Mazepin opens up on «challenging period» after tearful interview
Mazepin opens up on «challenging period» after tearful interview
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Mazepin was tearful and visibly emotional during his interview after qualifying at Interlagos on Friday, having made a mistake on his final Q1 lap that left him last in the classification.Speaking on Saturday after the sprint race at Interlagos, Mazepin said
Red Bull will «keep an eye» on Mercedes rear wing after «mind-boggling» speed
Red Bull will «keep an eye» on Mercedes rear wing after «mind-boggling» speed
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After being excluded from qualifying for a technical infringement, Hamilton recovered from 20th on the grid to finish fifth for Mercedes in the 24-lap sprint race at Interlagos, pulling off a number of passes at the end of the start-finish straight.The charg
Valencia Moto2: Gardner clinches title as Fernandez wins race
Valencia Moto2: Gardner clinches title as Fernandez wins race
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Fernandez had to win Sunday’s race to have any hope of winning the title having come into the final round 23 points behind Gardner, who in turn simply needed to finish 13th or higher to seal the deal.The race was red-flagged on the opening lap after oi
Norris wants one-shot qualifying on F1 sprint weekends
Norris wants one-shot qualifying on F1 sprint weekends
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F1 completed the third of its sprint race trials in Brazil this weekend, with the Interlagos spectacle boosted by world champion Lewis Hamilton's charge from the back.With F1's chiefs now set for talks with teams about any potential tweaks for the six sprint
Valencia Moto3: Artigas scores maiden win, Acosta taken out
Valencia Moto3: Artigas scores maiden win, Acosta taken out
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Having claimed the first pole of his title-winning season on Saturday, Acosta grabbed the holeshot off the line to lead Aspar’s Izan Guevara and Tatsuki Suzuki on the SIC58 Honda.MotoGP-bound Darryn Binder’s final Moto3 race ended at Turn 4 when he highsi
Bottas: Sprint race shows Mercedes can have ‘great result’ in Brazil
Bottas: Sprint race shows Mercedes can have ‘great result’ in Brazil
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Bottas scored his second sprint race win of the season on Saturday in Brazil, leading all 24 laps following a Turn 1 pass on pole-sitter Max Verstappen on the opening lap.The result came as a boost to Mercedes after Lewis Hamilton was excluded from qualifyin
Sainz took soft tyre F1 «gamble» after spotting temperatures fall
Sainz took soft tyre F1 «gamble» after spotting temperatures fall
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The Ferrari driver was one of nine drivers to choose to run on the red-walled rubber for the 24-lap race, with that number including eventual race winner Valtteri Bottas. Sainz and Bottas both moved ahead at the start from their second and fifth pla
Perez: ‘Not much risk worth taking’ in F1 sprint races
Perez: ‘Not much risk worth taking’ in F1 sprint races
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Red Bull driver Perez finished fourth in the 24-lap sprint race ahead of Sunday’s Brazilian Grand Prix, narrowly losing out to Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz in the fight for third place.Perez was passed off the line by Sainz, who started on soft tyres. Despite c
Wolff: 'Common sense' buffer missing in Hamilton DRS disqualification
Wolff: 'Common sense' buffer missing in Hamilton DRS disqualification
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Hamilton lost his pole position from Friday’s qualifying at the Brazilian Grand Prix after his DRS to discovered to have a slot gap between the wing elements that was 0.2mm wider on one side of the car than the rules allow.Mercedes has been unable to launc
Honda withdraws Espargaro from Valencia MotoGP finale
Honda withdraws Espargaro from Valencia MotoGP finale
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Espargaro suffered a violent highside in FP3 on Saturday morning when the rear end of his Honda let go as he rounded the long left-hander at Turn 13.The Spaniard landed heavily on his back and needed to be stretchered off track by marshals before he was take
Formula 1 Brazilian Grand Prix – How to watch, start time & more
Formula 1 Brazilian Grand Prix – How to watch, start time & more
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Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas will start from pole position after holding off Red Bull's Max Verstappen in an entertaining sprint race on Saturday.Verstappen will be wary of title rival Lewis Hamilton, who charged from last on the grid to fifth in the 24-la
Sydney Supercars: Brown wins nail-biting finale
Sydney Supercars: Brown wins nail-biting finale
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The Erebus driver filtered to the top of the order during the stops, benefiting from the undercut after stopping early, Lap 13, and only taking on two tyres.That should have left him vulnerable to early pacesetters Jamie Whincup and Shane van Gisbergen late i
Nasr knew Taylor wouldn’t make corner in final-lap lunge
Nasr knew Taylor wouldn’t make corner in final-lap lunge
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The battle for Prototype championship honours came down to a final-stint battle between Nasr in the Whelen Engineering-branded #31 AXR Cadillac DPi.V-R and Taylor in the #10 Wayne Taylor Racing Acura ARX-05 that had led the standings coming into the Road Atla
Whincup explains team order snub
Whincup explains team order snub
