Imperiale Racing duo Vito Postiglione and Kikko Galbiati extended their lead in the Super Trofeo Europe standings after a clean sweep of wins at Misano. Galbiati made the most of a late-race slip-up from Polish team-mate Bartosz Paziewski to win Saturday evening’s opening encounter. Postiglione then withstood a fierce charge from Basz in the afternoon
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Yamaha MotoGP rider Valentino Rossi has apologised for his crash with LCR Honda’s Takaaki Nakagami in the Dutch TT, saying the incident was “my mistake”. Rossi was challenging Nakagami for 10th place at the fast Turn 8 right-hander in the early stages, but hit the deck as he lunged down the inside. He collected Nakagami
The long wait to learn whether Max Verstappen had kept his Austrian Grand Prix victory was a result of various influencing factors, says FIA Formula 1 race director Michael Masi. Verstappen beat Charles Leclerc to win the race at the Red Bull Ring but his race-winning move was placed under investigation as the two drivers
3:26 PM ET SPIELBERG, Austria — Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto has confirmed his team will not appeal the stewards’ decision that ensured Max Verstappen kept victory at the Austrian Grand Prix ahead of Charles Leclerc. 1 Related Leclerc was leading the race with three laps to go when Verstappen overtook him at Turn 3
Lexus locked out the podium spots in the Thailand round of SUPER GT, while Jenson Button endured his first official retirement of the season. For the most part, the race appeared to be a two-horse race between the pole-sitting LeMans Lexus and similar LC500 of #36 TOM’S pairing Kazuki Nakajima and Yuhi Sekiguchi. Although Nakajima
Fabio Quartararo obliterated the Assen lap record to top qualifying for MotoGP’s Dutch TT and take the third pole of his rookie season, with Valentino Rossi only 14th. Quartararo set a time of 1m32.017, nearly half a second faster than his FP3 time, which was also a new lap record at the end of the
Mercedes Formula 1 driver Valtteri Bottas says it is weird how Ferrari “always” seems to gain half a second on the straights no matter the circuit layout. Ferrari appears to have overtaken Mercedes as F1’s engine benchmark but also has a different aerodynamic philosophy to its rival that prioritises a higher top speed at the
6:10 AM ET Mick Schumacher will drive his father’s 2004 championship-winning car ahead of the German Grand Prix at Hockenheim on July 27. 1 Related Schumacher is the son of seven-time world champion Michael, the most successful driver in the history of Formula One. The seventh of those titles came in the Ferrari F2004, capping
Andrea Caldarelli and Marco Mapelli overcame two safety car interventions and a surge from Rafaele Marciello at Misano to hand FFF Racing a maiden Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe victory. The Italian duo brought their #563 Lamborghini Huracan GT3 home just eight-tenths of a second ahead of the #88 Akka ASP Mercedes AMG, as Maro
Yamaha MotoGP rider Valentino Rossi is unable to explain his poor form in Assen FP4 and qualifying, saying he was not feeling comfortable enough in those sessions. Rossi was set to make it to Q2 from FP3, but his best laptime got cancelled for a track limits infringement and in the end he was only
The FIA has confirmed that Lewis Hamilton will start fourth on the grid for the Austrian Grand Prix as a result of his penalty for impeding Kimi Raikkonen in qualifying. Hamilton had qualified second behind Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc at the Red Bull Ring, but was given a three-place grid drop for the incident with Raikkonen,
SPIELBERG, Austria — Despite some late drama in its garage, Ferrari managed to secure its third pole position of the season on Saturday. Charles Leclerc was the man to do it as a car issue kept Sebastian Vettel in the garage at the end of Q3. It might not have been the front-row lockout the
Cal Crutchlow admits it is “worrying” he qualified 1.2 seconds slower than rookie MotoGP polesitter Fabio Quartararo as he took sixth in qualifying for the Dutch TT. Petronas SRT rider Quartararo smashed the Assen lap record with a 1m32.017s to claim his third pole of his debut premier class campaign, while Crutchlow struggled aboard his
Valtteri Bottas felt a small miscommunication with his Mercedes Formula 1 team hindered him when rival drivers “parked” on track before their final runs in Austrian Grand Prix qualifying. Bottas was dumped from second to fourth at the end of the top-10 shootout at the Red Bull Ring, as team-mate and title rival Lewis Hamilton
2:36 PM ET SPIELBERG, Austria — Championship leader Lewis Hamilton will drop from second to fourth position on the Austrian Grand Prix grid after blocking Kimi Raikkonen during qualifying on Saturday. A slow-moving Hamilton had just emerged from a stint in the pits when he was caught by Raikkonen in the early part of the
