McLaren Formula 1 driver Lando Norris says Pirelli’s hard compound tyres felt like “garbage” in Spanish Grand Prix free practice, and felt “like I had more grip on the wets”. Due to the global COVID-19 crisis, the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona was moved form its usual May date to […]
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Lewis Hamilton topped second practice for Formula 1’s 2020 Italian Grand Prix at Monza ahead of Valtteri Bottas, while Daniel Ricciardo lost third to a track limits violation. Ricciardo’s loss for running too wide at the exit of the Parabolica meant Lando Norris finished third despite missing much of the […]
AlphaTauri Formula 1 driver Pierre Gasly says he has “no idea” where the team’s pace came from after impressing in practice for the Italian Grand Prix. Gasly was sixth fastest in the morning session before moving up two spots in the afternoon as the fastest Honda-powered driver, even ahead of […]
In the only practice session for this weekend’s Bommarito Automotive Group 500 – two races of 250 laps each – the rookies and first-time entrants in an IndyCar at the 1.25-mile oval got half an hour in which O’Ward turned 13 laps to set a 177.072mph lap to head Dale Coyne Racing […]
Dan Ticktum was forced to miss Formula 2 practice at Spa on Friday after returning an inconclusive result for COVID-19, but has since been cleared of contracting the virus. DAMS F2 driver Ticktum was absent from the 45-minute practice session at Spa on Friday afternoon, leaving the team running a […]
Robert Shwartzman set the pace in practice for the Formula 2 round at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit, leading Red Bull-Honda junior Yuki Tsunoda. The 45-minute session was red-flagged almost as soon as it began, as HWA Racelab driver Giuliano Alesi crashed his car at the exit of pitlane while attempting to […]
Indy 500 pole-sitter Marco Andretti gritted through his Carb Day in a thoroughly unenjoyable final practice Friday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Which was precisely the plan for the Andretti Autosport driver. After leading the speed charts for the past three days at Indianapolis Motor Speedway (including Fast Friday and two […]
Pato O’Ward became the first Chevrolet driver atop the speed chart at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, pacing Friday’s final Carb Day practice for the 104th Indy 500. O’Ward’s No. 5 Dallara-Chevrolet recorded a 225.355 mph lap to lead the two-hour session, which was an hour longer than the traditional final Carb […]
Pato O’Ward put his Arrow McLaren SP at the top of the speed charts in the last on-track session before the 104th running of the Indianapolis 500. In the final track time ahead of this weekend’s Indy 500, O’Ward, classified as a rookie at Indy after failing to qualify for […]
Avintia Ducati’s Johann Zarco will miss Friday’s opening two practice sessions for MotoGP’s Styrian Grand Prix having not met the requirements to undergo the mandatory medical test before the weekend. Zarco was involved in a 200mph crash with the Petronas Yamaha of Franco Morbidelli at Turn 3 of the Red […]
The Formula 1 race stewards have opted to take no action against Esteban Ocon or Kevin Magnussen following their “unfortunate” accident in final practice for the Spanish Grand Prix. Renault driver Ocon crashed into the wall during the closing stages of FP3 at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya while trying to […]
INDIANAPOLIS — A roundup of quotes from NTT IndyCar Series drivers on Fast Friday after their third six and a half hour practice session for the 104th Indy 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Fernando Alonso (No. 66 Ruoff Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet): “Today was a good day. I think after yesterday’s […]
The statement was made repeatedly over the past three days: Marco Andretti is a threat to capture the Indianapolis 500 pole this weekend. The suddenly 33-year-old third-generation driver is no longer the fresh-faced prodigy that nearly won the 2006 Greatest Spectacle in Racing but he has looked every bit the […]
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The horsepower boost sent speeds skyrocketing over 233 mph early on Fast Friday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The Andretti Autosport cars quickly jumped to the top of the board with Marco Andretti logging a lap of 233.491 mph (375.77 kph). It’s the fastest lap in a practice […]
Haas Formula 1 driver Romain Grosjean says he has no explanation for the strong performance in Barcelona where the Frenchman finished sixth fastest in FP1 and fifth in FP2. Last year Grosjean and his team-mate Kevin Magnussen both finished in the points in the Spanish Grand Prix, but nevertheless Friday’s […]
Lewis Hamilton beat Valtteri Bottas to the top spot in second practice for Formula 1’s Spanish Grand Prix, with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen again best of the rest in third. As the track temperature at the Barcelona circuit increased over 10 degrees compared to FP1, which was topped by Bottas, […]
Rebellion Racing maintained its stranglehold on the top of the timesheets in a shortened final practice session for this weekend’s Spa World Endurance Championship round. Gustavo Menezes sat at the top of the classification with the fastest time of the event so far in the solo Rebellion-Gibson R-13 when the […]
Dan Ticktum led the way in free practice for this weekend’s Barcelona Formula 2 round, heading his former F3 title rival Mick Schumacher by nine thousandths of a second. Prema driver and Ferrari junior Schumacher spent much of the first 15 minutes of the 45-minute session in command of the […]
Max Verstappen set the pace in first practice for the British Grand Prix on Friday as Nico Hulkenberg made his on-track Formula 1 return with Racing Point. Verstappen was able to finish almost half a second clear of home favourite Lewis Hamilton to lead FP1 for Red Bull during a […]
Fernando Alonso crashed in the final hour of Thursday’s practice session in a setback for his Indianapolis 500 venture. Alonso crashed in Turn 4 when his Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet dipped onto the concrete portion of the apron at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and sent the Spaniard into the retaining wall. […]