Envision Virgin Racing driver and championship rookie Cassidy had snared pole by three tenths over fellow newcomer Norman Nato but lost that lead at Turn 3 in the race. Following the start procedure behind the safety car owing to damp patches at Turns 5 and 7, Cassidy led away but span almost immediately when he
Espargaro made a solid start to his fifth season as an Aprilia rider in the Qatar double-header, qualifying inside the top 10 for both races and scoring seventh and 10th-place finishes. This is in stark contrast to team-mate Lorenzo Savadori, whose lack of MotoGP experience has meant he qualified last for both races and achieved
Chevrolet struggled last year even at 1.4-bar turbo boost for qualifying, with rookie Rinus VeeKay of Ed Carpenter Racing being the only runner to qualify in the Fast Nine against Honda-powered rivals. On race day, at 1.3-bar turbo boost, the Chevrolet drivers could match the Hondas but had to lean off the fuel mixture sooner
The pace shown by F1’s top two teams at the season opening Bahrain Grand Prix left Mercedes in no doubt that its form had been hit by new rules introduced this year. In particular, it believes that changes to the floor aimed at cutting downforce have hurt lowrake cars like its own and Aston Martin
Envision Virgin Racing’s new recruit Cassidy starred in a wet qualifying session for the second of the two Rome races on Sunday, setting the second quickest time in the group stages before beating fellow newcomer Norman Nato in superpole by over three tenths of a second. The Kiwi driver had previously put in an impressive
Although Leclerc and Vettel had some famous clashes on the track, the pair did actually work well together during their two seasons as team-mates at Ferrari. Reflecting on their partnership and what he would miss about Vettel, Leclerc has said that it was the German’s intelligent approach to the job that stood out for him.
11:37 PM ET Associated Press MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Rain forced the postponement of the NASCAR Cup Series race at Martinsville Speedway after just 42 laps Saturday night, setting up a doubleheader Sunday. The day will start at noon with the completion of an Xfinity Series race that was suspended after 91 laps Friday night. That
Race director Scot Elkins elected to start the field behind the safety car on account of the wet track, but when green flag conditions were called Lotterer attempted an opening-lap pass on polesitter Vandoorne into the Turn 7 left-hander. The Porsche driver dived up the inside of the 90-degree corner and made contact with Vandoorne.
MotoGP signed a three-year deal to host a race in Indonesia back in 2019, with the inaugural event at the purpose-built street track on the island of Lombok expected to be in 2021 before the COVID-19 pandemic struck. The circuit did appear on a draft 2021 calendar as a reserve circuit, but was removed following
Alpine failed to score any points in its first grand prix since the rebrand of Renault’s works operation as it failed to take the fight to its upper-midfield rivals from 2020. Esteban Ocon spent the majority of the race outside of the points after dropping out in Q1 and was hit by Sebastian Vettel in
Paffett was a part of Mercedes’ line-up for the majority of its factory participation in the revived DTM, completing 15 successive seasons in the series between 2003 and 2018. During that period, the 2005 and 2018 champion scored 23 wins, 48 podiums and 17 pole positions, bowing out as champion when Mercedes exited the DTM
Rossi registered his worst qualifying result in his entire 25-year grand prix career in last weekend’s Doha round in Qatar, having limped to 21st aboard his Petronas SRT Yamaha. He failed to salvage much in the race, the 42-year-old coming away from the second round of the season without points in 16th having also faded
Returning two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Juan Pablo Montoya says he was encouraged by his pace in IndyCar’s Indianapolis Motor Speedway test, despite moments that “scared the hell out of me”. The 2000 and 2015 winner is attempting to qualify for his first Indy 500 since 2017 in a third Arrow McLaren SP entry, having concentrated
After a difficult 2020 campaign where Ferrari finished sixth overall, the team appeared to make some good progress in the season-opening Bahrain GP, with both Sainz and Leclerc finishing in the points. Leclerc has already made reference to Ferrari shaking off the “strange” atmosphere that dogged it at the start of last year and in an exclusive interview
Dennis and DS Techeetah racer Jean-Eric Vergne were sat at the rear of a queue of stationary cars when they were wiped out by Turvey after the session – topped by Audi’s Lucas di Grassi – had finished. NIO 333 driver Turvey rounded the “blind” Turn 6 of the revised Rome track at relatively high
