Sargeant, 20, finished third in last years FIA Formula 3 championship, but was unable to move up the ladder due to a lack of budget, prompting him to return to the series in 2021 where he finished seventh. Sargeant had been due to test in IndyCar for AJ Foyt Racing at Barber Motorsports Park next week, only for the running to be called off. Ahead of this weekends United States Grand ... Keep reading
Hamilton and Verstappen ran close as they both looked to begin push laps during second practice for the United States Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas on Friday. Verstappen slowed at the final corner to prepare for a flying lap, only for Hamilton to appear up the inside and pass Verstappen. Verstappen opted to keep pushing while running over the exit kerb at the final corner ... Keep reading
Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Kris Letang entered the NHL's COVID protocol and has been ruled out for Saturday's game against the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs. "He is not a confirmed positive. He has had a positive test," Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said of the two-time Stanley Cup winner. "He is in the process of confirmatory tests, and that's part of the protocol." Letang, 34, has recorded four assists for his lone
After a tough couple of races at theSachsenring, Lohner had done enough to maintain a healthy points advantage heading into the final round of the2021 ADAC GT Masters Esports Championship. Located at the legendary Hockenheim, this double-header event would run two Feature Races on top of the customary single Sprint. More jeopardy perhaps for the title favourite, though the two-time ... Keep reading
The wet weather that affected Friday remained for the start of Saturdays running at Misano, but it didnt take long in FP3 for riders to begin finding good lap times to make significant improvements on the combined timesheets. After 10 minutes Marc Marquez had made the biggest jump up to fourth overall with a 1m42.305s, with Pramacs Zarco going fastest of all seconds later with a ... Keep reading
Abu Dhabi [UAE], October 23 (ANI): Australian skipper Aaron Finch said that his side needed some 'luck' as Australia defeats South Africa in the first Super 12s match of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2021 in Abu Dhabi on Saturday. "The dugout was relaxed than I was. Quite stressful, and I was nervous. Stoinis and Wade showed a cool head to get us over the line, and that is what a bit of experience can do. Maxwell did a real
By Sportswriters Yao Youming, Wang Ze and Zhao Yingbo
XI'AN, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) -- Zhou Feifei and his wife Dong Feixia cemented their places among the all-time great Paralympic athletes when Zhou created a new world record (39.99 meters) in his F55 discus competition on Saturday for the couple's third gold at the ongoing 11th China's National Games for Persons with Disabilities.
Zhou pocketed the F55 men's
Hisar (Haryana) [India], October 23 (ANI): Living up to the expectations, World's medallist Manju Rani put up a solid show to begin her campaign on a winning note at the fifth Elite women's National Boxing Championships here on Saturday. Railway Sports Promotion Board's boxer Manju, who had made headline after winning silver on debut at the 2019 World Championships, made light work of Orissa's Bhabani Barik before winning
AlphaTauri racer Pierre Gasly said ahead of the Texas race that the event could be quite complicated for drivers because Austins bumps, which have always been encountered at the Circuit of the Americas track because it is built on shifting land, seem even more severe now after he watched the recent MotoGP event at the same venue. The topic was much discussed in the drivers ... Keep reading
MotoGP returns to Misano a month after its last visit following the cancellation of the Malaysian GP, which was due to take place this weekend. The 2021 title could be decided this weekend, with Yamahas Quartararo leading Bagnaia by 52 points in the standings. Much cooler conditions greeted the field for the start of FP1, with rain earlier in the morning leaving the circuit wet as the ... Keep reading
Bottas will leave Mercedes after the manufacturer decided to replace him as Lewis Hamiltons team-mate with George Russell and will join Alfa for next season after being selected by team boss Fred Vasseur as the leader of the team. The move will extend the Finn's nine-year F1 career so far, but before long his new team could have a new owner. PLUS:Why Alfa Romeo has picked ... Keep reading
The Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari will hold the fourth round of the 2022 season on17-19 June, which was marked as TBA on the previous version on the calendar released in September. This means Italy will retain its place on the DTMs schedule for the second year running, after Monza staged the opening round of the 2021 season in June. Previously, both Mugello and ... Keep reading
