Daniel Ricciardo topped the times for Red Bull in Friday morning´s closely-contested opening free practice session for this weekend´s Hungarian Grand Prix. The Australian clocked a best lap in one minute and 18.4 seconds to outpace Kimi Raikkonen who was second for Ferrari ahead of Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes. The top three were separated by … Read more
Driver wrecks £200,000 Ferrari an hour after buying it A driver lost control of his new £200,000 Ferrari and careered off a motorway before it burst into flames – after owning it for just an hour. The high-performance Ferrari 430 Scuderia was reduced to a twisted wreck after the smash on the M1 near junction … Read more
Sebastian Vettel was penalised for dangerous driving after deliberately crashing into title rival Lewis Hamilton in a wild and chaotic Azerbaijan Grand Prix won by Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo on Sunday. Hamilton’s Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas snatched second place from 18-year-old Williams driver Lance Stroll in the final straight, as Vettel finished fourth ahead of … Read more
Singapore will not be rushed into extending its contract with Formula One, the trade ministry said Tuesday as negotiations for the night race to continue in the city-state are underway. “Negotiations for the term renewal for F1 is ongoing and a decision has not been reached,” a ministry spokesperson told AFP in an emailed reply. … Read more
Argentina’s Superclasico showdown with arch-rivals Brazil is set to pump tens of millions of dollars into the Australian economy when they play in front of 100,000 fans on Friday. Although Neymar is missing from Brazil’s line-up, his Barcelona team-mate Lionel Messi will light up the occasion at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Melbourne is just the … Read more
A ‘godfather’ of Thai politics is using cash and contacts to transform his once poor, forgotten rice-farming fiefdom into an unlikely sporting Camelot, complete with a football stadium and racetrack set to host the MotoGP. Newin Chidchob, a 58-year-old native son of Buriram in Thailand’s agrarian northeast, has enticed super-rich investors into his vision of … Read more
Takuma Sato says a little sleep deprivation is a small price to pay for the thrill of becoming Japan’s first winner of the Indianapolis 500. The one-time Formula One misfit etched his name in history on Sunday, when he passed Helio Castroneves with five laps to go the held off the three-time winner to capture … Read more
Formula One misfit Takuma Sato was the toast of Japan on Monday after becoming the first driver from his country to win the storied Indianapolis 500. The 40-year-old, once the butt of jokes in Formula One after several high-speed crashes, roared to victory Sunday to claim one of motor racing’s biggest prizes, holding off Brazil’s … Read more
When the moment came, Takuma Sato seized it, and was rewarded with one of auto racing’s grandest prizes. Sato became the first Japanese driver to win the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, holding off three-time winner Helio Castroneves of Brazil to do it. Sato had toiled for two weeks at Indianapolis in the shadow of temporary … Read more
Japanese driver Takuma Sato (C) is greeted on the starting grid of the 101st Indy 500 by former US driver Johnny Rutherford, who won the race three times Takuma Sato won the 101st running of the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, becoming the first Japanese driver to triumph in America’s iconic race. Sato passed three-time winner … Read more
Pole sitter Scott Dixon of New Zealand was able to climb from his crippled car Sunday after a spectacular crash that brought the 101st Indianapolis 500 to a temporary halt. Britain’s Jay Howard bounced off the outside wall near turn one at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and slid into Dixon’s vehicle, sending it careening into … Read more
Attorney General and Minister of Justice Gloria Akuffo has responded to a request by private legal practitioner Victor Kojoga Adawudu for details regarding the $2.25 billion bond issued by the Government of Ghana about two months ago. “I acknowledge receipt of your letter bearing reference number LL/17/26 and dated 4th May, 2017 on the above … Read more
A concert next month protesting US President Donald Trump’s plan to build a border wall will be on the Mexican side only after US authorities nixed plans for a cross-border event, organizers said Monday. The free June 3 event featuring the Dresden Symphony Orchestra “will now take place exclusively on the Mexican side of the … Read more
New Zealand’s Scott Dixon captured pole position for the 101st Indianapolis 500 with a dramatic four-lap qualifying run Sunday while Formula One racer Fernando Alonso booked a second-row start. Dixon, who won his only Indy 500 crown in 2008 from pole, drove his Honda-powered car around the 2.5-mile (4km) Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval at 232.164 … Read more
French driver Sebastien Bourdais underwent successful surgery for pelvic injuries he suffered in a fiery crash while trying to qualify for the Indianapolis 500, IndyCar officials said Sunday. Bourdais suffered multiple fractures to his pelvis and a fractured right hip Saturday when his car slammed into the outer wall of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway 2.5-mile … Read more
Defending champion Alexander Rossi and three-time winner Helio Castroneves are among seven former winners named Sunday as drivers of the 33 cars entered for the 101st Indianapolis 500. The IndyCar namesake classic, 200 laps around the 2.5-mile (4km) Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval, will be staged May 28 with qualifying next weekend. US racer Rossi took … Read more
Defending champion Alexander Rossi and three-time winner Helio Castroneves are among seven former winners named Sunday as drivers of the 33 cars entered for the 101st Indianapolis 500. The IndyCar namesake classic, 200 laps around the 2.5-mile (4km) Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval, will be staged May 28 with qualifying next weekend. US racer Rossi took … Read more
Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge came tantalizingly close to breaking one of the most coveted frontiers left in athletics, running a full marathon in two hours and 24 seconds Saturday. Kipchoge, 32, joined fellow world-class runners Lelisa Desisa of Ethiopia and Zersenay Tadese of Eritrea in Nike’s Breaking2 project, an attempt to cover the 26.2 miles (42.2 … Read more
Sepang boss Razlan Razali has urged Formula One’s new owners to “put their ego aside” and learn from the “two wheels” of Moto GP if they are to revive their sport. This year will witness the last Malaysian Grand Prix before the race disappears from the calendar after a combination of low attendances and high … Read more
Sebastian Vettel led a Ferrari one-two in second practice at the Russian Grand Prix as title rivals Mercedes appeared to struggle for pace. The four-time champion was 0.263 seconds clear of team-mate Kimi Raikkonen while Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas was 0.670secs off the pace. Lewis Hamilton, seven points behind Vettel in the championship, was fourth quickest, … Read more