Formula 3 driver Nikola Tsolov received a three-place grid penalty for tomorrow’s sprint race after a practice incident in which he caused a rival to crash into the barrier. Advert | Become a Supporter & go ad-free The ART driver made contact with Alex Dunne of MP at the high-speed right-hand kink leading into the … Read more

A study comparing Formula 1 drivers from the past 37 years has concluded that Ayrton Senna is the fastest of all time, ahead of Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton. Advert | Become a Supporter & go ad-free The research, produced by Formula 1 sponsor Amazon Web Services, applied machine learning to compare drivers’ qualifying performances … Read more

The FIA stewards have issued a five-place grid penalty to a driver who is not scheduled to start an upcoming Formula 1 race. Robert Shwartzman received the penalty for overtaking Yuki Tsunoda under double waved yellow flags during the first practice session. Shwartzman, who races with AF Corse in the World Endurance Championship, was driving … Read more

Max Verstappen took the wheel of a historic Honda Formula 1 car ahead of the Japanese Grand Prix weekend. He visited Honda’s Tochigi Proving Ground to drive the RA272, a landmark car powered by a 1.5-litre V12 that delivered Honda’s first F1 victory. The RA272 was famously piloted to victory by Richie Ginther at the … Read more

In this round-up: the next Formula E season has been postponed and will now begin in 2021. Social media Notable posts from Twitter, Instagram and other platforms: All the Motorsport community is with you @lxznr . Push more than ever. Praying for everything to go well. Forza. 🙏 — Carlos Sainz (@Carlossainz55) June 19, 2020 … Read more

On the sixth day of pre-season testing teams stepped up their evaluation of the 2018 cars, focusing more on race pace and long-run programmes. Nearly every squad bettered their previous best time from the week. The main outlier was McLaren, who lost a large portion of running today and slipped down the timing sheets, although … Read more

Welcome to Tuesday’s edition of the RaceFans round-up. Comment of the day While much has been said about how well Sainz performed in Baku, his teammate had a difficult weekend: Very poor weekend from Albon all round. Crashed at the first corner in qualifying when the car was maybe the most competitive it’s been all … Read more

Which Formula 1 driver made the most of the Canadian Grand Prix weekend? Now it’s your turn to decide which driver got the most from their car and team over the past three days at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. Read the summary of each driver’s performance below and vote for who impressed you the most during … Read more

Lewis Hamilton hopes changes planned to car design for the 2021 F1 season will reduce the sport’s reliance on the Drag Reduction System to aid overtaking. Advert | Become a Supporter & go ad-free The championship introduced adjustable rear wings in 2011 to let drivers reduce drag on straights when they are within a second … Read more

Kimi Raikkonen said he was not surprised Daniel Ricciardo received a penalty after putting all four wheels off the track while overtaking him on the final lap of the French Grand Prix. Advert | Become a Supporter & go ad-free Ricciardo picked up two penalties seconds apart: one for running wide at the chicane while … Read more