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Whincup and van Gisbergen staged a thrilling and controversial battle across the second stint of today's final heat race at Eastern Creek.The pair found themselves running second and third, Whincup leading van Gisbergen, and with plenty of car speed to hunt d
Valencia MotoGP - Start time, how to watch & more
Valencia MotoGP - Start time, how to watch & more
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Pramac's Jorge Martin will lead an all-Ducati front row, with factory riders Francesco Bagnaia and Jack Miller lining up alongside him in second and third place respectively.Valentino Rossi will start his last-ever premier class race from 10th on the grid, tw
Sydney Supercars: De Pasquale wins ahead of thrilling podium battle
Sydney Supercars: De Pasquale wins ahead of thrilling podium battle
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The race was an all-Dick Johnson Racing affair for a stint and a half, Will Davison challenging polesitter De Pasquale through Turn 1 and into Turn 2 on the opening lap.De Pasquale managed to stave off that early challenge, the pair then settling into a rhyth
Petit Le Mans IMSA: Mazda wins race, AXR Cadillac takes title
Petit Le Mans IMSA: Mazda wins race, AXR Cadillac takes title
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DPiGreen flag stops around the 100min-to-go mark left the Meyer Shank Racing Acura of Juan Pablo Montoya barely leading ahead of Nasr in the Action Express Racing Cadillac, but the other Acura of Wayne Taylor Racing, now with Taylor at the wheel, fell off th
Van Gisbergen penalised for qualifying breach
Van Gisbergen penalised for qualifying breach
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Le Brocq came across a slow-moving van Gisbergen on the racing line in the first of two qualifying sessions earlier today.The Kiwi went and apologised to his Tickford Racing rival after the session.That wasn't enough to avoid sanction, though, stewards electi
Sydney Supercars: De Pasquale, Whincup share poles
Sydney Supercars: De Pasquale, Whincup share poles
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De Pasquale continued his impressive SMP form in the first 10-minute session, the Dick Johnson Racing star grabbing his sixth pole of the Sydney swing and 10th of the season with a 1m29.201s.That left him 0.25s clear of teammate Will Davison.Jamie Whincup wa
Petit Le Mans IMSA H8: Montoya leads with two hours to go
Petit Le Mans IMSA H8: Montoya leads with two hours to go
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DPiThe second half of the race had barely started when Loic Duval in the JDC-Miller Cadillac clipped the rear of Earl Bamber, making his Ganassi Cadillac debut, tearing off part of the Ganassi car’s rear wing and fender, prompting a seventh caution and send
Corvette’s Taylor slams “clueless” driving in “nightmare” Petit Le Mans
Corvette’s Taylor slams “clueless” driving in “nightmare” Petit Le Mans
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In the fifth hour of the race, Taylor hobbled away from his wrecked Corvette C8.R after the huge WeatherTech SportsCar Championship crash that occurred during a restart on the downhill stretch after the Turn 9 kink.The front-running prototype classes take th
Mercedes: Hamilton’s F1 wing failed tests by just 0.2mm
Mercedes: Hamilton’s F1 wing failed tests by just 0.2mm
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Hamilton was thrown to the back of the grid for Saturday’s sprint race at Interlagos after FIA inspections following qualifying on Friday showed the gap between his rear wing elements was too wide when DRS was activated.The rules state the DRS opening can b
Petit Le Mans IMSA, H5: WTR Acura leads at half-distance
Petit Le Mans IMSA, H5: WTR Acura leads at half-distance
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DPiA full course yellow with around 7hr30mins to go shuffled the deck in DPi leaving Jonathan Bomarito up front in the Mazda RT24-P since the team elected not to stop. However, the Wayne Taylor Racing Acura ARX-05 did stop – as did all the other DPi runner
F1 Grand Prix sprint results: Bottas wins for Brazilian GP pole
F1 Grand Prix sprint results: Bottas wins for Brazilian GP pole
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Bottas grabbed the lead away from the startline and was helped further as Red Bull’s Max Verstappen – who started on pole – was pushed back to third by Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz. The Dutchman recovered and quickly repassed Sainz to chase down Bottas.But
Brazilian GP: Bottas beats Verstappen in F1 sprint; Hamilton 5th
Brazilian GP: Bottas beats Verstappen in F1 sprint; Hamilton 5th
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At the start, Bottas's soft tyres appeared to give him considerably better grip off the line, as he powered alongside Verstappen despite appearing to react slightly slower to the lights going out.The Finn was alongside the polesitter at the apex of Turn 1 an
Hamilton: Brazil F1 DSQ «devastating» ahead of sprint recovery
Hamilton: Brazil F1 DSQ «devastating» ahead of sprint recovery
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Hamilton's DRS flap was to adjudged to have opened beyond the 85mm maximum slot gap, and thus was disqualified from his first-place start in the sprint race following a breach of the technical regulations.Starting from the back, Hamilton was able to swashbuck
Mercedes rules out appeal against Hamilton Brazil quali DQ
Mercedes rules out appeal against Hamilton Brazil quali DQ
