9:09 AM ET After the chaos of the Brazilian Grand Prix, we sat down ESPN’s F1 writers — Kate Walker, Maurice Hamilton, Nate Saunders and Laurence Edmondson — to discuss the main talking points from the Interlagos weekend… How can Ferrari diffuse the fallout from the latest Leclerc/Vettel clash? Sebastian Vettel collided with Ferrari teammate
Citroen’s World Rally Championship pullout announcement had been anticipated for a week, and its statement pointed strongly towards Sebastien Ogier’s decision to leave as the cause. But was it that simple? Citroen team principal Pierre Budar spoke exclusively to Autosport about the other factors behind the move. Were the WRC calendar, its profile or the
Valentino Rossi says Yamaha still has “a long way” to go to match its MotoGP rivals’ top speed, despite positive initial impressions from the 2020 prototype engine. While the M1 emerged as possibly the best bike in MotoGP towards the end of the 2019 campaign, it had an obvious top speed weakness, which Rossi felt
Seven-time NASCAR champion and Hendrick Motorsports driver Jimmie Johnson will retire from the Cup Series at the conclusion of the 2020 season. Johnson was keen to delay his call on when to retire for as long as possible, although one of his major sponsors had committed to 2023. The 44-year-old’s seven cup championships is equal
The Renault Formula 1 squad has announced new signing Esteban Ocon will officially join the team on December 2, the day after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The French driver will then take part in the post-season 2020 Pirelli tyre test at Yas Marina, driving for Renault on both the Tuesday and Wednesday. Ocon gained
10:38 AM ET Esteban Ocon will officially join the Renault F1 team on December 2 so that he can take part in the team’s post-season test in Abu Dhabi. The former Force India driver was forced to spend the 2019 season on the sidelines after he was left without a seat on the grid over
Sebastien Ogier has spoken exclusively to Autosport to explain his decision to leave Citroen’s World Rally Championship team with a year to run on his contract. Citroen’s cited Ogier’s departure for Toyota – a deal expected to be announced next week – as the reason for its withdrawal from the WRC in an announcement made
Maverick Vinales topped the final day of Valencia 2020 pre-season MotoGP testing by 0.164 seconds from fellow Yamaha rider Fabio Quartararo. After a first hour without action, Honda’s Stefan Bradl took to the circuit as well as KTM trio Pol Espargaro, Iker Lecuona (Tech3) and Brad Binder. Bradl was forced to park up after just
2019 Indy Lights runner-up Rinus VeeKay has been announced as the driver of Ed Carpenter Racing’s #21 entry for the 2020 IndyCar season. The 19-year-old Dutchman racked up six wins and seven pole positions for Juncos Racing in Indy Lights this year, and impressed Carpenter in his initial IndyCar tests at Portland and Mid-Ohio. He
The huge points hauls Toro Rosso and Alfa Romeo secured in the Brazilian Grand Prix have all but settled some financially significant Formula 1 constructors’ championship battles. Toro Rosso went into the weekend seventh in the standings, a point behind Racing Point, before Pierre Gasly’s extraordinarily second place plus Daniil Kvyat’s 10th position vaulted it
6:09 PM ET The Brazilian Grand Prix was an instant classic, but a difficult spectacle to summarise with so many things happening across the race. So, for our usual Sunday evening round-up, we thought we would pick out the standout performers and the people with a lot to think about on the journey back home.
Watch Adam Cianciarulo battle the best Supercross racers on the planet at round 12 of the 2019 Monster Energy Supercross Series from Seattle, Washington. Shot 100% on the HERO7Black® camera from http://GoPro.com For full event results visit: http://www.supercrosslive.com
Check out the sights and sounds from the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at the 2019 Rolex 24 At Daytona.
