Maximilian Gunther set the fastest lap of the FIA Formula 2 Championship preseason test at Sakhir, Bahrain on the final day, leading the way with a 1m42.756s set in the morning session to beat Charouz Racing System's Louis Deletraz and ART Grand Prix's George Russell. Günther's BWT Arden teammate Nirei...

Nyck de Vries opened the second FIA Formula 2 Championship pre-season test at Sakhir, Bahrain with the fastest time, as the Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing driver set a 1m43.785s to head the first day's timing boards ahead of Charouz Racing System's Louis Delétraz and Campos Vexatec Racing driver Luca Ghiotto.The...

Sport newsThe FIA has reached an agreement with the Formula One Group regarding the transition of the GP2 Series to FIA Formula 2.This agreement was approved today (9 March) by the World Motor Sport Council, and will further strengthen the FIA’s single-seater pyramid which provides a clear path for drivers...

Four-time Le Mans 24 Hours winner Yannick Dalmas will test all three manufacturer LMP1 contenders in his role as the World Endurance Championship's special advisor to the drivers.The 55-year-old Frenchman, who made the last of his 12 Le Mans starts in 2002, will get behind the wheel of the Porsche...

Daniil Kvyat has conceded to lacking trust in his Red Bull Formula 1 car and cannot explain his lack of pace going into Sunday's Bahrain Grand Prix.Kvyat was the first driver eliminated in Q2, finishing the session a second slower than Red Bull team-mate Daniel Ricciardo, who will start fifth...

Jenson Button admitted his Formula 1 rookie teammate Stoffel Vandoorne simply did a better job after being outqualified by Fernando Alonso's McLaren-Honda stand-in at the Bahrain Grand Prix.GP2 champion Vandoorne was 12th in Sakhir qualifying, 0.064 seconds and two places ahead of Button."He's done a good job. I haven't done...

McLaren chairman Ron Dennis asked the FIA to let Fernando Alonso take part in Formula 1's Bahrain Grand Prix after Friday practice, but the governing body declined the request.Alonso was deemed not fit enough to compete this weekend by the FIA and later revealed his Australian Grand Prix crash left...

Renault driver Kevin Magnussen will start Formula 1's Bahrain Grand Prix from the pitlane after failing to stop for weighing during practice. The incident occurred at the end of the second session at Sakhir, with Magnussen handed a severe punishment for the infringement.Magnussen and a team representative attended a hearing...

Mercedes' tire choice for the Bahrain Grand Prix could prove problematic if the low temperatures experienced in Friday practice continue through the Sakhir Formula 1 weekend, fears pacesetter Nico Rosberg.Track temperatures fell to an unusually low 75 degrees track and 68 degrees air during the evening session, and are forecast...

Fernando Alonso has revealed his Australian Grand Prix Formula 1 crash left him with broken ribs, a pneumothorax and the risk of further lung damage, prompting the decision to stand down the McLaren driver for this weekend's Bahrain GP, with GP2 champion and team reserve Stoffel Vandoorne making his F1...