As someone who had several star team-mates, particularly during the British Touring Car Championships Super Touring heyday, double champion John Cleland finds it tough to select a favourite.The 72-year-old Scot immediately runs through the colleagues he had at Vauxhall between 1991 and 1999, during which time he took 17 wins and the 1995 crown. That also encompassed Dave Cook Racing, RML and ... Keep reading
Tim Tramnitz became the 12th different F3 race winner this season, breaking his duck in the Monza sprint race, while the championship fight remains wide open heading into tomorrow's finale.In the penultimate outing of the season, the MP Motorsport driver was a picture of composure, taking a lights-to-flag victory in a race that saw no changes for the lead, despite the extreme effect of the ... Keep reading
Valtteri Bottas is leading the race to partner Nico Hulkenberg at Sauber in Formula 1 next year.The 35-year-old, who surprised many by shooting to the top five in FP1 at the Italian Grand Prix, is understood to be the number one target for Sauber for the final year of the current rules cycle before Audi takes over the team in 2026.The news was first revealed byAutosport's Italian sister edition ... Keep reading
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff believes a mix of pressure and expectation could explain why Andrea Kimi Antonelli crashed out just five laps into his Formula 1 debut at the Italian Grand Prix.Antonelli was running in place of George Russell in FP1 at Monza to gain his first experience behind the wheel in an official F1 session but, having initially set the fastest time of the session, he spun off at the ... Keep reading
Andrea Kimi Antonellis spectacular 45G crash at Parabolica may not have been what Mercedes wanted, but his brief outing has actually served to further convince Mercedes about his brilliance.In fact, digging into the data of his handful of laps and trying to get to the bottom of how he ended up losing control at the final corner of the Monza track has highlighted both his tremendous natural ... Keep reading
Cadillac topped the timesheets in final practice for this weekends World Endurance Championship event at Austin.Alex Lynn set a best time of 1m51.571s in the sole Ganassi-entered Cadillac V-Series.R to put the American marque at the front, with Ferrari and Toyota finishing close behind in second and third respectively.It didnt take long for lap times to tumble in the hour-long session at the ... Keep reading
Williams Formula 1 team boss James Vowles has apologised to Mick Schumacher for remarks he made about him not being special.In the wake of Williams electing to take rookie Franco Colapinto rather than the more experienced Schumacher as replacement for Logan Sargeant, Vowles spoke to media on Friday at Monza to explain the reasons behind the call.And in remarks that gained a lot of traction ... Keep reading
George Russell was pleased to qualify third for the Italian Grand Prix given his lack of track time over the weekend, in the wake of new Mercedes recruit Andrea Kimi Antonelli's FP1 shunt at Parabolica.The Briton gave up his seat for Antonelli, as per Formula 1's rookie driver FP1 rules, and the Italian rookie impressed across his lap and a half before bringing his session to an abrupt end with a ... Keep reading
Comme à Tokyo, Dorian Foulon a remporté la poursuite individuelle C5 des Jeux paralympiques, ce samedi 31 août. Cette fois, sa famille et ses proches étaient en tribunes, au sein d’un vélodrome particulièrement bruyant. L’occasion pour eux aussi de vivre une journée mémorable, jusqu’à serrer Dorian dans leurs bras, une fois la ligne d’arrivée franchie.
