Andrea Kimi Antonellis long-awaited F1 debut with Mercedes lasted just 10 minutes before he crashed out of FP1 at the Italian Grand Prix.The 18-year-old was running in place of George Russell to gain his first experience behind the wheel in F1 but, having initially set the fastest lap of the session, he spun off at Parabolica and hit the wall.With Antonelli expected as Lewis Hamiltons ... Keep reading
Left in limbo by their parent company, the employees of Renault's under-threat Formula 1 engine programme are making their voices heard at the Italian Grand Prix.Renault chief Luca de Meo is currently working through plans to abandon the brand's long-time F1 engine programme in France's Viry-Chatillon and switch to Mercedes customer engines for its Alpine-branded works team instead.If confirmed ... Keep readin
F1 began the Italian Grand Prix by welcoming Andrea Kimi Antonelli at Mercedes for his debut FP1 session, while at WilliamsFranco Colapintohas replaced Logan Sargeant for the remainder of the season.While the latter built his pace steadily, Antonelli got off to a flying start before losing control at the Parabolica and clattering the wall with a heavy 45G impactthat brought out the red ... Keep reading
WillPowerhas conceded he will likely need help from his Team Penske team-mates in order to overcome the points deficit to IndyCar Series leader Alex Palou and take a third title.With three rounds to go, the 43-year-old trails Palou by 54 points. If the Chip Ganassi racer adds even one point to that total at the end of the Milwaukee double-header weekend, he will become the first back-to-back ... Keep reading
Aston Martins new Valkyrie World Endurance Championship and IMSA SportsCar Championship contender has already notched up more than 6000km in testing since hitting the track last month.The Le Mans Hypercar developed by the British manufacturer out of the Adrian Newey-inspired Valkyrie road car has racked up that distance, equivalent to 3700 miles, over the course of six days of testing on home ... Keep reading
Ferrari returned to the top of the World Endurance Championship timesheets for the first time since the Le Mans 24 Hours in second free practice for this weekends Austin round.The two factory Ferrari 499P Le Mans Hypercars, which could only finish fifth and sixth last time out in the WEC at Interlagos, ended up 1-2 in the times in the 90-minute Friday evening session.Antonio Giovinazzis ... Keep reading
Motorsport UK has dropped plans to place a range of restrictions on race series' calendars and names amid a furious backlash from organising clubs and drivers.The governing body's race committee had sought to establish greater differentiation between a series and a point-scoring championship by placing limitations on some of the freedoms series organisers currently enjoy.It was proposed to limit ... Keep reading
As someone who had several star team-mates, particularly during the British Touring Car Championships Super Touring heyday, double champion John Cleland finds it tough to select a favourite.The 72-year-old Scot immediately runs through the colleagues he had at Vauxhall between 1991 and 1999, during which time he took 17 wins and the 1995 crown. That also encompassed Dave Cook Racing, RML and ... Keep reading
Tim Tramnitz became the 12th different F3 race winner this season, breaking his duck in the Monza sprint race, while the championship fight remains wide open heading into tomorrow's finale.In the penultimate outing of the season, the MP Motorsport driver was a picture of composure, taking a lights-to-flag victory in a race that saw no changes for the lead, despite the extreme effect of the ... Keep reading
Valtteri Bottas is leading the race to partner Nico Hulkenberg at Sauber in Formula 1 next year.The 35-year-old, who surprised many by shooting to the top five in FP1 at the Italian Grand Prix, is understood to be the number one target for Sauber for the final year of the current rules cycle before Audi takes over the team in 2026.The news was first revealed byAutosport's Italian sister edition ... Keep reading
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff believes a mix of pressure and expectation could explain why Andrea Kimi Antonelli crashed out just five laps into his Formula 1 debut at the Italian Grand Prix.Antonelli was running in place of George Russell in FP1 at Monza to gain his first experience behind the wheel in an official F1 session but, having initially set the fastest time of the session, he spun off at the ... Keep reading
Andrea Kimi Antonellis spectacular 45G crash at Parabolica may not have been what Mercedes wanted, but his brief outing has actually served to further convince Mercedes about his brilliance.In fact, digging into the data of his handful of laps and trying to get to the bottom of how he ended up losing control at the final corner of the Monza track has highlighted both his tremendous natural ... Keep reading
Cadillac topped the timesheets in final practice for this weekends World Endurance Championship event at Austin.Alex Lynn set a best time of 1m51.571s in the sole Ganassi-entered Cadillac V-Series.R to put the American marque at the front, with Ferrari and Toyota finishing close behind in second and third respectively.It didnt take long for lap times to tumble in the hour-long session at the ... Keep reading
