Le Mans 24 Hours winner Nick Tandy is set to return to the wheel of a prototype at this year’s French enduro together with former LMP1 sparring partner Oliver Jarvis. Tandy, who won the race aboard a Porsche 919 Hybrid in 2015, and 2017 LMP2 class-winner Jarvis have been named […]
Month: August 2020
MADISON, Ill. (AP) — Josef Newgarden raced to his second IndyCar victory of the season Sunday, holding off rookie Pato O’Ward before a late caution ended the race at World Wide Technology Raceway under the yellow flag. It’s the second IndyCar race to finish under caution in one week. Takuma […]
Le Mans 24 Hours winner Nick Tandy is set to return to the wheel of a prototype at this year’s French enduro together with former LMP1 sparring partner Oliver Jarvis. Tandy, who won the race aboard a Porsche 919 Hybrid in 2015, and 2017 LMP2 class-winner Jarvis have been named […]
But it was in Sunday’s race where he truly excelled, despite starting 18th, and he passed six cars on the opening two green-flag laps. Again, his ECR strategist Brent Harvey and race engineer Matt Barnes chose to pull him in early – working backward from when each pit window opened […]
Several MotoGP manufacturers are not happy that KTM will be permitted to develop its engines ahead of the 2021 season, with fears it is working on a “super engine”. KTM and Aprilia are permitted by the regulations to be exempt from the engine development freeze imposed on non-concession manufacturers Honda, […]
McLaren is waiting for Renault to analyse the failure on Carlos Sainz Jr’s Formula 1 power unit to find out the exact cause of the issue. Sainz was prevented from starting Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix after reporting an issue with his power unit en route to the grid, forcing him […]
Those races further cemented Scott Dixon’s legacy as a winner, Takuma Sato’s legacy as a hard charger and Josef Newgarden as an oval master. Here is what you may have missed from the doubleheader weekend at Gateway’s 1.25 mile oval. Photo credit: JAMES BLACK More Two Andretti Autosport cars (Rossi […]
Fernando Alonso has said next week’s Indianapolis 500 will be his last attempt at the triple crown for at least two years, as he returns to Formula 1 with Renault. In 2017, McLaren’s F1 prospects were so poor that Alonso was able to skip the Monaco Grand Prix with the […]
Johann Zarco thinks he’s “ready” to step up to the factory Ducati team in 2021, but believes he needs to score more MotoGP podiums before being considered. The double Moto2 world champion joined the Ducati fold for 2020 after signing a deal directly with it to join the satellite Avintia […]
Lewis Hamilton says he feels “a lot of weight on my heart” from off-track events in 2020, revealing he “broke down” at news of Chadwick Boseman’s death on Saturday. The death of Boseman, a leading actor and star of black superhero film Black Panther, sparked an outpouring of tributes from […]
© Getty Images Toto Wolff Although he signed the Concorde Agreement, Toto Wolff feels’ Mercedes run of success has not be “recognised in terms of the financial split” in the new deal. Mercedes was one of the last teams to put pen to paper on the new Concorde Agreement, the […]
The penalties handed to Sergio Perez and Daniil Kvyat for ignoring blue flags in the Spanish Grand Prix were the first as part of a new crackdown by the FIA. Both Perez and Kvyat were hit with a five-second time penalty for failing to adhere to blue flags in the […]
Ed Carpenter Racing rookie Rinus VeeKay hailed Sunday’s IndyCar race at Gateway as “one of the best races I have ever driven” en route to a hard-fought fourth place finish. VeeKay, who leads the rookie standings, climbed from 14th to sixth in Saturday’s race one, at a track in which […]
© LAT Images Mercedes explains Bottas Toto Wolff has explained the radio exchange with Valtteri Bottas over using a push mode to catch Lewis Hamilton in the opening stages of Formula 1’s Belgian Grand Prix. Mercedes swept to its sixth victory of the 2020 F1 season as Hamilton led Bottas […]
Reigning IndyCar champion Josef Newgarden believes he can still beat Scott Dixon to the 2020 title, but says he needs to “reverse the trend” of his season so far. Team Penske driver Newgarden scored the 16th win of his career and second of the 2020 season on Sunday at Gateway, […]
Honda will not qualify for concessions for the 2021 MotoGP season even if it fails to score a podium in a so-far tough 2020 campaign. For the first time since 2008, no Honda rider has scored a podium in the first five races of a season, with the best-placed HRC […]
Lewis Hamilton believes pressure needs to be placed on Formula 1 bosses so that changes are made to avoid boring races such as the Belgian Grand Prix. Hamilton eased to a dominant victory at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps on Sunday, leading every lap of the race ahead of Mercedes team-mate […]
MADISON, Ill. — Josef Newgarden raced to his second IndyCar victory of the season Sunday, holding off rookie Pato O’Ward before the event at World Wide Technology Raceway finished under caution — one week after Takuma Sato won the Indianapolis 500 in the same fashion. In the second of two […]
Yet again, Patricio O’Ward will have to wait for his first IndyCar win. © Ronald Martinez – Getty Images A fast stop and a daring battle exiting the pit lane earned the reigning champion his second win of the season. The second-year driver, currently running his first full season for […]
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