Four-time World Champion Sebastian Vettel is a “finished man” but it is unlikely that the Aston Martin F1 Team will fire him, former F3000 driver Jason Watt has said. Vettel has struggled in the opening two rounds of the 2021 Championship with Aston Martin, and Watt said it is clear that he is still under…
Nine-time MotoGP World Champion Valentino Rossi is proud to bid farewell to his home Misano MotoGP fans with a decent race, Sunday’s ‘Grazie Vale’ tributes a ‘great surprise’. Valentino Rossi passed the last major milestone before the official end of his MotoGP career with an ’emotional’ final home race in Emilia Romagna GP at his…
Michael Masi admits the call not to penalise Kimi Raikkonen for passing Fernando Alonso off the track at the US Grand Prix was “marginal”. But, says the FIA race director, it came down to the fact that Alonso pushed the Alfa Romeo off the track, he didn’t run wide by himself. Alonso was annoyed with…
Formula One commentator Martin Brundle was snubbed by Serena Williams as he tried to interview her on the grid for the United States Grand Prix. Brundle has become renowned for his pre-race gridwalks, during which he interviews any driver, team member or celebrity he comes across. It was no different for yesterday’s US Grand Prix…
Kyle Larson capped off a dominate performance at Kansas Speedway on Sunday by winning the Hollywood Casino 400. After leading 130 laps, he claimed his third-consecutive win and his ninth, overall, of the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series season. “I felt like I did an okay job trying to hold those guys off as long as…
Two Volkswagen carmakers are looking to enter Formula 1 from 2026, according to the major German newspaper Bild. However, while it was already known that Audi or Porsche might be looking to tie up with Red Bull’s post-Honda future, other F1 teams might also benefit. “It’s great that big brands are interested in getting into…
Red Bull are reported to have asked the FIA to examine the Mercedes rear suspension, which Christian Horner discussed in Austin. Horner, the Red Bull team principal, made reference to a “straight-line device” that lowers the rear of the car, increasing the top speed of the W12 and which he believed had helped Mercedes considerably…
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen has won the United States Grand Prix, converting his pole position into victory and thus extending his lead in the World Championship. Lewis Hamilton, who started second, got the better of Verstappen heading into Turn 1, only for the Red Bull driver to retake the lead thanks a well-timed undercut during…
After taking 2020 off due to the Covid pandemic, the Martin Brundle grid walk is officially back. The legendary Sky Sports journalist has made a name for himself over the years by attempting to interview celebrities at F1 events which has produced plenty of trainwreck moments. On Sunday, before the F1 US Grand Prix, Brundle…
McLaren driver Daniel Ricciardo is rumoured to have struck up a romance with aspiring actress Heidi Berger. The New York based beauty, 24, who is a student at New York University, is the daughter of Austrian F1 driver Gerhard Berger. Fans noticed the pair have been spending time together, with celebrity gossip site Deux Moi…
Ducati rider Francesco Bagnaia trailed Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo by 52 points coming into this weekend’s Misano race and only needed to be outscored by three for the championship to go to Quartararo. The Ducati rider led for the first 22 of 27 laps on Sunday from pole and was on course to keep the championship…
six-time MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez tallied up his third win of the 2021 season after inheriting victory when long-time leader Francesco Bagnaia crashed out on lap 23, ending his title hopes. Marquez had shadowed Bagnaia for most of the race, piling the pressure on him as he did at Aragon last month, but had…
Fabio Quartararo has won the 2021 MotoGP World Championship following a crash for Francesco Bagnaia while leading the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix, a crash that resulted in Marc Marquez winning his third race of the year. Although Jack Miller got a better launch and was side-by-side with Bagnaia heading into turn one, the Italian was much…
Circuit of the Americas boss Bobby Epstein says bumps “aren’t an issue” for Formula 1 cars, following concerns about the surface being expressed by drivers ahead of the 2021 US Grand Prix. AlphaTauri racer Pierre Gasly said ahead of the Texas race that the event “could be quite complicated” for drivers because Austin’s bumps, which…
The minimum age to compete in motorcycle grand prix racing will be raised from 16 to 18 for 2023 onwards following changes from the Federation of International Motorcycles (FIM). The raising of the age limit comes following a string of tragic accidents throughout 2021 across the Moto3-based categories as well as the similarly slipstream dependent…
Ducati’s Jack Miller takes over at the top during another wet Friday practice session for the Emilia Romagna MotoGP, the second of this year’s events at Misano. Conditions were at least better than the morning session, with sunshine breaking through the clouds and a dry line starting to develop, prompting riders to switch from the…
