11:54 PM ET Australian Formula One driver Daniel Ricciardo has urged society to grow up and move away from the “toxic” and “disgraceful” racism many are subjected to on a daily basis. The comments come as protests and rioting ramps up in the United States following the death of George Floyd. The Minnesota man, who
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Brad Keselowski inherited victory in the NASCAR Cup Series race at Bristol as leaders Joey Logano and Chase Elliott took each other out with two laps to go. After a caution period instigated by long-time leader Denny Hamlin spinning on tyre marbles ended with five laps of a scheduled 500 to run, Elliott’s Hendrick Motorsports
Lewis Hamilton has criticised his Formula 1 peers for “staying silent” amid the ongoing global protests against racial injustice. Protests and rallies have been held across the world in recent days following the murder of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, by police in the US state of Minneapolis on 25 May. Numerous prominent sporting
8:04 PM ET Associated Press BRISTOL, Tenn. — Brad Keselowski inherited his second win of the season when Chase Elliott and Joey Logano collided as they raced for the victory Sunday at Bristol Motor Speedway. Keselowski was in third with a lap and a turn remaining when he lucked into his second victory in three
Having won the first five races of 1992 on the bounce, Nigel Mansell went to Monaco hoping to secure a sixth. But ill fortune left him having to contend with reigning champion Ayrton Senna for an infamous duel around the Monte Carlo streets… The streets of Monte Carlo are well-known in Formula 1 circles as
One-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Brad Keselowski favours the current policy of abandoning qualifying and practice for midweek races – regardless of the COVID-19 pandemic that necessitated the condensed format. Team Penske’s Keselowski, who won Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600, was drawn on pole for the first race following NASCAR’s return at Darlington with the new random
5:11 AM ET Audi sacked German driver Daniel Abt from their Formula E team because he “made a conscious decision to go against the rules” in an esports competition, the German carmaker said on Wednesday. Abt, who announced on Tuesday he had lost his seat, was punished for getting a professional gamer to compete for
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Mount Panorama served up an epic opening round to this year’s Intercontinental GT Challenge Powered by Pirelli campaign. Re-live the best bits, including Matt Campbell’s last-gasp pass that handed Porsche its first Bathurst 12 Hour victory, right here.
Scott Redding says the Aprilia MotoGP team was like an “empty void” in 2018, two years on from his disastrous final premier-class campaign with the Italian manufacturer. The 27-year-old Briton replaced fellow countryman Sam Lowes at the Team Gresini-run Aprilia squad in 2018, having previously raced both Honda and Ducati machinery in his first four
A Formula 1 car is a complex piece of machinery with teams funnelling hundreds of millions of dollars into producing the most advanced car on the grid. In this quest for speed an F1 team’s factory never stands still, working year-round to improve every part of the car from the front wing to the diffuser,
5:01 PM ET Gabriel Tan Haas F1 Team’s Romain Grosjean admits he will miss Sebastian Vettel if 2020 proves to be the driver’s final year in Formula 1 since he believes it might be tough to settle for anything else after driving for Ferrari. Vettel, a four-time world champion, will leave Ferrari once his contract
In the most recent Formula 1 classic race, a grand prix which only sparked to life late on, the 2019 Brazilian Grand Prix gave Carlos Sainz Jr his moment in the sun which he celebrated in the darkness of a post-race podium and led Ferrari to come knocking There is a habit for memories in
May 28, 2020 Mercedes’ parent company, Daimler, has denied it is planning to quit Formula One after a speculative report in Germany claimed a plan had been hatched to sell the team to Aston Martin owner Lawrence Stroll next year. 1 Related The report in Auto Bild and on F1insider.com claimed Mercedes team boss Toto
For many fans, Group B was the golden era of the World Rally Championship, but it came at a high price. DAVID EVANS looked back at the rise and demise of the WRC’s most spectacular machines in the 18 August 2016 issue of Autosport magazine Rally cars go around corners far faster today than they
Aleix Espargaro has revealed he is “really close” to finalising a new Aprilia MotoGP deal for 2021 and beyond, admitting that this will likely be his last contract before retirement. Espargaro has often been critical of the Gresini-run Aprilia squad since coming on board in 2017, having achieved only a best finish of sixth in
