The winner of the 1999 Le Mans 24 Hours with the V12 LMR prototype has revealed its intent to join the new category after confirming last week that it was one of the options under review as it plotted its post-Formula E future. Now, it has firmed up its intent to join a class that
Month: June 2021
An exclusive interview with Perez is the centrepiece of this month’s GP Racing magazine. In the latest edition of the Flat Chat podcast, GP Racing editor Ben Anderson and columnist Mark Gallagher join host Stuart Codling to discuss the scale of Perez’s achievement. Before winning last weekend’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix, he admitted that there was
The former IndyCar driver joined the Vasser Sullivan team full-time this year, partnering Frankie Montecalvo in the #12 Lexus RC F, and at the last IMSA round at Mid-Ohio the pair took second place. However, a short statement from Vasser Sullivan Racing this afternoon read: “Vasser Sullivan Racing announced today that Zach Veach, co-driver of
Formula 1 is populated by drivers and teams alike who revel in the competitive aspect, and will do whatever it takes to win. For the most part, the desire to become the best driver or to build the best car suffices – but there’s also the desire to put the limits of the regulations to
The #10 Chip Ganassi Racing driver is the first driver to fall victim to the rule, introduced in 2020, whereby an ‘early’ engine change incurs a six-place grid penalty on road/street courses and a nine-place penalty on ovals. Palou’s car required a new Honda engine after Carb Day’s final practice for the Indianapolis 500, by
The Green Savoree-run event on the 1.8-mile street and runway course was first held in 2003 and has traditionally been IndyCar’s season-opener. Exceptions were made last year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic pushing it back to October to serve as the series’ finale, and this year, when the race was delayed until the end of
The ART Grand Prix driver was involved in a Turn 3 incident with Dan Ticktum (Carlin) and Marcus Armstrong (DAMS) during last Sunday’s feature race at the Baku street circuit. The incident, which resulted in a safety car, eliminated Ferrari junior Armstrong for the second race in a row, while Pourchaire was also forced to
It feels as though every race in the last year has thrust Lewis Hamilton on the path to breaking a new Formula 1 record, largely those once-unbelievable records set by Michael Schumacher. We have also included the records Hamilton shares with another driver, some of which he could hold alone in the next few years.
IndyCar president Jay Frye says the series will examine its rules regarding blue flags, following frustration from leading runners over the behaviour of backmarkers. While IndyCar drivers generally ensure slow-down laps don’t interfere with flying laps by rivals, current race etiquette allows slower or delayed drivers to fight the leader to avoid getting lapped. In
RTN, the team led by Jumbo supermarket CEO Frits van Eerd, is a regular on the European racing scene and stepped up to the World Endurance Championship in 2018, with van Eerd taking a first win in Fuji in 2019 alongside Giedo van der Garde and Nyck de Vries. The Dutch outfit, which enters a
Back in March, it was announced the Suzuka IGTC fixture planned for 20-22 August had been scrubbed from the IGTC schedule for a second year in a row owing to the continued effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. At that time, the championship said the 10-hour race would be replaced with a new event in the Middle
Following Ferrucci and RLL’s sixth place in the Indianapolis 500, Hy-Vee, Inc. – an employee-owned supermarket chain that operates 280 retail stores across eight Midwestern states – will again step up as primary sponsor for the #45 car. Hy-Vee will also be primary sponsor for Graham Rahal’s #15 car at Road America this month and
The Baku race erupted into action when Verstappen suffered a shocking tyre failure which caused a red flag with three laps to go. A standing start was called, with the race counting down to two laps left, with Hamilton and Perez fighting for the lead at the first corner. But the reigning F1 world champion
While the nature of two high-speed unexpected failures in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix was already enough for Pirelli to get to the bottom of the troubles, it was Verstappen’s post-race comments that added to the intrigue. With his stricken Red Bull still being returned to the garage, the Dutchman suggested that Pirelli would shake off
Larson held off his Hendrick Motorsports team-mate Chase Elliott in a two-lap overtime fight to secure the win in at Sonoma Raceway, but his victory never seemed seriously challenged. Larson started on the pole, won both stages and led 57 of the 92 laps and was only under threat when a late-race three-car wreck set