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Hamilton topped qualifying ahead of F1 title rival Max Verstappen on Friday, beating the Red Bull driver by four tenths of a second in Q3.But Mercedes was summoned by the FIA stewards on Friday evening after his DRS was found to have breached the regulations
Petit Le Mans IMSA, H2: Bourdais leads Nasr, Corvettes head GTLM
Petit Le Mans IMSA, H2: Bourdais leads Nasr, Corvettes head GTLM
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Felipe Nasr made a strong start from pole in the Action Express Racing Cadillac DPi-V.R, chased by Harry Tincknell in the Mazda RT24-P. Dropping back in third was Dane Cameron’s Meyer Shank Racing Acura ARX-05, and Kamui Kobayashi in the second AXR car. It
Yamaha announces VR46 Moto2 team for 2022
Yamaha announces VR46 Moto2 team for 2022
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As first reported by Motorsport.com earlier this year, Yamaha will join forces with the VR46 Master Camp to field two bikes in the intermediate class of the world championship to open up an avenue to develop young riders.Yamaha has worked with VR46 on its Mas
Full FIA stewards' statement on Hamilton's F1 DRS rules breach
Full FIA stewards' statement on Hamilton's F1 DRS rules breach
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Below is the full explanation by the FIA stewards:The Technical Delegate reported that Car 44 failed the test designed to check the requirements of the last paragraph of Art. 3.6.3 of the 2021 FIA Formula 1 Technical Regulations. The check is described in Tec
Hamilton excluded from Brazil F1 qualifying over DRS infringement
Hamilton excluded from Brazil F1 qualifying over DRS infringement
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Hamilton topped qualifying at Interlagos on Friday afternoon, beating title rival Max Verstappen by four tenths of a second at the end of Q3.But FIA technical delegate Jo Bauer found in his post-session checks that the DRS (drag reduction system) on Hamilton'
The full FIA stewards statement on Hamilton's DRS rules breach
The full FIA stewards statement on Hamilton's DRS rules breach
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Below is the full explanation by the FIA stewards:Reason The Technical Delegate reported that Car 44 failed the test designed to check the requirements of the last paragraph of Art. 3.6.3 of the 2021 FIA Formula 1 Technical Regulations. The check is describe
Verstappen fined €50k for touching Hamilton's wing
Verstappen fined €50k for touching Hamilton's wing
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Verstappen was called to see the stewards on Saturday morning in Brazil after a fan video emerged showing him inspect and touch the rear wing on title rival Hamilton's car after qualifying.The hearing took place at 9:30am at Interlagos. Verstappen was joined
Brazilian GP: Alonso tops FP2 from Verstappen, Bottas
Brazilian GP: Alonso tops FP2 from Verstappen, Bottas
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Brazil's second practice session got underway without a long-awaited decision on Lewis Hamilton's rear wing case or Verstappen's parc ferme dalliance, potential penalties for either title contender hanging over the Interlagos weekend - and the 2021 title figh
Horner would be «amazed» if Verstappen got an F1 penalty
Horner would be «amazed» if Verstappen got an F1 penalty
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Verstappen was called to see the stewards on Saturday morning in Brazil after a fan video emerged showing him inspect and touch the rear wing on title rival Hamilton's car in parc ferme after qualifying.It came after Mercedes had been summoned when the FIA's
Espargaro: Race direction error «ruined» Valencia qualifying
Espargaro: Race direction error «ruined» Valencia qualifying
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The Aprilia rider was left baffled at the end of Friday for a mystifying lack of pace, but was much stronger on Saturday, topping FP3 in the morning.Despite a small crash in FP4, Espargaro continued his strong form in the session and was on course for a stron
Rossi: Valencia Q2 entry «changed everything» for final qualifying
Rossi: Valencia Q2 entry «changed everything» for final qualifying
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Ahead of his 432nd and final MotoGP appearance, Petronas SRT rider Rossi qualified inside the top 10 for just the fourth time this season having made it directly into Q2.Having ended Friday's running last – albeit just 1.6s off the pace – Rossi managed t
Horner would be «amazed» if Verstappen got a penalty
Horner would be «amazed» if Verstappen got a penalty
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Verstappen was called to see the stewards on Saturday morning in Brazil after a fan video emerged showing him inspect and touch the rear wing on title rival Hamilton's car in parc ferme after qualifying.It came after Mercedes had been summoned when the FIA's
Quartararo “on the limit for nothing” in «sad» MotoGP qualifying
Quartararo “on the limit for nothing” in «sad» MotoGP qualifying
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The Yamaha rider admitted he was “totally lost” after ending Friday practice down in 11th, but looked to have made a turnaround in form for Saturday’s FP4 in which he displayed a strong race pace.But that form didn’t carry over into qualifying, with t
Valencia MotoGP: Martin takes pole as Bagnaia, Miller crash
Valencia MotoGP: Martin takes pole as Bagnaia, Miller crash
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Martin began the 2021 season with a shock pole at round two in Doha, and will end his rookie campaign with a fourth pole after beating Bagnaia by 0.064 seconds in a thrilling final qualifying of the year.The start to the Q2 pole shootout session was frenetic
