Problems obtaining a new Japanese visa forced Toyota driver Fenestraz to miss the opening five races of the Super Formula season, while also preventing him from racing in SUPER GT. However, loosening travel restrictions have allowed the Franco-Argentine driver to return in time for the penultimate round of the campaign at Motegi, where he will be reunited with his Kondo Racing team. Looking ... Keep reading
Milan tragically died in a multi-rider incident in July during the European Talent Cup round at Aragon. He is the third teenager to have been killed this year in junior motorcycle races, following 19-year-old Jason Dupasquiers passing after a crash during Moto3 qualifying at Mugello, and15-year-old Dean Berta Vinales death in a World Supersport 300 incident at Jerez in September. A moment ... Keep reading
Late in Sundays NASCAR Cup Series race on the Charlotte Roval, the rear bumper cover of Chase Elliotts No. 9 Chevrolet dislodged and began dangling from behind his car. Elliott had wrecked on Lap 55 of 109 after being hit by Kevin Harvick, which left the No. 9 with severe rear-end damage. In virtually every case such situations have happened in the past when noticed by NASCAR, a race ... Keep reading
Hamilton had staged a recovery from 11th on the grid to challenge for a podium finish in the wet Istanbul race, when his main rivals elected to stop for fresh intermediate rubber. With the older tyres holding up well at that point, Hamilton elected to push on and ignore a call from his Mercedes pits to come in for a change. However, the move ultimately backfired because the pace of the used ... Keep reading
Early on in the season, Red Bull appeared to be throwing more weight behind aerodynamic upgrades in the opening half of the season than its rival. It was delivering smaller optimisation packages at almost every race, while Mercedes stuck to its usual development path of bring more occasional substantial upgrades. Red Bull Racing RB16B front wing detail Photo by: Giorgio ... Keep reading
Gotz overcame a 22-point deficit to become the 2021 DTM champion last weekend, but only after Mercedes instructed long-time race leader Lucas Auer and Philip Ellis to let the German driver come through and win the race. Auer had been running 12 seconds clear of HRT driver Gotz and was on course for a third victory in as many weekends, but spectacularly slowed down to allow the 35-year-old to ... Keep reading
On a wet track, Hamilton was trying to carve his way back through the field after a grid penalty made him start in 11th. By lap 35 Hamilton had moved up to fifth and launched an attack on Perez on Istanbul Park's back straight. After the pair went wheel-to-wheel through the final corner combination, which almost forced Perez across the pit entry, he managed to hang on to fourth place into Turn ... Keep reading
The 18-year-old Briton previously finished eighth on her debut at Silverstone in July and seventh at Zandvoort in September. She will rejoin the series for the last two races at the Circuit of the Americas on 23-24 October alongside the US Grand Prix. W Series had been set to race at both COTA and in Mexico, but logistical challenges forced a move to its first double-header ... Keep reading
Lawson was the favourite for the 2021 drivers' title heading into the final race of the season at the Norisring on Sunday, and strengthened his chances of lifting the trophy by taking pole position in his AF Corse Ferrari. But the 19-year-old was hit by an opportunistic van der Linde at Turn 2 on the opening lap, suffering severe suspension damage to his car in the process. This was the ... Keep reading
Rast became Audis most successful driver in the DTM when he clinched a third title in four years in 2020, beating Muller to the crown after a season-long battle between the pair. The German driver switched to Formula E in 2021 and finished on the podium in Puebla, but will return to the DTM next year before embarking on a full campaign in endurance racing in 2023 with Audi. Meanwhile ... Keep reading
FIA F3 has confirmed its teams for the next three-year cycle from 2022-2024, with nine of the current 10 outfits retained for the period. Dutch operation Van Amersfoort Racing will field three cars to complete the 30 car entry having been selected to join the championship. F3 boss Bruno Michel revealed earlier this season that a number of new teams had put themselves forward to join the ... Keep reading
After topping qualifying, Hamilton started the race from 11th on the grid due to an engine penalty, but had recovered to third place with 10 laps to go in the race. Mercedes had asked Hamilton to pit for a fresh set of intermediates much earlier when cars around him were coming in, only for the Briton to request he stay out, believing his tyres were still working fine. Mercedes looked set to ... Keep reading