2019 US GP winner Bottas edged out Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton by just four-hundredths of a second, while Max Verstappen was almost a second off the Finns time in third place. The opening 10 minutes of FP1 at the Circuit of The Americas were largely lost to a red flag after Fernando Alonso came to a halt at Turn 12 on his installation lap. Alpine instructed Alonso to stop his car as a ... Keep reading
The championship leader can secure the title this weekend at Misano should he outscore Francesco Bagnaia by at least three points on Sunday. Typically, this year Quartararo has struggled in wet conditions and once again appeared unstuck in Fridays running at Misano having ended both sessions 18th and 16th. The Yamaha rider says he actually felt strong in full wet conditions on Friday, but ... Keep reading
The joint driver standings leader set a 2m05.673s to take the top spot, closely followed by Abbi Pulling, less than 0.2s behind her. Chadwick, driving for Veloce Racing, also led first practice, while Pulling also finished second in the earlier session for the PUMA team in just her third race weekend in the series. 2019 runner-up Beitske Visser (M Forbes Motorsport) came third, as she did in ... Keep reading
In an eventful FP2, Red Bulls Perez claimed top spot with a 1m34.946s as Lewis Hamilton lost a faster lap time due to track limits and F1 world title rival Max Verstappen could only manage eighth place as his quick lap was disrupted by traffic. One of Verstappens quick laps was held up by Hamilton, with the pair going wheel-to-wheel along the start-finish straight, which led to the ... Keep reading
Title rivals Bagnaia and Quartararo both had to go through Q1 at Misano, but while the former eased through and went on to take the top spot for the fifth time in 2021, late yellow flags meant Quartararo will start a season-worst 15th. The Misano track dried sufficiently enough for the field to run slicks in FP4, though the cold temperatures led to a number of crashes. That trend continued ... Keep reading
Giovinazzi was given the call to let Raikkonen pass him in the closing stages of the race two weeks ago at Istanbul Park after being quickly caught by his Alfa Romeo team-mate. But Giovinazzi did not move aside for Raikkonen as he pushed to catch Esteban Ocon for the final point in P10, falling 0.8 seconds short at the chequered flag. Alfa Romeo head of track engineering Xevi Pujolar said after ... Keep reading
Both are well-established single-seater drivers in their own right, with Kane the 1997 British Formula 3 champion and Hughes a stalwart of the series between 1992 and 1999, and became involved in the championship this year as Double R took over the running of the cars from Hitech GP. With two races at remaining at the Circuit of the Americas this weekend, Alice Powell and Jamie Chadwick head ... Keep reading
The rain from FP1 had disappeared but the track remained damp for the start of the second 45-minute session of the Misano weekend. With conditions better than they were, improvements on the combined standings came in quickly, with Ducatis Jack Miller setting the most significant time in the opening stages of FP2. The Australian found a 1m41.833s to take over at the top of the pile just ... Keep reading
The British driver will move to his fourth power unit of the 2021 season and is set to drop to the rear of the field from wherever he qualifies. Russell entered the Austin weekend at the maximum season allocation limit for internal combustion engines, turbochargers, MGU-H, energy store and control electronics, which means the accrued penalties for taking a whole new Mercedes engine would leave ... Keep reading
The results of the F1 Global Survey commissioned by Motorsport Network in partnership with F1 and Nielsen Sports were released ahead of the United States Grand Prix after responses from more than 167,000 fans in 187 different countries. Max Verstappen was named as F1s most popular driver, being listed as favourite by 14.4% of fans, but McLaren driverNorriswas second overall with ... Keep reading
Bottas set the quickest time of the day in FP1, which was fractionally faster than Red Bulls Sergio Perez managed when he topped FP2 later in the afternoon. US Grand Prix FP1 results: Bottas fastest from Hamilton Cla Driver Chassis Laps Time Gap Interval km-h 1 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 17 1'34.874 ... Keep reading
Last week the FIA's World Motor Sport Council rubber-stamped F1's longest-ever season with a 2022 calendar comprising 23 grands prix. The Miami Grand Prix will make its first appearance, while the Australian, Canadian, Japanese and Singapore Grands Prix are all returning after an enforced two-year absence due to COVID-19. Two-time F1 world champion Fittipaldi thinks it's "crazy" that the ... Keep rea
Rossi will call time on his illustrious MotoGP career at the end of the 2021 season, and will end it having tallied up nine grand prix world titles seven of which coming in the premier class and at least 115 victories. As well as the on-track success, 42-year-old Rossi helped push MotoGP and motorcycle racing in general into a mainstream audience with his enormous popularity. Rossi ... Keep reading
