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Coming off the back of a promising debut in Bahrain, the Japanese rookie had hoped to impress more at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix a fortnight ago. However, a crash in Q1 that left him at the back of the grid, allied to a spin in the race, meant he missed out on points. Tsunoda

Vinales was responding to false reports in Spain that he had threatened to quit MotoGP after he had a potential pole lap in Q2 at Portimao cancelled for a track limits violation. This led to Vinales starting 12th, while a poor start meant he struggled all race to eventually finish 11th as Yamaha team-mate Fabio

Double 125cc world champion and veteran team boss Gresini died in February after a two-month battle with COVID-19. The team – which operates in Moto3, Moto2 and in MotoGP currently as Aprilia’s factory entrant – vowed to continue racing despite Gresini’s tragic passing. As the squad gets set to return to independent status in 2022,

Following last year’s cancellation, the United States Grand Prix will take place at Circuit of the Americas with fans in the grandstands as tickets for the race weekend of October 22-24 are now on sale. The race was one of the casualties of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, as the Formula 1 season centred on

The original plan was for him to run Le Mans with G-Drive as well as run the ovals for Dale Coyne Racing with RWR-Honda. However, when Le Mans was pushed back from its traditional mid-June date to 21-22 August due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Fittipaldi was forced to choose between sharing G-Drive’s LMP2 Aurus (ORECA)

Along with elder brother Don, he was a regular in IMSA’s Camel GT Championship from the late 1970s into the mid-1980s until his career was brought to an end when he was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment for conspiracy to smuggle marijuana and tax evasion in 1986. The Whittingtons arrived in the IMSA series from

Sebastien Buemi posted his 2m04.669s with 30 minutes left on the clock of the three-hour Prologue session on Tuesday afternoon aboard the #8 Toyota GR010 HYBRID Le Mans Hypercar. The time, an improvement of less than a tenth over the previous Toyota best set by Jose Maria Lopez in the sister car on Tuesday morning,

Observed from an angle slightly above and behind the rear wing, the video offered a unique perspective of an F1 car being pushed to its limit around the Monte Carlo streets. As Alesi darted through the iconic corners, and blasted through the tunnel, the sensation of speed accompanied to the sound of the 3-litre flat

Ricciardo grabbed the headlines recently when he lashed out at F1’s obsession with playing up accidents. In an interview with lifestyle magazine Square Mile, Ricciardo let rip at the way that F1 had tried to glamourise smashes. “I think last year, F1 put on their social channels, like, ‘top 10 moments of the year’ or

When you’re trying to go as fast as possible around a race track, the most important piece of the puzzle is almost always the driver. Sure, Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen wouldn’t be winning races every week if they didn’t have the best equipment, but there’s a reason they’ve ended up with the fastest cars

Following a vote at the F1 Commission on Monday, the matter drew universal support from all parties. Although the plan still needs formal approval by the FIA’s World Motor Sport Council before being put in the rule book, this should be a formality. F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali welcomed the move, which he felt would deliver

The Milton Keynes-based outfit is locked in a tight fight with Mercedes for the F1 world title, with the squads having taken one victory apiece so far this season. Mercedes has been clear, however, that it feels it is playing catch up in terms of performance, and is now the hunter in F1 rather than

The Saturday round drew widespread criticism when only nine of the 24 drivers were classified, and a further five cars were disqualified for exceeding energy limits. Teams have referred to the race as the electric championship ’s ‘2005 Indianapolis Grand Prix’ moment in circumstances FIA Formula E director Frederic Bertrand said he hoped “will never

Video footage of the incident shows the co-driver’s side of Ogier’s Toyota Yaris being hit by another car as he changed lanes on a section of dual carriageway. No one was seriously injured in the incident, although Ogier revealed in the post-event press conference that he had to contend with back pain for the final

Some tracks among the list of 10, like Sebring, Watkins Glen and Long Beach, were rather successful in their era – but fell away from use as the sport expanded and moved on. Others like Las Vegas, Detroit, Dallas, Phoenix and Indianapolis had their moments, but ultimately failed to deliver the huge impact in the

The Andretti Autosport driver earned his first pole position of the season in the Fast Six, beating Meyer-Shank Racing’s Jack Harvey by 0.249s with a 1m00.321s lap. His best time came on his fourth lap of the session, as the red-walled alternate compound took longer than expected to come into an optimal performance window, but

