Audi’s Lucas di Grassi won the first race of the New York Formula E double-header on Saturday, as Jean-Eric Vergne was crowned champion despite starting from the back of the grid. Vergne charged up the order after being excluded from qualifying, while di Grassi also battled his way up from 11th on the grid to […]
Read more
Nick Cassidy took his maiden Super Formula victory at Fuji, cutting Naoki Yamamoto’s championship lead to a single point in the process. Cassidy and Hiroaki Ishiura dominated the 55-lap race, beating the rest of the field by 28.4s. Six drivers from the top 10 of the grid began on soft tyres and they formed the […]
Read moreRed Bull motorsport advisor Helmut Marko says Brendon Hartley’s huge first-lap crash in the Canadian Grand Prix will have no impact on the Toro Rosso driver’s Formula 1 future. Hartley was pitched airborne and into the barriers after trying to pass Lance Stroll around the outside into the fast Turn 5 right-hander on the opening […]
Read moreTakuya Izawa and Tomoki Nojiri claimed victory in Super GT’s Suzuka 300km round after holding off the Team Kunimitsu Honda of ex-Formula 1 champion Jenson Button and Naoki Yamamoto. At the start of the race, ARTA Honda driver Izawa got away cleanly from pole position, while Button came under pressure from a fast-starting Nick Cassidy. […]
Read moreDaniel Abt converted pole into a dominant win in Berlin ahead of his teammate Lucas di Grassi, as Audi became the second Formula E team to secure a one-two result. Techeetah’s Jean-Eric Vergne extended his championship lead with third place, while his closest title rival Sam Bird (DS Virgin Racing) finished seventh. At the start, […]
Read moreFormer Sauber, Ferrari and Williams Formula 1 driver Felipe Massa will join the Venturi Formula E team from the 2018/19 season. Massa, who won 11 grands prix during his 16-year career in F1, has previously tested for the Jaguar FE squad and recently visited the electric series at its inaugural event in Rome. The 37-year-old […]
Read moreThe rumors of the McLaren marque returning full-time to the IndyCar Series are gathering pace as officials from the team attended last weekend’s Indianapolis Grand Prix. McLaren-mounted drivers took three Indianapolis 500 wins (Mark Donohue in 1972, Johnny Rutherford in ’74 and ’76) and two championships (Roger McCluskey in ’73, Tom Sneva in ’77), and […]
Read more
Williams has become the second Formula 1 team to reveal its 2018 car at an event in London. Williams has become the second Formula 1 team to reveal its 2018 car at an event in London. The FW41 is the first Williams chief technical officer Paddy Lowe and head of aerodynamics Dirk de Beer have […]
Read more
Austin Dillon brought the No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet back to Victory Lane for the Daytona 500 for the first time in 20 years. Dillon assumed the lead in Turn 3 after Aric Almirola wrecked on the last lap. “Right now I just want to thank the good Lord above. I did what I […]
Read more
Team TOM’S duo Ryo Hirakawa and Nick Cassidy topped a close Super GT qualifying session at Buriram, which ended with Lexus, Nissan and Honda separated by just 0.113s at the front. Hirakawa was the first driver to set a representative laptime in the second part of GT500 qualifying, his 1m26.162s standing strong for most of […]
Read more
