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Mercedes suffered setbacks on the first two days of testing at the Bahrain International Circuit, with drivers Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas losing track time to issues and reporting rear-end instability with the car. Although Mercedes closed out the running in Bahrain with a trouble-free final day, the team still ended testing at the bottom
Having last claimed victory at Martinsville back in June, Truex fought off Joey Logano, who was first off pitroad in the race’s final pitstops, but on a restart with 25 laps remaining Truex powered around the outside of Logano and grabbed the lead through Turns 1 and 2. The race remained caution-free from there and
Marquez broke his right humerus in a crash during last year’s season-opening Spanish GP at Jerez, and has been out of action since an aborted comeback a few days after surgery at the Andalusian GP. The Honda rider has had three operations on his arm, the latest coming in December, which finally moved his recovery
7:15 PM ET Associated Press GAINESVILLE, Fla. — J.R. Todd’s victory at the season-opening Gatornationals ended the NHRA’s longest winning streak by one juggernaut and spoiled the much-hyped return of another. Todd beat Robert Hight in the Funny Car finale Sunday at Gainesville Raceway, crossing the finish line first after both drivers had trouble getting
Verstappen ended pre-season testing at the Bahrain International Circuit with the fastest lap time, recording a best effort of 1m28.960s. The lap saw him finish 0.093s clear of AlphaTauri’s Yuki Tsunoda in second place, and more than a second clear of reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes. Verstappen has downplayed the favourite tag for
In a frantic final hour of the afternoon session Verstappen used Pirelli’s soft C4 compound to set a time of 1m28.960s, one tenth quicker than AlphaTauri’s rookie driver Yuki Tsunoda. After a tame morning session, in which most teams focused on long runs, times gradually started tumbling as day turned into night at the Bahrain
Miller ended the five-day Qatar pre-season test fastest on the combined times after setting an unofficial lap record of 1m53.183s as he began life as a factory Ducati team rider. The Australian was one of a handful of riders who completed a full race simulation during the test, demonstrating a strong pace of consistent mid
9:24 AM ET Red Bull is looking particularly strong and will be a “different animal” this season with Sergio Perez alongside Max Verstappen, seven times Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton said on Sunday. 1 Related Experienced Mexican Perez, a winner in Bahrain last December, has joined Red Bull from the team that was Racing
Sunday morning’s four-hour session was largely trouble-free, which allowed most teams to rack up a substantial number of laps at the Bahrain International Circuit. Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc fired off a 1m30.486 lap on mediums 20 minutes into the session, which set the tone for a busy start as teams tried to make the most of
Red Bull was one of the most secretive when it came to its new Formula 1 car launch, heavily restricting the number of images made available of the RB16B. However, it finally had to unleash its car to the prying eyes of fans and rival teams in Bahrain testing this week, offering the chance to
Much was expected of KTM during the 2021 pre-season after scoring three victories last year and being allowed to start the new campaign with a new motorcycle along with only Aprilia. But so far both the factory KTM riders and Tech3 duo Danilo Petrucci and Iker Lecuona have flown under the radar, with Thursday’s session
8:50 PM ET Associated Press AVONDALE, Ariz. — Austin Cindric used a dominant performance and a good restart with two laps left Saturday for his second straight victory at Phoenix Raceway. Cindric won again on the track where he captured his first NASCAR Xfinity Series championship in November. He led 119 of 200 laps in
Several generations of fans grew up listening to his voice describing the exploits of the likes of Jackie Stewart, James Hunt, Nigel Mansell, Damon Hill and Jenson Button. To the wider public he was best known for his occasional gaffes and the “trousers on fire” commentary style so famously described by Clive James. In fact
From the boss of the world motorsport governing body, to Formula 1 title winners he commentated on and drivers who grew up listening to his broadcasts, messages have flooded in paying their respects to Walker after his death was announced on Saturday. In a career talking about motorsport that spanned seven decades, he was known
