At one point in the race, Busch was dejected and ready to call it a day but he and his #18 Joe Gibbs Racing persevered, emplyoing a fuel-mileage strategy that ultimately provided him his second win of the 2021 season. “Yeah, stuck in fourth gear. About out of gas. Just saving, just riding, playing the
Verstappen was in dominant form at the Red Bull Ring earlier, leading comfortably from pole position and grabbing a victory that extended his lead at the head of F1’s points standings. As the Dutchman celebrated his victory across the line at the circuit, however, he slowed right by his Red Bull crew on the pitwall
Munnich Motorsport’s quartet of Civic Type Rs had qualified 1-2-3-5 on Saturday, but the team’s weekend unravelled over the course of two eventful races on Sunday. In the reverse-grid race one, Nestor Girolami triggered a first-corner multi-car collision that left him with heavy front-end damage. The team was forced to break parc ferme rules to
The FIA informed teams ahead of this weekend’s Styrian Grand Prix that it would be moving to slow down pitstop times on safety grounds from next month’s race in Hungary, forcing teams to remove some automated procedures. The move was made on safety grounds and welcomed by some teams, but Red Bull – the fastest
Larson had worked furiously late in the race to get around Bowman, who had grabbed the lead on a restart on Lap 112 of 130. Larson finally got in front of Bowman with four laps remaining and appeared to be on his way to his fifth win of the 2021 season when he suddenly slowed
Turkington lies third in the points, so is carrying 57kg on his West Surrey Racing-run BMW 330i M Sport. While his best lap was good only for the seventh row of the grid, he completed six fliers all in the mid-48s bracket. “It was probably what I expected,” said Turkington. “The car was the best
Bottas spun his car while exiting Mercedes’ pit box with 20 minutes remaining in second practice for the Styrian Grand Prix on Friday, briefly blocking the fast lane. The nearby McLaren mechanics were quick to help turn Bottas’ car around and allow him to head out on track, but the McLaren team manager swiftly lodged
With Red Bull and Mercedes locked in an ultra-tight fight for this year’s F1 championship, the scrutiny on the strengths and weaknesses of both their cars has increased dramatically. Hamilton has fuelled intrigue about what Red Bull are doing this year with several remarks related to the team and car: including its ‘bendy’ rear wing,
The Korean manufacturer has decided not to renew Penasse’s contract and will undergo a restructure of its squad mid-season. Penasse was a key figure in Hyundai’s return to the WRC in 2013 and has played a part in building the team into a championship winning outfit, alongside team boss Andrea Adamo, resulting in back-to-back manufacturer
Bottas spun his Mercedes W12 car while pulling away from the pit box, causing him to come to a stop in the fast lane. He avoided hitting the McLaren mechanics standing outside the garage nearby, who then helped turn the car around so the Mercedes driver could go out on-track as planned. But McLaren was
After Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton noted Red Bull was running a “bendy wing” on the rear of the car at the Spanish Grand Prix last month, the FIA moved to clamp down on the rule loophole by introducing new rigidity tests from France onwards. Red Bull regularly hit back at Mercedes throughout the debate about
The Italian first injured his knee in a training incident last month, which first became known to the world when he fell practicing a bike swap in Barcelona. Morbidelli admitted during the Germany weekend that he was evaluating surgery, before aggravating the injury to his meniscus and the anterior cruciate further on Tuesday during another
Vinales dominated the opening night of the championship in Qatar for his ninth MotoGP victory, but hasn’t troubled the podium since and suffered his worst-ever weekend in Germany when he qualified 21st and finished last. Yamaha made changes to his personnel in Barcelona, replacing crew chief Esteban Garcia with ex-Valentino Rossi ally Silvano Galbusera –
Norris has finished inside the top five at all but one race so far this season, scoring podium finishes at Imola and Monaco to mark his best start to an F1 campaign. The 21-year-old’s efforts have helped lift McLaren to third place in the constructors’ championship ahead of Ferrari, while his points haul leaves him
The NASCAR Hall of Famer became an analyst for NASCAR on Fox in 2016, following his retirement from full-time Cup Series competition. But now, he will become the vice chairman at Hendrick Motorsports, second only to chairman and majority owner Rick Hendrick. He will officially take over the position on 1 January, 2022. “I cannot
