spot by 0.512 seconds from Ducati’s Jack Miller in FP2, having bounced back from a nasty crash at the start of the session in which he suffered a twisted ankle. Pramac Ducati’s Jorge Martin continued to impress with third place in FP2, ahead of a resurgent
MotoGP’s last visit to Silverstone was in 2019, with the 2020 British GP scrubbed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The top Ducati in the last British GP was Danilo Petrucci in seventh, some 19.6 seconds off race-winner Alex Rins on the Suzuki. Miller ended Friday’s running at Silverstone second overall, albeit 0.512s off a dominant
Albon joined Red Bull’s senior F1 squad just 12 races into his grand prix career in 2019 after replacing the struggling Pierre Gasly, but was dropped at the end of 2020 to make way for Perez. Albon stayed on with Red Bull’s F1 operation in a reserve and test role, playing a part in the
The Mexican joined the outfit on a one-year deal at the start of this season, as Red Bull elected to look outside of its young driver programme for the first time in years. Although Perez has had some difficulties adapting to the unique characteristics of Red Bull’s F1 car concept, he has scored well and
The Honda rider had been in control for much of the first session of the Silverstone weekend but brought FP1 to a premature end when he tucked the front of his RC213V on the entry to the fast Maggotts left-hander and his wrecked bike ended up in the middle of the track. Marquez walked away
Rain falling in the hours ahead of the session starting meant there was no early scramble to get out of the pits, with the majority of the field waiting a few minutes before emerging to undertake several slow and untimed laps on the intermediates. After 10 minutes had passed it became clear that the track
SRT joined grand prix racing in Moto3 in 2015 and expanded to Moto2 by 2018, before stepping up to MotoGP in 2019 as a Yamaha satellite team. Running with factory support for Franco Morbidelli in 2019, Fabio Quartararo in 2020 and Valentino Rossi in 2021, SRT forged closer ties with Yamaha than the previous Tech3
Following his suspension from the Austrian GP for deliberately trying to damage his M1’s engine during the Styrian GP, Yamaha formally parted ways with Vinales with immediate effect last week. The Spaniard will join Aprilia in 2022 and will test the RS-GP for the first time next week at a two-day Misano test. When asked
Red Bull driver Verstappen is currently bidding for his maiden world championship, and led Hamilton by 32 points following the Austrian Grand Prix at the start of July. But a retirement at Silverstone following a first-lap clash with Hamilton and a ninth-place finish in Hungary after picking up damage on the opening lap saw Verstappen
Triumph has been the official Moto2 engine partner since 2019, when it took over from long-time supplier Honda. The Moto2 class previously ran Honda’s four-cylinder CBR600 engine from the class’ inception in 2010 through to 2018, before Triumph introduced its three-cylinder 765cc engine. The new engine has proven to be a success, with the unit
The former British Superbike star and current SRT Moto2 rider has been drafted in to replace Cal Crutchlow at SRT, who in turn was due to replace the injured Franco Morbidelli. However, Maverick Vinales’ ousting from the Yamaha factory squad last week has prompted the Japanese marque to put its test rider in the Spaniard’s
Fabian has a 27 September court date in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, for two felony counts of cruelty to animals and one misdemeanour count of cruelty to animals. It remains unclear when and where Fabian was arrested, but Mecklenburg County records confirm he has not been arrested there. On Thursday, NASCAR issued a brief statement
Verstappen was involved in a high-speed crash at Silverstone after colliding with title rival Lewis Hamilton on the opening lap of the race, leading to concerns about the state of his engine. Initial checks by Honda suggested that it would be fine to continue using, only for an inspection after qualifying in Hungary to prompt
In what is a hotly-contested category, Rudman was in scintillating form in Leicestershire, triumphing in all bar one race to rocket up 25 places on the leaderboard. The 2019 Legends champion has now taken 12 victories this year, putting him five behind runaway table-topper Cam Jackson – who has the potential to further add to
Vinales was suspended by Yamaha following the Styrian Grand Prix after he was found to be trying to deliberately damage his bike’s engine. Last week Yamaha announced it had parted way with immediate effect with Vinales, with the Spaniard having already agreed a one-year deal with Aprilia to partner Aleix Espargaro in 2022. Autosport reported
Russell is vying to replace Valtteri Bottas at Mercedes next year after starring during his time at Williams since debuting in F1 in 2019, having also been part of Mercedes’ young driver programme in that time. Mercedes boss Toto Wolff previously said the team would make a decision on who would partner Lewis Hamilton next
The Briton told Autosport that the slender margin the #28 JOTA ORECA 07-Gibson he shared with Stoffel Vandoorne and Sean Gelael finished behind the class-winning WRT car in last weekend’s World Endurance Championship blue riband event was difficult to take. “It was great to get second, but to lose by seven tenths is bittersweet,” he
Grosjean spent five seasons racing for the Haas team, joining for its debut campaign in 2016 before leaving at the end of last year to make way for an all-rookie line-up. Grosjean joined Dale Coyne Racing in IndyCar for 2021, and has been one of the breakout stars of the season, scoring pole position and
The DTM has witnessed an influx of part-season and guest entries this year after adapting off-the-shelf GT3 cars, which are significantly cheaper to run than their Class One predecessors. Twenty-three cars took to the track for the fourth round of the season on 20-22 August, with 19 full-season entries joined by the JP Motorsport McLaren
Born in Southport, IN, October 1949, Miller first visited Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1957 and attended his first 500 in ’59. There his imagination was captured by the overwhelming magnitude of the event, and in particular the heroics of Jim Hurtubise. Nine years later, having dropped out of Ball State, he had joined the team
The news indicates that the Miami race promoter is keen to add specialist European know-how to its management team, alongside people who are more versed in running the usual sporting activities at the Miami Dolphins NFL stadium, where the track is being built. Irishman Cregan worked as a technician for Aer Lingus before making his
F1 heads to its traditional post-summer break venue at Spa-Francorchamps which is set to welcome a thrilling return to action as the world title fight intensifies between Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen after a pair of dramatic races at Silverstone and the Hungaroring before the break. After the high-profile clash between the world title protagonists
After a dramatic couple of weeks at the Red Bull Ring – both on and off the track – MotoGP returns to Great Britain for the first time since 2019 after last year’s race was cancelled by the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent calendar reshuffle. After Brad Binder’s stunning Austrian MotoGP win with a slick tyre
Mercedes is currently fighting to extend its record of seven consecutive drivers’ and constructors’ world championships, facing a fierce challenge from Red Bull for the titles in 2021. Mercedes’ winning record stretches across the entirety of F1’s V6 hybrid era, but the team has brought through a large amount of new talent throughout its dominant
It was announced today that Action Express Racing (AXR) and Chip Ganassi Racing, currently running Cadillac DPi-V.Rs, will both campaign the next-gen Cadillacs in the IMSA SportsCar Championship in 2023. The Denver-based team has a successful history with General Motors, winning three straight IMSA championships as well as a Daytona 24 Hours and Sebring 12
In the world of sport, what you wear is just as important as how you wear it – and a race suit is no different. It must protect the driver from danger, feel comfortable to wear, and provide the right mobility behind the wheel of a hugely fast racing car. In having developed racewear for
Reigning Formula 2 champion Schumacher moved up to F1 with Haas for 2021, but the team expected to struggle after opting against developing its car for this season, instead placing full focus on its ’22 design. It has left Schumacher typically battling with Haas teammate Nikita Mazepin at the back of the field this year,
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