MOTORSPORT returns to Switzerland for the first time in 60 years as Formula E hosts the Zurich E-prix for the first time since the racing ban. Jean-Eric Vergne can wrap up the Championship in Zurich but Brit Sam Bird will hope to keep the championship alive. Switzerland’s restrictions on circuit racing were lifted in 2015 […]
MAD MAX VERSTAPPEN has threatened to “head-butt” anyone who asks about his constant crashing. The Dutchman is frustrated by questions about his driving style and says he is fed up with taking flak. The 20-year-old has been involved in incidents or crashes in all six of this season’s races, with Red Bull boss Christian Horner […]
IT takes a special character to win the Isle of Man TT race. Just ask Peter Hickman, who this week won the Superstock race on the Island and set a new lap record on Dunlop road-legal tyres. In 2015, the Smiths Racing rider broke his back, neck, two ribs and suffered a punctured lung only […]
SUNSPORT reporter George Boulton was invited to test drive a Formula E car. Our man recalls the exhilarating experience as MS&AD Andretti driver Stephane Sarrazin showed him the ropes in a BMW i8 before going into the all-electric race car. Driving my 1.25 litre Ford Fiesta could never have prepared me for getting behind the […]
BRITISH racing driver Lando Norris is at the centre of a tug-of-war between two F1 teams. The highly-rated 18-year-old is currently leading the Formula 2 championship and wanted by Toro Rosso. The Red Bull B-team wanted to hand Norris his F1 debut in the Austrian GP next month just ahead of the British GP as […]