Fifty years on from the first of Al Unser’s record-matching four Indianapolis 500 triumphs, Autosport’s IndyCar correspondent DAVID MALSHER-LOPEZ recalls the career of an Indy hero No fan of the Indianapolis 500 needs telling that last weekend was a weird one. For media folks – who are merely fans paid to write about it –
Silverstone’s hopes of hosting Formula 1 races this year have taken a further boost after the UK government declared the resumption of sport behind closed doors from Monday 1 June. The 2020 F1 season has been on hiatus since March’s aborted Australian Grand Prix due to the coronavirus pandemic, with the subsequent races through June
11:07 AM ET Austria’s health ministry announced on Saturday that two Formula One motor races can go ahead on July 5 and 12 without spectators. The races are due to be held in the village of Spielberg, about 200 kilometres southwest of the capital Vienna. 2 Related F1 organizers earlier this year announced plans to
Daniel Ricciardo looked set for his first win of 2016… until this pit stop error cost him his chance of victory. Revisit the most dramatic moments of the 2016 F1 season. For more F1® videos, visit http://www.Formula1.com Like F1® on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Formula1/ Follow F1® on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/F1 Follow F1® on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/F1
The 2019 season will see SRO Motorsports Group unite the sprint-format championships formerly known as the Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup, Blancpain GT Series Asia and Pirelli World Challenge GT to form a new global initiative: the Blancpain GT World Challenge. This exciting international endeavour will present GT3 manufacturers, partners and teams with the
McLaren boss Zak Brown is expecting 2021 signing Daniel Ricciardo to provide a benchmark that will help Lando Norris develop as a Formula 1 driver. Ricciardo will join McLaren for the 2021 season as part of the driver shuffle sparked by Sebastian Vettel’s split with Ferrari, with the German’s spot to be filled by current
May 29, 2020 Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — The MotoGP races in Britain and Australia are the latest to be canceled on the international motorcycle racing circuit because of the coronavirus pandemic. Organizers on Friday said the COVID-19 pandemic “and resulting calendar changes have obliged the cancellation of both events.” The British Grand Prix had
As Autosport launches the latest episode in its Race of My Life podcast series, we take a look back at Roger Penske’s choice as the race of his life – the 1994 Indianapolis 500 Race: 1994 Indianapolis 500, Indianapolis Motor Speedway Car: Penske PC23 (Driven by Al Unser Jr) It was a race when Penske’s
5:28 AM ET Renault says it plans to stay in Formula One despite the French car manufacturer undergoing a major restructuring process that will see 15,000 layoffs worldwide. 1 Related The team’s future in F1 has become a source of speculation for several months after it failed to meet its on-track goals last year as
Formula 1’s decision to lower its cost-cap to $145m per season from 2021 was widely celebrated on Wednesday, but the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic was underlined on Friday as Williams revealed it would be open to selling its team. ADAM COOPER delves into the situation facing one of F1’s fiercely independent teams Friday
7:45 AM ET Williams are prepared to end decades of family control and sell the struggling Formula One team to secure its future after tough times on and off the track, deputy principal Claire Williams said on Friday. The announcement is a major shift for a proudly British company co-founded by Frank Williams, Claire’s father,
Quiz time for the Ferrari duo as they team up to take on the Grill The Grid challenge… For more F1® videos, visit http://www.Formula1.com Like F1® on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Formula1/ Follow F1® on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/F1 Follow F1® on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/F1
The 2019 season will see SRO Motorsports Group unite the sprint-format championships formerly known as the Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup, Blancpain GT Series Asia and Pirelli World Challenge GT to form a new global initiative: the Blancpain GT World Challenge. This exciting international endeavour will present GT3 manufacturers, partners and teams with the
The British and Australian MotoGP races have been called off for this season, bringing the total number of race cancellations in 2020 up to five. The British MotoGP at Silverstone had been scheduled for 30 August, while the Australian MotoGP at Phillip Island was in the initial race calendar for 25 October. But with the