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Having run in third Hamilton looked set for a spectacular turnaround in his fortunes after his title rival and race leader Max Verstappen suffered a tyre failure and crashed, triggering a late red flag. The Mercedes driver lined up second for the restart with a chance of taking the win from Verstappen’s team mate Sergio

Corberi was condemned by the motorsport community after a video of the 2020 world karting finals at Lonato went viral on social media, where the 23-year-old was seen throwing a bumper at fellow karter Paolo Ippolito after being involved in a collision with him on the previous lap. In another video that emerged later, Corberi

The ART Grand Prix driver was involved in a Turn 3 incident with Dan Ticktum (Carlin) and Marcus Armstrong (DAMS) during last Sunday’s feature race at the Baku street circuit. The incident, which resulted in a safety car, eliminated Ferrari junior Armstrong for the second race in a row, while Pourchaire was also forced to

Top Performer After a truly punishing rally run over some of the most brutal roads on the calendar, you could argue that the four top flight WRC crews that completed the full distance deserve the Top Performer gong. However, in truth there are two contenders rally winner Toyota’s Sebastien Ogier and Hyundai’s Ott Tanak. On

Yamaha rider Quartararo had just been overtaken by Pramac’s Johann Zarco at Turn 1 at the start of lap 22 when he made a mistake under braking and was forced to run through the Turn 1/2 chicane. Any rider doing so was forced to cede one second or face a long lap penalty, though Quartararo

Following Ferrucci and RLL’s sixth place in the Indianapolis 500, Hy-Vee, Inc. – an employee-owned supermarket chain that operates 280 retail stores across eight Midwestern states – will again step up as primary sponsor for the #45 car. Hy-Vee will also be primary sponsor for Graham Rahal’s #15 car at Road America this month and

For the second rally in a row Hyundai went from dominating event to salvaging a podium as Toyota capitalised on the Korean marque’s misfortune to score a one-two in Sardinia. Hyundai once again showed the impressive speed of i20 winning the first nine stages of the rally, as Tanak opened up a commanding 40s lead

The AlphaTauri driver had shown strong pace throughout the Baku weekend, initially running fourth, but faded somewhat in the race as the leaders pulled away from him. He then made clear some frustrations over the team radio after Aston Martin’s Sebastian Vettel was able to draft past him on the straight midway through. At that

Stroll and Verstappen both suffered huge accidents on the straight after experiencing what appeared to be similar failures while running Pirelli’s C3 tyre, which was the hard compound in Baku. Isola said a cut found on the left rear that came off Lewis Hamilton’s car after the red flag indicated that a similar issue may

Verstappen’s incident led to a red flag with three laps remaining, which became a two-tour shootout following a second standing start, where Hamilton challenged Perez for the lead at the first corner. The Mercedes driver’s brakes were smoking heavily ahead of the second start, but he made the better getaway from the front row and

Sordo, sitting a relatively comfortable second, rolled his i20 Coupe when he ran wide and hit a culvert that ripped the right rear wheel from the car and pitched it into a roll. The crash came just hours after the team witnessed Ott Tanak retire from a comfortable 40.5s lead when the Estonian hit a

The Toyota driver finds himself in second following a much stronger showing on Saturday after struggling for confidence on Friday that left him adrift of the podium places. Evans also benefitted from high drama as comfortable rally leader Ott Tanak retired on Stage 12 after hitting a rock while his second placed Hyundai team-mate Dani

Leclerc led the first barrage of flying laps in the Q3 pole shootout on the Baku Street Circuit in what had already been a disjointed session with several stoppages. A last-minute red flag, caused by AlphaTauri driver Yuki Tsunoda’s Turn 3 smash, prevented drivers from completing a second flying lap, meaning the order of the

After dominating the morning loop, the Hyundai driver reeled off another series of impressive stage times, making the most of his favourable road position on the rough and slippery gravel roads. The Estonian heads into Saturday with a 19.4s lead over team-mate and two-time Sardinia winner Sordo, who with Hyundai team-mate Thierry Neuville, prevented him

The Hyundai driver had been imperious for the majority of Friday, winning five of the eight stages to build up a 19.4s lead over team-mate Dani Sordo, with Toyota’s Sebastian Ogier 36.2s back in third. However, the Estonian suffered a Pirelli tyre delamination towards the end of the second run through the 14.97km Erula-Tula stage.

