The Frenchman shared how he was deeply affected by the death of his close friend Anthoine Hubert in a Formula 2 crash at Spa in 2019, their shared rise through the ranks and his feelings of returning to the scene of the accident for last year’s Belgian GP. He also discussed his feelings of not

Juan Pablo Montoya, Kimi Raikkonen and Fernando Alonso are regarded as one of F1’s greatest-ever rookie intakes, the trio each enjoying standout seasons with the Williams, Sauber and Minardi squads that would set them up for lengthy top-line careers. Montoya overtook Schumacher three times on track during the season and finally broke his duck in

It’s also a question that is impossible to answer, simply because even the man himself is adamant that he doesn’t yet know. Speculation about Hamilton’s career plans has been rife since his new one-year deal was finally announced on 8 February, a little over a month before the start of testing in Bahrain. It’s not

The biennial event was planned for July 2020 and was initially postponed for a year as COVID-19 took hold across Europe, but amid the current situation and restrictions on large spectator events the promoters have confirmed the event has been postponed this year and pushed back to July 2022. A press statement said: “Due to

In an interview with Autosport, Nissan’s global chief operating officer Ashwani Gupta revealed that the manufacturer would continue in the series for the duration of the new 350kW cars. This formal commitment comes alongside Nissan’s move to an all-electric road car line-up “by the early 2030s” and its target to be carbon neutral by 2050.

The FIA Formula 3 graduate has been heavily linked to a promotion to the Dutch squad’s F2 programme, with an appearance at the pre-season test only serving to strengthen speculation. MP Motorsport has today confirmed via social media that Verschoor will indeed join the team for the F2 season opener, although Autosport/Motorsport.com understands the deal

In a radical shake-up for the 2021 campaign, Bristol Motor Speedway will stage the first NASCAR Cup dirt race since 1970, as part of a wider overhaul which saw a record seven road course events on the 36-round Cup calendar, including visits to circuits such as Austin, Road America and the Indianapolis road course for the

Johnny Dumfries had impeccable credentials when he was signed up to be Ayrton Senna’s team-mate at Lotus for 1986. He was a British Formula 3 Champion, and a dominant one at that. He’d been test driver for Ferrari. And he’d raced in Formula 3000. That wasn’t the CV of a driver who was going to

The reigning FIA Formula 3 champion is making the step up F2 this year with champion outfit Prema Racing and is among a group of young drivers expected to impress. Already a rising star in the junior ranks, Piastri was snapped up by the Renault Sport, now Alpine Academy, in 2020, resulting in a F1

The young Briton impressed at last year’s Sakhir Grand Prix when he stood in for Lewis Hamilton, who was forced out of the event after contracting coronavirus. Although Russell only did that one outing for Mercedes before Hamilton returned in Abu Dhabi, it was enough for him to get a proper insight in to how

Larson took both stage victories and led a race-high 269 of 325 laps but a 56-lap run on the same set of tyres took them beyond their limits, opening the door to the rapidly chasing Blaney. With eight laps remaining and as Larson and Blaney both approached the lapped car of Joey Logano, Blaney dove

Like with the final Moto3 pre-season test, Moto2’s final three-days of running ahead of the season had to be moved to Qatar this weekend due to the COVID-19 pandemic having originally been scheduled to take place at Jerez in Spain. After the first day of running on Friday, Ajo KTM’s new signing Remy Gardner –

Several private tests for the Moto3 class have already taken place during the pre-season, while the final official outing had to rescheduled to this weekend and moved to Qatar due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Testing began on Friday, with Petronas Sprinta’s new signing Darryn Binder – who has moved over from the CIP squad

The Ganassi car had exchanged the lead with the Daytona 24 Hours-winning Wayne Taylor Racing Acura for much of the opening phase of the race, following a controversial clash between van der Zande and the pole-sitting Action Express Racing Cadillac of Pipo Derani that cost the latter three laps of repairs. No further action was

The collision occurred just 45 minutes into the endurance classic when the two Cadillac DPi-V.R drivers were approaching GTD traffic on the run to the Turn 17 hairpin. Action Express Racing driver Derani, a three-time Sebring winner, had made a move to the inside of van der Zande just as the Dutchman’s Chip Ganassi Racing

During the run of 2021 car launches this year, the lengths that some teams went to to hide their new ideas became a big talking point. Mercedes and McLaren both blanked out areas of their cars in launch images, while AlphaTauri released renders of its 2021 car with a completely different nose and suspension design.

