Tsunoda started two places ahead de Vries but on the first lap the Dutchman got past him as the pair exited Turn 2. The Japanese driver then had a look down the outside at Turn 3, but on the exit de Vries took his line and clipped his team-mates front wing. While de Vries continued unscathed Tsunoda lost the left side part of the wing and immediately told the team that he had to ... Keep reading
Bagnaia spent much of the 24-lap Spanish GP fighting with the KTM duo of long-time leader Brad Binder and Jack Miller and only moved into the lead on lap 21. The Ducati rider kept a relentless Binder at bay to score his second grand prix win of the year to retake the lead in the standings after erstwhile championship leader Marco Bezzecchi crashed out. Sprint race winner Binder and Miller ... Keep reading
Friday and Saturday qualifying topper Leclerc had launched cleanly to comfortably hold off front-row rival Verstappen into Turn 1 at the race start. But the Ferrari driver was then left vulnerable as DRS was activated at the start of lap three of 51, with the chasing defending champion cutting the 0.4-second gap before using the overtaking aid to pass over the line. A compliant Leclerc was ... Keep reading
The race 1 winner found himself subject to a post-race protest last night after Erebus Motorsport moved to argue that his decisive move on Brodie Kostecki wasn't legal. The pair made contact at turn 6 on the penultimate lap as Kostecki desperately tried to hold van Gisbergen off. Erebus initially asked race control to investigate the contact and, when it was cleared by officials, took the ... Keep reading
With rain set in for the remainder of the day, NASCAR called the event early Sunday morning and the 400-mile race has been postponed until noon ET Monday. It will be broadcast live on Fox Sports 1. With qualifying also rained out on Saturday, Kyle Buschs opportunistic win last week at Talladega helped him land the pole for this weeks race as the lineup was set by NASCARs performance ... Keep reading
Triple Eight recently announced the re-signing of the Kiwi on what it outlined as a multi-year agreement from 2024 onwards. The new deal followed a reluctance to commit to Supercars long-term from van Gisbergen, who said he wanted to experience Gen3 before making a decision on his future. The Kiwi has also been active in other areas of racing recently, including a maiden World Rally ... Keep reading
Early leader Verstappen was brought into the pits on lap 10 of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix after starting to struggle with his rear tyres and being put under pressure by team-mate Sergio Perez. Moments before the decision AlphaTauri's Nyck de Vries had stopped on track after clipping the wall in Turn 5 and as the safety car was brought out, the move backfired on Red Bull. With Verstappen ... Keep reading
Rossi, who will roll off 10th, lapped the 2.3-mile 17-turn course in Birmingham, AL, in 1m06.6677s, the only driver to reach the 124mph barrier. He led Colton Herta of Andretti Autosport by 0.1245s, with Scott Dixon of Chip Ganassi Racing third. Long Beach winner Kyle Kirkwood made it two Andretti cars in the top four although he and Herta will start 12th and 14th respectively this ... Keep reading
Polesitter Leclerc was passed by Max Verstappen and eventual Baku victor Sergio Perez come only lap six of 51, with the Ferrari driver opting not to fight the Red Bulls to preserve his Pirelli tyres. The Monegasque eventually finished 21 seconds adrift of Perez but held off Aston Martin driver Alonso by 0.8s to end the two-time champions run of consecutive podiums at the start of the ... Keep reading
Christian Rasmussen burst away from pole leading HMD Motorsports teammate Nolan Siegel, while Louis Foster and Hunter McElrea led the Andretti Autosport charge in third and fourth. However, Kyffin Simpson (HMD), who had passed series returnee Toby Sowery on the opening lap, made a late dive on McElrea at Turn 5 on Lap 2 and his right-front made contact with the Andretti cars left-rear and ... Keep reading
Honours were even between front row starters Brown and David Reynolds when the lights went out, Brown retaining the lead on the way out of turn 1 thanks to having the inside line. Reynolds initially dropped into second, however left the door open for a lunging Brodie Kostecki to sneak through at turn 7 on the first lap. A lap later Reynolds was too timid in his defence again as Anton De ... Keep reading
Brown topped a hectic opening session to take pole for today's first of two sprint races. Chaz Mostert and Anton De Pasquale led the way in the early part of the session, before Shane van Gisbergen jumped to the top on the second lap of his second run with a 54.438s. He was quickly shuffled back by a number of fast Fords, though, with David Reynolds leading the way from De Pasquale and James ... Keep reading
In the first sprint of the season, which included a new qualifying format (see below), Ferraris Charles Leclerc led from pole ahead of Perez, as Max Verstappen (Red Bull) and George Russell (Mercedes) clashed over third. After a safety car interruption, Verstappen retook third from Russell. Perez DRS-ed past Leclerc on lap 8 and pulled clear to take victory, while Leclerc clung to second ... Keep reading