F3 has raced with the Dallara F3 2019 since its formation in that year, bringing together GP3 and the Formula 3 European Championship.With racing that continues to enthrall with plenty of overtaking, it was somewhat peculiar that a large focus of the press release was on improving the raceability of the machinery.But this has been an area of study across the F1 pyramid, with the top-tier getting ... Keep reading
Former Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg believes that Andrea Kimi Antonelli has the talent to star in Formula 1, but noted his preparation in his 2024 Formula 2 season "is anything but ideal".Antonelli was announced on Saturday as a Mercedes driver for 2025 to partner George Russell at the team, a day after his brief showing in FP1 for the team - where he crashed at Parabolica after overdoing it on ... Keep reading
Christian Horner says Red Bull "simply doesn't understand" why it qualified so poorly at the Italian Grand Prix, admitting "something clearly isn't working" on its Formula 1 cars.Verstappen and Perez had looked competitive and on the pace of fellow frontrunners McLaren, Mercedes and Ferrari until Saturday afternoon's final qualifying round, in which its three rival teams diced for pole whil
Mercedes Formula 1 chief Toto Wolff says he decided Andrea Kimi Antonelli would be Lewis Hamilton's successor "five minutes after" he learned of the Briton'sFerrari move.On Saturday, Mercedes finally announced that 18-year-old Antonelli will be promoted to a race seat next year alongside George Russell as Hamilton's replacement.The announcement brings a close to months of speculation over ... Keep re
Marc Marquez won his first MotoGP race in 1,042 days - and took his first ever victory in a sprint race - with a comfortable display in the Aragon GP.The 31-year-old Catalan, who has topped every single session at the MotorLand Circuit so far, converted from pole position and controlled the 11-lap race from the opening corners on his year-old Gresini Ducati.It was the former Honda rider's first ... Keep reading
Eight-time world champion Marc Marquez claimed a first MotoGP sprint win at the Aragon Grand Prix on Saturday he insisted that his MotorLand feat is not quite the dawn of a second Marquez era.First in every session and with complete control from the first corner until the last of a hot 11-lap sprint at the MotorLand circuit as a prelude to round 12 of 20 in 2024 on Sunday, Marquez finally ... Keep reading
Lewis Hamilton headlined the final free practice session of Formula 1's Italian Grand Prix weekend, 0.093 seconds clear of Mercedes team-mate George Russell.In a closely contested session, in which the top six were all within a quarter of a second, the two Mercedes cars displaced Charles Leclerc from the leaderboard's zenith in their final fresh soft-tyre runs in preparation for qualifying.In the ... Keep reading
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Marc Marquez extended his dominance at MotorLand Aragon by taking his second MotoGP pole position of the season on the Ducati GP23.The 31-year-old has headed all four sessions so far in the Aragon Grand Prix and is now favourite for the sprint as well as the 12th race of the season on Sunday.Thunderstorms in the region created wet and damp sessions for all classes on Saturday morning, but as the ... Keep reading
Mercedes Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton says he is "absolutely furious" with himself for wasting a shot at pole during qualifying for the Italian Grand Prix.The Monza Q3 shootout was one of F1's closest qualifying sessions this season, with McLaren, Mercedes and Ferrari all vying for pole while Red Bull failed to qualify higher than the fourth row.McLaren's Lando Norris ultimately backed up his ... Keep
Ferrari junior Oliver Bearman drove a controlled race in the Formula 2 Monza sprint to record his second victory of the year.Having started from eighth, this following a five place grid penalty for causing a collision with Pepe Marti last time out at Spa Francorchamps, Prema driver Bearman swiftly climbed the order.He went wheel-to-wheel with ART driver Victor Martins, then clinched the lead when ... Keep reading
Lando Norris says McLaren can now go 20km-h faster down Monzas straights compared to its 2023 Formula 1 car after topping Italian Grand Prix qualifying.Norris claimed his fifth career F1 pole at Monza, with team-mate Oscar Piastri second ahead of Mercedes George Russell, the Ferrari pair and Lewis Hamilton.Max Verstappen was the lead Red Bull driver in seventh his lowest qualifying at ... Keep reading
Lando Norris led a McLaren 1-2 in qualifying for Formula 1s Italian Grand Prix, with points leader Max Verstappen qualifying down in seventh.George Russell took third for practice pacesetter Mercedes, while Oscar Piastri and Verstappen are set to see the stewards post-qualifying due to an incident in Q1 where the McLaren was released into the Red Bulls path in the pits and Verstappen had to ... Keep reading
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 will be mentioned in the table.Read Also: Formula 1F1 Italian GP: Norris ... Keep reading
Norris scored back-to-back F1 pole positions for the first time in his career at Monza, continuing his recent strong form in winning the Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort.The Briton headed team-mate Oscar Piastri, who believes it is still too early to help Norris's bid to beat Max Verstappen to the drivers' championship, as McLaren locked out the front row.An improvement in McLaren's aerodynamic ... Keep reading
West Ham United manager Julen Lopetegui says that despite a stronger second half, his side was punished for their mistakes by Manchester City.