As the Formula 1 driver market for 2021 continues to hot up, a number of teams will be starting to consider the futures of their young academy drivers. The majority of F1 teams have some kind of young driver programme, with the most notable belonging to the likes of Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull, who
Month: June 2020
8:22 AM ET Associated Press ROME — Pope Francis has praised Alex Zanardi as an example of strength amid adversity as the Italian auto racing champion-turned-Paralympic gold medalist recovers from a handbike crash. Francis penned a handwritten letter of encouragement assuring Zanardi and his family of his prayers. It was published on the front page
Imola’s circuit boss has urged Formula 1 to consider an Italian triple header this year, as efforts continue for the venue to host a grand prix later this season. The Imola circuit, which has not hosted a Grand Prix since 2006, first entered the fray as a possible replacement for the Chinese Grand Prix back
7:39 AM ET It’s difficult to recall a more emotional, confusing and yet inspiring 48 hours during NASCAR’s 72-year history than what unfolded from 10:45 p.m. ET on Sunday, June 21 through 6:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday, June 23. The roller-coaster began when NASCAR released a statement Sunday night that a noose had been found
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NASCAR president Steve Phelps says the organisation “would do the same thing” if evidence was presented that suggested a hate crime might have been committed within its environment. Speaking to media following the news that the FBI had learned that the noose discovered in the Talladega garage stall of Bubba Wallace, the only African American
Mercedes is closing in on a new sponsorship agreement with ROKiT that could be in place for the start of the new Formula 1 season, Autosport understands. ROKiT previously served as Williams’ title sponsor from the start of the 2019 Formula 1 season, only for the deal to be terminated by the team at the
6:48 AM ET Sebastian Vettel says the Mugello circuit in Tuscany deserves to have its own grand prix after testing a 2018 Ferrari at the Italian circuit earlier this week. 1 Related Mugello is among the circuits being considered as a back-up option if Formula One is unable to secure 15 races at venues with
The MotoGP rider market for 2021 continues to shake up as Danilo Petrucci is now set to join KTM in place of Honda-bound Pol Espargaro. Petrucci confirmed earlier this month that he will be leaving Ducati at the end of the year as former Pramac team-mate Jack Miller moves up to the works Ducati squad
An FBI investigation into the noose found in the garage stall of NASCAR Cup driver Bubba Wallace at Talladega has concluded that no hate crime had been committed. The pull down rope on Bubba Wallace’s garage stall door, fashioned in a way that resembles a noose, led NASCAR to investigate the incident and involve the
Racing Point technical director Andrew Green says managing Formula 1’s new homologated components system in 2020 and 2021 will be challenging as teams face “draconian” penalties if they make mistakes. To cut costs, some parts of the car are frozen to the end of 2021 from the first race in Austria, while others will be
7:27 AM ET Ferrari drivers Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc put a Formula One car through its paces for the first time since preseason at a test at Mugello on Tuesday. Vettel and Leclerc split duties in the team’s 2018 car, the SF71H, at the Tuscany circuit, which has been slated as a possible late
Organisers of Rally New Zealand fear it could be “cast into the wilderness” after it failed to appear on the draft calendar of events for next year’s World Rally Championship. Last Friday, the World Motor Sport Council named the nine locations that have contracts to stage a round of the series in 2021, including Monte
Aprilia has confirmed to Autosport that test rider Bradley Smith will replace Andrea Iannone for as long as he is under suspension for a doping violation. One-time MotoGP race winner Iannone was hit with an 18-month ban earlier this year after an illegal steroid was found in his system following a drugs test during last
Sage Karam will race in next week’s GMR Grand Prix of Indianapolis driving for Dreyer & Reinbold Racing. Karam, the 2013 Indy Lights champion, has raced for Dennis Reinbold’s team in five of the last six Indianapolis 500s, and the squad also assisted Chip Ganassi Racing in 2015, the year it ran Karam. However, Reinbold
