Daniil Kvyat says the safety car and red flag timing at the Italian Grand Prix presented a “worst case” scenario for him, helping AlphaTauri Formula 1 team-mate Pierre Gasly win. The Russian eventually finished ninth in the Italian GP, while his team mate scored a spectacular victory after a fortunately-timed […]
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AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly feels he is “ready” to return to Red Bull Racing should the team wish to recall him following his shock win at the Italian Grand Prix. Gasly scored the first victory of his Formula 1 career at Monza on Sunday after capitalising on a red flag stoppage […]
Miguel Oliveira took a shock maiden MotoGP victory on the last corner of a red-flagged Styrian Grand Prix after Jack Miller and Pol Espargaro ran wide on the final lap. Suzuki’s Joan Mir grabbed the holeshot for the first start, though had to relinquish his lead to Pramac’s Jack Miller […]
Robin Frijns was relieved to score his maiden DTM win at his home round at Assen, having felt “frustrating” Audi team orders in the past had masked his true potential. Frijns qualified on the front row for the first of the two Dutch races on Saturday, and overhauled polesitter Loic […]
Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Takuma Sato says his victory in this year’s race with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing was “mission completed” after his near-miss with the same team in 2012. The ex-Formula 1 driver, who previously won the Indy 500 with Andretti Autosport in 2017, was running ahead of Scott […]
Rally Estonia winner Ott Tanak says the first World Rally Championship event in his home country was “one that I had to win”. The reigning WRC champion duly took victory on home soil last weekend, which was also his first win for the Hyundai team since joining at the start […]
Pol Espargaro says he and Jack Miller wanted MotoGP Styrian Grand Prix victory “too hard” in their last-lap duel and “gave it” to Miguel Oliveira. The KTM rider led from lap seven to the final tour, but an overly defensive line at Turn 3 allowed Pramac’s Miller to overtake him […]
Pierre Gasly was left “struggling to realise” his maiden Formula 1 victory after taking a shock win for AlphaTauri in the Italian Grand Prix. Gasly capitalised on a red flag stoppage to rise from 10th in the first stint to line up third on the grid for the restart behind […]
AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly won a dramatic and disrupted 2020 Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix ahead of Carlos Sainz Jr, with early leader Lewis Hamilton penalised for a safety car infraction. Sainz chased Gasly relentlessly over the second half of the race at Monza, which was red flagged when Charles Leclerc […]
Ott Tanak took a relatively untroubled home victory on Rally Estonia to record his first World Rally Championship win for Hyundai since joining this season – ahead of team-mate Craig Breen. Tanak and Breen merely had to minimise the risks in the six final stages as they held first and […]
Styrian Grand Prix poleman Pol Espargaro feels victory was “more achievable” in the first Red Bull Ring MotoGP race as the field has tightened for the second outing. Espargaro led the Austrian GP before it was red-flagged and looked the strongest of the lead group, but suffered with a lack […]
Helio Castroneves and Ricky Taylor survived a late restart to clinch a remarkable comeback victory in the IMSA SportsCar Championship’s six hour race at Road Atlanta for Acura Team Penske. Polesitter Castroneves had dropped off the lead lap after serving two penalties in the opening hour, a drive-through for speeding […]
Robin Frijns passed Loic Duval to claim his maiden DTM win in front of his home crowd at Assen, as Audi dominated proceedings to monopolise the top five spots. Polesitter Duval got away cleanly to retain his lead into Turn 1, with Ferdinand Habsburg moving up to second after rocketing […]
Devlin DeFrancesco has proven to be a quick learner in his rookie season of competition on the Road to Indy Presented by Cooper Tires. Today at World Wide Technology Raceway, DeFrancesco drove like a veteran in only his second ever start on an oval, leading throughout the closely contested Indy […]
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 […]
After an embarrassing 20min delay caused by the track sweeper leaking oil over the track, the cars got rolling with Dario Franchitti driving the Honda two-seater, and former MLB outfielder for the St. Louis Cardinals Kerry Robinson as his passenger. There were six laps under yellow to help blast any […]
Ash Sutton kept Colin Turkington at bay to take victory in the first race of the British Touring Car Championship triple-header at Knockhill. Sutton’s Laser Tools Racing Infiniti Q50 had extended a comfortable margin of over 1.5 seconds after leading from pole position, but a safety car called after five […]
William Byron clinched his first NASCAR Cup victory at Daytona as a late race crash denied seven-time Cup champion Jimmie Johnson a place in the playoffs. Byron, Johnson and Matt DiBenedetto, the three drivers on the bubble in the fight to get into the Round of 16 as the field […]
As Team Penske-Chevrolet’s polesitter Will Power and fellow front-row starter Pato O’Ward of Arrow McLaren SP-Chevy came down towards the green at the start there was chaos in the midfield, as Alex Palou’s Dale Coyne Racing with Team Goh car jumped out of line while still under yellow, Simon Pagenaud […]
Nobuharu Matsushita pulled off a strategy masterclass in the FIA Formula 2 feature race at the Barcelona circuit to score an unlikely victory after starting only 18th. The Japanese driver bolted for a second set of soft tyres during a safety car period to climb 14 places before then passing […]