The two-time series champion, a winner at the Florida street course in 2019 and 2020, topped the timesheets with a 1m00.062s lap that was over a tenth clear of his 2019 title rival Alexander Rossi and just shy of the track record. Ex-Formula 1 driver Romain Grosjean set the early pace for Dale Coyne Racing,

Suzuka has held the Japanese Grand Prix in all but two years since its first staged an F1 race in 1987, but its existing contract was due to expire after the 2021 race scheduled for 8-10 October. In an announcement made on Saturday morning, F1 revealed that it had agreed a three-year extension to the

The 930kg minimum weight for the Gibson-powered ORECA design, which raced as the Rebellion R-13 in the WEC in 2018/19 and 2019/20, compares with the 824kg at which it started last season before a system of success handicaps came into play. The weight penalty is part of series of measures designed to bring the performance

The German has been outpaced by team-mate Lance Stroll in the first two races, having qualified 18th in Bahrain, and 13th at Imola. Last weekend’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix proved to be a disaster for Vettel. Both drivers had an issue with overheating brakes in the laps to the grid, but while Stroll was able

The Scot, who has been out of the BTCC for three seasons, whisked his Team Dynamics Honda Civic Type R around a gargantuan 0.194 seconds clear of his closest opposition on the four-cornered circuit with a couple of late runs. Out of five fliers, three of Shedden’s laps were quicker than anyone else’s best, and

According to a bulletin from the FIA, NIO 333 did not report the positive result straight away to the COVID-19 delegate and “made no declaration about possible unfit attendees”. Instead, the stewards concluded that initial contact with the hygiene board came “several hours” after the Li Sheng Racing-owned outfit was first made aware of the

The MP Motorsport driver led the morning session at the Circuit de Catalunya-Barcelona on Thursday with a time of 1m31.636s – the fastest time across the test. He was followed by ART GP’s Alexandr Smolyar with a 1m31.768s and Trident’s Jack Doohan on 1m31.803s, while Charouz’s Logan Sargeant came in fourth. Alpine Academy member Martins,

The MP Motorsport driver and Alpine Academy member, who won last year’s Formula Renault Eurocup championship, topped the time sheets with a 1m31.743s set during the afternoon session. He led from Doohan, with ART GP driver and Mercedes junior Frederik Vesti in third. Trident’s Clement Novalak came fourth, followed by Hitech’s Jak Crawford and Charouz

The plan for the Sunday, May 30 race at the world’s largest sporting facility was developed “in close consultation with state and local health officials and has been approved by the Marion County Public Health Department.” In addition to limited attendance, further key health and safety measures at the 2.5-mile track will include face coverings

Sims’ relationship with BMW stretches back to 2013, but it wasn’t until 2017 that he became a full member of the marque’s factory driver line-up. The two parties enjoyed a successful start to their partnership in the GTLM class of the IMSA SportsCar Championship, Sims and teammate Bill Auberlen finishing second in the championship with

Made up of 12 founding clubs, including Premier League ‘big six’ Liverpool, Manchester United, Manchester City, Chelsea, Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur, the ESL’s plans have caused consternation from fans and pundits concerned that it will tear apart the fabric of ‘the beautiful game’. Regardless of how its plans proceed, with staunch opposition building from all

The team signed former Chip Ganassi Racing ace Felix Rosenqvist to partner incumbent Pato O’Ward this season after dispensing with the services of 2019 Indy Lights champion Oliver Askew, and will expand to run a third car at the Indianapolis 500 for for two-time winner Juan Pablo Montoya. It brings the team closer into line

Palou converted a two-stop strategy into a maiden IndyCar victory on his first racing appearance at Ganassi – having joined the team from Dale Coyne Racing to replace the McLaren SP-bound Felix Rosenqvist. His pace in the opening stint caught the attention of a number of drivers as Palou opened a large gap up to

We speak to George Russell, the man who might become Lewis’s next team-mate… or Valtteri Bottas’s new team-mate! And we speak to Daniel Ricciardo, the man of the moment at McLaren. GP Racing editor Ben Anderson and columnist Mark Gallagher join Executive Editor Stuart Codling to debate what happens next with Lewis Hamilton. Both Hamilton’s