World RX – Sunday sweep for Bakkerud
Monster Energy RX Cartel’s Andreas Bakkerud took a Sunday morning sweep of qualifying times in the Dayinsure World RX of Great Britain, round four of the FIA World Rallycross Championship with another quickest time in Q4. Norway’s Bakkerud won Q4 race four by taking the hole shot and lead at turn one from pole position,…
F1 – Bottas fastest in second practice at Paul Ricard
Valtteri Bottas maintained Mercedes’ hold on top spot of the timesheets in free practice for the French Grand Prix, with the Finn beating team-mate Lewis Hamilton, who went quickest in the morning session, by more than four tenths of a second. Bottas, who goes into the weekend second in the Drivers’ standings, set the pace…
F1 – Ferrari edge ahead at Silverstone as Leclerc tops final practice ahead of Vettel
Charles Leclerc headed a Ferrari one-two in final practice for the British Grand Prix, finishing two hundredths of a second ahead of team-mate Sebastian Vettel. However, in a tight session, Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton pushed the Ferrari pair hard to end the 60 minutes just two hundredths behind Vettel. Red Bull Racing’s Pierre Gasly put in…
F3 – Daruvala back on form with pole in Spa-Francorchamps
PREMA Racer qualifies ahead of Piquet and Tsunoda Jehan Daruvala scored his first pole position of the season with a scintillating late tour of Spa-Francorchamps in today’s FIA Formula 3 Qualifying. The PREMA Racing ace was the best of a late sprint to pole, beating out Trident’s Pedro Piquet and Jenzer Motorsport’s Yuki Tsunoda. Christian…
EHSRC – 2019 Championships Decided in Hungary
The Italian crew finished 43 seconds ahead of the Category 3 no3 Porsche 911 SC of Karl Wagner and Gerda Zauner at the end of the 12th and final stage of the event, the second placed Austrians taking the Category 3 title for the second time in a row. Will Graham and Michael Johnston, who had…
F1 – 2019 UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX SUNDAY PRESS CONFERENCE
DRIVERS1 – Valtteri BOTTAS (Mercedes)2 – Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes)3 – Max VERSTAPPEN (Red Bull Racing) TRACK INTERVIEWS(Conducted by Martin Brundle) Q: Valtteri Bottas, pole position to victory and you’ve just beaten on the greatest drivers of all time in Formula 1 history. You must be so satisfied with that victory?Valtteri BOTTAS: Yeah, it’s a nice win.…
Whiting believes Danish GP ‘can easily be done’ by 2020
FIA F1 race director Charlie Whiting believes a Danish Grand Prix in Copenhagen could take place as soon as 2020. This week, Formula 1 published a draft of its 2019 21-race calendar, and while there were no new events on the schedule, the sport could travel to new venues in 2020. F1 scraped plans to…
Hamilton comes out on top in rain-hit Brazil qualifying
Lewis Hamilton will start Sunday’s Brazilian Grand Prix from pole position after a rain-hit qualifying session in Interlagos. The Mercedes driver set a new track record time of 1:07.281s at Interlagos to see off the threat of Sebastian Vettel by just 0.093s. However the Ferrari driver will have a potential advantage in the race having…
Vandoorne set back by McLaren ‘politics’ and lack of support
Stoffel Vandoorne believes team politics and a lack of support from McLaren contributed to his disappointing performance in 2018 and his subsequent departure from F1. The Belgian driver was perceived as one of the sport’s brightest young talents when he stepped into the limelight with the Woking-based outfit in 2017. But the team’s dismal state…
Szafnauer rubbishes Marko’s ‘conspiracy theory’ claims
Force India boss Otmar Szafnauer says that claims his driver Esteban Ocon deliberately tried to take out race leader Max Verstappen during the Brazilian Grand Prix are absolutely groundless. Verstappen had just succeeded in putting Ocon a lap down, but the French driver fought back and tried to repass the Red Bull going through the…