Team Hezeberg, a joint effort between racing legend Toine Hezemans and Dutch entrepreneur Ernst Berg, plans to field the No. 27 Ford Mustang in several races next season as the Cup Series debuts the Next Gen car. The team’s operations in the United States will be based at Reaume Brothers Racing in Mooresville, North Carolina.
Month: October 2021
Tandy and Milner, in the #4 Corvette C8.R, had been embroiled in a fight with the sister #3 car, driven by Jordan Taylor and Antonio Garcia, but Garcia spilled his team’s chances after clashing with the GTD-leading Turner BMW. Taylor had snatched past pole-winner Milner at the start, finding a dry strip on a damp
Part of the DTM Electric project, the car will be capable of reaching speeds in excess of 300km/h thanks to the all-electric 1000bhp powertrain and an infinitely variable torque distribution system developed by Schaeffler. It will also take advantage of Schaeffler-Paravan’s drive-by-wire technology, which has already been used with mixed results in the cars of
Milner turned a 1m40.263s lap of the 18-turn track to clinch pole, the pair less than 1.2s ahead of Cooper MacNeil in the WeatherTech Racing Porsche. In GT Daytona’s amateur section of qualifying which sets the grid for the class, Robbie Foley put the Turner Motorsports BMW M6 almost three tenths of a second clear
After drivers struggled to find grip on the newly-resurfaced track last season, Pirelli went one step softer for this year’s race, switching from the C1, C2, C3 combination to the C2, C3 and C4. However, having made that choice, Pirelli learned that the characteristics of the track had been changed after the race promoter decided
The unique design celebrates Red Bull and Honda’s partnership as it officially draws to a close at the end of the 2021 season, with a transitional year to follow in 2022. After the cancellation of the Japanese GP, the race at Istanbul Park takes place on the same date Honda should have been saying farewell at Suzuka. Photo by:
The rookie orientation program for the Indy 500 requires a driver to turn 10 laps of 205-210mph, 15 laps of 210-215 mph, then 15 over 215mph. Johnson completed Phases I and II, but still had a few laps left of Phase III when rain, which had already delayed the process, returned to the Speedway and
Ahead of this weekend’s Turkish Grand Prix, the Istanbul Park circuit was water-blasted to make the surface rougher following an FIA recommendation in the aftermath of the 2020 event. The Istanbul surface had been re-laid with fresh asphalt ahead of Turkey’s return to the F1 calendar for the first time since 2011, but as the
The world champion has made it a habit of wearing some unique styles at grands prix when he isn’t in regular team wear. In Turkey on Thursday, he wore an eye-catching blue and black kilt and trousers, with a matching Burberry jacket. And while his outfits sometimes divide opinion among fans, he said at the
Like Jimmie Johnson who was also in action at IMS today, Grosjean’s attempt to complete the Rookie Orientation Programme was stymied by rain, just a few laps shy of completing the third and final phase, which requires the rookie to run 15 laps over 215mph. But the former Formula 1 driver, who has switched to
Having signed McLaughlin to return for the 2021 Bathurst 1000 last year, Dick Johnson Racing confirmed on Tuesday that the Kiwi won’t make the trip down under after all. Confirmation of that news followed recent comments from McLaughlin suggesting the deal was unlikely to go ahead due to his off-season IndyCar commitments in the United
Ferrari debuted an updated hybrid system for its F1 power unit on Charles Leclerc’s car at the Russian GP, with the Monegasque driver duly serving a back of the grid penalty for the Sochi race, while the Italian team confirmed Sainz would receive the upgrade later this season. In the team’s preview of the Turkish
While the DTM’s switch to GT3 machinery was seen as a turn off by many, the championship has delivered some exciting racing action on track this year, with four drivers in shot of the title heading to the Norisring. Leading the standings is Red Bull Formula 1 junior Liam Lawson on 206 points, followed by
As expected, the former Formula 1 driver’s latest term with the team co-owned by Bobby Rahal, David Letterman and Mike Lanigan has ended after a four year stint, during which Sato won at Portland in 2018, Barber and Gateway in 2019 and the Indy 500 in 2020, his second triumph at the fabled Indianapolis Motor
Keselowski watched race winner Wallace use a block to protect his lead, and felt he had a way to get around the 23XI driver before running out of time. Instead, a four-car wreck on Lap 117 of the scheduled 188 laps at Talladega brought out a caution, locking Keselowski into second place. Soon after the