The six-time champion has been out of action since he broke his right arm in last year’s delayed season opener at Jerez in July. A failed attempt to return for the following week’s Andalucian GP compounded his injury, and resulted in a lengthier spell on the sidelines. Marquez has undergone three operations since then, the
The Team Penske driver’s top speed of 226.819mph was 2.392mph quicker than the fastest effort on Thursday, a 224.427mph achieved by Sebastien Bourdais in the rookies and refreshers session. Graham Rahal (Rahal Letterman Lanigan) and Will Power (Penske) were the first to break into the 225mph bracket around the 2.5-mile oval, but this was exceeded
Albon was dropped by the senior Red Bull outfit over the winter for failing to consistently match team-mate Max Verstappen in 2020, with ex-Racing Point driver Sergio Perez hired as his replacement. Unlike his predecessors Daniil Kvyat and Pierre Gasly, who were placed at the then-Toro Rosso team following their demotions from Red Bull Racing,
VeeKay crashed at Turn 1 at IMS on his fifth lap of the test, spinning at almost 220mph before slamming into the wall with the right side of his car. He stepped out of the car flexing his left hand, and it was later confirmed that he’d broken the top bone of his index finger
MotoGP announced on Friday morning that the world championship is set to stage the return of the Indonesian Grand Prix in 2022 at the Mandalika Street Circuit. The track is part of a $3 billion tourism project on the island of Lombok, which includes hotels and a golf course. MotoGP is eyeing hosting a test
Boles and Indiana governor Eric Holcomb – an IndyCar fan and longtime friend of Team Penske president Tim Cindric – were interviewed by Marty Snider on NBC Peacock’s live stream during the second day of testing at Indy. After last year’s Indy 500 was delayed until August but still had to be held in front of
If successful, it would lead to a memorandum of understanding between the city, the Miami Dophins organisation and F1 to hold the race on a purpose-built circuit around the Hard Rock Stadium, home of the Dolphins NFL team. Miami Gardens is a city 16 miles north of Miami, and its council will vote next Wednesday
6:32 AM ET Daniel Ricciardo has hit out at the “idiots” behind Formula One’s strategy of showing crash footage on its social media accounts. Ricciardo was unhappy to see a montage of 2020’s best moments including several crashes, saying it isn’t something adults should want to watch. It is not the first time Ricciardo has
After failing to score points in what was its worst campaign in Formula E in 2019/20, the NIO 333 team bounced back strongly in the season opener in Riyadh in February to catch the attention of its rivals. Oliver Turvey scored points in both rounds of the double header, managing a best finish of sixth
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 season began with back-to-back races at the Losail International Circuit, where Ducati had won on MotoGP’s previous Qatar visits in 2019 and 2018. Having topped pre-season testing outright with new factory signing Jack Miller, while it stormed to pole in both the Qatar and Doha GPs with factory
McLaren finished third in last year’s constructors’ championship and the Woking outfit is tipped to confirm its status as best of the rest behind Red Bull and Mercedes in 2021. While McLaren drivers Daniel Ricciardo and Norris qualified sixth and seventh respectively in Bahrain, behind a Ferrari and an AlphaTauri, Norris worked his way up
7:36 AM ET Mike Elliott will take over from James Allison from July 1 as technical director of Formula One champions Mercedes, the team announced on Friday. Allison will stand back from day-to-day management of technical operations and take on the newly created role of chief technical officer, working closely with the factories at Brackley
After being forced to stage two Formula 1 races behind closed doors and cancel its MotoGP race in 2020 following the start of the pandemic, Silverstone has been working to try and safely welcome fans back for its 2021 events. The F1 British Grand Prix is scheduled for 16-18 July, while the MotoGP race will
Bastianini emerged from the Qatar GP as top rookie in 10th on his two-year-old Ducati and put in another impressive display in last Sunday’s Doha race. The Avintia rider came from 19th on the grid to finish 11th, and was in the group fighting for seventh headed by Suzuki’s Joan Mir covered by 0.662 seconds.
Mercedes endured a difficult pre-season test programme as the team struggled with rear-end instability on its new W12 car following the downforce cuts introduced for 2021. Although Mercedes remained on the back foot over one lap in Bahrain, losing out to Red Bull’s Max Verstappen in the fight for pole position, it fared much better
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