Hamilton's contract with Mercedes runs out after this season, and the team and driver have yet to settle on an agreement to extend it. While there had been some hope of the matter quickly getting sorted over last winter, the discussions have been put on hold until Wolff and Hamilton can set aside a suitable time for talks to take place. But with no firm commitment from Hamilton about his ... Keep reading
Webster has had a slightly unorthodox motorsport career so far. The now 20-year-old started in karting, securing an Australian KA4 Junior title in 2016 and third in the 2018 Victorian Kart Championship (KA3 Junior). But, he then moved to the one-make Hyundai Excel series, the championship for mid-90s humdrum hatchbacks. While its a vibrant scene, seen as a stepping stone for ... Keep reading
The Italian squad has endured its worst start to a Formula 1 season since 2009, when it failed to score a single point in the first three races of the campaign. Its lack of performance compared to pacesetter Red Bull prompted Sainz to suggest at the Australian Grand Prix that it was in need of a direction change. "At the moment the Red Bull is superior everywhere," said Sainz. "It's superior ... Keep re
The GB3 Championship is on the rise. Following one of its most successful seasons in 2022, a series record of 24 drivers are confirmed ahead of this weekends Oulton Park opener, and a grid of 27 cars could even be reached later this year. The series will again use the Tatuus MSV-022 chassis, which was widely praised throughout the paddock during its first season of use in 2022 and, if ... Keep reading
Lawson stunned the Japanese series' establishment by becoming the first driver in the modern era of Super Formula to win first time out, after pulling off an undercut strategy to pass Mugen team-mate and two-time champion Tomoki Nojiri. The New Zealander had pulled more than five seconds clear at the head of the field when the safety car was called following a collision between Giuliano Alesi ... Keep reading
The Austrian first arrived in F1 as a Williams shareholderin 2009, before becoming team principal and co-owner of Mercedes from 2013. He then helped lead the German manufacturer to a run of eight consecutive constructors championships from 2014 to 2021, with Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg taking seven drivers titles in that period. However, Wolff said he did ponder stepping away ... Keep reading
At the start of the race, polesitter Nojiri immediately moved to the right to cover off a fast-charging Toshiki Oyu, who had made a blistering start from third on the grid to pass Ritomo Miyata for second. While Nojiri managed to initially hold off Oyu, the TGM driver was the quicker of the two and went around the outside of the double champion into Coca-Cola corner to take the lead. The ... Keep reading
Morbidelli enjoyed his best weekend since early 2021 last week at Rio Hondo, after qualifying fourth and finishing in that position in both the sprint race and the grand prix. It marked his best results as a factory Yamaha rider, with the 2020 championship runner-up struggling throughout 2022 in his first full season with the Japanese marque's works squad. Although Morbidelli was easily the ... Keep reading
From Baku onwards, the first of six sprints this year, teams have discussed a format change in which the sprint event and the grand prix each have their own qualifying sessions. The new format, which is yet to be finalised, has received universal backing as it means the sprint will no longer impact the main race and drivers have no reason to play it safe on Saturday. But Red Bull's ... Keep reading
The 2021 World Superbike champion will team up with the Iwata marque's regular test rider Cal Crutchlow at the Spanish circuit for two days of testing from 10-11 April. Razgatlioglu previously tested the YZR-M1 last June in an outing at Motorland Aragon which was cut short due to inclement weather. The Turkish rider, who rides for Yamaha's works WSBK outfit, is sitting second in the ... Keep reading
The timetable of a race weekend has been thrust into the limelight following comments from F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali that he is in favour of scrapping free practice sessions. This has been followed by drivers and championship chiefs pushing to revise the structure of a sprint round by ditching the unpopular Saturday FP2 session in favour of a separate qualifying shootout. While Wolff said ... Keep reading
