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

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

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

Having started from pole, and briefly lost the lead to Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz Jr, Norris had moved back to the front and looked to have everything under control as the laps counted down. But a late race shower turned the Sochi race on its head, and the decision to stay out on slicks proved costly

Six-time MotoGP world champion Marquez swept top spot on both Friday practice sessions at Circuit of the Americas, edging Ducati’s Jack Miller in each session, with the Spaniard’s advantage narrowed to just 0.015s at the end of FP2 by the Australian. After struggling in the damp conditions in the morning session, MotoGP points leader Fabio

Breen managed to close the gap to Tanak across the evening’s three stages before starring in the darkness to open up 2.8s lead over his team-mate. Tanak began the afternoon by winning Stage 4 but Breen responded to win the next test to close the gap to 1.5s, before finishing third fastest on the night

Herta scored three wins in 2021, the only driver to match Palou in terms of victories, but added only two more top-three finishes, whereas the Chip Ganassi Racing driver accrued five more podiums. That said, Herta was the only Andretti driver to score wins, and in fact between them his three full-time teammates only added

World Supersport 300 rider Vinales – the 15-year-old cousin of MotoGP race winner Maverick Vinales – tragically died in a horrific incident during the Jerez World Superbike round last weekend. He is the third teenager at world and European championship level to die in incidents in 2021, following 14-year-old European Talent Cup rider Hugo Millan

During the World Supersport 300 round at Jerez last weekend, 15-year-old Dean Berta Vinales tragically died following a serious incident in the opening race. His cousin Maverick Vinales has subsequently withdrawn from this weekend’s Grand Prix of the Americas. Immediately after the accident at Jerez, World Supersport rider Fabrizio took to Instagram to announce his

Working in Formula 1 is a dream for many people, with the glitz, glamour and speed of the premier motorsport series being too much to resist. Luckily for those people there are a wide range of jobs available in Formula 1, with something to suit any experience and skillset. To find out more about the

The Spaniard’s 15-year-old cousin Dean Berta Vinales tragically died following a horror incident during the opening race of the Jerez round of the World Supersport 300 Championship – a feeder category in World Superbikes. With not even a week passing since the accident, nine-time MotoGP race winner Vinales has elected to skip this weekend’s 15th

The styling and composition of the Next Gen car’s new common Dallara-made chassis will better replicate the manufacturer identities of their showroom counterparts. The 18-inch wheels and stylish car bodies will easily distinguish the new iteration of NASCAR stock car from its predecessors, but its updated technology – such as rack and pinion steering and

The roll call of junior single-seater champions was in rude health come the winter of 2015. Stoffel Vandoorne waltzed to an emphatic GP2 Series title, Esteban Ocon was top of the GP3 tree, Felix Rosenqvist added Macau Grand Prix success to his European Formula 3 crown and Oliver Rowland snared the Formula Renault 3.5 spoils.

Mazepin was shown the black and white flag for unsportsmanlike behaviour after a blocking move on the AlphaTauri of Yuki Tsunoda. Mazepin has been involved in several incidents with his teammate Mick Schumacher this season, although only one – for causing a collision in the Italian GP – resulted in a penalty. On that occasion,

The Canadian had a power unit change prior to qualifying after suffering an issue on Friday, and thus started 18th, just ahead of the also-penalised Valtteri Bottas and Max Verstappen. In his first stint on the medium tyres, he got caught behind the Haas of Nikita Mazepin but, after an early switch to the hards

Hamilton had looked all set to finish behind leader Lando Norris in the closing stages of the Sochi race, before a late downpour turned the race on its head. As the rain blew in, Norris elected to stay out on slicks while Mercedes convinced Hamilton to move over to inters – which ultimately proved to

Remarkably, the Briton has now become the first driver to reach a century of world championship F1 wins at the 2021 Russian Grand Prix. It has taken him 281 races and a little over 14 years, during which time he has also scored 101 pole positions, 57 fastest laps and seven world titles. Now seemed