Lexus locked out the front-row in qualifying for Super GT’s Thailand round, as Jenson Button and Naoki Yamamoto claimed the honour of being the top Honda drivers in seventh. It was TOM’S Lexus driver Kazuki Nakajima who set the first competitive lap in Q2, clocking a time of 1m23.457s to go to the top of
Fabio Quartararo led MotoGP Dutch TT third practice by 0.109 seconds with a new lap record, while fellow Yamaha rider Valentino Rossi missed Q2 after his best lap was cancelled. Rossi lifted himself into Q2 contention with a 1m32.881s to go fifth at the end of FP3 at Assen, but had that lap scrubbed for
Toro Rosso Formula 1 driver Alex Albon has moved onto his second new Honda engine in two days ahead of final practice and qualifying for the Austrian Grand Prix. Albon had already been consigned to starting Sunday’s race at back of the grid, in company with Carlos Sainz Jr, as a consequence of penalties incurred
10:49 AM ET SPIELBERG, Austria — Valtteri Bottas and Max Verstappen both crashed out of an eventful second practice session at the Austrian Grand Prix as Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc set the fastest time on Friday. The separate incidents saw both cars make contact with the wall and resulted in the session being suspended twice while
Fourth fastest over the French GP weekend, Carlos Sainz and Lando Norris were due a P6 and P7 finish before hydraulic issues hampered Lando’s chances – minutes before the chequered flag. #FearlesslyForward Subscribe and be the first to watch exclusive content from the Official McLaren YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/OfficialMcLarenVids/videos McLaren Website | https://www.mclaren.com/racing/ Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/McLaren.Racing
Marc Marquez says his MotoGP team-mate Jorge Lorenzo’s Dutch TT practice crash proves this year’s Honda is not the “easiest bike on the grid”. Lorenzo lost the front of his RC213V heading through the Turn 7 left-hander of the Ruskenhoek in the closing stages of FP1, and suffered a fractured back that has ruled him
Carlos Sainz Jr says he feels “sour” about McLaren’s promising Friday practice showing because he will take a grid penalty for Formula 1’s Austrian Grand Prix. Sainz will start at the back of the grid after McLaren opted to hand him Renault’s B-Spec engine that was introduced in Daniel Ricciardo’s factory-run car for the French
5:18 PM ET Associated Press JOLIET, Ill. — Christopher Bell plans to stay with Joe Gibbs Racing for at least one more year. The 24-year-old Bell has re-signed with JGR for 2020, but he isn’t sure if he will be staying in the NASCAR Xfinity Series or moving up to the Cup Series. “I’m good
Three-time Sebring 12 Hours winner Pipo Derani has filled the final seat in Bentley’s expanded assault on the Spa 24 Hours next month. The IMSA SportsCar Championship regular, who is leading this year’s points with Action Express Racing, will drive one of the four factory M-Sport Bentley Continental GT3s entered for the Blancpain GT Series
Markko Martin is the latest addition to an increasingly impressive Rally Estonia entry list, with the five-time World Rally event winner making his competitive debut in a Ford Fiesta WRC. Martin was one of the original architects of Rally Estonia – as well as the inaugural winner in 2002 – and said it was an
Cal Crutchlow says he “begged” Honda to let LCR MotoGP team-mate Takaaki Nakagami test the current RC213V in Barcelona to “confirm” its turning deficiency. Nakagami is racing last year’s Honda in his sophomore premier class campaign, but spent 20 laps on the 2019 factory bike at the post-Catalan Grand Prix test. Crutchlow has struggled so
Renault will make an overnight modification to its DRS mechanism after an unusual oscillation was seen on the flaps of both its Formula 1 cars in Austrian Grand Prix practice. Although the exact cause of the problem is still being investigated, Renault boss Cyril Abiteboul told Autosport that the team has decided to make the
2:03 PM ET After France served up one of the dullest Formula One races in recent memory, the Red Bull Ring provided as entertaining a second practice session as you’re ever likely to see. What’s more, amid the red flags and splintered carbon fibre there were signs that Ferrari is genuinely quick in Austria. 1
Toyota protege Takamoto Katsuta will make his top class World Rally Championship debut in a Yaris WRC at Rally Germany. The Japanese driver will also contest Rally Spain in the Toyota in October, and a run on Rally Japan – the November event that will be the nation’s dress rehearsal for its full WRC round
Honda MotoGP rider Jorge Lorenzo has been taken to hospital following a fast fall in Dutch Grand Prix FP1, having reported pain in his chest and back. Lorenzo crashed at the end of the first 45-minute session of the Assen weekend at the fast Turn 7 left-hander of the Ruskenhoek, and he could only walk
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