McLaren boss Andreas Seidl says it “sucks” his team’s 2020 Formula 1 car is so impacted by wind sensitivity issues. While the MCL35 has been strong enough to help McLaren currently sit third place in the constructors’ championship, the team’s season has been impacted by the weather. In particular, both Carlos Sainz Jr and Lando
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Denny Hamlin survived a post-race investigation to win the NASCAR Cup Series Playoff race at Talladega, edging out Matt DiBenedetto in a photo-finish during the third period of overtime. A big accident on 187 of a scheduled 188 involving points leader Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch, Martin Truex Jr and Alex Bowman brought out the second
11:49 AM ET Former Ferrari driver Felipe Massa will lead the investigation into the astonishing Kart World Championship incident that saw a driver attack a rival on and off the circuit in separate incidents. On Sunday, video emerged of Italian driver Luca Corberi walking to the side of the racetrack to throw a loose bumper
2014 IndyCar champion Will Power will have a hand in the design of a new $175 million circuit in his hometown of Toowoomba. Plans for the Will Power Centre for Motorsport and Driver Training Excellence were formally unveiled last week, the Wagner Corporation leading the development with a $95 million pledge. The Queensland state government
The Nurburgring has been the setting for some of the finest drives by Formula 1 legends, which are recounted time and again. Ahead of its return to the calendar for this weekend’s Eifel GP, JAMES NEWBOLD picks out some of the lesser-known performances that also deserve credit Formula 1 returns to the Nurburgring this weekend
KTM’s Brad Binder says he’s not happy with the number of mistakes he has made in his rookie MotoGP season and believes he has “missed a lot” of points-scoring opportunities. The 2016 Moto3 world champion has had an impressive rookie season so far in MotoGP, which included a maiden victory in August at the Czech
The latest NASCAR Cup Series Playoff race ended in controversy at Talladega with NASCAR officials defending the yellow line rule at the centre of the debate. Denny Hamlin survived a post-race investigation to clinch the victory, but his triumph was initially under threat for multiple reasons. Hamlin’s win was put into question as he went
9:48 AM ET November’s Turkish Grand Prix will take place without spectators on advice from the country’s coronavirus provincial pandemic committee. Organisers of the Istanbul Park race had hoped to invite upwards of 100,000 fans to the Nov. 15 event, the first held at the circuit since 2011. However, on Monday it was confirmed this
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Reigning IndyCar champion Josef Newgarden says he has “no room to be mediocre” and a “perfect” run if he is to beat Scott Dixon to the 2020 title. Newgarden claimed his third victory of the season in Friday’s opening Harvest GP race on the Indianapolis road course, when Chip Ganassi Racing’s five-time champ Dixon could
Carlos Sainz Jr says fans making jokes about his move to Ferrari for 2021 “can laugh as much as they want” and that he finds their ideas “pretty funny”. Current McLaren driver Sainz will join Ferrari next season after agreeing a two-year deal back in May, replacing four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel. Ferrari is currently
12:09 AM ET Associated Press MADISON, Ill. — Doug Kalitta won the Mopar Express Lane NHRA Midwest Nationals on Sunday at World Wide Technology Raceway to move within two points of Top Fuel leader Steve Torrence. Kalitta won for the fourth time at the St. Louis-area track, beating Torrence in the final round with a
IndyCar owner Penske Entertainment has announced significant steps in its Race for Equality & Change initiative to improve diversity within the series and at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. These include a major expansion of its relationship with NXG Youth Motorsports (NXG), a non-profit organisation that introduces minority students to motorsport, and the appointment of a
Formula 1 drivers felt positive progress was made when they discussed the Mugello safety car restart crash with race director Michael Masi. In a meeting in Sochi on Friday evening during the Russian Grand Prix, the crash and the circumstances around it were discussed at length, with all drivers able to air their views. The
After another frustrating weekend five-time IndyCar champion Scott Dixon says the Chip Ganassi Racing team still has a tough job ahead to clinch the title at St Petersburg. Following on from two 10th place finishes at Mid-Ohio, Dixon could only bag a ninth and an eighth from the two races on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s
McLaren team principal Andreas Seidl says Formula 1 doesn’t need to mix up the spectacle with invitational races or gimmicks just because Mercedes is dominant. With F1 owners Liberty Media actively pushing for trials of reverse grid qualifying races next year, some teams have also talked about the idea of shaking up the calendar with
Fabio Quartararo admits he is “not really thinking” about beating future team-mate Maverick Vinales in the 2020 MotoGP campaign ahead of his move to the works Yamaha squad in 2021. Quartararo will join Vinales at the factory Yamaha team next year after both were signed to two-year deals with the Japanese manufacturer back in January.
3:18 PM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — The IndyCar Series will continue running the same engines each of the next two seasons. It also will be working with the same two engine manufacturers, Chevrolet and Honda, into the foreseeable future. IndyCar President Jay Frye announced Saturday the three parties agreed to delay the introduction of
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The fastest 10 qualifiers battle for pole during a deciding 15-minute session at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Feat. Intercontinental GT Challenge and GT World Challenge America. 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 as
Will Power took pole at the Indianapolis road course for the second Harvest Grand Prix race, while championship contenders Josef Newgarden and Scott Dixon will start ninth and 15th respectively. In the first qualifying group, Alex Palou of Dale Coyne Racing with Team Goh used two fresh sets of red tyres to set a 1m09.2s
Sebastian Vettel would relish the opportunity to race his Formula 1 rivals in a saloon car race, but fears the times of drivers trying out different cars are “gone”. F1 will return to the Nurburgring for the Eifel Grand Prix next weekend, but has no single-seater support races currently scheduled, with F2 not returning until
10:35 PM ET Associated Press MADISON, Ill. — Tony Schumacher powered to his first No. 1 qualifier since 2018, breaking the track speed record Saturday in the Mopar Express Lane NHRA Midwest Nationals at World Wide Technology Raceway. Schumacher, the eight-time Top Fuel season champion who returned to racing in July after not competing last
Will Power converted pole into victory at IndyCar’s Harvest Grand Prix at Indianapolis despite intense pressure from Colton Herta, as Josef Newgarden trimmed Scott Dixon’s points lead. Penske driver Power made a strong start to maintain the lead as Herta locked up at Turn 1 – but maintained second ahead of Andretti Autosport stablemate Alexander
The 1964 Formula 1 season was one of the closest in world championship history. Remarkably, Autosport decided to rank the drivers before the three-way fight for the title concluded at the season finale, in the 23 October 1964 issue of the magazine My colleagues and I had no difficulty in selecting the leading Autosport starred
5:14 PM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Will Power won the pole, then led every lap of Saturday’s Harvest GP on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course and held off hard-charging Colton Herta by 0.839 seconds. The Australian driver earned his fourth win for Team Penske on the 14-turn, 2.439-mile course. He’s won two of
IndyCar has pushed back the introduction of its hybrid power unit formula to 2023 in an effort to spread out costs for teams and manufacturers in an uncertain economy. The hybrid formula is part of a multi-year contract extension IndyCar has reached with Honda and Chevrolet, which promises a continuation of manufacturer competition and also
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner thinks it is “interesting” to consider what Formula E champion Antonio Felix da Costa could have achieved in Formula 1. Da Costa rose through the junior motorsport ranks as a member of Red Bull’s young driver academy, and completed F1 test running with Force India and Red Bull between
Pol Espargaro says he is “really convinced” he can replicate his KTM podium success on the Honda in 2021 amid questions asking if he is regretting his next MotoGP move. As first revealed by Autosport earlier this year, Espargaro will join Marc Marquez at the factory Honda squad next season, with Alex Marquez being moved