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The Formula 1 race weekend continues in Miami with Sprint qualifying that saw Max Verstappen take pole position for tomorrow afternoon’s Sprint race. Charles Leclerc in his Ferrari lines up alongside him, as this session went much better than free practice that saw him spin his blue SF-24. Behind them, Sergio Perez and Daniel Ricciardo make up the second row.
MIAMI — Cars are officially on the track and going at it in anger here in Miami as the first and only practice session of the Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix weekend just wrapped up. We’re on the ground, too, bringing you coverage of what’s going on here live from Hard Rock Stadium, home of the Miami Dolphins. It's going to be busy, as Miami hosts its first Sprint race this year.
Porsche is serious about proving that its synthetic fuel is a viable alternative to gasoline in an increasingly electrified world. The company announced all of the cars that will compete in the 2024 Supercup series will burn the e-fuel it manufactures in a plant in southern Chile.
Ferrari will temporarily ditch the all-red livery that has characterized its Formula 1 cars for decades at the 2024 Miami Grand Prix. The team unveiled a one-off look for the upcoming race that was designed to celebrate the Italian brand's North American division's 70th birthday.
Red Bull Racing’s Chief Technical Officer Adrian Newey is officially departing the team in the first quarter of 2025. Rumors of his departure have swirled for the past few days, and now the news is official. But there’s more. Red Bull also revealed that Newey will be shifting his focus to the RB17 hypercar (a road car project) and seeing that project out through its completion.
Not only do you not see this often, we don't recall seeing this ever. Last year, the Circuit of the Americas (COTA) sold more than 10,000 general admission tickets for this year's U.S. Grand Prix that happens Oct. 18-20. The early bird price for the three-day passes was $299. Now COTA wants to buy those tickets back from the purchasers for $350 apiece, so that COTA can resell them for an even higher price once the venue announces this year's musical act. COTA hosts concerts on the Friday and Saturday of the race weekend, often booking two marquee musical acts to play as evening headliners. In 2022, Green Day played Friday evening, Ed Sheeran on Saturday; in 2023, Queen and Adam Lambert played Saturday. At some point after last year's early ticket sales, COTA locked in an artist (or band) for this year it thinks will bring all the music lovers to the yard — and it wants to charge them more than $299.
The name “Senna” is a magnet in the world of motorsport — of all sport, period —and when one of his personal automobiles surfaces for sales, flags wave and fireworks explode. This time it’s his bright red Honda NSX, one of three NSX cars he owned, and it's currently being offered for about $622,000 by AutoTrader in the United Kingdom. This particular model is from 1991, and Senna kept it at his home in Portugal. He was often seen tooling around the Algarve in the Honda, and it was featured in the 1992 Senna documentary “Racing Is in My Blood.” Powered by a 3.0-liter V6 making 271 horsepower, the car has a top speed of 165 mph. It has 39,100 miles on the clock.
Marcos Ramirez of Spain and the OnlyFans American Racing Team leads the field during the Moto2 Race during the MotoGP Of The Americas last Sunday in Austin, Texas. (Getty Images)