Palou wrapped up the 2021 IndyCar title with fourth place at the final round at Long Beach, which saw him secure the crown 38 points ahead of two-time champion Josef Newgarden. Having only stepped up to IndyCar last season with Dale Coyne Racing, after catching the eye finishing in third place in the Super Formula

The Andretti Autosport driver stayed out too long on Firestone’s primary compound tyre in Q1 and grazed the wall before switching to the softer alternate compound, when a bent toe-link gave out and left him unable to progress to Q2. But despite getting caught up in the early incident triggered by Ed Jones spinning championship

Chip Ganassi Racing’s Palou clinched the title by virtue of finishing fourth as Pato O’Ward, who was his closest challenger heading into the race, retired from the after-effects of a first-lap clash with Ed Jones. O’Ward was turned into a spin on the first lap by an optimistic lunge from Jones, who attempted to clear

The 42-year-old Frenchman has pledged his support for Foyt’s team in 2022 – what he intends to be his final season of open-wheel racing – but it will be on a part-time basis. The four-time Champ Car series winner is expected to be announced as a full-time driver in one of the Cadillac DPi-V.Rs run by Chip Ganassi

The Ferrari driver is starting from the front row of the grid alongside Lando Norris after making the most of a switch to slick tyres in the final stages of Q3 on Saturday. And while there is little doubt that the Mercedes and Red Bull starting behind are clearly ahead in overall race pace terms,

Newgarden took the top spot with a 1m08.224s in the Fast Six shootout, with reigning champion Scott Dixon claiming second having missed out on pole when he caught Helio Castroneves around the street circuit in the final part of qualifying. Castroneves’ initial time of 1m08.482s was good enough for third, ahead of Simon Pagenaud, Felix

Andretti Autosport’s James Hinchcliffe was the first to turn a 1m09s lap in the 45-minute session, having won at the street circuit back in 2017, to put him a quarter of a second clear of the rest of the pack after 10 minutes. The pack was headed by championship leader Alex Palou – the Spaniard

Bagnaia stormed to a maiden victory in MotoGP two weeks ago at Aragon when he beat Honda’s Marc Marquez in a thrilling duel, and added a second to his tally after fending of championship leader Fabio Quartararo at Misano the following week. This was Ducatis fifth win in 2021, following back-to-back victories for Jack Miller

38 teams, 21 LMP2’s and 17 LMGTE machines will go head to head for their starting positions in the 4 Hours of Monza, Italy. The driver line-up for Monza was revealed earlier in the week and will feature three drivers per team. Louis Deletraz, Sérgio Sette Câmara, Beitske Visser, Will Stevens, Timmy Hansen and Néstor

Jackson has been the runaway table-topper for much of the season but the Historic Formula Ford ace has not contested a full campaign this year and his large lead has gradually been eroded. Having taken five wins at the previous Legends event at Donington Park, the 2019 champion added a further three at Snetterton on

The Trident driver grabbed the top spot by just two-hundredths of a second from the Australian, who is embroiled in a tight title fight with Prema’s Dennis Hauger. The top 10 was covered by just 0.2 seconds in a session interrupted by a red flag and plagued by the usual slow lap congestion. Doohan, who

When it was pointed out to Romain Grosjean after his spectacular run to third place at Laguna Seca last Sunday that he was only 20 points behind Scott McLaughlin in the IndyCar championship, and therefore the Rookie of the Year battle was still on, the Frenchman was gracious in his response.   Rather than point out

The all-female championship had been set to hold its next two rounds at the Circuit of the Americas on 23 October, and Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez on 30 October. But it will now race twice in Austin after Formula 1 moved the Mexico City race to the first weekend of November, citing logistical challenges.  The series’

Dan Cammish knows what it takes to win Porsche Carrera Cup GB races. His 31 triumphs in a three-year period of domination of the series is proof of that. And, yet, on his return this season, he had only added one more win to his tally – an inherited victory in the Snetterton opener. That

Ferrari revealed over the summer break that it was planning to bring a “significant step” in the performance of its power unit by bringing evolutions for its power unit through the season half of the season. Under the regulations, teams are permitted to make one specification update per year on each of its power unit

Wednesday’s running at Misano was notable for the first outings on a MotoGP bike for Raul Fernandez and Remy Gardner on the Tech3 KTMs they will race in 2022. The current Moto2 championship leaders and team-mates took over from Iker Lecuona and Danilo Petrucci at Tech3. Fernandez was 0.726 seconds quicker than Gardner in 22nd

New regulations governing the main rally-raid car category have forced the top teams to modify their existing 4×4 prototypes for the next edition of Dakar in January, as reported by Autosport earlier this year. Audi, which is making its debut in the legendary event, was the first manufacturer to reveal its innovative hybrid vehicle RS

Franchitti, who works with both Palou and Dixon in his role as driver advisor at Chip Ganassi Racing, says that the working relationship between them this year has been key to Palou’s remarkable first season with the team.  Franchitti won three of his titles with Ganassi and Dixon was his teammate throughout his five-year stint

The paddock has stayed behind at Misano for two days of official in-season testing following the San Marino Grand Prix, with 2022 developments and set-up work for October’s Emilia Romagna GP at the same venue the primary focus for teams. Rain in the morning left the circuit saturated for the first three-and-a-half-hour session to begin