8:13 AM ET Ferrari has launched the car it hopes will return the team to the front of the Formula One grid this year following its winless campaign in 2020. 1 Related The first images of the car, known as the SF21, leaked online on Wednesday an hour before the official launch video and images
F1 announced in February that it would be going ahead with a proposed engine freeze next year, halting development for three seasons until the next generation of power unit arrives. The decision paved the way for Red Bull to establish its own power unit division, taking over Honda’s engines upon its F1 exit to ensure
The mid-engined Chevrolet Corvette C8.R that came on stream for last year’s IMSA Sportscar Championship will make a delayed Le Mans debut on 21-22 August after the team withdrew from last year’s event. Chevrolet cited the rescheduled date for the double-points round of the World Endurance Championship in September as one of multiple factors behind
Morbidelli was Yamaha’s top rider in 2020, winning three races and finishing runner-up in the world championship despite riding what was essentially the 2019 M1. Despite his efforts, Morbidelli was not given factory machinery for 2021 and remains on the ‘A-spec’ bike. Initially worried that this would disadvantage him relative to his factory rivals, despite
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GT4 is arguably the most competitive area of motorsports for 2021. These drivers don’t mess about. They’re in it to win it so sit back and enjoy the world of GT4 racing at it’s best. GT World is the official YouTube channel for SRO Motorsports Group, the global leader in GT racing. Join us for
Alpine, which competed in F1 as Renault until this season, lost its last remaining customer team when McLaren decided to switch from Renault to Mercedes power units for 2021. That means the works Enstone outfit is the only team left on the grid using engines from Viry-Chatillon. Last year outgoing team principal Cyril Abiteboul said
This year’s campaign consists of 12 rounds, with Matton “confident” that number can be fulfilled. While acknowledging the challenges ahead, Matton says the global COVID-19 vaccination roll-out and the “tireless work and commitment of the entire FIA rally family”, can help to minimise possible disruptions. The 2020 WRC season was stopped during Rally Mexico because
Reigning Moto2 world champion and Avintia Ducati rider Enea Bastianini says it was “not that important” to be the fastest MotoGP rookie after the first Qatar test. Bastianini steps up to the premier class this season with Ducati and Avintia, joining Moto2 runner-up Luca Marini, Pramac’s Jorge Martin and Aprilia’s Lorenzo Savadori as MotoGP rookies
The Mexican youngster earned huge praise from rivals, fans and team owners for his first full season in the NTT IndyCar Series, having joined Arrow McLaren SP-Chevrolet with only eight IndyCar races to his name. The 2018 Indy Lights champion took a pole position, four podium finishes and clinched fourth in the championship, showing great
Double Formula 1 world champion Mika Häkkinen came to Artisans de Genève with a personalisation that would reflect his philosophy in life: to keep moving forward, no matter what the obstacle. The result, the Mika Häkkinen Challenge, is the perfect blend of classic watchmaking traditions and the high-speed world of Formula 1. “Time can be
Television executives must have fielded pitches for every conceivable workplace comedy. Following the success of The Office (on both sides of the Atlantic), the likes of Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Parks and Recreation have both commanded legions of fans and airtime across the world. Adding to the extensive list of workplaces, a down-on-its-luck NASCAR outfit now
“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy. They smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.” The summation delivered by Nick Carraway in the final chapter is one
Aprilia is one of only two manufacturers allowed to start 2021 with a completely new bike amid a range of cost-saving measures introduced due to the COVID-19 pandemic and has made changes that Espargaro says have made its RS-GP “quite different” to ride even though it’s not a major revolution. The Spaniard has been testing
Williams unveiled its new car for the 2021 season last week, presenting a heavily-revised livery that saw it adopt a striking new white, blue and yellow colour scheme. The FW43B livery design saw a reduction in size of a number of the sponsorship stickers, leaving a significant amount of blank space on the car. PLUS:
