Tanak endured a difficult start to the first gravel rally of the season after ending Friday in 18th position, 14m05s behind rally leader and Hyundai driver Esapekka Lappi. The 2019 world champion already faced the daunting task of opening Mexicos dusty gravel stages as championship leader, before a turbo failure cost the Estonian 12 minutes across the morning loop. After ... Keep reading
The Italian manufacturer has revealed that it already knew that its 499P Le Mans Hypercar would be unable to match the race pace of the Toyota LMHs that ended up finishing 1-2 before the start of the 1000-mile fixture. Ferrari sportscar racing technical boss Ferdinando Cannizzo explained after the race that Ferrari was happy with third place for pole winner Antonio Fuoco, Miguel Molina and ... Keep reading
Logano, the next-to-last car to go out in the final round of qualifying, won the pole for Sundays Cup race at Atlanta with an average lap speed of 177.374 mph edging his Penske teammate Austin Cindric (177.340 mph). Fellow Penske driver Ryan Blaney ended up third-fastest (177.215 mph), giving Penske a 1-2-3 start for the second time in team history. In all, Ford drivers claimed the top ... Keep reading
Lopez, Kamui Kobayashi and Mike Conway won the opening round of the 2023 WEC season in the #7 Toyota GR010 Hybrid, leading the sister #8 car crewed by Sebastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley and Ryo Hirakawa by just over two seconds. The #7 Toyota moved to the front around the halfway point of the race when Kobayashi got ahead of the sister #8 car that had led the order since Ferrari went off-strategy ... Keep reading
They were followed by the Mercedes duo and Carlos Sainz as the lead Ferrari driver in seventh, with his penalty-addled team-mate Charles Leclerc down in 11th but with the red car pair running a notably different run plan to the leaders. Alfa Romeo driver Valtteri Bottasestablished the first-place benchmark at 1m35.701s using the medium tyres. Most of the running at the start of the ... Keep reading
The history of Formula 1 is full of intense rivalries and bitter feuds that have come to define the championship. From the infamous clashes between Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost, to more recently, the fractious battles of Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen, grand prix racing certainly isn't lacking in the drama stakes. But perhaps the most tragic rivalry and one which seemed almost bound by ... Keep reading
Having headed the opening pair of practice sessions on Friday, Verstappen showcased more excellent pace on Saturday afternoon with early hard tyre runs, prior to a flurry of laps on the softest compound that culminated in his headline 1m28.485s time. This was well clear of fellow Red Bull driver Perez, and despite the Mexican's improvement ahead of the final five minutes, the resultant ... Keep reading
The DAMS driver lined up fourth, snatching second place off the line before securing the lead from fellow Red Bull junior Jak Crawford on lap two. He held the lead until the end, fending off challenges from Ralph Boschung, Jehan Daruvala and Victor Martins to take his third series win. Martins put in an astonishing drive for ART to finish second, having lined up 10th as he starts on pole for ... Keep reading
On his first run in Q2 Verstappen suddenly slowed in the second sector of Jeddah's Corniche street circuit. The Dutchman notified his team of a possible engine issue, but after he made it back to the Red Bull garage the team confirmed he was hit by a driveshaft problem. As he hadn't set a time yet, that meant the world champion finished Q2 in 15th place. Verstappen, who won the ... Keep reading
After heading an all-Cadillac front row in qualifying, Derani (Action Express Racing) led Taylor who outdragged Chip Ganassi Racings Sebastien Bourdais away from the rolling start and almost grabbed the lead around the outside at Turn 1. But Derani stood firm to hold the Wayne Taylor Racing Acura at bay at Turn 3. The race went yellow on Lap 1 for debris at Turn 1, where an LMP3 car ... Keep reading
Perez will start ahead of Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) and George Russell (Mercedes) after the one-hour qualifying session, which is split into three segments with five cars each being knocked out in Q1 and Q2 before the top-10 shootout of Q3. Read Also: F1 Saudi Arabian GP: Perez grabs pole as Verstappen hits trouble Verstappen: "Anything is possible" from 15th in Saudi F1 ... Keep reading
The eight-time World Rally Championship title winner had been locked in a fight with Lappi throughout Friday, and faced a 5.3s deficit to the Finn heading into Saturday. However, Lappis exit on the mornings first test, stage 11, promoted Ogier to the lead, which he took into Saturdays midday service. Toyotas Elfyn Evans trailed his part-time team-mate Ogier by 28.5s, with an ... Keep reading
