Lewis Hamilton changed "pretty much everything on the car" to turn around his poor Friday practice pace and deliver Mercedes a front-row start at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.Hamilton qualified second, 0.179 seconds behind polesitter and championship leader Sebastian Vettel, but the apparent ease with which he claimed his first top-two...

This weekend's Blancpain Sprint Series finale in Azerbaijan will be fought out on a revised Baku street circuit.The Baku World Challenge, which has attracted a capacity 30-car entry, will run on a shorter version of the track that hosted the final round of last year's FIA GT Series. The circuit...

The two FIA GT Series races on the Baku street circuit in Azerbaijan have been delayed.The qualifying race, which had been scheduled to start at 9.15am, will now begin at 10.45am local time (6.45am GMT), and the championship race, which was due to kick off at 1pm, will now start...

WRT Audi driver Rene Rast claimed pole position for the FIA GT Series finale on the new Baku street circuit (LEFT).Rast, who shares his WRT Audi R8 LMS ultra with Niki Mayr-Melnhof, topped the times in the second of the two 15-minute qualifying sessions with a best time of 1m42.551s....

The new Baku street circuit, scene of this weekend's FIA GT Series finale, has been given the thumbs-up by the drivers. The 2.72-mile track in the Azerbaijani capital was described as a "great circuit" by Porsche factory driver Nick Tandy."It has got a nice mix of fast and slow corners,...

Ex-Formula 1 driver Philippe Alliot will return to the wheel of a Ligier grand prix car in historic racing later this year.The 59-year-old Frenchman, who contested 23 grands prix for the French squad in 1986 and 1990, has purchased a Ligier JS11 from team founder Guy Ligier together with two...