The #12 Impul GT-R shared by Nobuharu Matsushita and Kazuki Hiramine seemed well set for its second victory of 2021, after Matsushita fought his way to the front from fourth on the grid during the opening stint. Hiramine took over for the second stint, but came under increasing pressure from the ARTA Honda of Tomoki Nojiri as the 63-lap contest neared its conclusion. Just as Hiramine looked ... Keep reading
The Yamaha rider struggled to seventh in Saturdays qualifying at the Algarve GP and couldnt make much inroads from there, despite feeling like he had pace to match race winner Francesco Bagnaia. Quartararo would run as high as sixth, but got stuck behind the Pramac Ducati of Jorge Martin and couldnt overtake owing to the Yamahas lack of top speed. He would crash out of the race ... Keep reading
Red Bull entered qualifying as the favourite for pole position after comfortably taking a 1-2 finish in final practice, led by Perez, as Mercedes finished over half a second off the pace. But qualifying saw Mercedes strike back by locking out the front row of the grid in Q3 as Valtteri Bottas pipped team-mate Lewis Hamilton to pole. Verstappen was left frustrated in third - more than ... Keep reading
The Frenchman drove conservatively to 11th in the partially reversed grid race one, but led all the way in race two following his maximum points haul during qualifying on Saturday. The result leaves the Cyan Racing Lynk & Co driver with a huge 35-point lead over Comtoyou Audis Frederic Vervisch, who rose from fourth to second in the standings in Adria, with just the final rounds of the ... Keep reading
The reigning champion scored five points by going fastest in the Q1 session, then added five more by heading the Q3 shootout and claiming pole position for race two on Sunday, at the penultimate weekend of the season. The Cyan Racing Lynk & Co driver is now 26 points ahead of nearest rival Jean-Karl Vernay, who suffered a disaster by failing to progress beyond Q1. The Engstler Hyundai ... Keep reading
Mercedes stunned Red Bull by clinching a 1-2 in qualifying at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez on Saturday as Bottas secured his third pole of the season. Red Bull was expected to hold the upper hand in qualifying, after beating Mercedes by over half a second in final practice, only for Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez to slip to third and fourth respectively in Q3. The result comes as a ... Keep reading
Sergio Perez took fourth in front of his home crowd, with the Red Bull duo having their final laps ruined when coming across stablemate Yuki Tsunoda off the track in the runoff at Turn 10. But Red Bull, which had dominated in FP3, was already under pressure as Bottas had grabbed provisional pole on the first run in Q3 with a 1m5.875s, with Hamilton slotting in 0.145s behind. Perez led ... Keep reading
Following the red flag delay in Q1, Sainz was one of the first drivers to head out of his garage, and he spent 90 seconds waiting at the end of the pitlane prior to the resumption. As soon as he left the pits he reported a lack of power, and as he crawled down the straight he was told to use revs in neutral in attempt to resolve the issue. He was almost at the first corner when he was finally ... Keep reading
Bottas claimed pole for Sundays race at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, with Hamilton joining him on the front row as Red Bulls expected dominance with Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez fell apart in Q3. The Mexico City track has the longest run from the grid to the first braking zone of any circuit on the F1 calendar. It is comparable to the start at Sochi where Turn 2 is the ... Keep reading
Red Bull had been in a commanding position ahead of qualifying at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez after topping FP2 and completing favourable long run pace compared to Mercedes in that session and leading FP3 by over 0.6 seconds with Sergio Perez. But the team appeared to be under pressure going into qualifying, where Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton stunned Red Bull by claiming a ... Keep reading
Sebastien Buemi, Kazuki Nakajima and Brendon Hartley head the field in the #8 GR010 Hybrid, having been let through by the sister #7 car driven by Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and Jose Maria Lopez at the beginning of the second hour. However, second place should still be enough for the #7 crew to defend its title in the Hypercar class and add to its Le Mans 24 Hours victory in August, having ... Keep reading
Following penalties for McLarens Lando Norris, AlphaTauris Yuki Tsunoda and Aston Martins Lance Stroll, Ocon will also drop to the back of the grid after Alpine took a fresh power unit ahead of final practice at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez on Saturday. Esteban will have a new engine for this weekends Mexico City Grand Prix - his fourth of the season, a short statement ... Keep reading
