Aston Martin’s first public run of the Valkyrie hypercar it developed with Red Bull was chosen for the British Grand Prix partly to give “two fingers” to the company’s critics. The road-going version of the Aston Martin/Red Bull Advanced Technologies-developed Valkyrie, which will be built for the new World Endurance Championship rules as well, complete
Robert Wickens says driving again is “the best therapy” after leading parade laps at the Toronto IndyCar race in a specially adapted road car with hand controls. Wickens hadn’t driven a car in public since his “life-changing” accident in IndyCar at Pocono in 2018 but returned to drive at the head of the field before
Sebastian Vettel’s clash with Max Verstappen in the British Grand Prix was the latest in the growing list of high-profile errors the Ferrari Formula 1 driver has made in battle. On a weekend where he was already being noticeably outperformed by team-mate Charles Leclerc, Vettel was attempting to reclaim the third place he had just
Max Verstappen reckons Charles Leclerc was so robust with his defensive driving in the British Grand Prix because he was ‘still sore’ over their clash in Austria. The Red Bull and Ferrari drivers fought wheel-to-wheel for the first time at Silverstone since their controversial incident at the Red Bull Ring two weeks before. With Leclerc
Ott Tanak deliberately chose an adverse starting spot on Rally Estonia, in preparation for next month’s World Rally Championship event in Finland where he will run first on the road. All four WRC manufacturers sent cars to Estonia for the non-championship round, as a test for one of the series’ headline events just over the
Lewis Hamilton says he decided not to block Mercedes Formula 1 team-mate Valtteri Bottas while the pair battled for the lead in the early laps of the British Grand Prix. Hamilton managed to squeeze past race leader Bottas around the outside exiting Brooklands on the fourth lap, but Bottas then surged back past heading into
Multiple IndyCar champion Scott Dixon says repairing his arm could be an “off-season project”, as the Kiwi is suffering with tennis elbow. Chip Ganassi Honda driver Dixon emerged as the closest challenger to eventual winner Simon Pagenaud – who won this year’s Indianapolis 500 – in last weekend’s IndyCar race at Toronto, despite suffering with
Ducati MotoGP sporting director Paolo Ciabatti has accused his Honda counterpart Alberto Puig of misinterpreting his statements in order to manufacturer controversy. Ciabatti was referring to Puig’s interview given to El Confidencial, in which the Spaniard attacked Ducati for implying that its recent MotoGP success would have been impossible without five-time premier class champion Marc
Kentucky NASCAR Cup Series winner Kurt Busch says he was “proud” of his brother, Kyle, for their fight for victory last weekend in which the two made contact. Penske’s Joey Logano looked home and dry before a caution triggered a five-lap showdown. Chip Ganassi Chevrolet driver Kurt Busch had fresher tyres and drove around the
Simon Pagenaud resisted a late charge from Scott Dixon to claim his third win of the 2019 IndyCar season in Toronto. The Indianapolis 500 winner led from pole and was putting in a dominant display until the final round of pit stops when the resulting traffic from the cycle allowed fellow front-row starter Dixon to
Lewis Hamilton says he went against his Mercedes Formula 1 team by not pitting for fresh tyres for a late British Grand Prix fastest lap attempt. Hamilton scored a record-breaking sixth victory at Silverstone after a safety car period allowed him to jump ahead of polesitting team-mate Valtteri Bottas. The two Mercedes drivers opted for
An unusual high-voltage problem denied Alex Albon a points finish in the British Grand Prix after his Honda Formula 1 engine issue prevented him from making a second pitstop. Albon was among the first drivers to make a schedule stop, on lap 13 of 52, and he spent most of the Silverstone race inside the
A pair of superb stints from Christopher Haase and Simon Gachet gave Sainteloc Racing its first Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe win of the season in the second Zandvoort race. The Audi R8 pairing led comfortably throughout with Haase building a mammoth 13-second advantage ahead of the mandatory pit-stops. Gachet continued the domination in the
Red Bull Formula 1 driver Pierre Gasly says he has made a “massive step” forward during what he feels is so far his “strongest” weekend of the season at Silverstone. Gasly qualified fifth for the British Grand Prix, matching his strongest grid position of the year, as he ended up just under half a second
Chip Ganassi Racing’s Kurt Busch clinched his first victory of the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series season, beating his brother Kyle Busch in a thrilling overtime finish at Kentucky. Penske’s Joey Logano had seemed on course for victory after he battled past dominant stage two winner Kyle Busch (Joe Gibbs Racing) to take the lead for
