O’Ward will take part in the post-season F1 test at the Yas Marina Circuit in December after winning a bet with McLaren chief Zak Brown by scoring his first IndyCar victory in Texas earlier this year. To prepare for his F1 test, O’Ward visited McLaren’s UK base in Woking last week, completing three days in
The Dane claimed fastest laps in six of the nine races in 2021 and netted the title alongside Barwell Motorsport team-mate Leo Machitski with a fourth-place finish in last weekend’s Donington Park season finale. But Lind told Autosport after sealing the championship that, following his split with WPI Motorsport early in 2020 and subsequent departure
Every year there’s a flood of young hopefuls trying to make it into F1, but some have a better chance than others. These are the guys who, in addition to GSM phones and carbon fibre briefcases, already have the ultimate driver accessory – the personal manager. It’s not just the new boys who need a
The sport’s governing body has stated that it will be reviewing how it classifies drivers into the four gradings — platinum, gold, silver and bronzes — for international sportscar racing before the publication of next year’s list of categorisations on 15 November. Confirmation that the system is under review follows GT promoter Stephane Ratel’s announcement
Larson had to hold off multiple contenders over six restarts in the final 60 laps – and just edged his Hendrick Motorsports teammate William Byron by 0.459 seconds at the finish to earn his series-leading eighth win of the 2021 season. After winning Stage 2, Larson continued to lead into the final part of the
The Finnish driver started on the second row of the grid, having led his semi-final for much of the duration, but was ultimately overtaken at the end of the semi race by Johan Kristoffersson. In the final, top qualifier and pole starter Timmy Hansen took the lead into turn one, as Kristoffersson tucked in behind
Starting the second SuperFinal from pole position, the Swede only needed to finish fifth to ensure his place in history, regardless of what happened to chief title rival Jean-Karl Vernay. Incredibly though, Ekstrom collided with fellow front-row starter Philipp Eng entering the downhill first corner, spinning wildly in front of the pack and miraculously continuing,
Barwell Motorsport Lamborghini pair Machitski and Lind held an 18.5-point advantage into the title decider over nearest rivals Ian Loggie and Yelmer Buurman’s Mercedes, and had no success seconds to serve in their mid-race pitstop. Despite an off in Machitski’s qualifying session at the Esses which caused a red flag, the championship leaders lined up
The Toyota driver overtook a vehicle while using the hard shoulder during a road section on the way to Saturday’s final stage on the streets of Salou. The incident was a breach of FIA Sporting Code Article 34.3.1 which states drivers must obey local traffic laws. On Sunday FIA stewards fined Ogier €2000 for his actions
The seven-time world champion headed into the penultimate round of the season motivated to wrap an eighth world title, with Spain’s tarmac roads reducing the impact of being the roadsweeper on the opening day. Ogier can secure the championship if he outscores his Toyota team-mate Elfyn Evans by six points. However, the Frenchman has struggled
The Swede won his second round battle against team-mate Jordi Gene – eliminating the Spaniard from the title fight in the process and reducing the shoot-out to one between himself, Jean-Karl Vernay and Mikel Azcona. He then set the fastest time in his Time Trial – the maximum power 500kW single-lap shoot-out – to ensure
With the fight for the front in qualifying being a pretty fraught affair, it’s no surprise that the driver who comes out on top wants to feel rewarded. In Turkey, for example, Lewis Hamilton was a little bit disappointed that an engine grid penalty meant his supreme Q3 effort will never be recorded in the history books. PLUS: F1’s
The FIA confirmed at Friday’s World Motor Sport Council meeting that the new device, mandatory on all Rally1 hybrid cars next year, will take the form of a forward facing in-car camera. A statement issued by the FIA, which also confirmed the 2022 calendar, revealed that the camera will have the ability to scan the
Tanak crashed out of the penultimate round of the World Rally Championship after a high-speed incident on stage four while occupying sixth position. The Estonian misjudged a section of the Tarmac road and clattered into a tree stump, which has damaged the chassis of the i20 Coupe. The crash was the second high-profile moment Tanak
Ongoing difficulties with engine supplier Honda in 2017 left it facing performance and reliability troubles, and it ended the campaign ninth in the standings for the second time in three years. Its transformation since then has been remarkable, and its shock 1-2 at this year’s Italian Grand Prix has helped it already deliver more points
