The Dubai-born Brit, who finished third in the 2017 Indianapolis 500 but controversially lost out on rookie of the year honours to non-finisher Fernando Alonso, hasn’t raced since the conclusion of the 2019 IndyCar season after Dubai’s COVID-19 travel restrictions forced him to abandon a planned switch to the DTM with the privateer WRT squad
Former IndyCar racer Ed Jones will make his sportscar return in this weekend’s Gulf 12 Hour enduro in Bahrain, joining British GT outfit 2Seas Motorsport. The Dubai-born Brit, who finished third in the 2017 Indianapolis 500 but controversially lost out on rookie of the year honours to non-finisher Fernando Alonso, hasn’t raced since the conclusion
M-Sport will continue its policy of blooding young drivers in the World Rally Championship by adding WRC2 competitor Adrien Fourmaux to its 2021 line-up, alongside Gus Greensmith and Teemu Suninen. Announcing M-Sport’s three-man squad, team principal Richard Millener said the programmes he has drawn up are designed to “bring out the best in each driver”.
Nasser Al-Attiyah is focusing on the fifth and sixth stages of the Dakar Rally, which he feels will be vital to his victory hopes after a second successive stage win. The Toyota driver slashed the time deficit to overall leader Stephane Peterhansel to 5m09s by taking a second straight stage victory on Tuesday’s third stage
Defending Dakar Rally champion Carlos Sainz Sr lost over half an hour on the third stage of the 2021 event due to a navigation problem having got “stuck on a point”. Sainz, who led the opening stage of the 2021 Dakar Rally, suffered a frustrating third day of action by ending it 33m34s off overall
Toyota’s Nasser Al-Attiyah nearly halved the deficit to Stephane Peterhansel after claiming a second successive stage victory in Tuesday’s third stage of the Dakar Rally. Three-time winner Al-Attiyah was left on the backfoot when he lost 12 minutes to the leaders in the opening stage on Sunday. After gaining three minutes back in Stage 2,
Toyota’s Nasser Al-Attiyah says the 2021 Dakar Rally is one “where we need to attack from day one” due to the “open” nature of the battle for overall victory. First in the prologue on Saturday, Al-Attiyah scored guided his Toyota to victory on Monday’s second stage on the 284-mile run from Bisha to Wadi Ad-Dawasir,
Nasser Al-Attiyah put Toyota on top in the second stage of the 2021 Dakar Rally on Monday, as Stephane Peterhansel took the overall lead from X-raid Mini team-mate Carlos Sainz. Three-time event winner Sainz started first on the road in the 457km test from Bisha to Wadi Ad-Dawasir following his victory in Stage 1 on
Rally legend Carlos Sainz says there is “double the pressure” on competitors in the 2021 Dakar Rally due to the uncertainty caused by the coronavirus pandemic. This year’s edition of the rally-raid kicked off with the Prologue in Saudi Arabia on Saturday amid renewed restrictions around the world following the emergence of a new strain
Defending Dakar Rally winner Carlos Sainz edged out Stephane Peterhansel in the 2021 event’s opening stage to establish an early 1-2 for the X-raid Mini team in Saudi Arabia. The lead in the cars category changed hands several times during the 277km stage from Jeddah to Bisha, as overnight leader Nasser Al-Attiyah – who topped
Audi’s Class One-spec DTM engine could find its way into the manufacturer’s upcoming ‘electric’ Dakar Rally challenger in 2022, Autosport has learned. Audi is believed to have invested upwards of 10 million euros to build a two-litre, turbocharged petrol engine for the DTM’s move to full Class One regulations in 2019. While the new engine
Toyota has welcomed the imposition of a speed limit for this year’s Dakar Rally, believing it should prevent rival squad X-raid Mini from “running away” on the event’s faster stages. Revised FIA Cross Country regulations for 2021 restrict competitors in the T1 (which includes Toyota, X-raid and Prodrive’s new BRX1 contender) and T2 classes to
Dakar Rally organisers ASO explains how it managed to work within the strict confines of host country Saudi Arabia’s coronavirus measures to ensure the running of the 2021 event. The closure of land, sea and air borders of Saudi Arabia just 13 days before the start of the second Dakar in the Arabian Peninsula set
Rally legend Carlos Sainz believes the fight for overall honours in the 2021 Dakar Rally will be between Toyota and X-raid Mini. The Dakar has proved to be a two-horse race between Toyota and X-raid since Peugeot pulled the plug on its factory programme after three successive wins between 2016-18, with the two marques sharing
Aldo Andretti was an intrinsic part of his brother’s early ventures into motorsport after their family moved from Montona, Italy (now Motovun, Croatia) to America in June 1955. They took with them strong memories of witnessing the Mille Miglia and the Italian GP at Monza, which would prove to be the foundation of their dream