GTP After a furious battle between Cadillac and Acura in the opening hour, Ganassi jumped Sebastien Bourdais ahead of Pipo Derani out of the pits following the first round of stops, despite giving it four fresh Michelins partly thanks to a very strong in-lap from Bourdais but then the field was bunched by the second full course yellow just after the start of the second hour, so the ... Keep reading
The ART Grand Prix driver put in a brilliant 1m41.326s to lead the field for Sunday's feature race, with Prema driver Bearman in second. Reigning Formula 3 champion Martins staked his claim to pole early on, with a 1m42.766s, before Arthur Leclerc went quicker for DAMS with a 1m42.629s. The first red flag came 12 minutes into the session, with Richard Verschoor spinning his Van Amersfoort ... Keep reading
The double world champion set the third fastest time in qualifying, 0.465 seconds away from Perez's ultimate pace, but will move up to the front row on the grid as Charles Leclerc will cop at least a 10-place grid penalty for taking on new control electronics. Despite a solid qualifying result, the consensus is that Aston Martin is much stronger in race trim, and Alonso explained that general ... Keep reading
Hamilton qualified eighth in Jeddah for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, on a day when his team-mate George Russell gave the struggling team a boost with fourth place. Both will move up a place on the starting grid due to Charles Leclerc's penalty. Asked by Motorsport.com if Russells performance had been encouraging, Hamilton said:Of course, George did a great job.So great, great ... Keep reading
After George Russell qualified sixth and Lewis Hamilton seventh for the 2023 season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix, Mercedes boss Wolff declared the team had to change its design direction. It has now emerged that the team's senior management, drivers and engineering staff were involved in an intense meeting on the Tuesday after the Bahrain race to address its situation. Asked by Motorsport.com ... Keep reading
In the Bahrain season opener Yuki Tsunoda started 14th and Nyck De Vries 18th, and neither driver made it into the points. In FP1 in Jeddah on Friday Tsunoda was a respectable 10th fastest, three spots ahead of his team-mate. Despite that apparent sign of improvement, Tost complained that over the winter his technical team promised that the new car would represent a significant step forward ... Keep reading
The #8 Toyota GR010 Hybrid driven by Brendon Hartley was circulating just over a second clear of the sister #7 entry piloted by Kamui Kobayashi after four hours of racing at Sebring International Raceway. The #50 Ferrari 499P that Antonio Fuoco had qualified on pole position led the action early on, but a decision by the Italian manufacturer to bring both its cars to the pits under a first-hour ... Keep reading
Lappi made the most of an advantageous road position on the rough gravel stages to win two of the three tests that made up the morning loop. The Finn headed to the midday service with a 1.4s lead over Ogier, who won Stage 4 after starting the day a position ahead of Lappi on the road order. The pair surged to the head of the field after overnight leader Ott Tanak suffered turbo failure on ... Keep reading
The #33 Corvette C8.R shared by Keating, Nicky Catsburg and Nico Varrone dominated the GTE Am class in Friday's Sebring 1000 Miles, finishing two laps clear of the second-placed Proton Competition Porsche. It marked the US manufacturer's second victory in WEC competition as a factory team outside of the Le Mans 24 Hours, following its win in the now-defunct GTE Pro class at Monza last year. It ... Keep reading
Lappi lit up the timing screens across the afternoons stages, winning three of the five tests, to turn a 1.4s margin into a 5.3s advantage over six-time Rally Mexico winner Ogier. Ogier managed to close to within 0.3s early in the afternoon before Lappi reeled off a string of times to pull clear of the eight-time world champion, before a mini fightback on the last stage. Toyotas Elfyn ... Keep reading
Ferrariduly delivered a series of tweaks to its SF-23 F1 car, not only in order to tackle the specific challenges of the circuit but also as part of its ongoing quest to find more performance. This started with the front wing which had detailed changes in two areas. First, the upper flap was trimmed back to help reduce downforce and drag, which will balance out similar reductions ... Keep reading
The German car manufacturer has had a difficult start to the year, with its 2023 challenger proving to be much further off the pace of front-runners Red Bull than expected. That has triggered a deep analysis of what has gone wrong and prompted the squad to edge towards a change of concept in a bid to close the deficit to the opposition. But while Mercedes is under no illusions ... Keep reading
Ferrari, Alfa Romeo and AlphaTauri all took part in the test with the latest constructions as Pirelli continues to push towards the change, with a final decision on 2024 to be made following a crucial test at Silverstone in July. Lewis Hamilton branded the tyres dangerous after running at a cold Paul Ricard in February, but in Sakhir they showed more promise. The warm conditions and ... Keep reading