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The 17 year racing driver is stable following what’s probably the worst racing crash you’ve ever seen
Driver stable: Floersch tweeted shortly after horrific crash in the Macau Grand Prix on the Guia Circuit
17-year-old racing driver Sophia Floersch was involved in a horrific crash today. It happened in the FIA Formula 3 division during the Macau Grand Prix.
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NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson and F1 driver Fernando Alonso are set to swap seats for an extended test session
Racing worlds collide: Champions from different forms of racing, on opposite ends of the world are set to swap rides.
Hendrick Motorsports has loaded up their backup car from the Roval event and stuffed it in a shipping container.
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After the race, the Max Verstappen and Esteban Ocon crash brought a physical confrontation to the garage area; The FIA has handed Verstappen a penalty for that
Max Verstappen was racing for the lead in Brazil. The Red Bull Racing driver has two wins so far in 2018, he was going for a third.
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Formula One will head to Vietnam for a new street circuit in 2020
The Vietnam Street Circuit will be the first new track added to the F1 schedule since the series was purchased by American owned Liberty Media in 2016.
Hanoi is the second largest city in Vietnam.
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Kimi Raikkonen claimed his first F1 win in over five years via the 2018 USGP; Naturally, the Finnish Ferrari driver isn’t impressed
Raikkonen talks the USGP win; Is excited to drive for Sauber in 2019
Lewis Hamilton started on the pole position in his Mercedes in the 2018 USGP and The Circuit of the Americas over the weekend.
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You can now play an official F1 racing game on your tiny computers for free
New F1 racing game released today
The new F1 Mobile Game features all the teams and tracks from the current season. The Codemasters development is the official mobile racing game of the 2018 FIA Formula One World Championship.
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Sixteen drivers now have confirmed rides for 2019 F1 season – See the full 2019 Formula One drivers list here
Sergio Perez has agreed to an extension for the 2019 F1 Season
The two Force India teammates have a history of running into each other on the race track.
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Lyn St. James: “There’s something wrong with the way the whole pipeline, doesn’t work.”
Lyn St. James once broke 21 records at Talladega Superspeedway in a 1989 Thunderbird Super Coupe that was prepared by Bill Elliott.
She went on to run several open wheel Indycar and CART event.
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PEAK Antifreeze has also increased their sponsorship of the Haas F1 Team for 2019 (Photos)
PEAK Antifreeze becomes the primary sponsor of Clint Bowyer for 2019 – Adding to NASCAR, F1 and Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series promotions
Old World Industries, the makers of PEAK Coolant &
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Haas F1 Team: “If they cannot beat you on the track, they try to beat you in court.”
On September 2nd, Romain Grosjean finished 6th in the Italian Grand Prix. That was his fifth top-10 in the previous six F1 grand prix races.
Renault filed a protest on the machine with the FIA.
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Retired NASCAR driver, Tony Stewart has exciting offers to return to Indycar — He’s considering the idea
In 1996, Tony Stewart made his debut at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. He put the car on the pole position for the famed Indy 500. Stewart went on to finish 24th that day.
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The 2019 F1 schedule has been released in draft form with a record-tying number of races
The 2019 F1 World Championship will feature 21 events. That ties a record for the most events in a single season (2016, 2018).
View the full 2019 F1 schedule below.
The sports of Formula 1 will run their 1000th race in 2019.
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Knock, knock! Eminem released a surprise album late Thursday night
The Detroit based rapper pens Danica Patrick in on ‘Kamikaze’.
The final song on the 13 track album is titled ‘Venom’. The adrenaline fueled track written in a Malevolent tone is for the movie of the same title.
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Haas F1 development driver, Santino Ferrucci was suspended by the FIA and let go by his team – Now, he enters a new stage in his racing career
20-year-old, Santino Ferrucci drove through the paddock at the Silverstone Circuit with his glove off. The reason for that was because the driver was holding a cell phone and he was further rumored to be texting as well.
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Robert Wickens has been transported following the Indycar Series crash at Pocono Raceway today
UPDATE: Various updates from Indycar to the media on the Wickens’ current medical condition are attached at the bottom of this post.
Lap 9 of the Indycar Series race at Pocono Raceway saw a huge crash.
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After 17 years, F1 champion Fernando Alonso has announced his retirement from the sport
Fernando Alonso is a two-time F1 World Championship winning driver. He claimed the title in back-to-back seasons back in 2005-2006 while driving for the Renault F1 Team.
In 2015, Alonso jumped from the Scuderia Ferrari team over to McLaren Honda.
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As of a week ago, Sergio Marchionne led both auto makers
Former Marlboro man set to lead Ferrari as CEO
Sergio Marchionne underwent shoulder surgery in June. Complications from surgery left him in the ICU. This morning, he has passed away at age 66.
Born in 1952,
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