Following his exit from Ferrari, four-time F1 world champion Vettel signed with Aston Martin for the 2021 season, partnering Lance Stroll. Vettel endured a difficult start to the year with Aston Martin, completing the least mileage of any full-time driver in testing and then failing to score any points in the opening four races. But Vettel
In an exclusive interview with Autosport talking about his vision if he is successful in this year’s election, the former world rally driver sees great opportunities for all the member clubs of motor racing’s governing body. “I want to grow the FIA,” he said. “I think there is potential. I feel there is potential to
Though Marc Marquez did score Honda’s first win since 2019 with a sensational comeback victory in Germany, Honda has struggled to get close to the podium this season with its problematic 2021 RC213V. Honda currently sits fifth in the constructors’ standings, just 24 clear of Aprilia and 98 adrift of Yamaha following the first nine
Ocon enjoyed a strong start to the 2021 season as he delivered Alpine four straight points finishes between Imola and Monaco, as well as twice qualifying on the third row of the grid. His displays played a part in Alpine’s decision to hand him a new three-year F1 contract running to the end of 2024,
Revisions to the second and third sector of the lap that will include an indoor section at the ExCeL Centre in the Docklands have introduced bigger braking zones and tighter corners. The initial data work from teams revealed that the usual need to save 30 to 35% to reach the finish of a typical race
In April a Saudi company known as Tanal Entertainment issued a press release announcing VR46 would come to MotoGP in 2022 with Aramco as its title sponsor, with VR46 confirming the news last month alongside a three-year deal with Ducati. However, the title sponsorship deal between Aramco and VR46 doesn’t actually exist, despite insistence from
After the 2020 British GP and the following 70th Anniversary GP were held behind closed doors when large-scale public events could not be held during the initial phases of the coronavirus pandemic, this weekend’s race is expected to be a sell-out, with up to 140,000 fans attending on race day alone. Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton
As part of the deal, HendrickCars.com will become the majority sponsor for Larson in 35 of the 36 points-paying races. They will also back Larson’s dirt endeavours, becoming a primary sponsor in all non-NASCAR events he competes in. Larson’s current agreement expires at the conclusion of 2022, but this new contract extends his stay with
Richard and Sam Neary have score theirs and Team Abba Racing’s maiden Intelligent Money British GT Championship victories during a dramatic two-hour race of attrition at Donington Park where Century Motorsport’s Gus Burton and Will Burns extended their GT4 points lead after winning for the second time in three outings.
F1 will stage its first sprint race on Saturday at Silverstone as part of a shake-up of the weekend format that will take place at three grands prix this year. Qualifying will move to Friday and set the starting order for the 17-lap sprint race on Saturday afternoon, the result of which will then define
It’s a stock phrase on the list of a racing commentator’s cliches that races are never won at the first corner. But last weekend at Donington Park proved to be the exception as Richard Neary’s Team ABBA Mercedes-AMG somehow emerged from Turn 1 in second, having started tenth and last in GT3 after an exploding
But even though it appeared it was making strides in practice sessions, it wasn’t until the Austrian Grand Prix that both drivers took advantage of the solution under race conditions – and that appears to have helped it make solid pace gains. With that journey in mind, let’s take a look at Ferrari’s floor development
The Dutch racer sits just five points behind new leader Sam Bird, who won race two in America last weekend, and is level with defending champion Antonio Felix da Costa. This followed his meritocratic rise from 21st to score eighth in a race in which there were no major safety car interventions and no one
This weekend’s British Grand Prix will pay host to F1’s first sprint event, with a 100km race on Saturday deciding the grid for Sunday’s main event. F1 chiefs are confident that the shake up to the weekend timetable will prove a hit with fans, and pave the way for it to look at hosting around
The entire race weekend format has been shaken up to accommodate the new format, which will be used at three grands prix this season as an initial trial, with the first taking place at the British GP. What is F1’s sprint qualifying race? F1’s sprint qualifying is essentially a shortened version of a normal race,
