The world champion outfit had launched its W12 earlier this month but been open that it was not fitted with a real version of the floor that it would be running in 2021. With F1’s aero rules having changed this year in a bid to cut back on downforce, teams have been forced to rework
A report from the Financial Times in December claimed that F1 was in “advanced” talks with Amazon over streaming races in 2021, building on an existing partnership with Amazon Web Services. Amazon has been expanding its live sport offerings in recent years, picking up rights across Premier League football, tennis and the NFL. Speaking to
The seven-time NASCAR Cup champion has tested at Barber Motorsports Park, Sebring and Laguna Seca, and has found that aside from trying to exploit his Chip Ganassi Racing Honda’s aerodynamic grip, he’s also been too “gentle” on his tyres on out-laps. He described an IndyCar as “a monster”, and has added Formula 3 outings to
The one-time MotoGP race winner has had a difficult pre-season so far, ending the first test 1.5 seconds off the pace in 16th following two crashes on the last day, and was 20th on the opening day of the second outing on Wednesday after another tumble. Branding his Wednesday “a bit of a shocking day”,
By the time the Qatar Grand Prix rolls around, Espargaro will have had just five days of riding on the Honda this winter having spent the last four years on the KTM. After a solid opening test at Losail last weekend, Espargaro was just seven tenths off Miller’s record pace of 1m53.183s on the first
Quartararo dipped underneath the old outright lap record at the Qatar Grand Prix venue on Wednesday, ending the day 0.080 seconds behind Ducati’s Jack Miller in second. But despite also showing strong long run pace on his Yamaha, Quartararo was some 12km/h down through the speed trap relative to Ducati and admits he doesn’t “feel
Ferrari slumped to its worst season in 40 years in 2020 as it struggled with both a draggy SF1000 car and an underperforming power unit, the latter a consequence of a private settlement with the FIA over its 2019 engine. It limited Ferrari to sixth place in the constructors’ championship and just three podium finishes,
The 2014 IndyCar champion and 2018 Indy 500 winner finished fifth in last year’s championship after two wins, five poles, a string of misfortunes and a couple of driving errors. Now as he approaches contract renewal time, Power says talk about his future won’t affect his style or approach to the season his 13th with
With the arrival of Scott McLaughlin from Supercars, Jimmie Johnson from NASCAR and Romain Grosjean from Formula 1, Rahal says that he believes every driver in the IndyCar Series has the potential to win. This makes it very different from his debut year at the top level, driving for Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing in Champ Car, the
This year’s campaign consists of 12 rounds, with Matton “confident” that number can be fulfilled. While acknowledging the challenges ahead, Matton says the global COVID-19 vaccination roll-out and the “tireless work and commitment of the entire FIA rally family”, can help to minimise possible disruptions. The 2020 WRC season was stopped during Rally Mexico because
Reigning Moto2 world champion and Avintia Ducati rider Enea Bastianini says it was “not that important” to be the fastest MotoGP rookie after the first Qatar test. Bastianini steps up to the premier class this season with Ducati and Avintia, joining Moto2 runner-up Luca Marini, Pramac’s Jorge Martin and Aprilia’s Lorenzo Savadori as MotoGP rookies
London, Tuesday 9th March 2021: Motorsport Network has partnered with leading licensing company Difuzed BV to launch a new apparel line and business division: Motorsport Collection B.V. The first project under the joint venture will be the launch of the Motorsport Collection product line, which will include apparel, accessories, and headwear. The first release of the
The Mexican youngster earned huge praise from rivals for his first full IndyCar season after completing eight races with the Harding Racing and Carlin squads, finishing fourth in the championship with four podium finishes to his name. The 2018 Indy Lights champion finished runner-up three times, including at Road America to new team-mate Felix Rosenqvist
Television executives must have fielded pitches for every conceivable workplace comedy. Following the success of The Office (on both sides of the Atlantic), the likes of Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Parks and Recreation have both commanded legions of fans and airtime across the world. Adding to the extensive list of workplaces, a down-on-its-luck NASCAR outfit now
The change, which has been strongly rumoured for most of the off-season, has been introduced for two primary reasons. The first is to reduce accommodation costs for the teams and the series, and the second is to reduce personnel’s potential exposure time while the America is still grappling with the COVID-19 pandemic and awaiting vaccinations