The Groupe Renault brand’s entry will be designed around an Oreca chassis and powered by an Alpine engine developed at its Viry-Chatillon base. It has committed to WEC’s Hypercar category for four years from 2024, and will join rival manufacturers Acura, Audi, BMW, Cadillac and Porsche in using the global LMDh platform. Other manufacturers –
The 42-year-old has five starts in the 24 Hours of Le Mans (all in GTE Pro), taking the class win once in 2016 and finishing on the podium on two other occasions. He has also enjoyed plenty of success stateside, winning overall in the 24 Hours of Daytona in 2011. He then claimed a class
The Frenchman endured a frustrating time in the Russian Grand Prix as he ended up lapped and in 14th, while teammate Fernando Alonso delivered a strong performance to finish eighth. Reflecting on what happened in Sochi, Ocon said it was especially confusing because he and Alonso had been running near identical setups. And, in a
Hamlin and NBA legend Michael Jordan co-own 23XI Racing, which fields Wallace’s #23 Toyota, so both also became first-time winning owners. When NASCAR called Monday’s rain-delayed Cup race at Talladega Superspeedway early for rain – again – Bubba Wallace was the leader. Although only 117 of the scheduled 188 laps were completed, the race had
The famous Ford squad has today formally locked in its Bathurst 1000 driver line-up, with Anton De Pasquale and Tony D’Alberto teaming up in the #11 and brothers Will and Alex Davison in the #17. McLaughlin, meanwhile, will miss his highly-anticipated Great Race return following an on-again, off-again saga influenced by evolving schedules in both
The RoP is a pre-requisite for participation in practice for the 106th Indianapolis 500 that is scheduled for 29 May 2022. IndyCar’s current Indy ROP requires a driver to turn 10 laps at 205-210mph, before 15 laps of 210-215 mph followed by 15 laps over 215mph. For ex-Formula 1 driver Grosjean, it will be his
It was also the first win for the 23XI team co-founded by NBA legend Michael Jordan and Joe Gibbs Racing driver Denny Hamlin for this season, while Wallace’s crew chief Bootie Barker scored the first win of his career after nearly 500 races atop the box. The 188-lap race was postponed from Sunday due to
The talks come the wake of the issues faced at Spa, when the Belgian GP was red-flagged without any flying laps being run. Asked if TV schedules restricted the FIA’s ability to shuffle F1 sessions, Masi said: “It is not so much TV schedule dependent. It is something that we will be discussing in the
The Italian manufacturer has decided to send the works AF Corse team to the Indianapolis 8 Hour later this month and then the Kyalami 9 Hour in December after winning the series-opening Spa 24 Hours in the summer with the AF-supported Iron Lynx squad. AF will enter a pair of Ferrari 488 GT3 Evos in the
Turkish rider Oncu chopped across the front of Gresini’s Jeremy Alcoba on the back straight between Turns 11 and 12 at the Circuit of the Americas. Alcoba crashed as a result, while the following Snipers Honda of Andrea Migno and championship leader Pedro Acosta on the Ajo KTM clattered into the stricken Gresini Honda. Both
Following earlier rain, officials got the track dry in time to fire engines at approximately 3:35pm ET, but as cars were taking pace laps, it began pouring with rain again. With no lights at Talladega Superspeedway, NASCAR would not be able to complete the race once the track was dried again and it was postponed
Breakout rookie Fernandez led all 18 laps of Sunday’s Moto2 race at the Circuit of the Americas and is now just nine points from the championship lead, after Gardner fell on lap six while trying to chase down the Spaniard. Home hero Cameron Beaubier briefly snatched the lead from a season-best fifth on the grid,
The Toyota driver held his nerve across the final two stages despite coming under severe pressure from Hyundai’s Tanak to become only the second British driver to conquer Rally Finland following Kris Meeke’s win in 2016. Evans’ run to victory was ignited by winning Friday’s night stage to end the day third and 6.1s adrift
The championship leader has been found guilty of failing to have his helmet correctly fastened throughout Saturday’s Stage 12. The matter was reviewed by the FIA stewards resulting in Ogier and co-driver Julien Ingrassia being issued with the time penalty and monetary fine. Luckily for Ogier, the time penalty will not affect his position overall
The Hyundai driver had been running in fifth when a compression on Saturday’s penultimate stage sparked a series of events that led to retirement. Television cameras initially cut to Neuville slowing without his light pod on his bonnet of his i20. Neuville has since confirmed that the bump in the road shook the car and