The NASCAR Hall of Famer became an analyst for NASCAR on Fox in 2016, following his retirement from full-time Cup Series competition. But now, he will become the vice chairman at Hendrick Motorsports, second only to chairman and majority owner Rick Hendrick. He will officially take over the position on 1 January, 2022. “I cannot

Returning to the WRC after almost two decades away, Safari Rally Kenya is expected to offer drivers arguably the toughest test of the season with its mix of extreme road conditions and the additional prospect of crews coming across wildlife on the stages. Several drivers have reported sightings of wild animals on the stages, located

The three-time MotoGP race winner injured his left knee earlier this month during a training incident at Valentino Rossi’s VR46 ranch. Morbidelli first disclosed the injury when he fell practicing a bike swap in practice at Barcelona, when he fell as his knee gave way. The Italian has since aggravated that injury on Tuesday in

Following an emotional victory for Marc Marquez at the German MotoGP, his first win since his comeback from a career-threatening injury, the MotoGP paddock moves on to the Netherlands for a final race before five weeks off with an extended summer break due to the cancellation of the Finnish GP. After strengthening his MotoGP world

As the middle leg of an F1 triple-header, the Styrian GP returns to the F1 calendar for a second consecutive year as part of the COVID-19-enforced changes. After Max Verstappen’s victory at the French GP, as he reeled in and overtook Lewis Hamilton on the penultimate lap, the Red Bull driver leads the standings by

It was mid-May when IndyCar revealed that the Toronto street race around Exhibition Place would have to be scrubbed from its schedule for the second straight year, due to restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. At the time, IndyCar said it was “considering various scenarios” for a replacement race, with one favourite being a third

Last week’s announcement that the final stage of the government’s roadmap out of lockdown had been delayed cast serious doubts over the viability of the event with Goodwood saying it would issue an update in due course about the 8-11 July extravaganza. The delayed easing of restrictions until at least the 19 July would’ve limited

Neither Leclerc nor Carlos Sainz Jr were able to keep their tyres alive long enough to match the lap times of their rivals, and their pace drop off and need for extra stops saw them slump to outside the top ten. But while Ferrari was not alone in suffering more degradation in the French GP

Both driver and team lost out on maiden series wins in the first Mexico race on Saturday after disqualification for incorrectly declaring tyre allocation on the car’s technical passport.  While Porsche has lodged an appeal against this decision, Wehrlein has now lost his second place in the Sunday encounter, with a five-second penalty dropping him

He pounced on the duel between front-row starters Oliver Rowland and Pascal Wehrlein to move for his second attack mode activation and rejoined from the effective joker lap in clean air. From there, Mortara kept Wehrlein at bay thanks in part to repeatedly finding masses of time through the banked final Turn 15 to prevent

Hamilton was able to pass pole-sitter Verstappen on the opening lap of the race after a mistake from the Red Bull driver, and led the opening stint ahead of the Red Bull driver. But it was third-placed Bottas who was the first to pit at the end of Lap 17, moving from the medium to

The German combo led comfortably from pole for the first Puebla E-Prix and crossed the line with a clear 3.6s margin but were soon sent to the bottom of the timing screens. The reprimand was dealt for the team not declaring the tyres on Wehrlein’s car, which would deny both parties their first series wins

The current qualifying format puts the top six in the points at an inherent disadvantage by sending them first out onto a green track surface that does not readily offer up lap time. But the comparatively slow times of Antonio Felix da Costa (13th fastest), Mitch Evans (14th), Nyck de Vries (16th), Robin Frijns (22nd)

Max Verstappen pulled off a surprise pole position at Paul Ricard on a track where Mercedes has been dominant in the past. The Dutchman’s form was helped by Red Bull electing to run its low downforce rear wing configuration, which helped boost its speed on the straights. But while Mercedes acknowledged that Verstappen was gaining

Making his first visit to the 4.014-mile circuit, Grosjean clocked a best time of 1m47.678s to rebound well from a difficult weekend in Detroit in which he retired from both races. His best effort was 0.124s quicker than 2012 champion Ryan Hunter-Reay’s Andretti Autosport machine, while Team Penske’s two-time champion and 2018 Road America winner