NASCAR has confirmed an FBI investigation is underway into a noose that was found in Bubba Wallace’s garage at Talladega Superspeedway on Sunday. Late Sunday night, NASCAR announced it had launched an investigation into the discovery of a noose hanging in the garage stall of Wallace’s team earlier in the day at Talladega Superspeedway in
Formula 1 has announced it will sell off squares on the chequered flag at races through the 2020 season to raise funds for charity. In support of F1’s new ‘We Race as One’ initiative announced earlier this week to combat racism and inequality, fans will have a unique opportunity to purchase spots on the chequered
8:58 AM ET Former Formula One driver and twice Champ Car champion Alex Zanardi will remain in an induced coma until at least next week, according to the neurosurgeon who operated on him. The 53-year-old Italian suffered severe head injuries in a road accident while racing his handbike in Italy on Friday. “Zanardi is in
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
Scott Redding had a hard time with the “professional aspects” of MotoGP and is more suited to a career in World Superbikes, believes his former team boss Francesco Guidotti. Redding raced in MotoGP from 2014 to ’18, riding for Honda, Ducati and Aprilia in that time, before switching to British Superbikes last year and winning
Bubba Wallace is certain NASCAR “is changing” as he reflected on the racial incident when a noose was found in his garage, as he claimed 14th place at Talladega Superspeedway to take a career-best finish. All eyes were on Wallace after a noose was found in his garage stall Sunday, which has led to an
Formula 1 can learn from the way Esports has helped drivers engage more actively and closely with fans during the recent break, according to managing director Ross Brawn. With the COVID-19 pandemic forcing the cancellation of the opening 10 races of the 2020 season, a number of F1 drivers took up sim racing as a
4:37 AM ET Lewis Hamilton said he is proud of NASCAR’s show of solidarity with Bubba Wallace at Talladega Superspeedway. 1 Related On Monday Wallace, NASCAR’s only Black full-time driver, was joined by all 39 other drivers and their crews in a march down pit road as they pushed his No. 43 to the front
Ryan Blaney has scored a first NASCAR Cup Series win of the season for Team Penske in the rescheduled Talladega race, pipping Ricky Stenhouse Jr in overtime at the superspeedway. With the race taking place to a backdrop of an FBI investigation after a noose was found in Bubba Wallace’s garage on Sunday in a
A helmet and overalls donated by Damon Hill proved to be one of the star lots by raising £33,000 in the FIA’s Race Against COVID online auction which came to a close today. A series of lots donated by drivers, teams and other motor sporting insiders were sold via RM Sotheby’s in aid of the
10:39 PM ET To the person or persons who tried to ruin everyone’s weekend at Talladega Superspeedway, I have something I need to tell you. To the one(s) who thought they could dip into the tired old 1934 or ’64 racist playbook and elicit fear by placing a symbol of hate — a noose, for
The rescheduled Spa 24 Hours round of the GT World Challenge Europe in October has been extended by one hour to become a 25-hour race. Series boss Stephane Ratel told Autosport that he wants the event to become a “race to remember that we talk about in years to come” on what is the first
Prodrive says it will be “disappointed” if its rivals don’t perceive it as a “potential winner” when it makes its Dakar debut next year under the Bahrain Raid Xtreme banner. Prodrive announced in February that it will enter the prestigious rally raid from 2021 in a joint venture with Bahrain’s sovereign wealth Mumtalakat, and it
Double MotoGP world champion Casey Stoner thinks it’s “disappointing” Valentino Rossi will end up at a satellite team in 2021 and feels he is “more beatable” the longer he continues. Rossi has lost his ride at the works Yamaha team to 2019’s breakout rookie Fabio Quartararo, though is set to take the Frenchman’s place at
Alabama’s governor Kay Ivey issued a statement apologising to Bubba Wallace on Monday after a noose was found in the NASCAR Cup Series driver’s garage at Talladega on Sunday. Late Sunday night, NASCAR announced it had launched an investigation into the discovery of a noose hanging in the garage stall of Wallace’s team earlier in
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