Ricciardo arrived in Turkey off the back of consecutive top-five finishes, winning the Italian Grand Prix at Monza and finishing fourth in Russia following the late rain shower. But Turkey proved to be a more challenging weekend for Ricciardo as McLaren struggled for pace, resulting in him dropping out in Q1. The team opted to
Logano’s Penske Racing team was one of 21 that participated in the two-day Charlotte test – the most teams to take part in a Next Gen test so far after an earlier eight-car test at Daytona International Speedway. During the test this week, NASCAR came up with multiple possible solutions for teams to try to
Motorsport Games Inc. (NASDAQ: MSGM) (Motorsport Games) announced that after a thrilling first race, the stage is set for round 2 of the Le Mans Virtual Series, the 6 Hours of Spa Virtual, slated for 16 October 2021 at 12:30 BST. Saturday’s race will feature 38 entries. Le Mans Virtual Series is a joint venture
The Hyundai driver has been testing the Korean marque’s i20 2022 prototype in recent weeks, adjusting to the new challenges of driving with a mandatory 100kW hybrid system. Neuville has been particularly outspoken against the WRC’s new Rally1 regulations, which introduces hybrid in addition to reduced aerodynamic and suspension travel, while the centre differential is
The 22-year-old Andretti Autosport beat HMD Motorsport rival David Malukas to the title and won half of the season’s 20 races, continuing his record of winning every championship on the Road to Indy ladder. Kirkwood earned a $1,369,425 scholarship for three IndyCar races in 2022 – including the Indianapolis 500 – but is fully focused
Across the three final races of the DTM season, van der Linde caused collisions with Lawson in each race, with a crash in the finale destroying his rival’s hopes of the claiming the 2021 title which was won by Maximilian Gotz – but only after Mercedes team orders’ gave the German the race win to
Ogier could seal an eighth world title on the fast-sweeping tarmac roads if he can outscore in-form Toyota team-mate Evans by six points at the penultimate round of the season. Evans heads into Spain off the back of a second victory of the season last time out at Rally Finland, which reignited his title hopes
Bottas scored his first win in over a year with a controlled display at the front of the pack in the Turkish Grand Prix last weekend, crossing the line over 14 seconds clear of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen in damp conditions. By denying Verstappen victory, it ensured that Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton only slipped to
Since the 2018-19 season, the all-electric series has used a group qualifying system which effectively penalises the best-placed drivers in the championship. Drivers are split into qualifying groups of six, in descending championship order, with the result that the leading drivers have the worst track conditions and often end up near the back of the
Ratel plans to relaunch the event in 2023 as the inaugural round of the GT Experimental Tour, ideas for which he first floated in 2019. A competition that will initially be open to full-electric vehicles will combine road sections with short races, hillclimbs and speed events across its seven-day duration. GTX aims to create events
The Briton, whose decision to leave Meyer Shank Racing was announced back in July, was confirmed as the driver of RLL’s newly full-time #45 entry for 2022 on Monday. He will join Graham Rahal at the squad, while the departure of RLL’s 2020 Indianapolis 500 winner Takuma Sato was announced last week – with Christian
He has put forward a series of changes to the FIA because he believes the current structure threatens the future of his GT World Challenge Europe series as well as some of his other championships. Ratel wants to do away with the distinction between the platinum and gold ratings as it stands today and then
Late in Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race on the Charlotte Roval, the rear bumper cover of Chase Elliott’s #9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet dislodged and began dangling from behind his car. Elliott had wrecked on lap 55 of 109 after being hit by Kevin Harvick, which left the reigning Cup champion with severe rear-end damage. In
As a preview to round two of the online championship, a track guide to Spa has been created in conjunction with LEGO® Technic™ – the Official Engineering Partner to the Le Mans Virtual Series – featuring the stunning Porsche 911 RSR. The video looks ahead to the 6 Hours of Spa, which takes place this
John Probst, NASCAR’s senior vice president of innovation and racing, said the updates to the Next Gen chassis that will be introduced to the Cup Series in 2022 will be primarily made to its front and rear clips – all of which can be retrofitted into an existing clip. There will also be changes to
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