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The DTM's first season under GT3 regulation ended in controversial circumstances at the Norisring street circuit in Germany, with Red Bull's Liam Lawson losing the title by three points to Mercedes driver Maximilian Gotz due to factors largely outside his control. First, van der Linde attempted to pass him for the lead by cutting the Turn 2 hairpin at the start, bending the steering arm of his ... Keep reading
Alonso started fifth at Istanbul Park for Alpine, only to be spun at Turn 1 by Pierre Gasly and fall down the order in damp conditions. As Alonso looked to make up places, he attempted to pass Schumacher down the inside at Turn 4 on the next lap, only to make contact with the Haas driver and send him into a spin. It resulted in a five-second time penalty for Alonso - which he served when ... Keep reading
Lawson and van der Linde locked out the front row of the grid for Sundays final race of the season, with Gotz qualifying some way behind the leading duo in fifth place. But Gotz received a major boost to his title hopes when van der Linde bumped into Lawsons car under braking for Turn 2 - in a repeat of their Saturday collision - leaving the points leader at the bottom of the pack. Van ... Keep reading
John Probst, NASCARs senior vice president of innovation and racing, said the updates to the Next Gen chassis will be primarily made to its front and rear clips all of which can be retrofit into an existing clip. There will also be changes to suspension parts. Probst said teams participating in the Nov. 17-18 test on the oval track at Charlotte Motor Speedway will have the updates in ... Keep reading
A test could be undertaken as soon as the US GP in Austin in a fortnight's time. At the moment drivers are expected to slow and not record a meaningful laptime when they pass double yellows. That can occasionally lead to controversy, as happened with Fernando Alonso in qualifying in Turkey. The Spaniard entered a double yellow zone at the start of his first flying lap and, having ... Keep reading
Formula 1's return to Istanbul Park for 2021 may have lacked the slipping and sliding of last year, yet it provided another intriguing, strategy-filled race. Valtteri Bottas scored his first win in over a year with a controlled display at the front of the pack in damp conditions, ensuring Max Verstappen never had a sniff of victory for Red Bull. But Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton had a ... Keep reading
Following last months announcement that IndyCar will take over sanctioning the final step on the Road To Indyfrom Andersen Promotions on Nov. 1, the series has revealed that Jones will oversee all operations and competition of the Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires. Jones, 39, has won seven USAC national championships, including a record five Sprint Car titles and two Silver Crown ... Keep reading
The fifth and last event will be referred to as the Jurassic X-Prix - for its proximity to the Jurassic Coastline - and is scheduled for the 18-19 December weekend. This means the maiden campaign will run a week later than the originally conceived Patagonia, Argentina finale that was pencilled in for 11-12 December before COVID-19 travel restrictions brought about its ... Keep reading
In an elongated and ongoing IndyCar silly-season, Harveys departure from Meyer Shank Racingwas the first and arguably most surprising piece of concrete news. Soon he was linked with the team co-owned by Bobby Rahal, David Letterman and Mike Lanigan, but all parties involved remained publicly mute on the subject. However, in August, RLL announced its intention to evolve its ... Keep reading
Adelaide City councillor Greg Mackie is reportedly backing a residents' group that wants to see the now unused parklands part of the old Adelaide circuit ripped up. According to Mackie the bitumen turns Victoria Park into an "urban heat island" in the summer months, as the councillor looking for support for a new community and management plan for the area. Victoria Park is home to the ... Keep reading
The Australian Racing Drivers' Club, which runs the SMP venue, is currently working with New South Wales Health on its crowd allowance across the quadruple-header that will kick off later this month. As it stands the capacity is set at 5000 people per day, however talks are underway to double the cap to 10,000. A precedent for that has been set by The Everest horse racing meet, which will ... Keep reading
After seeing most of the front-running drivers pit with around 20 laps to go for a fresh set of intermediate tyres, Mercedes opted to keep Hamilton out as he felt his tyres were still in good enough shape. The team considered keeping Hamilton out all the way to the end of the race, only to ultimately pit him with eight laps remaining after he started losing time to the cars chasing ... Keep reading