Verstappen floor damage cost him around a second of lap time
Max Verstappen was told the floor damage caused by his run across the Copse gravel trap in Q1 for Formula 1’s British Grand Prix robbed him of 100 downforce points.Amid the threat of a rain shower in the opening segment of qualifying, Verstappen had been pushing hard on slicks whenContinue Reading
Round 4: Norisring: Race 1 – Highlights
All the highlights from Race 1 of Round 4 in the 2024 DTM championship at Norisring! SourceContinue Reading
Russell felt on “verge of getting knocked out” before British GP pole
George Russell feared he was set for an early Formula 1 qualifying elimination before securing pole for the British Grand Prix, and felt his car came alive in Q3.Both Mercedes drivers had brief flirtations with the elimination zone across the opening phases of qualifying at Silverstone, but managed to haulContinue Reading
NASCAR reveals electric prototype, no commitment to racing it
NASCAR has formally unveiled its electric prototype at its Chicago street race event, but don’t expect to see it in any national series anytime soon – or perhaps ever.The ABB NASCAR EV Prototype has been so named in deference to NASCAR’s new partnership with Formula E’s title partner ABB, the firstContinue Reading
Marquez bemoans “worst MotoGP weekend of the year” in German GP
Marc Marquez has described the German Grand Prix weekend as “the worst of the year” so far, as a spate of crashes and mechanical troubles prevented him from fighting at the front in the MotoGP sprint.The Gresini rider has a record eight wins around Sachsenring in MotoGP, but sixth wasContinue Reading
IndyCar Mid-Ohio: O’Ward fastest from Rahal, Herta in FP2
Arrow McLaren’s Pato O’Ward led the second IndyCar practice session of the weekend at Mid-Ohio.The 25-year-old Mexican managed to log 23 laps, with a best of 1m05.9862s, to lead Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing’s Graham Rahal by 0.0577s in the session, with Colton Herta rebounding from an early shunt and put his #AndrettiContinue Reading
NASCAR formally unveils its EV prototype race car at Chicago
As part of its new partnership with ABB, a leader in electrification and automation, NASCAR introduced its ABB NASCAR EV Prototype at the site of this weekend’s Chicago Street Race.ABB becomes the first official partner of the “NASCAR Impact” initiative, the sanctioning body’s platform to advance sustainability across electrification.As partContinue Reading
F1 team-mates’ qualifying battles: British GP
After every F1 qualifying session, Autosport 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 due to a technical issue or an incident, this willContinue Reading
F1 British GP: Russell and Hamilton complete Mercedes front row lockout
George Russell led an all-Mercedes front row for the British Grand Prix as he beat Formula 1 team-mate Lewis Hamilton to pole by 0.171 seconds.A thrilling fight for pole eventually boiled down to a duel between the two Mercedes drivers. Neither Hamilton nor Russell had improved on their first sectors,Continue Reading
Antonelli admits to feeling pressure from Mercedes F1 focus before breakthrough F2 win
Andrea Kimi Antonelli admits to feeling the pressure since being tipped as the driver to replace Ferrari-bound Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes before his breakthrough maiden Formula 2 win in the Silverstone sprint race.After winning the Formula Regional European title, the 17-year-old skipped Formula 3 in favour of competing in theContinue Reading