First reported by the BBC and confirmed by sources to Autosport, authorities in Singapore have decided that it is not possible to go ahead with the race while travel limitations remain in place. With the city state having kept tight control in restricting the spread of coronavirus thanks to strict entry rules, it was felt

The Alpine F1 junior said he thought the new format introduced this season would “really work”, adding that “the track gives you the opportunity to start P10 and still be able to win just by the track characteristics and the racing it produces.” The new format sees Friday’s qualifying grid reversed for the first race

Yamaha announced on Thursday that Vinales would work with ex-Valentino Rossi crew chief Galbusera from this weekend’s Catalan Grand Prix after a “mutual” parting of the ways with Garcia. Garcia was Vinales’ crew chief in his title-winning Moto3 season in 2013 and became his Yamaha crew chief from 2019 after the Spaniard split with ex-Jorge

Fifteen-time MotoGP race winner Dovizioso is currently taking a sabbatical in 2021 after losing his race seat with Ducati at the end of 2020. Dovizioso has signed on to complete a test programme with Aprilia through to the end of the year, having already tried the bike at private outings at Jerez and Mugello. The

Spectators were back at Brands Hatch for the second time this year for last weekend’s Masters Historic Festival and were treated to some eventful racing. The Pre-66 Touring Cars race was a perfect close to Saturday’s timetable, its hour-long contest full of action and unpredictability. Julian Thomas and Calum Lockie eventually finished clear winners in

The latest edition in Formula 1’s annual video game series will be released on 16 July, and is the first since Codemasters – which uses Motorsport Games for its Esports activities around the DiRT Rally franchise – was acquired by EA Sports over the winter. After previously announcing plans for a new two-player career mode

Petecof had contested the opening two rounds for the Spanish squad but has been forced to withdraw due to budget constraints which has prompted the reshuffle. The reigning Formula Regional European champion scored a best result of 13th from his six F2 races. “Hey guys, I’m not going to be running the Baku round of

The 31-year-old American, who currently leads the IMSA standings with the Wayne Taylor Racing Acura squad run by his father, will be on site for the French endurance classic in August should any of the 19 teams running the LMP2 class’s numerically-dominant ORECA 07-Gibson package require a driver to step in at the last minute.

Assuming there are no withdrawals between now and the Italian race scheduled for 18 July, it will mark the second-largest grid the series has ever assembled outside of the Le Mans 24 Hours – only falling short of the 2012 Spa 6 Hours, which featured a massive 42 cars. It also signifies a four-car increase

Ahead of the Monaco Grand Prix Norris texted Sainz saying the Spaniard had a good chance to win the race, based on Ferrari’s excellent low-speed corner performance. Ferrari did perform strongly in the principality, with Charles Leclerc scoring pole and Sainz taking second – his first podium for the Scuderia. McLaren managed to mitigate the points loss

Marque founder Jim Glickenhaus made the comment after the conclusion of a successful 30-hour endurance simulation for his new 007 LMH at Aragon last weekend. The Pipo Motors-powered machine completed approaching 5000km over the course of the test on Friday and Saturday and was delayed by only one significant problem. “The car ran great, like

Hawkins has been drafted in to pilot one of the team’s four Ford Focus ST cars after Neate elected to sit out the second round of the championship at the Norfolk circuit (12-13 June) due to personal reasons. The decision comes after Neate was at the centre of a dramatic opening round at Thruxton that

Marquez endured a difficult weekend at Mugello as he battled pain in his right shoulder as he continues his comeback to MotoGP following a nine-month injury layoff. Starting from 11th, Marquez was running in 10th when he made contact with Binder at the Poggiosecco right-hander on the second lap of the race and crashed. Marquez

Castroneves, driving for Meyer Shank in a part-time entry, swept past Chip Ganassi Racing’s Palou on the penultimate lap to claim his fourth Indy 500 victory – joining the likes of AJ Foyt, Al Unser and Rick Mears on the joint-most wins at the Brickyard. A thrilling three-driver battle for the lead between Castroneves, Palou

The American outfit has endured a troubled start to the fledgling championship after crashing out of qualifying and the last-chance race in Saudi Arabia. Its driver Kyle LeDuc, who earned five points for his weekend-fastest time through the designated ‘Super Sector’, then stopped in qualifying in Senegal after a tree caught a car reset loop