Jerry Perez of TheDrive reports that (a) Ferrari power unit and gearbox will propel Formula 1 newcomer Cadillac F1 Team for its first two seasons in the sport. Maranello confirmed the multi-year agreement Tuesday morning, putting to rest rumors that Honda was also looking to supply the General Motors works team through the end of the 2027 season. (more…)
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Max Verstappen Clinches Fourth Consecutive F1 Title in Las Vegas
Dutch Sensation Joins Elite Ranks with Fourth Straight Drivers’ Championship, Leaving Two Races to Spare.
Max Verstappen secured his fourth consecutive Formula One Drivers’ Championship with a fifth-place finish at the Las Vegas Grand Prix. The Dutchman now joins legends Alain Prost and Sebastian Vettel with four titles, trailing only Juan Manuel Fangio (5), Lewis Hamilton (7), and Michael Schumacher (7). (more…)
rFpro Unveils Hyper-Realistic Digital Twin of Las Vegas F1 Circuit
Hampshire, UK, 20th November 2024… rFpro, the leading provider of driving simulation software for the automotive and motorsport industries, has launched an updated digital twin of the Las Vegas Formula 1® circuit. Most of the grid will use the model as the teams prepare for the Formula 1 Heineken Silver Las Vegas Grand Prix on 23rd November 2024. (more…)
Formula 1 Heineken Silver Las Vegas Grand Prix Partners With Papi Steak At Fontainebleau Las Vegas For Luxurious Trackside F1® Garage
LAS VEGAS (August 8, 2024) – The FORMULA 1 HEINEKEN SILVER LAS VEGAS GRAND PRIX has partnered with Papi Steak at Fontainebleau Las Vegas – the famed steakhouse from David “Papi” Einhorn & David Grutman’s Groot Hospitality – to take over an F1® Garage during this year’s race, November 21-23.
RB19 To Sport Special Fan-Designed Livery At Circuit of the Americas
For the second time this season Oracle Red Bull Racing have turned the RB19 into a canvas for the Team’s fans. Artwork from a member of ‘The Paddock‘ – Oracle Red Bull Racing’s free loyalty programme – will decorate the 2023 Constructors’ Championship-winning car at the Circuit of the Americas this weekend. Here is all you need to know: (more…)
Four-Time World Champion Behind Wheel of the RB7 That Took Him to 2011 World Title
Five-time Singapore winner Sebastian Vettel is once again in the headlines ahead of Grand Prix weekend after driving his RB7 championship-winner at the Nürburgring circuit. The four-time Formula One world champion was joined by a host of motorsports stars such as Scuderia AlphaTauri’s Yuki Tsunoda, 13-time Grand Prix winner David Coulthard and F1 Academy driver Carrie Schreiner. Here is all you need to know: (more…)
Huge Line Up Set for Lime Rock Park’s Historic Festival 41
LAKEVILLE, CONN. (26 June 2023)- More than 250 vintage racing cars, from a 1927 Bugatti Grand Prix racer to a 1975 Kremer Porsche 935 IMSA GT car, will compete during the 41st Historic Festival at Lime Rock Park over Labor Day weekend (Aug. 31- Sept. 4). (more…)
Four-Time F1 Champion Sebastian Vettel to Return to Nordschleife
Munich, June 15, 2023 – A decade after his inaugural F1 Grand Prix triumph at the Nürburgring in his car dubbed “Hungry Heidi”, Sebastian Vettel, the four-time world champion, announces his return to the legendary circuit on September 9, 2023, for the Red Bull Formula Nürburgring event.
Daniel Ricciardo, Will Arnett to Host ESPN Alternate Telecast for Three Formula 1 Races
ESPN is bringing a new, additional viewing option to its coverage of three Formula 1 races this season with an alternate telecast that will complement the event’s traditional television production.
The hosts of the new telecast will be F1 driver Daniel Ricciardo, one of the sport’s most popular and charismatic drivers, and actor/comedian Will Arnett, a tremendous fan of the sport who previously hosted an F1-centric podcast. (more…)
Verstappen Aims For ‘Perfect’ Weekend In Honda Heartland
Max Verstappen could claim his second FIA Formula One World Championship title if he wins this weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix with the fastest lap as home hero Yuki Tsunoda takes to the iconic Suzuka track for the first time in F1. Here is all you need to know:
Meet the Architects of Oracle Red Bull Racing’s F1 Winning Strategies
Oracle Red Bull Racing’s Principal Strategy Engineer Hannah Schmitz has been working with the team since joining as an intern in 2009. Together with Head of Race Strategy Will Courtenay and a skilled team, it’s their split-second strategy brilliance that was a large contributor towards Max Verstappen claiming his first FIA Formula One World Championship title last season. Here is all you need to know: (more…)
VIDEO: Friesacher pilots RB8 along Jeddah Waterfront in Saudi Arabia (F1)
Patrick Friesacher gave F1 fans a glimpse of what they can expect at this weekend’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix when he powered the title-winning RB8 car along the Jeddah Waterfront in front of thousands of onlookers for Red Bull Racing’s latest Showrun. (more…)
Racing on TV Listings for June 2-June 6
Here’s where to find the major racing action on TV and online this week:
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Racing on TV Listings for May 26-31
Indianapolis 500, Coca-Cola 600 highlight Memorial Day holiday weekend
Here’s where to find the major racing action on TV and online this week, compiled by MIKE PRYSON of Auto Week: (more…)
Circuit of the Americas Boss Sees Room for a Third F1 Race for U.S.
