Category: Grand Prix

WTA Roundup: Top Seed Bernarda Pera Stunned in Budapest

Russian Diana Shnaider cruised to a 6–4, 7–5 victory over No. 1 seed Bernarda Pera of the United States in the first round of the Hungarian Grand Prix on Tuesday in Budapest. Shnaider saved 7 of 11 break points to dispatch Pera, who couldn’t hold leads of 1–0 and 3–1 in the second set. Shnaider…


Residents and Tourists Alike Excited for the Return of the Montreal Grand Prix

One of downtown Montreal’s most famous nightlife streets has been turned over to pedestrians this weekend, but it’s not part of Mayor Valérie Plante’s much-publicized campaign to calm traffic in the city. The Canadian Grand Prix, the unofficial kickoff to Montreal’s summer festival season, is back, and most people on Crescent Street Friday were ogling…


Perez Wins in Jeddah as Verstappen Goes From 15th to 2nd

Sergio Perez won the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix from pole position in a Red Bull one-two on Sunday with Max Verstappen staying top of the championship after racing from 15th to second with the fastest lap. Double Formula One world champion Verstappen snatched the bonus point from Perez with a last-lap blast around Jeddah’s floodlit…


US Embassy Warning: Do Not Travel to China

Do not travel to China, and if you’re already there, stay where you are, advises the U.S. embassy in Beijing. Another warning comes from 42 U.S. senators to Beijing. They say consequences will follow if the communist regime suppresses its protesters. A major sporting event scheduled for next year in Shanghai has been canceled. And…


Verstappen Wins US Grand Prix as Red Bull Take Constructors’ Crown

Max Verstappen fought back from a slow pitstop to win the U.S. Grand Prix in Austin on Sunday as his Red Bull team clinched the Formula One constructors’ title a day after the death of billionaire owner Dietrich Mateschitz. The title, clinched with three races to spare, ended an eight-year streak by Mercedes who have…


Verstappen Fastest in Final US Grand Prix Practice

AUSTIN, Texas—Double Formula One world champion Max Verstappen was fastest in final practice on Saturday for a U.S. Grand Prix likely to hand the constructors’ title to his Red Bull team. The Dutch 25-year-old, who took his second successive drivers’ title in Japan this month, lapped the Circuit of the Americas with a best time…


Long Beach Gearing Up for 47th Annual Grand Prix Racing

LONG BEACH, Calif.—As the racecar driver of an Acura NSX ripped through the track at over 100 miles per hour, the tire squealed as he rounded the corner, shooting pebbles off the pavement towards the bleachers. Long Beach is gearing up for the 47th annual Acura Grand Prix, where IndyCar drivers will race through the…


Valencia-Raised Driver Wins Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach

LONG BEACH, Calif.—Colton Herta won the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach by 0.5883 of a second over pole-sitter Josef Newgarden Sept. 26, the second consecutive NTT IndyCar Series victory by the 21-year-old driver who was raised in Valencia. Herta took the lead from fellow American Graham Rahal on the 64th lap and led for…


Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach To Begin

LONG BEACH, Calif.—The three-day 46th annual Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach began Sept. 24 with qualifying for the IMSA and Historic Formula Atlantic races and the start of the drifting competition. Practice sessions are held Friday for the IndyCar and super trucks races and the global attack competition on the 1.97-mile, 11-turn street circuit…


Brad Binder Takes a Gamble and Wins the Austrian Grand Prix

South African rider Brad Binder claims his second MotoGP™ win. Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Brad Binder won the Austrian MotoGP™. Second was Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia followed by Pramac Racing’s Jorge Martín in third. Here is all you need to know: —Brad Binder won the Austrian MotoGP™ in wet-weather conditions at the Red Bull Ring…