Simon Pagenaud claimed pole position for the Toronto IndyCar race as Scott Dixon spun on his final fast lap. Pagenaud squeezed in a 58.429s lap around the 1.78-mile street course, reaching the line just before the session ended. Dixon, who had led for much of the final ‘fast six’ session, kept his time as his
Daniel Ricciardo has praised Renault for putting aside the ‘frustrations’ of having to abandon some of its new upgrades as it returned to form at the British Grand Prix. Following a deeply disappointing outing in Austria a fortnight ago, Renault went back on a setup direction and decided to take off some of the new
Mercedes Formula 1 team boss Toto Wolff said he was ‘surprised’ to see Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton claim the front row in qualifying for the British Grand Prix. Bottas set a time of 1m25.093s to deny his team-mate Hamilton a pole in his home race at Silverstone by a margin of just 0.006s, but
Akka ASP duo Vincent Abril and Raffaele Marciello claimed their first Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe victory of the season in the opening race at Zandvoort. The pole-sitting #88 Mercedes-AMG built a lead either side of the mandatory pit-stop to beat the Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini of Mirko Bortolotti and Christian Engelhart by over eight
Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto believes there is no doubt that Sebastian Vettel is “fully committed” to a future in Formula 1 with the Italian team. Vettel has admitted that the direction F1 takes with its 2021 rules will be an important factor in deciding whether to stay in the championship beyond next season. His
Team Penske-Chevrolet’s Simon Pagenaud went fastest in second practice for Honda Indy Toronto, just beating Chip Ganassi Racing-Honda’s Felix Rosenqvist. The 2019 Indianapolis 500 winner set a time of 59.8708s around the 1.786-mile street course with Rosenqvist a mere 0.0603s behind him. Pagenaud, who claimed pole at the Toronto circuit in ’17, had a clear
FIA president Jean Todt has asked Formula 1 bosses to consider whether refuelling should return from 2021 to help improve the spectacle. Motor racing’s governing body is working with teams and Formula 1 owners Liberty Media on a raft of new rules for the 2021 season, designed to simplify cars while also making the racing
Daniel Ricciardo says the Renault engine which expired in Formula 1 British Grand Prix FP2 was a high-mileage, older-spec unit which was reserved solely for Friday running. He was forced to park up at the Maggotts section in the closing stages of Friday’s second practice at Silverstone when his car shut down. Ricciardo, who claimed
The architect of Bentley’s 2003 Le Mans 24 Hours victory and its current GT3 programme will retire at the end of this month. Brian Gush is stepping down from the position of director of motorsport he has held since the beginning of the programme that climaxed with Le Mans victory for Tom Kristensen, Rinaldo Capello
LCR Honda rider Cal Crutchlow claims the 2019 MotoGP title fight “finished four races ago” in favour of Marc Marquez, who he says is riding ‘better than ever’ this year. Marquez was near-untouchable in the first half of the season as, apart from crashing out from a dominant lead at Austin, he finished every other
Williams deputy team principal Claire Williams has rubbished talk of tension with Robert Kubica and dismissed rumours that he may not see out the season. As well as Williams facing competitive struggles, which prompted the departure of technical chief Paddy Lowe, Kubica has struggled to match the impressive pace of teammate George Russell. The disparity
A new statement attributed to Rich Energy CEO William Storey has blasted the company’s own communication in a fresh twist to the Haas Formula 1 team’s title sponsor saga. On Wednesday, a Tweet emerged from the energy drink’s account announcing that it had terminated its deal with Haas due to “poor performance”. The post added
Charles Leclerc says he is happy to race aggressively like how Max Verstappen won the Austrian Grand Prix if their controversial incident is consistently viewed as acceptable in Formula 1. Leclerc lost the first victory of his F1 career when Verstappen passed him late on at the Red Bull Ring – a move that triggered
Andrea Dovizioso says Ducati will be more competitive in the coming MotoGP races, but says this still won’t be enough to “even start thinking” about challenging championship leader Marc Marquez. After finishing fourth in the Dutch TT at Assen, Dovizioso could manage no better than fifth in Sunday’s German Grand Prix, behind factory teammate Danilo
McLaren has completely eliminated its infamous “matrix” management structure and will have a traditional Formula 1 leadership arrangement under new team principal Andreas Seidl. The British team adopted the aerospace-inspired matrix set-up in Ron Dennis’s time, with McLaren’s former CEO Martin Whitmarsh the architect. It avoided the traditional divisions of responsibility in the racing team