Formula 1’s future in the United States looks stronger than ever.
The sport has recently announced a new and exciting Miami Grand Prix for 2022, and there have been several big new U.S. sponsors come into the sport with Red Bull landing Oracle and Walmart. (more…)
No Slowing Lewis Hamilton at F1 Portuguese Grand Prix
The beat goes on for Lewis Hamilton.
Hamilton, the seven-time Formula 1 champion, had no trouble on Sunday in Portugal, winning the F1 Portuguese Grand Prix in convincing fashion over Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and Hamilton’s Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas. (more…)
F1 Canadian Grand Prix Canceled for 2021
As expected, the Canadian Grand Prix is off for 2021.
COVID-19 restrictions in Canada that included 14-day self-quarantine rules for visitors into the country and concerns over large crowds in Montreal led to the cancellation of the race for the second consecutive year. The race had been scheduled for June 13 at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. (more…)
Haas F1 Principal Says Team Isn’t In Danger of Leaving Formula 1
Team principal Guenther Steiner is downplaying suggestions that the Haas F1 Team project may be coming to an end in Formula 1. (more…)
Stock Car Brazil Goes Live and Global on Motorsport.tv
Miami, 23 April, 2021: In a first for Motorsport Network’s proprietary OTT platform Motorsport.tv, the hugely popular Stock Cars Brazil series, featuring legendary F1 drivers, will be livestreamed globally this season, exclusively in most territories. (more…)
Formula One announces 10-year deal for Miami Grand Prix at Hard Rock Stadium
It’s official: Formula One racing is coming to South Florida.
F1 announced Sunday the Miami Grand Prix will be hosted at Hard Rock Stadium in a 10-year deal, which will begin in 2022. The 2022 race date will be announced later with hopes of it being held in the second quarter of next year (April-June).
By SAFID DEEN, SOUTH FLORIDA SUN SENTINEL
“It’s a great moment for Formula One and a great moment for Formula One fans in America,” said president and CEO Stefano Domenicali during a press conference in Imola, Italy.
“We’re very excited to bring the world’s greatest racing to the most dynamic city in the United States,” added Miami Dolphins and Hard Rock Stadium CEO Tom Garfinkel, the new managing partner of the race.
Sunday’s announcement ends a nearly three-year quest by Dolphins and Hard Rock Stadium owner Steve Ross, now the chairman and owner of the Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix, to bring F1 racing to South Florida.
For Ross and Garfinkel, the Miami Grand Prix is just another event that adds to the allure of Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens.
The venue has hosted 11 Super Bowls with Super Bowl 54 most recently in Feb. 2020, multiple college football national championship games, and will host games during the World Cup in 2026.
“We had a vision to create a global entertainment destination. The site exists to bring in the biggest events in the world,” Garfinkel told the South Florida Sun Sentinel.
“With the Super Bowl, the [college football] national championship game, international soccer, Miami Open tennis, and really there’s no bigger event in the world than Formula One racing.”
Race organizers and the city of Miami Gardens recently announced an economic package that will include a $5 million commitment, including a STEM education program and race conditions that must be abided by to benefit the area despite significant resistance from local officials and residents in the area.
Ross initially hoped to have the F1 race in the downtown Miami, starting in 2019, until that proposal was also met with apprehension from residents with noise and pollution concerns.
“This is something we’ve worked on for a while,” Garfinkel told the Sun Sentinel. I think frankly, while it feels like it took a long time, when you look at the amount of diligence that goes into it, taking the time to listen to the community, and putting that diligence in during a global pandemic we’ve all been dealing with, it actually wasn’t a long time when you put it in perspective because what it takes to put one of these things on is pretty significant.”
The race circuit will be 3.36 miles, have 19 corners, 3 straights and potential for 3 DRS zones with an estimated top speed of 198.8 mph with the stadium at the heart of the action.
FI and Hard Rock Stadium officials will work together to build a track to provide high speed straights, multiple overtaking opportunities and exciting racing while meeting the highest safety standards, according to a press release.
Miami will be the 11th location Formula 1 has raced in the United States since the Championship series began in 1950. Since that time Formula 1 has raced at Riverside, Sebring, Watkins Glen, Long Beach, Las Vegas, Detroit, Dallas, Phoenix, Indianapolis and Circuit of the Americas in Austin.
The Miami Grand Prix will be the second U.S. race on the F1 circuit next year, joining Austin, Texas.
“There was never a time we didn’t want it to happen or didn’t think it was going to happen,” added Garfinkel. “I think sometimes you will things to happen when you have great partners to get that accomplished.”