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, testing was limited to just five days at the Losail International Circuit in Qatar ahead of the opening round of the season on 28 March. The final day of testing was disrupted by windy conditions, and featured very limited running. Miller set an unofficial lap record on Wednesday ahead of
5:30 AM ET Mercedes, Red Bull and McLaren bosses, whose teams were the top- three in Formula One last year, have given their backing to proposed Saturday sprint qualifying races. 1 Related The sport is expected to confirm the experiment, which would award championship points on Saturday as well as in Sunday’s race, for a
Walker served as the lead commentator for F1 coverage in Great Britain from 1976 until 2001, becoming an icon within both motorsport and wider sports broadcasting. In a statement issued by the British Racing Drivers’ Club on Saturday evening, it was announced that Walker had died at the age of 97. “It is with great
F1 is planning to hold sprint races for the first time at three grands prix in 2021, running a 100km race on a Saturday to set the grid for the Sunday grand prix. F1 managing director of motorsports Brawn used the term “sprint qualifying” to describe the races during an interview on the world feed
On Thursday MotoGP announced it had come to an agreement with the Qatari authorities for the entire paddock present in the country to be offered the COVID-19 vaccine, following the region’s successful rollout amongst its population. The jab on offer is the Pfizer vaccine, which requires its two doses to be split by 19 days.
8:02 AM ET Sebastian Vettel said he will not publicly compare Aston Martin’s Mercedes engine to Ferrari’s out of respect to his former team. Vettel joined Aston Martin for its return F1 project this year, after his six-year stint with Ferrari came to an end. It is his first time driving a Mercedes power unit
But while the focus for many outfits has been on the floor area, and some clever ideas have already appeared, McLaren appears to have stolen a march on rivals with a unique diffuser solution instead. The package of rule changes for 2021 came in three parts – involving new requirements for the floor, the brake
The Dutchman and then team-mate Alex Albon struggled at times in 2020 with the aerodynamic anomalies of the RB16 that resulted in a nervous rear end and a car that was hard to be fully committed with. With the team having worked hard throughout last season to address the problems, the new RB16B has proved
High winds around the Losail International Circuit had blown a lot of sand from the surrounding Qatar desert onto the track, with no one bothering to post a lap time in the opening hour of running. Petrucci ventured out in the second hour on his KTM, but only did two laps, the fastest of which
8:30 PM ET Associated Press GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Ron Capps topped the first round of Funny Car qualifying Friday in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series’ season-opening Gatornationals at Gainesville Raceway, while 71-year-old John Force struggled in his return. Capps had a pass of 3.895 seconds at 329.02 mph in a Dodge Charger SRT
Verstappen closed out the first of three days of pre-season testing with both the quickest time and the most laps completed, racking up more than two race distances in the RB16B. The session marked the first extensive run-out for the RB16B, as well as its first public sighting after Red Bull kept it hidden following
Mercedes gave its W12 car a first on-track run on Friday at the Bahrain International Circuit, but slumped to the bottom of the mileage chart after a challenging day. Valtteri Bottas lost the majority of his morning after a gearshift issue, which team principal Toto Wolff said “came out of nowhere”, was discovered on his
High winds left Losail circuit covered in sand for the final day of the Qatar pre-season test, with only five riders completing laps due to the conditions. Suzuki duo Mir and Alex Rins didn’t venture out at all during the eight-hour session, with the former admitting the lost day has proven to be problematic as
11:30 AM ET Red Bull’s Max Verstappen set the fastest time on the opening day of testing as main rivals Mercedes appeared to struggle, but are the world champions really in trouble? Read our recap and analysis below… What happened? All ten teams were present for the first of three days of testing ahead of
Vettel made his official Aston Martin debut on Friday morning in the Mercedes-powered AMR21, setting 51 laps at the Bahrain International Circuit before handing over the car to team-mate Lance Stroll after lunch time. Vettel’s fastest lap of 1m33.742s was three seconds slower than Max Verstappen’s leading time in the Red Bull, but the German