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Fourth fastest over the French GP weekend, Carlos Sainz and Lando Norris were due a P6 and P7 finish before hydraulic issues hampered Lando’s chances – minutes before the chequered flag. #FearlesslyForward Subscribe and be the first to watch exclusive content from the Official McLaren YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/OfficialMcLarenVids/videos McLaren Website | https://www.mclaren.com/racing/ Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/McLaren.Racing
World Rally Championship event winner Hayden Paddon will race in the new-for-2020 TCR New Zealand series, in a Hyundai run by his own team. Paddon Rallysport Group took delivery of a TCR-spec i30 earlier this year, the Kiwi using it to help sharpen his asphalt skills as he looked to work his way back to
LCR’s Cal Crutchlow insists it made “more sense” for Honda to sign Marc Marquez’s brother Alex for the 2020 MotoGP season over the other contenders for Jorge Lorenzo’s seat. Crutchlow ended the year as second-best Honda rider in ninth in the standings in 2019 and was the only RC213V rider aside from world champion Marc
Max Verstappen says he and Lewis Hamilton gave each other “respect” in their fight for Brazilian Grand Prix victory, and battling the Formula 1 world champion is “always more satisfying”. Despite starting from pole position Verstappen had to pass Hamilton twice to win in Brazil, because Mercedes’ strategy calls kept giving Hamilton track position. Verstappen’s
7:22 PM ET Eamonn Tiernan Supercars have defended the safety of their events as Newcastle residents call for their round to be axed in the wake of a horror crash at the Sandown 500. John Iafolla was lucky to walk away when his car flipped multiple times and landed on a ute and resulted in
Marc Marquez says the crash which totalled his 2020 MotoGP Honda prototype on the first day of the Valencia test was “strange”, but doesn’t believe there was a mechanical issue. Marquez was on an out-lap on the new RC213V prototype when he was flicked from his bike heading into the Turn 13 right-hander on Tuesday
Renault F1 driver Nico Hulkenberg will not be joining Ed Carpenter Racing next year, despite speculation continuing to mount as recently as last weekend’s Brazilian Grand Prix. With Indy Lights graduate Rinus VeeKay expected to be confirmed this week as the full-time in the #21 ECR-Chevrolet to replace the departing Spencer Pigot, there had been
Mercedes Formula 1 technical director James Allison enjoyed being the team’s most senior person at the Brazilian Grand Prix in Toto Wolff’s absence, bar the “mess of a race” factor. With Lewis Hamilton classified seventh after his penalty and Valtteri Bottas retiring with an engine failure, Interlagos was one of Mercedes’ worst races of the
6:42 AM ET Mercedes admitted the decision to call Lewis Hamilton in for a tyre change at the final deployment of the Safety Car at the Brazilian Grand Prix was a “rookie mistake” and the fault of the pit-wall, not the driver. After Ferrari pair Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel collided six laps from the
Fabio Quartararo topped the first 2020 pre-season MotoGP test in Valencia despite a crash, while new Honda line-up Marc and Alex Marquez wrecked their bikes in falls during the session. Quartararo set a 1m30.163s late in the afternoon before bringing the session to a halt with a fall at Turn 10, but held onto top
Ferrari drivers Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc should ‘follow Lewis Hamilton’s example’ and be more honest about their mistakes, according to Formula 1’s Ross Brawn. The Ferrari driver pair caused controversy in the Brazilian Grand Prix when they crashed into each other near the end of the race. Neither Leclerc or Vettel publically owned up
11:09 AM ET SAO PAULO, Brazil — Since Mattia Binotto took the top job at Ferrari at the start of the season, he and his two drivers have made a point of facing the written media together after every race. The PR message was simple: whatever happens on track, we leave each round of the
Shot 100% on the new HD HERO3® camera from http://GoPro.com. Watch Ryan Villopoto during Lap 1 of Moto 1 at the eighth round of the 2013 Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship.
Check out the sights and sounds from the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at the 2019 Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Presented by Advance Auto Parts.
It was eyes down for qualifying in the penultimate round of the 2019 F1 season… but who would take top honours? Check out highlights from Saturday in Sao Paulo… For more F1® videos, visit http://www.Formula1.com Like F1® on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Formula1/ Follow F1® on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/F1 Follow F1® on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/F1 #F1 #BrazilGP