The Canadian was abruptly dropped by Arrow McLaren SP at the end of 2019, leaving him scrambling to find a ride for 2020. Genesys, a “global leader in cloud customer experience and contact center solutions” stepped up to sponsor him in the #29 Andretti Autosport-Honda for three races – at Texas Motor Speedway, the Grand Prix
Suzuki test rider Sylvain Guintoli revealed on Saturday that he was already trying a prototype version of the Japanese marque’s 2022 engine at the first Qatar pre-season test last weekend. Engine development for all manufacturers apart from Aprilia is banned for the 2021 season as part of COVID-19 cost-saving measures, with all except Aprilia and
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Speaking on the Rusty’s Garage podcast, Power explained that he met with Chip Ganassi Racing’s IndyCar boss Mike Hull at the end of 2007 to discuss a drive. However the Australian says Hull hinted that he lacked the “Chip Factor” and talks didn’t progress beyond the initial meeting. “We met at Starbucks,” said Power. “I’d
As part of its long-term sustainability efforts, F1 has outlined some key targets that it wants to achieve alongside an effort to become carbon neutral from 2030. These include a vision for F1 events to be rid totally of single-use plastic and to ensure that 100% of all waste is reused, recycled or composted. While
The change, which has been strongly rumoured for most of the off-season, has been introduced for two primary reasons. The first is to reduce accommodation costs for the teams and the series, and the second is to reduce personnel’s potential exposure time while the America is still grappling with the COVID-19 pandemic and awaiting vaccinations
New factory Yamaha signing Fabio Quartararo topped the test outright as he got work evaluating the M1’s new chassis, though wasn’t totally sold on it just yet. Ducati debuted a new aero concept, with Jack Miller going second fastest overall, while Aprilia made encouraging steps forward with its all-new RS-GP after Aleix Espargaro ended the
And despite the hours spent in their windtunnels and on sophisticated CFD modelling, the aerodynamicists won’t be completely confident that they’ve got their sums right until their new machines have completed a decent amount of testing in Bahrain later this week. Teams are always keen to pursue correlation between their real cars and the tunnel,
In just his fourth start since being suspended most of the 2020 Cup Series season, Larson took control of a wild race on Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and cruised to victory in the Pennzoil 400. Larson was fired from his Chip Ganassi Racing #42 team last April for using a racial slur during
Four-time F1 world champion Vettel has joined the rebranded Aston Martin team for 2021 following a difficult final season with Ferrari, replacing Perez. Vettel finished a lowly 13th in the championship for Ferrari, scoring just one podium and barely one-third of team-mate Charles Leclerc’s points total. Recurring errors by Vettel in recent years led to
The double Moto2 world champion returns to factory status as a rider in 2021 after being promoted from Avintia to Pramac aboard full works Ducati machinery. Zarco ended the opening two days of the Qatar pre-season test 0.416 seconds off the pace in sixth on the combined timesheets and was second-fastest Ducati runner. He says
6:18 AM ET Aston Martin will supply Formula One with a safety and medical car for the upcoming season, sharing the responsibility with Mercedes. The British manufacturer has returned to the sport for the first time in over 60 years. Four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel and Lance Stroll will drive for the team. As part
As previously reported by Autosport, Aston Martin – which returns as a manufacturer F1 entrant for the first time in over 60 years – will share the safety and medical car duties with long-time supplier Mercedes this season. Mercedes and Aston Martin have become increasingly close over the past 12 months, having reached deals on
As is typical during the Qatar test, the Losail circuit was sparsely populated in the early part of the session, with KTM test rider Dani Pedrosa setting the early pace at 1m58.290s as one of just four runners on the circuit in the first hour. Pramac’s Johann Zarco rounded out hour two fastest of all
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all official pre-season testing has been confined to the Losail International Circuit and the riders will have just five days of running before the opening two rounds at the circuit. Only KTM and Aprilia have been able to build completely new bikes for 2021, with COVID cost-saving restrictions meaning Ducati,