Wayne Taylor Racing Acura driver Ricky Taylor was the first driver to get under the 1m46s barrier, and he did it comprehensively with a 1m45.571s. Then the Whelen Engineering AXR Cadillac of Derani, which had set the pace throughout Thursday’s practice sessions moved to the top by 0.152 seconds. Renger van der Zande’s attempts to

Drive to Survive has been a hit for Netflix since it was first shown in 2019, helping bring rafts of new fans to F1 with unparalleled behind-the-scenes access. Haas team boss Steiner has become a fan favourite through the first two seasons of Drive to Survive, most notably for his forthright demeanour and interactions with

The ex-Formula 1 driver turned touring car ace is gearing up for his 15th season in the WTCC/WTCR in search of a so-far elusive title. This year is only Monteiro’s third full season since recovering from serious injuries sustained in a horrible touring car testing accident caused by brake failure at Barcelona in 2017. At

That means that all 29 drivers for the 2021 BTCC are now confirmed, with Hamilton emulating his brother Lewis by becoming the final contender for his respective championship to be announced in his seat. After contesting four rounds in 2015 with an AmD Tuning Audi, Hamilton undertook just over half of the 2019 season in

Corvette Racing is gunning for its 12th victory in an event it has not conquered since 2017 – although it did win the Cadillac Grand Prix held here last year. Tandy, who won the last three 12 Hours for Porsche, believes the mid-engined C8.R seems very capable over the arduous and severe bumps around the 3.74-mile

The 1950s-specification BRMs are being built for British Racing Motors by renowned race car engineers Hall and Hall and the Bourne-based company used the original ‘engine number two’ to help meet the technical challenges presented by one of the most complex Formula 1 engines of its era, each with more than 36,000 components. INSIGHT: The

Victory in the French enduro with Klaus Ludwig and the Whittington brothers, Bill and Don, for Kremer Racing’s own K3 version of the Porsche 935 was the highpoint of Manfred Kremer’s involvement in top-line sportscar racing over the course of four decades. Kremer won a race of attrition at Le Mans in ’79 ahead of

An offer of COVID-19 vaccinations from the Bahrain government left Formula 1 teams and others in the championship with a difficult question – should they take it up or not? In the end views were split, essentially on national lines that reflect the efficient vaccine rollout in the UK. The British-based organisations left the choice

Rodin Cars, manufacturer of the FZED car designed for the track, will move into a new showroom to present its single-seater car in a special display with the ready-to-race car available for customer delivery. The Rodin FZED will be available to view by appointment only, to adhere to COVID-19 restrictions, ad will take pride of

Loeb admitted “it wasn’t an easy decision” to make and it is understood that he called Elena around midday on Tuesday to deliver the news to him, having most recently competed together at this year’s Dakar Rally for the Bahrain Raid Xtreme team. The Prodrive-built BRX1 car’s debut at the Dakar Rally was marred with

The FIA introduced a raft of measures over the winter targeted at slashing downforce to put less strain through the tyres. The new regulations included cutting away a section of the floor ahead of the rear tyres, outlawing holes and slots in this area, plus reducing the size of rear brake ducts and diffuser strakes.

As part of the Italian car manufacturer’s sim-racing push, it attracted more than 20,000 competitors for the inaugural Ferrari Esports Series in 2020, with Italian Giovanni Da Salvo triumphing and earning a place on its official Academy Esports Team. The competition, which is hosted on the Assetto Corsa platform, will begin again with qualification rounds

Extreme E is an off-road racing championship for all-electric SUVs that will hold rounds in locations hurt most by climate change to promote environmental repair and protection. It was originally devised in 2018 by Formula E co-founder Alejandro Agag and two-time Champ Car champion Gil de Ferran, plus it has the backing of motorsport governing

Arguably no Formula 1 team faced as big a challenge as McLaren heading into last weekend’s Bahrain testing, given the switch of power unit supplier from Renault to Mercedes.  Even at a time when much on the 2020 cars was frozen by the FIA, allowing teams to carry over parts without having to devote R&D