6:04 AM ET Formula One could start the season with two races in Bahrain due to the COVID-19 pandemic but is still confident of putting on a record 23 rounds, chief executive Stefano Domenicali said on Thursday. The current schedule has the Gulf kingdom opening on March 28, followed by Imola in Italy on April

8:26 AM ET A new racing series which hopes to emulate the pod racing from Star Wars has launched its first electric flying race car. Airspeeder has unveiled the Mk3, which will form the basis of the company’s maiden season in 2021. The vehicles, which will race at speeds in excess of 120 km/h in

5:52 AM ET Daniel Ricciardo has had a seat fitting with McLaren ahead of his first season with the British team. Ricciardo, a seven-time grand prix winner, has joined McLaren after two seasons at Renault. His teammate will be Lando Norris, who remains with the team for his third F1 season. McLaren shared photos of

8:58 AM ET Romain Grosjean will compete in a select number of IndyCar races this season for Dayle Coyne Racing. Grosjean made the announcement just over two months after his miraculous escape from a burning wreckage at the Bahrain Grand Prix. The French driver, who has explained in detail how he thought he was going

11:33 AM ET Romain Grosjean is not expecting to make a return to Formula One, but has not ruled out a substitute role if another driver contracts COVID-19 this year and cannot race. 1 Related His F1 career ended two races earlier than planned last year after he sustained burns to his hands in a

Jan 28, 2021 This article was first published on ESPN Deportes. Sergio Perez’s ties to the Mexico-based Escudería Telmex racing team cover most of his three decades, stretching back to well before his days as a competitive driver. The relationship has afforded several opportunities to Formula One driver, who won his first race in the

7:01 AM ET Rio de Janeiro’s new mayor has scrapped previous plans, criticised by seven times world champion Lewis Hamilton and environmentalists, to build a new Formula One circuit in the city. 1 Related Rio’s Environment Secretary Eduardo Cavaliere said on Twitter on Monday that Mayor Eduardo Paes, who took office last month, had instructed

6:21 AM ET Mercedes will launch its new Formula One car on March 2. The car, which will be used to defend both the drivers’ and constructors’ championship, will be named Mercedes-AMG F1 W12 E Performance and known as the W12. Mercedes has yet to sign Lewis Hamilton for 2021, but the reigning champion is

3:32 AM ET AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly said on Sunday he had tested positive for COVID-19, meaning six of Formula One’s 20 race drivers have now contracted the virus. The 24-year-old Frenchman, who recently posted pictures on Instagram of training in Dubai, made the announcement on Twitter. “I wanted to let you know that I tested

8:55 AM ET Juan Manuel Correa, the American driver who suffered severe injuries in the Formula 2 accident that killed Anthoine Hubert in 2019, has announced he will return to racing this year in Formula 3. Correa sustained serious leg injuries after his car collided with Hubert’s during an F2 race at Spa-Francorchamps in August,