Ferrari F1 drivers split over China sprint race clash talksImmediately after the sprint race Leclerc said he wanted to speak to team-mate Sainz about his “over the limit” defensive driving when the pair appeared to clash at Turn 14.Speaking after grand prix qualifying later on Saturday in Shanghai, Leclerc Read More
WRC Croatia: Neuville edges clear of Evans, Ogier in pursuitNeuville and Evans started the day tied for the lead after ending Friday on identical times, and the fiercely competitive battle continued across the morning’s four stages.But it was championship points leader Neuville who had the measure of the Welshman Read More
Hamilton blames wind for Q1 error in “knife-edge” MercedesJust hours after Hamilton had delivered his best result of the season so far as he finished second in the Shanghai sprint, he came crashing back to earth as he failed to make it out of the first session of Read More
Rast: "More time" needed for BMW to emulate Porsche WEC win with LMDhThe triple DTM champion believes that the victory achieved by Laurens Vanthoor, Kevin Estre and Andre Lotterer for Porsche Penske Motorsport in the Qatar 1812km season-opener gives BMW "hope" in the first year of its WEC programme with the M Read More
Alonso considered aborting P3 lap in F1 China qualifyingAlonso impressed in Shanghai by beating the McLaren and Ferrari cars to third in Q3, the best-of-the-rest spot behind the dominant Red Bulls of polesitter Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez.But Alonso admitted that he considered aborting the final lap that Read More
F1 team-mates' qualifying battles: Chinese GPAfter every F1 qualifying session, Motorsport.com publishes each team's qualifying record in terms of team-mate duels.This record is based exclusively on qualifying results so that grid penalties don't alter the statistics.When a driver can't put in a representative lap time Read More
2024 F1 Chinese GP qualifying results: Verstappen takes poleVerstappen will start ahead of team-mate Sergio Perez and Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) after the one-hour qualifying session, which is split into three segments with five cars each being knocked out in Q1 and Q2 before the top-10 shootout of Read More
F1 Chinese GP: Verstappen claims Red Bull's 100th pole, Perez secondThe championship leader had rarely looked beatable throughout the session and ploughed a lonely furrow in pursuit of pole position, particularly as nobody had been able to beat his opening 1m33.977s effort - let alone his ultimate pole lap.This set Read More
Why Imola could bring “more chaos” to the WECFollowing a season-opening race in Qatar that ran without interruption from safety cars, there is widespread expectation that Imola’s tight and undulating nature may conspire to produce incidents that the open, flowing nature of the Losail International Circuit helped negate.Imola, Read More
Alonso handed penalty for Sainz clash in China F1 sprintThe Spaniard was locked in a super-tight fight with the Ferraris for third place in the closing stages of the Shanghai sprint event, as he battled rapidly degrading tyres.But as the pair swapped positions back and forth, they clashed at Read More
Supercars New Zealand: Heimgartner splashes to Taupo opener victoryThe Auckland-born driver took the lead after the first of two pit cycles on a wet 3.3km Taupo International Motorsport Park.Heimgartner took advantage of Brad Jones Racing's ace pitcrew, the nearly perennial winner of Supercars’ teams pitstop ratings, to jump past Read More
Hamilton: Norris would have been better off conceding in Turn 1Norris had started Saturday’s sprint event in Shanghai from pole position but did not get away at the lights as well as fellow front-row starter Hamilton, who got inside him on the entry to the first corner.Hamilton hugged the inside Read More
2024 F1 Chinese GP sprint results: Verstappen wins from fourth on gridMercedes’ Lewis Hamilton grabbed the lead at the start, when pole-winner Lando Norris (McLaren) was slow away from the startline. After battling with Hamilton through Turn 1, Norris slid wide and off the track, tumbling a further five places.Promoted to Read More
F1 Chinese GP: Verstappen passes Hamilton to win first sprint of 2024The championship leader appeared out of sorts in the opening flurry of laps as he struggled to charge his battery with the selected hybrid settings, but a series of changes on his steering wheel appeared to rectify the issue.With greater forward Read More
Shanghai F1 grass fire mystery remains; emergency team on standbyThe FIA began a detailed probe on Friday night after two separate fires on the same area of grass inside Turn 7 disrupted running on the opening day of track action.First practice for the Chinese Grand Prix on Friday morning Read More
2024 F1 Chinese GP sprint qualifying results: Lando Norris takes poleNorris will start ahead of Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) and Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) after the one-hour qualifying session, which is split into three quickfire segments with five cars each being knocked out in Q1 and Q2 before the top-10 shootout Read More
The Haas F1 updates that have bucked a sprint race trendWith so little practice running before parc ferme conditions beginning for sprint qualifying and the sprint itself, it is all too easy to get lost with the impact of any developments.This is why, for example, Aston Martin elected to fast-track Read More
IMSA Long Beach: Derani takes pole for Cadillac by 0.009s, then wrecksDerani lapped his #31 Action Express-run Cadillac V-Series.R in 1m11.388s around the 1.9-mile temporary circuit.The GTP class is using Michelin’s soft-compound tire at Long Beach for the first time outside of Daytona night running, but times were way off last Read More
IndyCar Long Beach: O’Ward leads Power in opening practiceThe Mexican delivered a quick run of 1m06.6874s in Group 1 running on a set of softer alternate tires to set the day’s best time.Team Penske’s Will Power, who was best in the second group, delivered a mighty effort of Read More
Long Beach IMSA: Bourdais spins then tops FP2 for CadillacBourdais lapped his #01 Chip Ganassi-run V-Series.R in 1m11.637s around the 1.9-mile temporary circuit in the 90-minute session.Nick Tandy set the earlier pace in the #6 Porsche Penske Motorsport 963, lapping in 1m12.579s, a quarter of a second clear of Read More
Latvala: Neuville, Evans tied for WRC Croatia lead "something special"Hyundai’s Neuville and Toyota driver Evans incredibly clocked identical overall times to sit tied for the lead on Friday night after 119.74 competitive stage kilometres.Neuville claimed three of the four morning stages on the way to opening up a 10.1-second Read More
The Chinese Grand Prix's Chaotic Return and Cloudy FutureOnline ticket sales for the 2024 Chinese Grand Prix launched at 8 p.m. China Standard Time on January 9th of this year, and by 8:01 the operation was in trouble. Overloaded servers wreaked havoc on a system designed to link Read More
IndyCar Long Beach: Start times, how to watch on TV, entry list & moreThis weekend’s round on the Streets of Long Beach will comprise 85 laps (167.28 miles) around the 11-turn, 1.968-mile temporary circuit.When is the IndyCar race at Long Beach?Date: Friday, April 19 – Sunday, April 21Race start: 3:45pm ETTrack: 11-turn, 1.968-mile clockwise street courseRace Read More
WEC Imola: Ferrari remains on top in FP2 as Fuoco beats PorscheFuoco carried on where fellow works Ferrari driver Yifei Ye left off in first practice aboard the #83 customer AF Corse-run example, setting a lap of 1m30.957s with over an hour remaining in the session that could not be surpassed.The Read More