In the latter stages of Sunday’s 24-lap Barcelona race, Quartararo’s Yamaha leathers split open with around five tours to go and he was seen discarding his chest protector at Turn 3 while trailing eventual winner Miguel Oliveira. Quartararo continued to the chequered flag with his suit fully open, but was not initially penalised despite the
Schumacher spent the majority of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix ahead of Mazepin, only for the Russian driver to jump his team-mate at the standing start that followed the red flag with two laps to go, moving into 13th place. Schumacher was able to gain on Mazepin as their neared the finish line on the final
Quartararo fought for victory with KTM’s Miguel Oliveira in the second half of Sunday’s 24-lap Catalan GP, but was struck by a bizarre issue when his leather race suit completely unzipped itself with around five laps to go. The Yamaha rider was seen dispensing of his chest protector and carried on riding with his suit
Kevin Estre, Michael Christensen and Matteo Cairoli took the ‘Grello’ #911 Porsche 911 GT3 R to victory by a little under nine seconds over the #98 ROWE Racing BMW machine shared by Sheldon van der Linde, Connor de Phillippi, Marco Wittmann and Martin Tomczyk. With just 59 laps completed, the race was the shortest in
The Toyota driver finds himself in second following a much stronger showing on Saturday after struggling for confidence on Friday that left him adrift of the podium places. Evans also benefitted from high drama as comfortable rally leader Ott Tanak retired on Stage 12 after hitting a rock while his second placed Hyundai team-mate Dani
Sordo, sitting a relatively comfortable second, rolled his i20 Coupe when he ran wide and hit a culvert that ripped the right rear wheel from the car and pitched it into a roll. The crash came just hours after the team witnessed Ott Tanak retire from a comfortable 40.5s lead when the Estonian hit a
Leclerc led the first barrage of flying laps in the Q3 pole shootout on the Baku Street Circuit in what had already been a disjointed session with several stoppages. A last-minute red flag, caused by AlphaTauri driver Yuki Tsunoda’s Turn 3 smash, prevented drivers from completing a second flying lap, meaning the order of the
Stephane Ratel declared the entry list for the 2013 World Challenge FIA GT Series finale around the streets of Baku as “the best GT sprint grid since the days of the FIA GT1 World Championship”. He was “bang on with his assessment”, wrote Autosport at the time. Rally legend Sebastien Loeb and ex-F1 driver Ricardo
The current 2.2-litre twin-turbo V6s that have been in service since 2012 produce approximately 700hp on road and street courses, with a further 50hp available on push-to-pass boost. IndyCar aims for the new 2.4-litre engines to have an 800hp baseline by 2025, with a further 100hp on tap from the KERS system. Series president Jay
The Dutchman finished top of FP1, ahead of the Ferraris of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz Jr, as the Maranello squad looked impressive again after a strong showing last time out in Monte Carlo. Verstappen finished second in FP2, just behind team-mate Sergio Perez who felt he had his best Friday yet in the Red
Weather was the deciding factor in the 20-car Top Qualifying 2 shootout at the Nordschleife, with the Eifel region being subjected to heavy rainfall. Race control decided to start the second section about half an hour later than planned, but the track conditions were still treacherously slippery in places. Yelloly, who claimed victory in the
F1 arrived in Baku for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix with protests looming over the flexibility of teams’ rear wings ahead of new rigidity tests being introduced from the next race in France onwards. Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff warned there could be a “very messy” situation in Baku if the FIA did not provide clarification
Markus Flasch, who is now in charge of BMW Motorsport as boss of the marque’s sporting M brand, has revealed that both the LMDh prototype category and the new-for-2023 eGT series are on its radar. Flasch stressed that no decisions have been made, but he strongly suggested that BMW will have a factory involvement in
Hone’s image captures Grosjean’s figure approaching the barrier his Haas car had just pierced through before bursting into flames at the start of the 2020 Bahrain Grand Prix, following contact with former AlphaTauri racer Daniil Kvyat. In the picture, Grosjean is about to haul himself out of the flames and over the barrier and into
Current Moto2 points leader Gardner – son of 1987 500cc world champion Wayne Gardner – was announced by KTM on Wednesday as having signed a deal to step up to MotoGP next year with Tech3. Gardner previously raced with Herve Poncharal’s squad in Moto2, though only scored three top 10 results across the 2017 and