Aitken’s Emil Frey Lamborghini and Rigon’s Iron Lynx Ferrari were involved in a four-car accident at the top of Eau Rouge on the 10th lap of the double-points round of the GT World Challenge Europe, which resulted in an extended period of yellow-flag running. The injuries of Aitken and Rigon were described by the race
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Their #51 Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo held a four-second lead over the FFF Racing Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo of Mirko Bortolotti, Andrea Caldarelli and Marco Mapelli after six hours of the centrepiece round of the GT World Challenge Europe. Pier Guidi moved to the head of the field in front of Mapelli with an around-the-outside
For just a fortnight on from their collision at the British Grand Prix, the cynics suggested that Hamilton’s leisurely holding up of Verstappen was a bit of a psychological offensive – and potentially aimed at trying to time out his Red Bull rival from getting a final Q3 run in. When Verstappen made it across
Mercedes driver Hamilton took provisional pole with his first run in the final stage of qualifying at the Hungaroring, sitting over half a second clear of title rival Max Verstappen in third. Hamilton and team-mate Valtteri Bottas ran ahead of Red Bull duo Verstappen and Sergio Perez as they came to start their final laps,
Certainly on Friday in Hungary the respective bosses of Red Bull and Mercedes suggested that they want to put that particular event behind them after the FIA stewards decided not to take the matter further. “It wasn’t the response that we were hoping for but we accept it and now we close the chapter and
After seeing Max Verstappen lead FP1 for Red Bull, Valtteri Bottas headed up a sweep of the top two places for Mercedes in second practice at the Hungaroring. Bottas pipped Hamilton to P1 by just 0.027 seconds, with Verstappen finishing almost three-tenths off the pace in third. With the air temperature well above 30ºC and
After Max Verstappen topped the opening free practice session for Red Bull at the Hungaroring, Mercedes fought back in FP2 with Bottas producing a 1m17.012s to take top spot by 0.027s from team-mate Lewis Hamilton. However, the day’s main focus was on the fallout from the FIA’s rejection of Red Bull’s review request over Hamilton’s
7:27 PM ET Associated Press FAIRMONT, Minn. — An auto racing announcer in southern Minnesota is out for the rest of the season following a racist rant he made during a side gig in Iowa last month, and the Minnesota track promoter who supported him is now apologizing. Fairmont Raceway promoter Jon McCorkell, in southern
Marciello grabbed the top spot in the Super Pole session for the fastest 20 cars from the opening qualifying session on Thursday aboard the #88 ASP Mercedes-AMG GT3 he shares with Daniel Juncadella and Jules Gounon. The Italian, running last in the Friday evening session after he and his team-mates came out fastest on aggregate
Verstappen was involved in a high-profile accident at Copse on the first lap of the British Grand Prix after contact with Lewis Hamilton, with the back of his Red Bull completely destroyed after impacting the tyre barriers at high speed. Despite the sizeable damage, which Red Bull estimated cost the team over $1.8 million, Honda
Hulkenberg has made 179 starts in Formula 1 but so far has failed to land a podium finish, and has been out of a full-time drive since 2019 – but has been in contact with Ed Carpenter Racing’s team owner Carpenter. The German driver made three substitute appearances for Racing Point last year, covering for
The Finn bolted to the top of the times towards the halfway stage of the one-hour stint when he ran to a 1m17.012s benchmark on soft tyres to put himself two hundredths clear. While Hamilton was able to recover time through the final sector compared to his team-mate, a quicker opening half of the lap
After the British Grand Prix’s sprint format debut, practice reverted to a pair of one-hour Friday sessions in Budapest. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen was fastest ahead of Bottas in FP1 but he struggled with his car’s balance in FP2, and Bottas led team-mate Lewis Hamilton in setting the fastest times of the day overall. Read
An Amazon X-Prix event and the following season finale in Brazil were both cancelled due to the COVID-19 crisis in the South America that forced the respective course recces to be canned. But championship organisers have remained steadfast in their commitment to hold a five-round debut season, which has led to the addition of Sardinia
Hamilton and F1 title rival Max Verstappen collided while battling for the lead of the British Grand Prix on the opening lap of the race, resulting in a 51G crash for Verstappen. Hamilton was hit with a 10-second time penalty, but recovered to win the race, sparking anger from Red Bull which pushed for a
Marciello and Juncadella both went fastest when they were at the wheel of the #88 ASP Mercedes-AMG GT3 in their respective sessions, while Gounon was third quickest in the final 15-minute segment of qualifying for the double-points round of the GT World Challenge Europe. Their average time of 2m18.433s put them four tenths clear of
After all, with Hamilton having already been sanctioned for the accident based on video and telemetry data, there was little chance of Red Bull being able to cross the threshold of providing some new ‘significant’ and ‘relevant’ evidence to the FIA. As Ferrari found out to its cost in 2019, when it proposed using a
Speaking on Motorsport.tv’s This Week with Will Buxton, Shank admitted that he and co-owner Jim Meyer had been “talking about ways to expand the relationship [with Castroneves] even before we had the win,” and that, following the Indy 500 triumph together, their sponsors were “really excited to do something more” with the 46-year-old Brazilian. He
With the controversy over the collision between Hamilton and Verstappen at Silverstone showing no sign of dying down, both drivers spoke at length about the incident for the first time in Hungary on Thursday. Reflecting on the specifics of the crash, with Hamilton making a move down the inside into Copse, the world champion was
Hamilton and Verstappen collided while battling for the lead at Copse on the opening lap of the race at Silverstone, resulting in a 51G impact with the barrier for Verstappen. Hamilton was hit with a 10-second time penalty for causing the collision, but recovered to win the race and cut Verstappen’s championship lead down to
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