Ferrari's Charles Leclerc will line up on pole position after topping Friday's qualifying session, with Red Bull duo Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez starting right behind him in second and third position. When is the F1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix? The 2023 F1 Azerbaijan GP will begin at 3pm local time (+4 GMT) at the Baku City Circut. Date: Sunday, April 30, 2023 Start time: 15:00 local ... Keep reading
Ferrari will soon lavish the SF-23 with performance-finding upgrades. But for now, after a dismal start to the campaign, set-up tweaks alone have allowed the team to take a marked step forward in Australia and this weekend again in Azerbaijan. As proof, lead charge Charles Leclerc used the revised format for sprint race rounds to snare two pole positions across Friday and Saturday in ... Keep reading
The Prema driver held the lead off the line and despite briefly dropping behind Theo Pourchaire on lap three, recaptured the front spot on the following tour. From there, it was a straightforward cruise to victory for the Ferrari Academy driver to take his second win of the weekend. Enzo Fittipaldi finished second for his first podium with Rodin Carlin, having passed Pourchaire just five ... Keep reading
Feeney made a good getaway from pole, initially leading the race from fellow front-row starter Lostecki. The series leader only last three laps in second place, though, until teammate Brown eased past at the last corner. The trio ran in that order until lap 20 when Kostecki was first to hit the lane. He re-emerged behind an early stopping Tim Slade, who had taken his service from fifth ... Keep reading
Maglie (ITA), 21.04.2023:A particularly busy double weekend for WSK Promotion, with the imminent opening of the ItalianFormula 4 Championship on April 23rd in Imola, and at the same time, the great organizational workfor the preparation of the fourth and final round of the WSK Super Masters Series on April 27-30 inCremona, where a "sold out" event is announced with about ... Keep reading
The multiple incidents at the Australian GP highlighted issues that drivers were having getting temperatures into their tyres on the way to standing restarts, when they were obliged to initially follow the safety car until it turns its light out. The subject was discussed at length in Friday's drivers' briefing in Baku, and on Saturday morning the FIA canvassed teams before confirming a new ... Keep reading
Russell muscled ahead of Max Verstappen at the start of Saturday's sprint event, but after a resumption following a safety car period, the Dutchman passed him on the run down to Turn 1. Although that move was achieved with DRS not yet activated, Red Bull's speed on the straight when it is open has been a focus of attention for rivals all season. "We know what the speed difference is," said ... Keep readi
Alonso and team-mate Lance Stroll had been struggling with the DRS overtaking device all weekend on their new low-drag wing for Baku's long straights. The problem came up in Friday practice and continued all the way through both qualifying sessions this weekend and while Alonso reported no problems during Saturday evening's 17-lap sprint race he wasn't totally convinced the issues is fully ... Keep reading
The Briton, who secured a second WEC win of the season with Kamui Kobayashi and Jose Maria Lopez, explained that he knew the call to start their Toyota GR010 HYBRID on dry-weather Michelins was "the correct one even if we knew it was going to be a bit tricky". "On the first lap, I looked at the cars around me on wets and thought, man, this is going to be hard," Conway told Motorsport.com. "I ... K
The nine-time grand prix motorcycle world champion joined Yamaha in 2004 and helped transform the Japanese marques form, winning back-to-back titles. Rossi would win two more with Yamaha in 2008 and 2009 to take his premier class haul to seven, and ultimately finished his MotoGP career with the marque at the end of 2021. The Italian served two stints with Yamaha, first from 2004 to 2009 ... Keep reading
The Mexican driver took advantage of a pitstop under the safety car to emerge in the lead after Verstappen had led the early phases of the race from polesitter Charles Leclerc. Leclerc led away at the start line from Verstappen and, without DRS being made available in the opening series of laps, was able to hold a scant lead over the two-time champion. But at the end of the third lap ... Keep reading
Perez led Max Verstappen home after a tepid Azerbaijan Grand Prix, but his afternoon nearly came undone when on lap 34 he clipped the outside wall on the entry to Turn 15. The Mexican came away unscathed but afterwards admitted his error led to a hard thump on the right-front corner of his Red Bull RB19. "Really hard," he said about the hit. "I had a bit of luck, especially with the front ... Keep reading