Oscar Piastri blamed a last-corner lock-up for his inability to beat Andrea Kimi Antonelli to the Miami Grand Prix sprint pole, having lost a scant 0.045s to the Formula 1 rookie.Antonelli had set a 1m26.482s benchmark among the final runs of the session, leapfrogging Max Verstappen’s second attempt at aContinue Reading
Formula 1 world champion Max Verstappen has been summoned to the stewards after sprint qualifying at the Miami Grand Prix for an incident that Lance Stroll branded as “dangerous”.At the end of the first qualifying phase, Aston Martin driver Stroll encountered Verstappen on the racing line on Miami’s main straightContinue Reading
Toto Wolff insists Mercedes is reaping the rewards for taking the “risk” of promoting Andrea Kimi Antonelli into a Formula 1 race seat after the 18-year-old took pole position for the Miami sprint race.Antonelli has never raced in Miami before but quickly settled into the circuit and was at theContinue Reading
The 18-year-old rising star was close to celebrating in Victory Lane at Talladega Superspeedway, but everything changed in an instant while defending the race lead. Connor Zilisch moved down to block a charging Jesse Love and contact was made. Zilisch’s No. 88 JR Motorsports Chevrolet spun wildly to the inside,Continue Reading
Connor Zilisch provides an update on his back injury that sidelined him for this weekend’s Xfinity Series race and reacts to Kyle Larson subbing for him in the No. 88 JR Motorsports Chevrolet at Texas. SourceContinue Reading
Mercedes Formula 1 rookie Andrea Kimi Antonelli has taken his maiden sprint pole at the Miami Grand Prix, defeating both McLarens.Antonelli had looked rapid throughout Friday afternoon’s sprint qualifying session, and his late run of 1m26.482s was enough to withstand a last-ditch run by McLaren duo Oscar Piastri and LandoContinue Reading
For five consecutive seasons between 2018 and 2022, Chase Elliott won multiple races every year and racked up 18 Cup Series wins. But in the three years since, NASCAR’s Most Popular Driver has only added a single win to that totalDespite this, it’s hard to say Elliott has fallen offContinue Reading
Alpine Formula 1 team boss Oliver Oakes denied rumours that Franco Colapinto would replace Jack Doohan at the next round in Imola, stating “today, that’s the case” that Doohan would continue.Colapinto signed as Alpine’s reserve driver last January following his nine-grand-prix stint as a regular driver for Williams last year,Continue Reading
Mercedes Formula 1 boss Toto Wolff says he has “no doubt” that his former driver Lewis Hamilton will recapture his “stellar” old form while racing for his new Ferrari squad.Hamilton moved to Ferrari for this season after 12 years at Mercedes, with a brilliant pole-to-flag sprint win in China punctuatingContinue Reading
Texas Motor Speedway is an enigma among intermediate tracks. Video of the races from a decade ago looks like a completely different race track. Most of the track surface can’t even be utilized in current races for various reasons, but how did we get here?Flashback to 2016: Drivers and teamsContinue Reading