8:57 AM ET DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Roush Fenway Racing set a goal to reduce its carbon footprint even as it raced a pair of gas-guzzling cars all across the country. The initiative started with small environmentally conscious measures that eventually grew into a company-wide initiative. With support from partner Castrol, RFR became the first
Daniel Ricciardo says the death of “hero” Dale Earnhardt Sr impacted him hugely, and that he wanted to use the NASCAR legend’s racing approach as inspiration in Formula 1. Thursday marks the 20th anniversary of Earnhardt’s death at the 2001 Daytona 500, and has sparked a number of tributes and recollections of the seven-time NASCAR
Yamaha MotoGP team boss Lin Jarvis says 2020 championship runner-up Franco Morbidelli deserves a factory-spec M1, but it simply wasn’t possible to give him one for 2021. Morbidelli is the only one of Yamaha’s four riders in 2021 not to have factory-supported current-spec machinery, with the Italian remaining on the lesser ‘A-spec’ M1. This is
Williams has completed a maiden run-out with its new FW43B Formula 1 car ahead of the 2021 season by holding a shakedown at Silverstone on Wednesday. Williams announced earlier this month that it would launch its new car for the coming season on 5 March, but has opted to give it a first on-track test
MotoGP launch season is in full swing, with Avintia, Ducati, KTM and Yamaha unveiling their 2021 liveries over the past week. One of the key changes for 2021 is in Yamaha’s factory team line-up, with Fabio Quartararo replacing Valentino Rossi, and joining Maverick Vinales. Both Vinales and Quartararo had a difficult 2020 season, despite winning
Construction of the Monaco Grand Prix circuit will begin next week ahead of the running of its Formula 1, Formula E and historic races in April and May. After the COVID-19 pandemic forced the cancellation of both the F1 race and the Historic Grand Prix due to be held in Monaco last year, the event
The Paddock Motorsport team co-founded by British GT racers Kelvin Fletcher and Martin Plowman will enter a team of McLaren 570S GT4s in the GT Cup this season. The 2019 GT4 Pro-Am class champions set up the team in 2020 to contest the Mazda MX-5 Supercup, and has expanded its programme to run two McLarens
The MotoGP paddock will be subject to a strict lockdown protocol for the Qatar test and double-header to ensure the 2021 season can get underway safely. The COVID-19 pandemic has already forced MotoGP to alter its plans for the start of the 2021 season, with the Argentine and US Grands Prix postponed and a second
Andreas Mikkelsen has admitted the uncertainty over Hyundai’s World Rally Championship future could hinder his comeback plans for 2022. On Monday, Hyundai’s team principal Andrea Adamo revealed the team’s WRC participation was not guaranteed beyond this year as the company’s South Korean board had yet to give its full backing to building a car to
8:54 AM ET The layout of the Melbourne’s Albert Park circuit will change ahead of the Australian Grand Prix on November 21. The traditional F1 season opener has been delayed until the latter part of the season due to the coronavirus pandemic. That change of date has allowed circuit work to be brought forward. The
Daniel Ricciardo felt his maiden Formula 1 outing with McLaren went “really smooth” after sampling the MCL35M car for the first time at Silverstone on Tuesday. Following his winter switch from Renault, seven-time grand prix winner Ricciardo helped unveil McLaren’s new F1 car for the 2021 season on Monday at its factory in Woking. McLaren
Daytona 500 winner Michael McDowell says he “never lost of hope” of winning in the NASCAR Cup Series for the first time after 18 years and 358 race starts. Front Row Motorsports driver McDowell started 17th in Sunday’s race, avoiding a 16-car pile-up in the early laps, and kept close to his fellow Ford Mustang
12:49 PM ET Daniel Ricciardo has completed his first laps for McLaren in a private event with its 2021 Formula One car. 1 Related Ricciardo and McLaren unveiled the team’s 2021 car on Monday, the first of this year’s cars to break cover for the new season. The team is conducting private testing at Silverstone
Aston Martin has confirmed plans to unveil its new Formula 1 car for the 2021 season on 3 March. Following the rebranding of the Racing Point squad under the Aston Martin name over the winter, the team has now revealed details of its launch plans at the start of next month. The Aston Martin squad
Yamaha has unveiled its factory MotoGP colours for the 2021 season with its revised line-up of Maverick Vinales and Fabio Quartararo. For the first time since his return from Ducati in 2013, nine-times grand prix world champion Valentino Rossi will not form a part of the Yamaha’s factory line-up. Eight-time MotoGP race winner Vinales –
Denny Hamlin believes “a lack of numbers” in NASCAR Cup teams using Toyota machinery played a “big role” in the Daytona 500, potentially costing him a fourth victory. Currently in the Cup Series, Toyota is the least represented of the three manufacturers, with just the four Joe Gibbs Racing cars supplemented by the quasi-works single-car
3:58 PM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Longtime racing announcer Bob Jenkins said he plans to scale back his work at Indianapolis Motor Speedway this May as he undergoes radiation and chemotherapy treatment for brain cancer. The 73-year-old Jenkins made the announcement Tuesday near the end of a 24-minute video posted on the speedway’s YouTube
McLaren comes into the 2021 Formula 1 season with arguably the most differences to its updated MCL35M chassis. But amid its attempts to consolidate its hard-earned third place in the constructors standings, there’s an element of jeopardy too, says ADAM COOPER What can a resurgent McLaren achieve on its return to Mercedes power in 2021?