Having extended their lead in the championship to 16 points with pole position in Fridays qualifying, the crew of the #7 Toyota GR010 Hybrid only needed to take the chequered flag as a classified finisher to become WECs first-ever Hypercar champions. Although victory remained out of reach in the season-closing Bahrain 8 Hours, a runner-up result toToyota squadmates Kazuki Nakajima ... Keep reading
Porsche head of WEC operations Alexander Stehlig revealed after the race that a protest had been filed against the #51 Ferrari 488 GTE Evo of James Calado and Alessandro Pier Guidi after it tipped Michael Christensen in the #92 Porsche 911 RSR shared with Kevin Estre and Neel Jani into a spin. Stehlig told Autosport: "I can confirm that we have made a protest, but not the details or content of ... Keep reading
The 17-year-old Spaniard was due to compete in Moto3 in 2021 with the Prustel GP team, but that deal fell through and he was left without a ride. Ajo Motorsport and KTM stepped in to get him on one of the Finns Red Bull-backed bikes, with Acosta stunning the grand prix paddock in the opening two rounds when he finished second on his debut in the Qatar GP and won from pitlane in the Doha ... Keep reading
The Yamaha rider has been in strong form all throughout the Portugal weekend, topping Fridays running and missing out on first in FP3 to Ducatis Francesco Bagnaia by just 0.001 seconds. Both riders were expected to battle hard for pole on Saturday afternoon, but while Bagnaia did take top spot in Q2, Quartararo struggled to seventh on his Yamaha. Explaining what went wrong, Quartararo ... Keep reading
The 2000s was a period of great success for British drivers in the US. In addition to Indianapolis 500 winners Dan Wheldon and Dario Franchitti, there was Champ Car race-winner Justin Wilson, while Jay Howard and Alex Lloyd (2006 and 2007) followed Mark Taylor (2003) in conquering the IRL-supporting Indy Pro series. But for current British GT team boss Nathan Freke, the American Dream more ... Keep reading
The German manufacturer had arrived at the Mexico City race concerned that title rival Red Bull would have a significant performance advantage in both power and downforce terms. In the past, Red Bulls Honda engine and turbo has proved to be better suited to operating in the less dense air of Mexico. But contrary to expectations, Mercedes topped all three sessions in qualifying, with ... Keep reading
Mercedes stunned Red Bull by locking out the front row of the grid for Sundays race at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, as Valtteri Bottas headed up a 1-2 finish in Q3. Hamilton qualified second, one place ahead of title rival Verstappen in third, leaving the Dutchman on the back foot heading into the race as he bids to build on his championship lead. Verstappen sits 12 points clear of ... Keep reading
Mercedes stunned Red Bull with a qualifying turnaround to secure a front row lockout, with Bottas sealing his 19th career pole position in F1 ahead of team-mate Lewis Hamilton. Red Bull struggled with rear wing issues, with the team having to patch cracks with tape ahead of qualifying, before both Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez saw their final Q3 laps wrecked when Yuki Tsunoda went off ... Keep reading
The Australian dropped as low as third in the early stages of the race before making the most of his hard tyre pace advantage to pick off Marco Bezzecchi and Fernandez to claim the lead with 10 of the 23 laps contest remaining. Gardner, the son of 1987 500cc motorcycle world champion Wayne Gardner, was unable to shake off his soft tyre-shod team-mate until the closing laps to claim a ... Keep reading
Mazepin was left annoyed in qualifying for the Mexican Grand Prix when he was refused a request to overtake his teammate during a preparation lap in Q1. When told he could not, he responded on the radio: "Are you having a laugh?" Haas' chief race engineer Ayao Komatsu intervened and made clear the team was not joking, and told the Russian that he should drop back if he wanted a ... Keep reading
A poor first race for Whincup, finishing 25th after a puncture and a subsequent second stop, allowed points leader Shane van Gisbergen to extend his advantage, but that was trimmed again when the Triple Eight driver was penalised in race three and finished back in 23rd. Dick Johnson Racing driver De Pasquale, who had won two of the three races held at SMP last weekend in the first Supercars ... Keep reading
Bagnaias 2021 title hopes came to an end late on in the previous Emilia Romagna GP when he crashed out of the lead, with Yamahas Fabio Quartararo emerging from the Misano weekend as the world champion. The Ducati rider put those demons behind him to qualify on pole in Portugal with a new lap record and went on to take a dominant lights to flag victory on Sunday, securing him runner-up ... Keep reading
Sydney Motorsport Park's multi-million dollar lighting system provided a unique spectacle as the 26-car Supercars field did battle in wet conditions. Among those to be caught out were series leader Shane van Gisbergen, who went off at Turn 1 at an early restart, while a crash for Jake Kostecki late in the race led to a red flag. With conditions worsening the race wasn't restarted, Jamie ... Keep reading