Larson’s extensive sprint car background, including his continued participation in numerous races during the Cup season, has often raised questions over whether NASCAR was where he really wanted to be racing full-time. Following his victory Sunday in the inaugural Cup race at Nashville Superspeedway – his fourth consecutive win including the All-Star Race – Larson
The IndyCar Series will switch to 2.4-litre twin-turbo V6s with hybrid power in 2023, and Penske says that the appeal of this formula goes beyond IndyCar’s current engine suppliers Chevrolet and Honda. “We’re in conversations right now with two really good possibilities,” he said. “Timing is always everything. COVID has put a lot of things
Returning to the WRC after almost two decades away, Safari Rally Kenya is expected to offer drivers arguably the toughest test of the season with its mix of extreme road conditions and the additional prospect of crews coming across wildlife on the stages. Several drivers have reported sightings of wild animals on the stages, located
Arrow McLaren SP driver O’Ward recently battled from 16th on the grid to score his second win of the IndyCar season in Detroit, putting him into the thick of the championship fight. The 22-year-old’s performances have drawn praise from across the racing world, with Red Bull Formula 1 driver Sergio Perez saying his compatriot has
The three-time MotoGP race winner injured his left knee earlier this month during a training incident at Valentino Rossi’s VR46 ranch. Morbidelli first disclosed the injury when he fell practicing a bike swap in practice at Barcelona, when he fell as his knee gave way. The Italian has since aggravated that injury on Tuesday in
Following an emotional victory for Marc Marquez at the German MotoGP, his first win since his comeback from a career-threatening injury, the MotoGP paddock moves on to the Netherlands for a final race before five weeks off with an extended summer break due to the cancellation of the Finnish GP. After strengthening his MotoGP world
As the middle leg of an F1 triple-header, the Styrian GP returns to the F1 calendar for a second consecutive year as part of the COVID-19-enforced changes. After Max Verstappen’s victory at the French GP, as he reeled in and overtook Lewis Hamilton on the penultimate lap, the Red Bull driver leads the standings by
It was mid-May when IndyCar revealed that the Toronto street race around Exhibition Place would have to be scrubbed from its schedule for the second straight year, due to restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. At the time, IndyCar said it was “considering various scenarios” for a replacement race, with one favourite being a third
Last week’s announcement that the final stage of the government’s roadmap out of lockdown had been delayed cast serious doubts over the viability of the event with Goodwood saying it would issue an update in due course about the 8-11 July extravaganza. The delayed easing of restrictions until at least the 19 July would’ve limited
Neither Leclerc nor Carlos Sainz Jr were able to keep their tyres alive long enough to match the lap times of their rivals, and their pace drop off and need for extra stops saw them slump to outside the top ten. But while Ferrari was not alone in suffering more degradation in the French GP
The 21-year-old was set to finish third after seeing off the challenge of Team Penske’s Will Power, but moved up to second behind Alex Palou when Power’s race-leading team-mate Josef Newgarden was cruelly slowed by a late gearbox failure. The result marked Herta’s second podium of the year, after winning at St. Petersburg, and was
The pole-sitting Team Penske driver led 32 of the 55 laps and looked set to secure his and the team’s first win of a disappointing season – having also missed out on a likely victory in the previous race at Detroit by a late charge from Patricio O’Ward. But at the last of four restarts,
Larson saved enough fuel to make it to the end as Sunday’s Ally 400 ended with a 68-lap green-flag run – the longest of the race, and took the checkered flag 4.335 seconds ahead of Ross Chastain, who reached the runner-up spot in the final laps. The #5 Hendrick Motorsports driver finished third in the
Both driver and team lost out on maiden series wins in the first Mexico race on Saturday after disqualification for incorrectly declaring tyre allocation on the car’s technical passport. While Porsche has lodged an appeal against this decision, Wehrlein has now lost his second place in the Sunday encounter, with a five-second penalty dropping him
He pounced on the duel between front-row starters Oliver Rowland and Pascal Wehrlein to move for his second attack mode activation and rejoined from the effective joker lap in clean air. From there, Mortara kept Wehrlein at bay thanks in part to repeatedly finding masses of time through the banked final Turn 15 to prevent
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