5:25 PM ET A Formula One proposal for an experimental reverse-grid qualifying race when Austria hosts two grands prix in July looks unlikely to be accepted due to opposition from champions Mercedes. Spielberg’s Red Bull Ring is due to start the season on July 5 with a second race there, also without spectators, a week
Month: May 2020
One-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Brad Keselowski favours the current policy of abandoning qualifying and practice for midweek races – regardless of the COVID-19 pandemic that necessitated the condensed format. Team Penske’s Keselowski, who won Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600, was drawn on pole for the first race following NASCAR’s return at Darlington with the new random
Having won the first five races of 1992 on the bounce, Nigel Mansell went to Monaco hoping to secure a sixth. But ill fortune left him having to contend with reigning champion Ayrton Senna for an infamous duel around the Monte Carlo streets… The streets of Monte Carlo are well-known in Formula 1 circles as
Scott Redding says the Aprilia MotoGP team was like an “empty void” in 2018, two years on from his disastrous final premier-class campaign with the Italian manufacturer. The 27-year-old Briton replaced fellow countryman Sam Lowes at the Team Gresini-run Aprilia squad in 2018, having previously raced both Honda and Ducati machinery in his first four
ROKiT insists it remains fully committed to its other motorsport commitments, and is exploring new opportunities, despite the termination of its title sponsorship deal with the Williams Formula 1 team. Williams announced on Friday morning that it was beginning a strategic review of its operations to attract a fresh financial injection, which could result in
In the most recent Formula 1 classic race, a grand prix which only sparked to life late on, the 2019 Brazilian Grand Prix gave Carlos Sainz Jr his moment in the sun which he celebrated in the darkness of a post-race podium and led Ferrari to come knocking There is a habit for memories in
11:07 AM ET Austria’s health ministry announced on Saturday that two Formula One motor races can go ahead on July 5 and 12 without spectators. The races are due to be held in the village of Spielberg, about 200 kilometres southwest of the capital Vienna. 2 Related F1 organizers earlier this year announced plans to
For many fans, Group B was the golden era of the World Rally Championship, but it came at a high price. DAVID EVANS looked back at the rise and demise of the WRC’s most spectacular machines in the 18 August 2016 issue of Autosport magazine Rally cars go around corners far faster today than they
Aleix Espargaro has revealed he is “really close” to finalising a new Aprilia MotoGP deal for 2021 and beyond, admitting that this will likely be his last contract before retirement. Espargaro has often been critical of the Gresini-run Aprilia squad since coming on board in 2017, having achieved only a best finish of sixth in
Fifty years on from the first of Al Unser’s record-matching four Indianapolis 500 triumphs, Autosport’s IndyCar correspondent DAVID MALSHER-LOPEZ recalls the career of an Indy hero No fan of the Indianapolis 500 needs telling that last weekend was a weird one. For media folks – who are merely fans paid to write about it –
Silverstone’s hopes of hosting Formula 1 races this year have taken a further boost after the UK government declared the resumption of sport behind closed doors from Monday 1 June. The 2020 F1 season has been on hiatus since March’s aborted Australian Grand Prix due to the coronavirus pandemic, with the subsequent races through June
Watch Cole Seely during Moto 1 at the fifth round of the 2016 Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship in Blountville, Tennessee! Shot 100% on the HERO4® camera from http://GoPro.com.
