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Former world champion Jenson Button is set to return to Formula 1. The 37-year-old Briton will make a one-off appearance for McLaren replacing Fernando Alonso at the Monaco Grand Prix on 28 May. "Owing to Fernando Alonso's commitments with McLaren-Honda-Andretti over the weekend of the Indianapolis 500, Jenson will take over Fernando's McLaren-Honda MCL32 for one…
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Like him or not, race winner Jimmie Johnson's two charges through the field at the Texas Motor Speedway exemplified how NASCAR has adapted its racing to boost fan attendance and TV ratings. Moving from last place at the start and from mid-pack at the start of the final stage, Johnson's progress underscored how the steep reduction…
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Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel resume their F1 title duel at the night race in the Bahrain desert, with warm temperatures possibly an advantage for Vettel's Ferrari team. Sakhir, Bahrain (dpa) - Sebastian Vettel could make the most of warm temperatures on Sunday in Bahrain to gain sole possession of the Formula One championship lead again…
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MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES: The series is off this weekend for the Easter holiday. The next scheduled race (No. 8 of 36) will be the Food City 500, April 23, at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee. THIS WEEK: There is no race this weekend. ... NASCAR announced on Tuesday the format for the May…
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Lewis Hamilton believes his respectful relationship with Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel will be able to endure a battle for the Formula One championship. The two drivers have one win each so far this season from the first two races, in Australia and China, and look likely to be vying for the title over the next eight months.…
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LONG BEACH, Calif. -- James Hinchcliffe is Canadian, but his victory Sunday in the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach felt like a homecoming. Hinchcliffe spent four career-defining moments in the Los Angeles area last fall, finishing second in the popular television show "Dancing With the Stars." The locals didn't forget, either, wildly celebrating with him…
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FORT WORTH, Texas -- Jimmie Johnson took the lead from Joey Logano with 16 laps to go in the O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 NASCAR Cup Series race on Sunday at Texas Motor Speedway and claimed the first win of the season for himself and Hendrick Motorsports. It was Johnson's seventh win at Texas, the most of…
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Shanghai (dpa) - Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes takes pole position for the Chinese Grand Prix by edging out Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel and team-mate Valtteri Bottas in Shanghai. Hamilton secured the 63rd pole of his career and the sixth in succession dating back to last season with a devastating lap of 1 minute 31.678 seconds around the…
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Shanghai (dpa) - Sebastian Vettel set the fastest time in the third and final practice session Saturday for the Formula One Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai. The German driver with Team Ferrari was ahead of team-mate Kimi Raikonen, with Valtteri Bottas in third in a Mercedes, ahead of his team-mate Lewis Hamilton who came in fourth.…
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Red Bull Racing may have to wait until June to take the fight to Mercedes this season as it awaits an updated engine from Renault, according to team advisor Helmut Marko. At the Australian Grand Prix, the first race of the season, Red Bull’s Max Verstappen came fifth, behind both Mercedes and Ferrari drivers, and teammate…
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MELBOURNE - Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes vowed to come back hard in China after being ambushed by resurgent Ferrari in Formula One's season-opener in Australia on Sunday. The German team, which has ruled F1 for the past three years, got a rude awakening as Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel beat second-place Hamilton by almost 10 seconds in Melbourne. Three-time…
Sad news out of Sprint car racing. Race car driver David Steele killed in Florida speedway wreck at DeSoto Speedway https://t.co/iS6Soz3KlA pic.twitter.com/UJ4CepjAqs — Nascar World (@NascarWorldNews) March 26, 2017 Reports say Steele, 42, died when his sprint car crashed at Desoto Speedway in the Southern Sprintcar Shootout Series. Steele was competing in the winged spring car…
Melbourne (dpa) - Ross Brawn said Sunday it's "not ideal" that reigning world champion Nico Rosberg has left Formula One, but admitted it was probably the right decision for the German personally. In an interview published on the Formula One's website just ahead of the season-opening Australian Grand Prix, the sport's managing director of motor sports…
Melbourne (dpa) - Australian driver Daniel Ricciardo said he "feels for the fans" after he failed to finish the season-opening grand prix at Melbourne's Albert Park track on Sunday. Ricciardo had a horror showing this weekend, first crashing in qualifying, before copping a 5-place penalty for gearbox change, and then having further technical problems just before…
Melbourne (dpa) - Sebastian Vettel gave Ferrari a first win since September 2015 when he took the season-opening Australian Grand Prix on Sunday ahead of Lewis Hamilton in a Mercedes. Vettel started on pole behind Hamilton but emerged ahead of the Briton on lap 24 of the 57 laps in Melbourne after a tyre change. Hamilton,…
Melbourne (dpa) - German Formula One driver Pascal Wehrlein has withdrawn from the season-opening Australian Grand Prix, a statement from his Sauber team confirmed on Saturday. The 22-year-old, who injured his neck during the Race of Champions event in Miami in January, said he was lacking the necessary fitness level required to compete in Sunday's race.…
Melbourne (dpa) - Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel clocked the fastest lap ever at Melbourne's Albert Park track in Saturday's final practice session ahead of the Australian Grand Prix. The 29-year-old German lapped in 1 minute 23.380, beating the previous course record, set by himself in 2011. Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas finished 0.479 seconds behind, followed by…
Melbourne (dpa) - Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton dominated practice on Friday ahead of the season-opening Australian Grand Prix, clocking times more than half a second faster than his rivals in both sessions. The three-time world champion managed a fastest lap time of 1 minute 23.620, set in the later session, ahead of Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel. The…
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service Distributed by The Sports Xchange FONTANA, Calif. -- The driver who has finished second in the last three Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races will start first on Sunday. Moving up the track for his final run, series points leader Kyle Larson navigated rough, bumpy Auto Club (Fontana, California) Speedway…
AVONDALE, Ariz. -- Pit strategy put Ryan Newman up front for an overtime restart in the Camping World 500 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race, and he held off Kyle Larson to win on Sunday at Phoenix International Raceway. Newman recorded his first victory in four years and also the first for Richard Childress Racing since…