Former racer Aldo Andretti, the twin brother of 1978 Formula 1 world champion Mario and father of the late racing all-rounder John, has died at the age of 80. Aldo Andretti was an intrinsic part of his brother’s early ventures into motorsport after their family moved from Montona, Italy (now Motovun, Croatia) to America in
With Alex Palou moving to Chip Ganassi Racing and Santino Ferrucci’s future as yet undecided, the identity of Dale Coyne Racing’s lineup has been the centre of much interest this winter. Several drivers who competed in F1 this season are without a confirmed race seat in any series for 2021, including Daniil Kvyat, Romain Grosjean,
Dale Coyne expects to be able to confirm his 2021 IndyCar line-up by the middle of next month, amid speculation that drivers with Formula 1 experience could be in contention. With Alex Palou moving to Chip Ganassi Racing and Santino Ferrucci’s future as yet undecided, the identity of Dale Coyne Racing’s lineup has been the
World Rally Championship race winner Kris Meeke says participating in the 2021 Dakar Rally without previous rally raid experience will be “a big challenge”. Meeke is driving a PH Sport Zephyr T3 car, which uses the commercially available Can-Am Maverick X3 off-road vehicle as a base, but with an FIA-homologated tubular chassis and bespoke BOS
Andreas Mikkelsen says he wants to “dominate” every WRC2 and European Rally Championship round he starts in 2021 as he still targets a full-time World Rally Championship return. The former Volkswagen and Hyundai driver has announced he will contest both series in full next season at the wheel of a Skoda Fabia Rally 2 evo
World Rally Championship veteran Kris Meeke “felt like a kid at Christmas” during his first test for PH Sport, with whom he will compete in the 2021 Dakar Rally. Meeke will drive PH Sport’s Zephyr T3 in next month’s Dakar Rally, which will take place in Saudi Arabia across a total of 4750 miles. The
FIA rally director Yves Matton says he is “quite confident” the opening round of the 2021 World Rally Championship will go ahead, despite the continuing impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Rally Monte Carlo is scheduled to kick off the series on Thursday 21 January, although, at 174 competitive miles, next year’s instalment will be the
Arrow McLaren SP announced earlier this month that two-time Indy 500 winner Montoya would be joining the team for the 2021 edition of the race, driving alongside full-time drivers Pato O’Ward and Felix Rosenqvist. It will mark a reunion for Montoya and McLaren, the team the Colombian raced for in Formula 1 in 2005 and
Juan Pablo Montoya was the “very clear” choice for McLaren to field in its third car entry to the Indianapolis 500 in 2021, according to Zak Brown. Arrow McLaren SP announced earlier this month that two-time Indy 500 winner Montoya would be joining the team for the 2021 edition of the race, driving alongside full-time
Sebastien Loeb says the Prodrive-run Bahrain Raid Xtreme team is entering the Dakar Rally expecting to be competitive against established outfits like Toyota and X-raid Mini. Loeb is returning to the Dakar after a one-year absence to helm the new Bahrain Raid Xtreme team, where he will be joined by 2015 winner Nani Roma. The
Daly will also again race the squad’s third car in U.S. Air Force livery in the Indianapolis 500, while team owner Carpenter will take the wheel of the #20 car for the other three oval events. Carpenter told Autosport earlier this month that his priority was to retain Daly for 2021, rather than signing a
Conor Daly will continue for a second year as the road and street course driver of the #20 Ed Carpenter Racing machine during the 2021 IndyCar season. Daly will also again race the squad’s third car in U.S. Air Force livery in the Indianapolis 500, while team owner Carpenter will take the wheel of the
Former World Rally Championship runner-up Jari-Matti Latvala has been appointed team principal of the Toyota Gazoo Racing squad, as the team confirms its full 2021 line-up. With Tommi Makinen stepping down as team boss at the end of the 2020 season to become Toyota’s motorsport advisor, Latvala will move into the team principal role having
Oliver Solberg has been confirmed as a Hyundai Motorsport driver for the next two seasons of the World Rally Championship, beginning in WRC2 in 2021. The 19-year-old son of 2003 World Rally champion Petter Solberg will spearhead Hyundai Motorsport’s WRC2 assault next year, with a graduation to a World Rally Car understood to be on
Only one car – with Ford driver Chris Buescher – took part in the test and spent much of the two days making single-car runs around the 2.5-mile oval. “Daytona was an important test for us, because when we come back here in 2022 we have to make sure we hit the speed targets that
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