Speaking on the Rusty’s Garage podcast, Power explained that he met with Chip Ganassi Racing’s IndyCar boss Mike Hull at the end of 2007 to discuss a drive. However the Australian says Hull hinted that he lacked the “Chip Factor” and talks didn’t progress beyond the initial meeting. “We met at Starbucks,” said Power. “I’d
New factory Yamaha signing Fabio Quartararo topped the test outright as he got work evaluating the M1’s new chassis, though wasn’t totally sold on it just yet. Ducati debuted a new aero concept, with Jack Miller going second fastest overall, while Aprilia made encouraging steps forward with its all-new RS-GP after Aleix Espargaro ended the
The Canadian was abruptly dropped by Arrow McLaren SP at the end of 2019, leaving him scrambling to find a ride for 2020. Genesys, a “global leader in cloud customer experience and contact center solutions” stepped up to sponsor him in the #29 Andretti Autosport-Honda for three races – at Texas Motor Speedway, the Grand Prix
Yamaha has brought a new chassis to the Qatar test which is derived from the 2019 bike, after all M1 riders suffered a lack of consistency on the 2020 machine. Rossi worked with both chassis on the second day of the Qatar test, but admitted he didn’t feel much of a difference after finding the
In just his fourth start since being suspended most of the 2020 Cup Series season, Larson took control of a wild race on Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and cruised to victory in the Pennzoil 400. Larson was fired from his Chip Ganassi Racing #42 team last April for using a racial slur during
The six-time MotoGP podium finisher made his debut on the RC213V on Saturday in Qatar, and made a lap time improvement of 1.2 seconds on Sunday to 12th with a 1m54.673s. Espargaro noted on Saturday that both the KTM he rode for four years and the Honda are similar in terms handling – but felt
Vinales ended the day 0.455 seconds off the benchmark pace of his Yamaha team-mate Fabio Quartararo in seventh, but was one of only a few riders to try consistent long runs. The Spaniard’s rhythm was strong, with Vinales – who suffered a small Turn 2 crash on Sunday – able to lap in the low
Since retiring from racing in 2008, 1993 Indy Lights champion Herta Sr has concentrated on team ownership with his eponymous Bryan Herta Autosport squad famously running Dan Wheldon to victory in the 2011 Indianapolis 500. Herta Sr has been a part-owner and strategist for the #98 Andretti-run car driven in recent seasons by Marco Andretti,
Palou joins the outfit which claimed the first title of IndyCar’s aeroscreen era with Scott Dixon last year and won five races after a promising rookie season with Dale Coyne Racing that yielded a best finish of third at Road America. The 23-year-old joins six-time champion Dixon and Marcus Ericsson on the team’s full-time roster,
Saturday’s first of five test days at Losail marked Espargaro’s debut on the RC213V, with the six-time MotoGP podium finisher completing 68 laps across the day having been one of the first to take to the track in the seven-hour session. Espargaro ended the day 1.2 seconds off the pace of his Aprilia-mounted brother Aleix
The nine-time grand prix motorcycle world champion made his on-track debut in SRT colours on Saturday at the Losail International Circuit as pre-season testing got underway, ending the day 14th with a best lap of 1m55.584s after 54 laps. Remaining on a factory Yamaha contract and riding a fully works-supported M1 in 2021, Rossi says
Rosenqvist won the IndyCar Series Rookie of the Year title in 2019 with sixth place in the championship driving for Chip Ganassi Racing, but last year slipped to 11th, despite scoring his first win in the series. For his third IndyCar season, he has joined Arrow McLaren SP, partnering team incumbent Patricio O’Ward. Asked about
Dixon spoke candidly to Autosport last year about how, despite scoring four wins and his sixth championship, there were several performances that left them either disappointed or bemused, citing the car’s performance with the tyres on some tracks, and difficulties with the handling of the car. Although he believes the issues have been overcome, he
The WEC’s GTE Pro category was already down to three manufacturers last season following the exits of BMW and Ford after 2018-19, but Aston Martin’s decision in December to step down from the class has left just Porsche competing against Ferrari this year. The situation is even worse in the corresponding GTLM class of the
Four rookies will start the 2021 campaign this month in Qatar (although Aprilia’s Lorenzo Savadori already has three races under his belt from last year), with a day of running at Losail ahead of the official test allowing them to experience their first laps on a MotoGP bike. Typically, Pramac’s Jorge Martin and Avintia duo
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