Chip Ganassi racer Scott Dixon topped the speed charts on the second day of Indy 500 practice, while double Formula 1 champion Fernando Alonso became the first driver to crash. Five-time IndyCar champion Dixon clocked a 226.102mph lap in the final hour of the day’s running, around 0.4mph ahead of Takuma Sato’s top time from
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Lewis Hamilton says the impending move to ban powerful Formula 1 qualifying engine modes will not “get the result that they want” in terms of its impact on Mercedes’ performance. F1 squads have been informed that the FIA will issue a new technical directive ahead of this month’s Belgian Grand Prix, which will mean the
6:57 PM ET Associated Press Fernando Alonso crashed in the final hour of Thursday’s practice session in a setback for his Indianapolis 500 venture. Alonso crashed in Turn 4 when his Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet dipped onto the concrete portion of the apron at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and sent the Spaniard into the retaining wall.
Leading MotoGP riders have expressed concern about riding in the wet during this weekend’s Austrian Grand Prix at Red Bull Ring, with forecasts predicting thunderstorms. This weekend marks the first of two races to be held at the Red Bull Ring, with MotoGP returning next week for the Styrian GP. Since it returned to the
The Haas Formula 1 team has rebuilt Kevin Magnussen’s car following the Dane’s difficult weekend at Silverstone, but no specific issue has been traced. Magnussen was eventually retired from the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix for safety reasons after his car used up its tyres at an alarming rate, and afterwards he suggested that something had
2:58 PM ET Former MotoGP world champion Valentino Rossi believes KTM can be genuine title contenders in 2020 and said rookie Brad Binder’s victory at the Czech Republic Grand Prix is proof of how far they have come. Binder, 25, claimed his first MotoGP win in Brno on Sunday and the KTM team could have
Aprilia MotoGP rider Andrea Iannone’s anti-doping hearing has been delayed to 15 October after the World Anti-Doping Agency successfully obtained a postponement. Iannone has been serving a competition suspension handed to him by MotoGP governing body the FIM after he failed a doping test during the Malaysian Grand Prix weekend last year. The Italian tested
Formula 1 teams have been informed by the FIA about new restrictions on engine modes for qualifying which will be put in place by the Belgian Grand Prix. The changes are set to rein in the Mercedes-powered teams that traditionally make the biggest performance gains in qualifying, and are likely to further ramp up tensions
4:13 AM ET Mexico’s Sergio Perez will return to Formula One duty for the Racing Point team at the Spanish Grand Prix after testing negative for COVID-19. Sky-high temperatures and F1 politics – there’s plenty to discuss ahead of the sixth race of the 2020 season.Listen to the latest episode Perez missed the two weeks
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The MotoGP Czech Grand Prix was an historic day for KTM, as rookie Brad Binder took his and the marque’s first premier class victory. Binder came from seventh on the grid to lead the Brno race by lap 13, before dominating to the chequered flag to claim a maiden win by 5.2 seconds. Behind, Franco
James Hinchcliffe led an Andretti Autosport 1-2-4 on the opening day of practice for the 104th Indianapolis 500 as Fernando Alonso clocked the fifth fastest time. Making only his third IndyCar Series outing of the year, 2016 pole-winner Hinchcliffe turned a 224.526mph average on his 35th of 80 laps in the afternoon session to edge
Andreas Seidl says Formula 1 teams will treat the logistical challenge of the Spanish Grand Prix in a similar way to Hungary amid growing concerns about COVID-19 in Catalonia. F1 will travel to the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya for this weekend’s grand prix while Spain grapples with a rise in COVID-19 cases. Restrictions were reintroduced in
10:29 AM ET Nico Hulkenberg is keen to return to Formula One next year and has revealed he would consider driving for Alfa Romeo on the right terms. At the last two races at Silverstone, Hulkenberg was drafted in by Racing Point to replace Sergio Perez, who was ruled out of both races by positive
KTM Motorsport boss Pit Beirer says Pol Espargaro “deserved” to take the brand’s first MotoGP win for the “pure heart” he put into the project since 2017. Espargaro joined KTM for its first season in MotoGP back in 2017 and has been the constant in its line-up since then, taking the marque’s first podium in
McLaren Formula 1 technical director James Key says plans for the team’s new windtunnel are running a year later than planned due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. McLaren announced last year that it was planning to upgrade its facilities at its Woking base and construct a new windtunnel after receiving approval from the
10:50 AM ET Associated Press Corporate interest in Bubba Wallace has picked up momentum and NASCAR’s only Black full-time driver has signed a new sponsor that includes funding for his Richard Petty Motorports team. Columbia Sportswear Co. on Wednesday announced a multiyear sponsorship with Wallace as a brand ambassador that will also put the company
MotoGP heads on to the Red Bull Ring and the first of two consecutive races starting with the Austrian Grand Prix. Following a shock victory for Brad Binder and KTM at the Czech GP last time out, all predictions are off for the fourth round of the reshuffled 2020 MotoGP season. Despite being one of
The race to make the NASCAR Cup Series playoff is hotting up, with seven-time champion Jimmie Johnson currently at risk of missing out on a spot in his final season. Johnson sits 26 points outside the playoff positions with four races remaining – the Daytona road course, a doubleheader at Dover and the regular season
Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff doubts there will be an issue if anyone fails to meet Formula 1’s early deadline to agree terms for the new Concorde Agreement. F1 has been engaged with teams for some time over the new commercial agreement that will replace the Concorde Agreement for 2021, with the existing terms expiring
4:08 AM ET Reuters and ESPN The row over Racing Point’s Formula One car is heading for court after rivals Ferrari and Renault confirmed on Tuesday they would appeal a stewards’ decision. Silverstone-based Racing Point were fined 400,000 euros ($469,240.00) and docked 15 points in the constructors’ championship after stewards upheld a Renault protest and
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Aleix Espargaro says the traction of Brad Binder’s race-winning KTM relative to his Aprilia made him feel like “I was in the Moto2 class” during MotoGP’s Czech Grand Prix. Espargaro started from fourth on the factory 2020 Aprilia RS-GP and ran second on the opening lap after overtaking championship leader Fabio Quartararo’s SRT Petronas Yamaha
Fernando Alonso has said next week’s Indianapolis 500 will be his last attempt at the triple crown for at least two years, as he returns to Formula 1 with Renault. In 2017, McLaren’s F1 prospects were so poor that Alonso was able to skip the Monaco Grand Prix with the team’s blessing in order to