As reported by Autosport last month, as part of a heavily facelifted calendar, the country’s capital city was expected to join the 2021-22 season schedule after the race was twice cancelled due to the global health crisis. The Seoul city government has now announced a 13-14 August slot in 2022 for a maiden event, with

Rossi is in his 26th season of grand prix racing in 2021, but so far it has been the worst of his career having only scored 15 points from the opening seven races and shown nothing close to podium potential on the Petronas SRT Yamaha. The Italian – who was 21st after Friday’s practice for

F1’s tyre supplier had previously been cryptic in suggesting in a statement that ‘running conditions’ had been behind the tyre failures suffered by Max Verstappen and Lance Stroll in Baku, it has now elaborated further on what triggered the blowouts. While Pirelli confirmed that both Red Bull and Aston Martin had followed the regulations with

The Red Bull Junior, who is driving for Trident this year, said he is “very thankful for the last name I have and for the benefits” but said “in one way it only gets you so far”. Doohan, 18, also said “it would be a lot more were I to take the two-wheeled route”. His

The six-time MotoGP world champion has been struggling with a lack of muscle and power in his right shoulder since returning to action in Portugal following a nine-month injury layoff. A winner at the Sachsenring across all classes since 2010, its quirky layout of 10 left corners and just three right should mean Marquez suffers

At this year’s Indianapolis 500, Will Power, Josef Newgarden, Simon Pagenaud and Scott McLaughlin were asked if they would be interested in racing for Porsche Penske Motorsport at the big endurance events in 2023. All four answered with a resounding and immediate ‘yes’ and Penske has now said he hopes that will be the case.

Grosjean was set to get two outings in a Mercedes W10 car, as offered by team boss Toto Wolff, after the former Haas driver’s crash at last year’s Bahrain Grand Prix. Grosjean was originally due to hold a demo of Mercedes’ 2019 car at the French Grand Prix on 25-27 June, but that outing had

After a year out Ocon returned to F1 last year with Alpine, when it was still racing under the Renault banner, and stayed on for 2021 alongside double F1 world champion Fernando Alonso. Ahead of Ocon’s home race, the French Grand Prix at Le Castellet, Alpine has announced it will keep the Frenchman on board

With Pirelli’s investigation into the failures suffered by Lance Stroll and Max Verstappen at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix concluding that the way the tyres were run triggered the incidents, F1’s tyre supplier and governing body the FIA has worked on new protocols. Amid concerns that teams may have been running tyres below the minimum pressures

Both drivers suffered left rear blow outs in the Baku race, with the initial suspicion pointing to debris being the cause of the incidents. This theory was boosted by the fact that other cars were found to have suffered cuts on their tyres during the red flag period triggered by Verstappen’s incident. In a bid

As well as winning the overall championship title in 2018 and 2019, Jackson has been on the podium 47 times in 50 races and won 30 races. In the other three races, he finished off the podium. Jackson says the main credit is due to the Neil Fowler team, which tends his cars. Across the

The UK government announced on Monday that it was delaying the end of lockdown in the country by four weeks, until July 19 – the day after the Silverstone race. The ongoing restrictions mean that there are limits on the number of people able to attend events. Under the current regulations, outdoor events are limited

While racing restarted in its usual April date this year, COVID-19 restrictions meant spectators were prevented from attending any events for many more weeks – with some restrictions still in place on the number of people allowed into venues. On the latest Autosport National podcast, Autosport deputy national editor Stefan Mackley is joined by Autosport

In the era of COVID-19, teams need easy access to drivers who can jump in with little preparation, and you never know when an unexpected opportunity might crop up. Like Nico Hulkenberg and Alex Albon, Kvyat is near the top of the list of drivers with recent F1 race experience, hence the interest from Alpine

O’Ward’s Arrow McLarens SP surged forward on the last two restarts, passing Scott Dixon, Rahal, Palou, Herta and eventually Josef Newgarden to claim an impressive victory. Herta, who lost third to Palou after trying to retaliate on O’Ward and made a slight error at Turn 3, said after the race that he was disappointed as