Heimgartner joined KGR as a replacement for the retiring Todd Kelly ahead of the 2018 season, back when the squad was in the final year of its Nissan Motorsport deal. He then continued into the ‘privateer’ era of Kelly Racing, holding onto his seat when the squad downsized and moved to Ford hardware for the

The Japanese driver that has come through Toyota’s junior driver programme has emerged as one of 2021’s surprise packages, highlighted by a maiden WRC podium after finishing second at June’s Safari Rally. In fact, up until an uncharacteristic crash at Rally Ypres last month, Katsuta was the only driver to have finished every rally inside

The banking was designed with the intention that drivers could open DRS on entry and thus have a better chance of pulling off a passing move on the following straight. However, after studying simulations of grip and downforce levels, the FIA preferred to take a conservative approach for the first F1 event at Zandvoort for

The Alpine driver was on a charge in the closing stages at Zandvoort as he closed up on sixth placed Sainz, who had been struggling with a lack of pace throughout the race. But unseen by the international F1 feed, as Alonso shadowed his fellow Spaniard ahead of him, he locked up at the banked

Once again the Hansen squad had to work hard through qualifying as other teams and drivers set the pace, this time Finn Niclas Gronholm and then reigning title winner Johan Kristoffersson topping the order through Saturday and Sunday morning. But as Timmy Hansen made set-up changes to his Peugeot 208 ahead of Q4, and used

Verstappen held track advantage from the start and, although Lewis Hamilton was able to keep in contact with his title rival, there was no chance of being able to pass on track. The only possibility Hamilton had was in trying to undercut Verstappen by pitting first, and by Mercedes making use of Valtteri Botttas on

The pitlane is the tightest of the season in terms of the separation between the garages, and before the weekend FIA race director Michael Masi mandated a 60kmh speed limit in order to address potential issues. The major concern given the high likelihood of safety cars is what might happen if many cars pit at

Prior to the Dutch Grand Prix weekend, it had been expected that making moves around the newly-renovated track would be difficult due to the number of high-speed sweepers that would make it difficult for cars to follow each other closely. But second sprint race winner Martins and third-place finisher Frederik Vesti both said they were

Starting second, Powell swept up the inside of Spa winner Kimilainen to take the lead at Turn 10 on lap six. Chadwick (Veloce Racing) had looked sure to catch her fellow Brit at points, but Racing X’s Powell had built up a substantial lead at the 20-minute mark and crossed the line 2.8 seconds ahead

The Dutchman was on a quick lap in the opening stages of second practice at Zandvoort when the session was stopped following Lewis Hamilton’s car failure. On board images had shown the Red Bull driver passing  Lance Stroll’s Aston Martin moments after the red flag was shown, before he slowed. Red Bull team boss Christian

The factory Toyota drivers have been testing the all-new Rally1 Yaris in France as development of the Japanese marque’s 2022 WRC challenger ramps up. Up until now testing has been conducted by Toyota’s test driver Juho Hanninen, but this week’s tarmac test in France, held near to the Monte Carlo rally route, allowed Evans and

Albon looks set to make a full-time return to F1 next year as both Williams and Alfa Romeo have shown an interest in signing the Anglo-Thai driver, who raced for Red Bull from mid-2019 until the end of 2020. Red Bull F1 boss Horner said on Friday afternoon that a decision on Albon’s next step

The Finn announced his shock departure from M-Sport last Friday leaving the British squad with immediate effect despite being rostered to pilot the team’s WRC2 entry at the Acropolis Rally later this month. Suninen was also set to jump back behind the wheel of a M-Sport WRC Ford Fiesta at Rally Finland in October. In

Formula 1 was a very different place the last time the coastal resort of Zandvoort hosted a grand prix. Three-time world champion Niki Lauda was in the twilight of his career, doing battle with rising stars like Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna. Nelson Piquet was right in the middle of his illustrious F1 career, heading

The 1982 World Rally Championship runner-up said in an interview with Le Figaro that there was a “limited level” in the all-female series “since the best performers don’t participate.” Mouton, head of the FIA’s Women in Motorsport Commission, said: “If the W Series can be seen as a detection/selection channel to attract more young women

Guenther held a contract with BMW for the 2019-21 seasons, becoming the youngest race winner in the championship, but will move squads following the manufacturer’s series exit. The newly independent Andretti Autosport race team, which will run a customer BMW powertrain next year, has taken on the contract of breakout rookie star Jake Dennis. But

It took a long time but Kimi Raikkonen has finally won the world championship title that he so clearly deserves. And, of course, it came at the expense of McLaren after his own two near misses with the British team in 2003 and ’05. This was an extraordinary season for the Finn that began with

The nine-time MotoGP race winner rode the RS-GP for the first time at a private test at Misano on Tuesday and Wednesday following his dismissal from the factory Yamaha squad earlier this month. Aprilia has now confirmed Vinales – who has signed a deal to race for the marque for 2022 – will make his