Formula One driver Kimi Räikkönen has announced his retirement. The Finn will race with Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN for the rest of this season before finishing in Abu Dhabi in December. There has been much talk in recent weeks about whether the one-time World Champion will continue in the sport beyond 2021, but he has […]
Nico Hulkenberg admits that his last chance to return to Formula One in 2022 has passed him by, and his career in the sport is set to come to an end. Nico Hulkenberg, who had been out of Formula One for two seasons, had planned to return full-time in 2022. And returning to his previous […]
Daniel Ricciardo may have won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2015, but Red Bull prevented him from competing, according to Porsche’s former endurance racing head. At the end of 2014, Andreas Seidl, who is now McLaren’s team principal, targeted Ricciardo, saying he “wasn’t sure” the Australian would “make it” in Formula One. “So […]
Jost Capito, Williams CEO and team principal, believes Alex Albon and Nick de Vries aren’t the team’s only alternatives for replacing George Russell. Russell is expected to replace Valtteri Bottas at Mercedes next season, ending his three-year stint at Williams and opening a vacancy. While Bottas is thought to have chosen Alfa Romeo over a return […]
Mick Schumacher has stated that he “would give up everything” to speak with his father Michael about motor racing. Michael Schumacher is widely regarded as one of the best racing drivers of all time, having won seven world championships during his career. Schumacher was involved in a skiing accident in December 2013 that resulted in […]
After winning the Italian Formula One Grand Prix on Sunday, Daniel Ricciardo will get to drive the 1984 NASCAR Chevrolet Monte Carlo of his late idol Dale Earnhardt Sr, but the smiling Australian can sense a better deal. McLaren Racing head Zak Brown, who owns the original number three Wrangler-liveried coupe, promised Ricciardo a test […]
Chase Elliott has now lost 72 points in the last seven NASCAR Cup Series races due to penalties, including 35 in the last two. Chase Elliott of Hendrick Motorsports was punished with yet another pre-race penalty prior to his second-place finish in this past Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Watkins Glen International. This was […]
Denny Hamlin’s racing career, as well as his tenure with Joe Gibbs Racing, will continue for the foreseeable future, as both the driver and long-time sponsor FedEx renewed their contracts. Both are multi-year deals, and Hamlin’s agreement keeps him off the free-agent market before the end of his contract with the team. “The relationship between […]
GLADEVLLE, FRANCE — Denny Hamlin enters Sunday’s Ally 400 at Nashville Superspeedway with no wins in 16 races this season, but he believes he’s on the verge of a breakthrough. “I know my team and I are capable of winning races,” Hamlin said Monday in discussing the return of Cup racing to Middle Tennessee for […]
Denny Hamlin was far harsher on Indianapolis Motor Speedway and NASCAR than he was on Chase Briscoe after the latter denied him a win on Sunday. Hamlin blamed them for substantial — and costly — damage to cars in the Verizon 200 at The Brickyard. “Imagine the tracks who NET hundreds of millions of dollars […]