Williams Formula 1 team boss James Vowles has apologised to Mick Schumacher for remarks he made about him not being special.In the wake of Williams electing to take rookie Franco Colapinto rather than the more experienced Schumacher as replacement for Logan Sargeant, Vowles spoke to media on Friday at Monza to explain the reasons behind the call.And in remarks that gained a lot of traction ... Keep reading
George Russell was pleased to qualify third for the Italian Grand Prix given his lack of track time over the weekend, in the wake of new Mercedes recruit Andrea Kimi Antonelli's FP1 shunt at Parabolica.The Briton gave up his seat for Antonelli, as per Formula 1's rookie driver FP1 rules, and the Italian rookie impressed across his lap and a half before bringing his session to an abrupt end with a ... Keep reading
F3 has raced with the Dallara F3 2019 since its formation in that year, bringing together GP3 and the Formula 3 European Championship.With racing that continues to enthrall with plenty of overtaking, it was somewhat peculiar that a large focus of the press release was on improving the raceability of the machinery.But this has been an area of study across the F1 pyramid, with the top-tier getting ... Keep reading
Former Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg believes that Andrea Kimi Antonelli has the talent to star in Formula 1, but noted his preparation in his 2024 Formula 2 season "is anything but ideal".Antonelli was announced on Saturday as a Mercedes driver for 2025 to partner George Russell at the team, a day after his brief showing in FP1 for the team - where he crashed at Parabolica after overdoing it on ... Keep reading
Christian Horner says Red Bull "simply doesn't understand" why it qualified so poorly at the Italian Grand Prix, admitting "something clearly isn't working" on its Formula 1 cars.Verstappen and Perez had looked competitive and on the pace of fellow frontrunners McLaren, Mercedes and Ferrari until Saturday afternoon's final qualifying round, in which its three rival teams diced for pole whil
Mercedes Formula 1 chief Toto Wolff says he decided Andrea Kimi Antonelli would be Lewis Hamilton's successor "five minutes after" he learned of the Briton'sFerrari move.On Saturday, Mercedes finally announced that 18-year-old Antonelli will be promoted to a race seat next year alongside George Russell as Hamilton's replacement.The announcement brings a close to months of speculation over ... Keep re
Marc Marquez won his first MotoGP race in 1,042 days - and took his first ever victory in a sprint race - with a comfortable display in the Aragon GP.The 31-year-old Catalan, who has topped every single session at the MotorLand Circuit so far, converted from pole position and controlled the 11-lap race from the opening corners on his year-old Gresini Ducati.It was the former Honda rider's first ... Keep reading
Eight-time world champion Marc Marquez claimed a first MotoGP sprint win at the Aragon Grand Prix on Saturday he insisted that his MotorLand feat is not quite the dawn of a second Marquez era.First in every session and with complete control from the first corner until the last of a hot 11-lap sprint at the MotorLand circuit as a prelude to round 12 of 20 in 2024 on Sunday, Marquez finally ... Keep reading
Lewis Hamilton headlined the final free practice session of Formula 1's Italian Grand Prix weekend, 0.093 seconds clear of Mercedes team-mate George Russell.In a closely contested session, in which the top six were all within a quarter of a second, the two Mercedes cars displaced Charles Leclerc from the leaderboard's zenith in their final fresh soft-tyre runs in preparation for qualifying.In the ... Keep reading
Marc Marquez extended his dominance at MotorLand Aragon by taking his second MotoGP pole position of the season on the Ducati GP23.The 31-year-old has headed all four sessions so far in the Aragon Grand Prix and is now favourite for the sprint as well as the 12th race of the season on Sunday.Thunderstorms in the region created wet and damp sessions for all classes on Saturday morning, but as the ... Keep reading
Mercedes Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton says he is "absolutely furious" with himself for wasting a shot at pole during qualifying for the Italian Grand Prix.The Monza Q3 shootout was one of F1's closest qualifying sessions this season, with McLaren, Mercedes and Ferrari all vying for pole while Red Bull failed to qualify higher than the fourth row.McLaren's Lando Norris ultimately backed up his ... Keep
Ferrari junior Oliver Bearman drove a controlled race in the Formula 2 Monza sprint to record his second victory of the year.Having started from eighth, this following a five place grid penalty for causing a collision with Pepe Marti last time out at Spa Francorchamps, Prema driver Bearman swiftly climbed the order.He went wheel-to-wheel with ART driver Victor Martins, then clinched the lead when ... Keep reading
