Schmidt Peterson Motorsports driver Mikhail Aleshin could end up taking the wheel of his No. 7 Honda after all. The Russian, waylaid in Europe after an issue with his visa prevented leaving for this weekend's Verizon IndyCar Series race at Road America, Tweeted his departure problems had been solved and...

Robert Wickens will stand in for Mikhail Aleshin for at least part of this weekend's Verizon IndyCar Series round debut at Road America after the Russian was sidelined by visa problems while trying to return to the U.S. following last weekend's 24 Hours of Le Mans.Related Stories"Since competing in the...

Indy Lights, Mercedes DTM and GT driver Felix Rosenqvist will contest the 2016-'17 Formula E season after joining Nick Heidfeld at Mahindra.The Indian team has confirmed the reigning European Formula 3 champion replaces Bruno Senna alongside the returning Heidfeld ahead of the first pre-season test at Donington Park, which starts...

The Mercedes DTM team says it is still hurting over the late-race punctures that cost it points at Zandvoort and hurt Robert Wickens' championship push.Wickens (pictured above) was running second to eventual winner Jamie Green in the second race at Zandvoort when he suffered a tire failure, while fourth-placed Christian...

Mercedes DTM boss Ulrich Fritz has slammed Audi driver Mattias Ekstrom for wiping out Christian Vietoris and Robert Wickens in the opening race at the Norisring (video, below)Ekstrom dropped from pole to fourth on Sunday's grid as a penalty for colliding with the two Mercedes drivers while they were running...

New Renault Formula 1 racing director Frederic Vasseur admits he will have "zero" time to spend on his GP2 and GP3 title-winning outfit ART Grand Prix.McLaren F1 reserve Stoffel Vandoorne became the fourth ART driver to win the GP2 title last year, with Mercedes junior Esteban Ocon also becoming the...

GP3 champion and Renault Formula 1 reserve Esteban Ocon will continue his association with ART Grand Prix for his step up to the DTM with Mercedes.Ocon won the GP3 title with the French squad last year, and has been placed with its DTM arm for his rookie season in the...

Renault Formula 1 reserve Esteban Ocon is to be confirmed as a Mercedes DTM driver over the next few days. The 19-year-old Frenchman will fill the vacancy within the Mercedes squad created by champion Pascal Wehrlein's move to F1 team Manor.Last season Wehrlein combined his role as Mercedes reserve with...

New Renault signing Kevin Magnussen says his Formula 1 career would have been over if he had not secured a race seat for this season.The Dane raced for McLaren in 2014 but lost out to Jenson Button for a seat alongside Fernando Alonso at the team last season. After a...

Long-time McLaren Formula 1 test driver and Mercedes DTM frontrunner Gary Paffett will join Williams as a simulator driver for 2016.Paffett, the 1999 McLaren Autosport BRDC Award winner and 2005 DTM champion, conducted extensive F1 testing with McLaren during a 13-year association with the team that ended in 2013.Williams deputy...