You could try – but you could never script some of the things that happen in Formula 1. Take a look back at ten of the most hair-raising moments from the 2019 season! For more F1® videos, visit http://www.Formula1.com Like F1® on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Formula1/ Follow F1® on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/F1 Follow F1® on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/F1 #F1
The 2019 season will see SRO Motorsports Group unite the sprint-format championships formerly known as the Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup, Blancpain GT Series Asia and Pirelli World Challenge GT to form a new global initiative: the Blancpain GT World Challenge. This exciting international endeavour will present GT3 manufacturers, partners and teams with the
4:35 AM ET ESPN and Reuters Williams is considering a sale of its once-dominant but now struggling Formula One team as part of a new strategic direction, Williams Grand Prix Holdings (WGPH) said on Friday. The company published annual results showing WGPH’s Formula One revenue slid to £95.4 million ($117.6 million) in 2019, down from
McLaren boss Zak Brown is expecting 2021 signing Daniel Ricciardo to provide a benchmark that will help Lando Norris develop as a Formula 1 driver. Ricciardo will join McLaren for the 2021 season as part of the driver shuffle sparked by Sebastian Vettel’s split with Ferrari, with the German’s spot to be filled by current
4:01 AM ET Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — The MotoGP races in Britain and Australia are the latest to be canceled on the international motorcycle racing circuit because of the coronavirus pandemic. Organizers on Friday said the COVID-19 pandemic “and resulting calendar changes have obliged the cancellation of both events.” The British Grand Prix had
As Autosport launches the latest episode in its Race of My Life podcast series, we take a look back at Roger Penske’s choice as the race of his life – the 1994 Indianapolis 500 Race: 1994 Indianapolis 500, Indianapolis Motor Speedway Car: Penske PC23 (Driven by Al Unser Jr) It was a race when Penske’s
5:28 AM ET Renault says it plans to stay in Formula One despite the French car manufacturer undergoing a major restructuring process that will see 15,000 layoffs worldwide. 1 Related The team’s future in F1 has become a source of speculation for several months after it failed to meet its on-track goals last year as
Formula 1’s decision to lower its cost-cap to $145m per season from 2021 was widely celebrated on Wednesday, but the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic was underlined on Friday as Williams revealed it would be open to selling its team. ADAM COOPER delves into the situation facing one of F1’s fiercely independent teams Friday
The first Grill the Grid of 2017 has arrived… and it’s an extra special one! We quizzed three-time F1 World Champion Sir Jackie Stewart For more F1® videos, visit http://www.Formula1.com Like F1® on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Formula1/ Follow F1® on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/F1 Follow F1® on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/F1
Mount Panorama served up an epic opening round to this year’s Intercontinental GT Challenge Powered by Pirelli campaign. Re-live the best bits, including Matt Campbell’s last-gasp pass that handed Porsche its first Bathurst 12 Hour victory, right here.
7:45 AM ET Williams are prepared to end decades of family control and sell the struggling Formula One team to secure its future after tough times on and off the track, deputy principal Claire Williams said on Friday. The announcement is a major shift for a proudly British company co-founded by Frank Williams, Claire’s father,
The British and Australian MotoGP races have been called off for this season, bringing the total number of race cancellations in 2020 up to five. The British MotoGP at Silverstone had been scheduled for 30 August, while the Australian MotoGP at Phillip Island was in the initial race calendar for 25 October. But with the
Hendrick Motorsports’ Chase Elliott overtook an ailing Kevin Harvick late on to claim his first victory of the season in the rescheduled NASCAR Cup Series second race at Charlotte. After Tropical Storm Bertha had battered Charlotte on Wednesday which led to the initial postponement, Team Penske’s Joey Logano emerged as the early front-runner when the
Renault has announced that it remains committed to Formula 1, despite rumours about its future after making major cutbacks in its core automotive business. Like other manufacturers the French company has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, and it has announced that it will be cutting 15,000 jobs worldwide as part of an effort
8:25 PM ET ESPN News Services MotoGP organizers and the Spanish government say they are working to bring the racing series back in the summer. MotoGP promoter Dorna says it is “working hard to try” to resume racing in July, likely with consecutive events at the Spanish circuit of Jerez de la Frontera. Spain was
Jack Miller says he’s “stoked” that Ducati has chosen him as its “young guy” to take the fight to MotoGP’s dominant force Marc Marquez in seasons to come. The Australian has been named as a 2021 factory Ducati rider, securing a promotion from the satellite Pramac squad where he scored five podiums last year. He
The FIA has adjusted the provisions in this year’s Formula 1 sporting regulations relating to testing of extra “experimental” tyre specifications on race weekends, making the running compulsory. The move comes at a time when the 2019 tyres have been carried over for a second year after teams voted not to use the new specification
5:19 PM ET Mercedes’ parent company, Daimler, has denied it is planning to quit Formula One after a speculative report in Germany claimed a plan had been hatched to sell the team to Aston Martin owner Lawrence Stroll next year. 1 Related The report in Auto Bild and on F1insider.com claimed Mercedes team boss Toto
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