Bob Jenkins, former TV and Indianapolis Motor Speedway announcer, has revealed he is suffering from brain cancer and has reduced his IMS duties. Jenkins, who joined the IMS Radio Network in 1979, became the play-by-play announcer for the Indianapolis 500 at ABC, then branched out to include other IndyCar races on NBC, before becoming the
Yamaha MotoGP team director Massimo Meregalli feels he “believes in” Maverick Vinales sometimes more than the eight-time premier class race winner does in himself. Vinales enters his fifth season with the factory Yamaha squad in 2021 coming off the back of a largely difficult 2020 campaign. Though a winner at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix,
11:56 AM ET DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The white flag is out. The leader of the race has the hammer down but both eyes are glued to the rearview mirror. What he sees is a pack of angry, onrushing race cars that want to be where he is. Then suddenly, that leader is no longer
Red Bull has confirmed Max Verstappen has a performance clause in his Formula 1 contract and believes he will be top of Mercedes’ list if Lewis Hamilton quits after 2021. Mercedes announced last week that seven-time world champion Hamilton had signed a new one-year contract to remain at the team for 2021, leading to speculation
Yamaha will remain in the MotoGP world championship for another five years after agreeing a new deal with promoter Dorna Sports from 2022-2026. The 2021 season marks the Japanese manufacturer’s 60th year in grand prix racing, having made its debut in the world championship back in 1961. Yamaha has won 17 premier class riders’ titles
2:42 PM ET McLaren has unveiled the Mercedes-powered car new signing Daniel Ricciardo and Lando Norris will drive in 2021. For the new season McLaren has rekindled its historic partnership with Mercedes, which powered it to its last championship in 2008. The Mercedes engine is the class leading power unit and has won every championship
McLaren has unveiled its MCL35M challenger for the 2021 Formula 1 season, reclaiming Mercedes power for the new year. The team now has a driver pairing of Lando Norris and Daniel Ricciardo following Carlos Sainz Jr’s departure to Ferrari, and comes off the back of taking third in the F1 constructors’ championship. Despite carryover from
Maverick Vinales believes Yamaha can be “one complete team” in 2021 now seven-time MotoGP world champion Valentino Rossi has left for Petronas SRT. Yamaha signed Fabio Quartararo to take Rossi’s place for 2021 at the start of last year, with the veteran Italian remaining a factory-backed rider with a switch to SRT. Vinales feels Yamaha
3:20 PM ET McLaren’s long-term goal in Formula One is simple: return to the title-winning success of previous decades. Although, that should probably be changed to simple on paper as the actual task of overhauling F1’s top teams and winning a championship is no easy task. The team took a good step in the right
You can watch McLaren become the first team to unveil its 2021 Formula 1 car live on Autosport. The Woking-based outfit will reveal its new MCL35M during an event at its Woking factory at 7pm on Monday evening. Although teams are only allowed limited changes to their 2021 cars, McLaren has faced a challenging winter
Fabio Quartararo hopes he and Maverick Vinales have a rivalry like that of former Yamaha MotoGP team-mates Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo as he joins the factory team in 2021. Three-time MotoGP race winner Quartararo steps up to the factory Yamaha squad from Petronas SRT for this season in a straight swap with SRT-bound Rossi.