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Zilisch, who owns LMP2 class victories in the Daytona 24 and Sebring 12 this year, took the lead for the first time on lap 108 of 150 after getting into William Sawalich while the two raced side-by-side for the lead.Sawalich, who started on the pole and led 67 laps, hit the wall hard and was knocked out of the race. A late-race caution set up a restart with eight laps remaining, but the ...Keep reading

IndyCar officials disqualified St. Petersburg race winner Josef Newgarden and third-place finisher Scott McLaughlin for illegally using the overtake in last month’s season-opener.Despite having access to the same overtake as his Team Penske team-mates, Will Power did not receive the same punishment after data showed no wrongful use. Instead, he received a 10-point deduction, but his finish was ...Keep reading

Two-time IndyCar Series champion and reigning Indianapolis 500 winner Newgarden set the pace with a flying lap of 1m06.7045s in the No. 2 Team Penske Chevrolet around the 2.3-mile, 17-turn natural terrain road course.The session occurred just a few hours after he gave an emotional press conference about his disqualification from the opening round at St. Petersburg.Arrow McLaren’s Pato O’Ward ...Keep reading

McLaughlin, along with his race-winning team-mate Josef Newgarden, was stripped of his podium finish in the season opener at the Floridian street track after it was discovered they both illegally used the push-to-pass overtake system following restarts, when the system should’ve been disabled.“I learned about this whole thing on Tuesday after Long Beach,” McLaughlin said. “I don't have any ...Keep reading

Newgarden was stripped of his victory in the season-opening Grand Prix of St. Petersburg last month, along with Penske team-mate Scott McLaughlin’s third-place finish, after both were found by IndyCar officials to be in violation of illegally using the overtake boost on restarts.The infractions were found during the warm-up session in last weekend’s round in Long Beach, which led to IndyCar ...Keep reading

Colin Ackermann scores his first Championship century for Durham but they are all out for 358 on day one against Essex.

Sponsored by Monaco is considered home for almost half of the 20 drivers on the current F1 grid as well as Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff but there are more reasons than just the huge tax-free benefits that draw them there.One of the world's smallest nations, Monaco has a total area of just over two square kilometres – barely bigger than London's Hyde Park. However, it is jam-packed with ...Keep reading

The reigning double world champion has won the last two Spanish Grands Prix at Jerez but comes into this weekend off the back of a non-score in Portugal and a struggle to sixth in America.A key issue for Bagnaia has been a vibration on the rear which has intermittently cropped up over the first three rounds and is something other Ducati riders have battled.After a low-key start to practice on ...Keep reading

Vermeulen is about to embark on his second season in the DTM with Emil Frey Racing after a rookie campaign in which he finished 16th in the standings with a best finish of fifth at the Sachsenring.The 21-year-old’s Ferrari 296 GT3 will once again carry the colours of Verstappen.com Racing, a project that was started by the triple F1 champion in 2022.Having mentored the young Dutchman over the ...Keep reading

The South African made a strong start to the season in Qatar with a brace of podiums in the sprint and grand prix but hasn’t made it to the rostrum since.In America, various set-up changes backfired on him and he failed to make it out of Q1 while only managing a rise to ninth in the grand prix.Though a crash late in second practice on Friday at Jerez saw him slip into Q1, Binder says tweaks to ...Keep reading

Reigning Indy 500 champion Newgarden faced the press for the first time at Barber Motorsports Park today, just days after the revelation that he and Team Penske team-mate Scott McLaughlin had been disqualified from the season-opening St. Petersburg race for breaking IndyCar’s push-to-pass rules at restarts.Penske’s Tim Cindric revealed that an illegal line of code was to blame for the system ...Keep reading

The eight-time grand prix world champion was third fastest overall on Friday at the Spanish Grand Prix having also finished second in the morning session.Marquez has been consistently quick in 2024, though consistency has eluded him, with the Gresini rider yet to add to his sprint podiums in the main Sunday races.Speaking after Friday's practice at Jerez, Marquez believes he is now beyond the ...Keep reading

In Shanghai, Aston Martin protested against the qualifying result after Ferrari's Carlos Sainz rejoined Q2 after spinning off the track.Sainz was stationary for 1m17 after tapping the wall coming out of the final corner, but the Spaniard managed to get going again and advanced to Q3 at the expense of Aston driver Lance Stroll.As its driver was eliminated, Aston decided to protest the results based ...Keep reading

Red Bull reached the latest milestone in their F1 journey at last weekend’s Chinese Grand Prix when Max Verstappen secured the team’s 100th pole position. To mark the occasion, we’ve picked out a selection of memorable efforts from the five drivers to have topped the qualifying timesheets for the Milton Keynes operation over the years.

Carlos Sainz’s manager, Carlos Onoro, has shared the latest on their search for another seat in Formula 1, describing it as “an interesting period” amid plenty of talk about drivers’ futures up and down the grid.

F1 ACADEMY today announced that American Express is an Official Partner of F1 ACADEMY for the 2024 season.

In a special press conference held at Barber Motorsports Park on Friday morning, an emotional Newgarden – who had to regain his composure several times after his voice broke down – says he didn't know he was doing anything wrong.He claimed that he misguidedly believed the restart rules had been changed, as per the exhibition race at The Thermal Club that followed the St. Pete season opener ...Keep reading

The reigning world champion has won the Spanish GP for the past two years and comes into the 2024 edition off the back of two disappointing rounds in Portugal and America.In a crash-strewn session, Bagnaia left it to the end of the hour to produce a 1m36.025s to lead the way by 0.100 seconds from Aprilia’s Vinales.Marc Marquez looked on course to take top spot from Bagnaia at the end but came up ...Keep reading

F1 currently schedules six sprint weekends per year on a selection of circuits, with the first sprint of the season taking place last weekend in China, and the second following next week at the Miami Grand Prix.Sprints have been treated to mixed reviews by drivers and fans, with the additional competitive sessions compared to free practices generally raising interest, but also increasing the load ...Keep reading