The Kyalami 9 Hours will not take place on its original date of 4 December as a result of restrictions imposed on travel to and from South Africa by multiple countries following the detection of a new strain of the coronavirus in the country. A new date of the Africa IGTC round, officially called the
Month: November 2021
The Racing Star scheme, which is being funded by new F4 title sponsor ROKiT, was unveiled as part of British F4’s formal 2022 season launch on Friday. The championship is undergoing a raft of changes for next year following British motorsport governing body Motorsport UK taking over from long-time promoter RacingLine as organiser and the
The nine-time grand prix world champion retired from MotoGP at the end of last season, bringing to a close a 432 GP career spanning 26 campaigns. During his tenure Rossi won championships with Aprilia in the 125cc and 250cc classes, Honda two-stroke 500cc and four-stroke MotoGP machinery, and Yamahas in MotoGP. During the Valencia finale
Drivers met with FIA officials including race director Michael Masi ahead of the Qatar Grand Prix to discuss racing rules after Max Verstappen’s controversial defence against Lewis Hamilton in Brazil. The Red Bull driver went off track while defending his lead from championship rival Hamilton at Turn 4 of the Interlagos circuit, an incident for
5:04 AM ET Formula One has renewed its contract with Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya for the Spanish Grand Prix until 2026, it announced on Friday. F1 said in a statement that as part of the new agreement, improvements to the track and facilities will be made ahead of next season’s race on May 22, 2022. 1
The Catalunya circuit has one of the longest unbroken runs of any current Grand Prix venue, having been on the calendar continuously since its first race in 1991. The long term future of the race had been unclear in recent seasons due to the close involvement of the local authorities, and the need for the
Alpine enjoyed a competitive race at the Losail International Circuit, Fernando Alonso scoring his first podium on his return to the revamped Enstone team while Ocon took fifth, as both drivers managed to execute a marginal one-stop strategy. But Alpine’s result was not down to just strategy alone, as shown by Alonso’s fifth place in
A two-time race winner in the FIA World Endurance Championship with Rebellion, Nato made his Formula E debut in 2021 as a replacement for Felipe Massa, teaming up with series regular Edoardo Mortara at Mercedes customer Venturi. The French driver finished on the podium in only his fourth race appearance in Rome, only to be
The squad has faced a run of issues with its medium downforce configuration in the last few grands prix, which have given it headaches throughout practice. TV images have shown the top element of the rear wing flapping when DRS is open, with the problem appearing to be caused by the actuator element not being
The likeable Englishman charged through the national ranks becoming the youngest-ever winner of the British Rally Championship in 1993. Burns would progress to the WRC driving for Subaru, Mitsubishi and Peugeot, finishing twice as runner-up first to Mitsubishi’s Tommi Makinen in 1999 and then Peugeot’s Marcus Gronholm in 2000. On this day in 2001, he
Autosport reported back in March at the start of the 2021 campaign that MotoGP was working on its own version of the hugely popular Formula 1 Drive to Survive series, which has aired three seasons on Netflix and has led to a major boost in interest in F1. It was understood at the time MotoGP
In the 1960s and 70s, it was widely accepted that racing came with a real risk of severe injury or death and it took some time before the culture of striving to protect lives set in. Three-time world champion Jackie Stewart played an important part in the push for safety during some of F1’s most
Andretti Autosport has been strong on street courses for the past four seasons, and Rossi believes his quarter of the team made a breakthrough on natural road courses in the final third of this season. But he says the team is still missing vital speed on ovals other than Indianapolis, which next year will comprise
Wolff took on the role of team principal for the Monegasque concern in July 2018 as part of a three-year plan to raise the profile and competitive standing of the outfit, having retained the role when the team found new ownership led by chairman Scott Swid in December 2020. Ex-Formula 1 driver D’Ambrosio joined Venturi
As part of a push towards a greener future for the world’s leading motorcycle racing series, MotoGP has announced it will work with the existing manufacturers on the grid to develop sustainable fuels this decade. By 2024 the series is aiming to have all three classes of the world championship – including Moto2 and Moto3
Horner was summoned to see the stewards after the race in Losail for having hit out at a ‘rogue marshal’ who he blamed for putting out the yellow flags in qualifying that earned Max Verstappen a grid penalty. The FIA was clear that it could not accept its officials being criticised in such a manner,
A cramped workshop provided the catalyst for the creation of one of the UK’s leading historic sportscar operations. When Bob Berridge and his guys at Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport started having to shuffle cars around – like “one of those Chinese magic puzzles”, he says – to get to the one they needed to work on, it
The KTM team, which will enter its sixth season in MotoGP next year, is currently seeking to take a new step forward in its project which, after a successful 2020 in which the Austrian manufacturer secured its first victories in the top tier, has stagnated this past season. In order to get its MotoGP programme
Ranking the best British drivers in Formula 1 history is no easy task as it’s an argument that can generate hours of debate, but statistically the top 10 can be declared. While statistics rarely reveal the full picture to decide any dispute, they can provide a window on the wider topic, albeit with a few
Toyota has confirmed to Autosport that an off during a test on asphalt roads in France on Wednesday has forced the team to abandon plans for Ogier to sample the new hybrid Rally1 GR Yaris for the first time. It is understood Elfyn Evans was at the wheel of the Yaris when the car was
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