Join Paddock Motorsport’s Martin Plowman for a lap of Silverstone ahead of today’s ‘500’.Watch live coverage here on GT World from 11:50 BST. GT World is the official YouTube channel for SRO Motorsports Group, the global leader in GT racing. Join us for live and uninterrupted coverage of major events, as well as behind-the-scenes access,
It’s understood amongst the drivers that they retain their places to make life easier as they each back off and try to make a gap before starting their qualifying laps. However, this season there have been repeated instances of drivers passing rivals and in effect jumping the queue. It became a particular issue at the
Current Williams driver Russell is in contention to join Mercedes for next year as Lewis Hamilton’s teammate, having been part of the team’s junior programme since 2017. Mercedes has said that it will decide between Russell and current driver Valtteri Bottas at some point over the summer, with both drivers’ existing contracts due to expire
Suzuki is yet to win a grand prix in its title defence season, with Mir currently 55 points adrift of championship leader Fabio Quartararo in fourth in the standings having amassed just three podiums from the first nine races. Mir has been critical this season of the lack of progress made by Suzuki with its
Italy prevailed in a tense penalty shootout after the game had finished 1-1 at the end of extra time. British driver Norris shared pictures of himself attending the match on his personal Instagram account and posted the message “Proud of our team” on his story. Upon exiting the stadium, which had earlier been infiltrated by
The report, inspired by seven-time F1 world champion Lewis Hamilton, is the culmination of 10 months of research looking into why black people are under-represented in the UK motorsport industry. Led by the Royal Academy of Engineering, the work has been focused on trying to get answers as to why just one percent of employees
For a mechanic there’s surely no better job than working for a Formula 1 team, fixing the most advanced cars in the world, but how do you get there? What skills does it take, what qualifications, and how do you get your foot in the door? To find out how a mechanic can get to
The Mexican faced a tough challenge at the start of the 2021 F1 season in trying to adapt to the unique handling characteristics of the high rake Red Bull concept. He admitted that his previous driving style did not suit the RB16B and he needed to rethink his approach to get the most from it.
After spending much of the race swapping the lead, Kyle Busch emerged as the leader on lap 213 of 260 following the final round of green-flag pitstops. But Kurt did not go away and methodically began chasing Kyle back down. With the help of Ross Chastain, Kurt’s Chip Ganassi Racing team-mate, slowing up Kyle, Kurt regained
One double-world champion, against a driver he dubbed as a future world-beater. Take an in-depth look at Fernando Alonso and George Russell’s nail-biting fight for tenth place in Austria. For more F1® videos, visit http://www.Formula1.com Follow F1®: http://www.instagram.com/F1 https://www.facebook.com/Formula1/ Tweets by F1 https://www.twitch.tv/formula1 @f1 #F1 #AustrianGP
Raikkonen is currently the oldest driver on the F1 grid and will turn 42 before the end of the season, with his current deal at Alfa Romeo expiring ahead of the 2022 campaign. The 2007 world champion has endured a tricky start to the 2021 season that has seen him score just a single point
The 17 psi minimum has been a factor across the last two race weekends, the hot weather in both Darwin and Townsville helping teams bleed tyres to a lower true pressure. However there have been two instances of teams being caught out by lower-than-expected rise in temperature on the way to the grid. In Darwin,
Marquez was forced onto the sidelines for around 10 months after badly breaking his right arm in a crash in last July’s Spanish Grand Prix, which required three operations across 2020. Returning to racing in April’s Portuguese GP this year, Marquez has been struggling with lack of power in his right shoulder – a consequence
The German rookie has been spotted several times this year spending time after races taking an up-close look at the tyres and designs of other cars. It is something that both his father Michael and friend Sebastian Vettel also regularly did in their careers to try to better understand what the opposition are up to. After the
Bird controlled the race from pole position, leading every lap to score victory over Envision Virgin Racing rookie Nick Cassidy by 4.1s in the Sunday race in the Red Hook Region. Evans eventually dropped to 13th after a wall tap buckled his rear-left suspension two laps from home, but for much of the race he
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