Lawson, who caused a sensation by winning on his debut in the Japanese series in the opening race on Saturday, finished third on the road in Sunday's second encounter behind Tomoki Nojiri and Sho Tsuboi. However, a five-second penalty for violating the safety car procedure demoted him to fifth in the final classification. The penalty came about as a result of Lawson trying to create a large ... Keep reading
Vettel retired at the end of last year after a 15-year career which yielded four consecutive world championships for Red Bull from 2010 until 2013. He ended his run in F1, which also included a long stint at Ferrari, with two years in the midfield at Aston Martin, where he failed to find success apart from a solitary podium in 2021 at Baku. But just as Aston found a huge leap in performance ... Keep reading
Robby Gordon wants to be the next Indycar racer in Formula 1. Hes on his way to the top. His first car race was in the Daytona 24 Hours sportscar race and his first single-seater start was in an Indycar. But in between, he destroyed Formula 3000 and Winston Cup machines. I first came across Robby Gordon at the 1991 Daytona 500, where the mercurial youngster was making his Winston Cup debut ... Keep reading
Sebastien Loeb hasnt been snapped up by a World Rally Championship team for a part-time drive this year, but the phone may already be ringing again after his latest triumph. The nine-time world champion once again reminded the rallying fraternity of his supreme talent last Sunday by adding the Azores Rally to his glittering list of achievements. Competing on his first traditional rally of ... Keep reading
Bell, who inherited the lead by staying out between Stages 2 and 3, led the final 100 laps but had to ward off repeated challenges, with the last coming from Reddick in the final five laps. Reddick, who won Stage 2, pitted for new tyres during the break and put them to good use to challenge for the win . On lap 224 of the 250-lap encounter, Reddick went to the inside of Chase Briscoe and ... Keep reading
While Red Bull has enjoyed a perfect record of three wins across the opening races in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Australia, in the latter event Mercedes replaced Aston Martin as the second-best team. But the cancellation of a return to China has now left a four-week gap in the calendar until the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, across 28-30 April. Given the pause and then a return to Europe after a run ... Keep reading
Last season Bagnaia achieved what seemed unthinkable by recovering from a 91-point deficit to Fabio Quartararo to be crowned world champion at the final round in Valencia, marking Ducatis first riders title in 15 years, since Casey Stoners 2007 triumph at the start of the 700cc era. As expected, Bagnaias feat earned him praise from all sides, especially given his comeback fight ... Keep reading
The two-time champion was beaten in a straight fight by Lawson in Saturdays curtain-raiser, although Nojiri struck back with a straightforward win from pole in the second race. Speaking in the aftermath of finishing second in the first race, Nojiri said that Lawsons sensational pace was no surprise, likening him to another of his former team-mates Stoffel Vandoorne - with whom he shared a ... Keep reading
Red Bull has dominated the three events held so far in 2023, with Max Verstappen winning in Bahrain and Australia and his team-mate Sergio Perez triumphing in Saudi Arabia. While some observers have expressed concerns that a year of supremacy by one team will be bad for F1 and following on from Red Bull's dominant 2022 season, Steiner stressed that sporting integrity should always have priority ... Keep reading
Where has the time gone?! Its already over a month since the 2023 club circuit-racing campaign began when the Classic Sports Car Club shook off the winter blues with its successful season-opening event at Silverstone at the end of February. Since then, a further six events have taken place in England and, although the season is truly beginning in earnest during this Easter Bank Holiday ... Keep reading
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Tottenham currently sit three points behind Manchester United in fifth but will overtake the Reds on Saturday, if only temporarily, with a win over Bournemouth.
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Two early-season staff aces will square off Saturday when the Philadelphia Phillies visit the Cincinnati Reds in the third game of a four-game series. The Phillies will send their most effective pitcher to the mound when left-hander Matt Strahm (1-0, 0.00) starts opposite Cincinnati right-hander Graham Ashcraft (1-0, 2.08). Strahm will make his third start and fourth appearance of the season. He has allowed just five hi