Austin Wayne Self

Austin Wayne Self has been indefinitely suspended by NASCAR.

According to the NASCAR penalty report released Monday, Self was found in violation of Sections 12.1 & 19 in the NASCAR Rule Book. He will have to go through the “Road To Recovery” program.

Vintage Trans-Am cars

When Long Beach throws a motorsports party, it really does go all out. The best part? Everyone is invited! When the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach takes over the streets for racing, it won’t be just for the highly modern and new NTT IndyCar Series cars. 

Long Beach celebrates history and the incredible vintage cars of the past as well. 

Christian Horner (L) with wife Geri, mocked Renault again

Max Verstappen finished Sunday’s grand prix in fourth place, missing out on a podium finish due to a late Safety Car.

Had the Safety Car not emerged, the Red Bull driver would have easily chased down Charles Leclerc in the stricken Ferrari to claim third place.

2019 Corvette Grand Sport

It marks the 16th time a Corvette has served as the Pace Car, starting in 1978, and the 30th time a Chevrolet has led the field dating back to 1948, when a 1948 Fleetmaster Six convertible paced the race. No other brand or vehicle has served as the 500 Pace Car more than Chevrolet and the Corvette, respectively.

George Russell

By choosing Russell to drive on Wednesday it means that Mercedes will have completed one of its mandatory 'rookie days' as the Brit has only raced in two Formula 1 races. Two of each team's four test days need to be done by a driver who has not started more than two F1 races.

So far poor Pierre Gasly has been overwhelmed by Verstappen

Now very much on the same team, Pierre Gasly spoke to Mobil 1 The Grid to share his thoughts on his teammate, and why his graduation to the Red Bull senior team won’t mean a change in approach for the Frenchman this F1 season.

Colton Herta

Mobil 1 The Grid spoke to all there drivers, along with NTT IndyCar Series season mainstays James Hinchliffe, Tony Kanaan and Alexander Rossi, to find out more.

Charles Leclerc - the Ferrari was fast, but at what cost? Leclerc lost a cylinder

(GMM) Lewis Hamilton may have won in Bahrain, but he says Mercedes has serious work to do ahead of round three in China in a fortnight.

Immediately after winning on Sunday, the reigning world champion got out of his car to commiserate with Charles Leclerc, who should have won from pole.

"He's got a beautiful, bright future ahead of him, so this will only make him stronger," Hamilton said.

Vettel lost control of his Ferrari yet again

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Ferrari granted the German full number 1 status for 2019, but it was new teammate Charles Leclerc setting the pace all weekend in Bahrain.

And then Vettel spun in the race.

Robert Kubica

That is the view of Robert Kubica, who is really struggling with the British team on his return to F1 after an eight year injury layoff.

"From the beginning I have been struggling to keep the car on the track rather than actually race," the Pole told Eleven Sports after the race in Bahrain.

Fernando Alonso

While some expected the once-great British team to again struggle in 2019, Lando Norris and Carlos Sainz in fact look likely to fight for Q3 places all year.

"We spent the second half of last year trying to understand the problems with the car and things are now starting to be worth it," Sainz said in Bahrain.

Pierre Gasly's being destroyed in a similar way to how Marc Marquez is destroying his MotoGP teammate Jorge Lorenzo - complete domination

For only his second full season in F1, the Frenchman was drafted onto the Red Bull Racing lineup to replace Daniel Ricciardo.

So far, he has struggled, but he at least scored his first points of the season in Bahrain.

"It's positive, but still it was a difficult weekend because I do not feel comfortable in the car," Gasly said.

Christian Horner with wife Geri in Bahrain

In recent days, rumors have suggested Liberty Media wants to tweak the current format for 2020.

The key change is the addition of a 'Q4' segment.

If Brawn can get all the team owners to agree to cost cuts and a budget cap he will have pulled off a miracle

That is the claim of Ross Brawn, days after key meetings with the teams over the next Concorde Agreement.

F1 owner Liberty is eyeing a big raft of changes for 2021, including new cars, standard components, income distribution, governance and a budget cap.

Lawrence Loshak battles his teammate

The 40-lap race ran under green flag conditions from start to finish, with the race featuring variable track conditions, three TA class lead changes, and four different SGT class leaders, including one who established a 30-second margin on the field early in the going as Road Atlanta played host to another dramatic chapter of Trans Am competition.

Lawrence Loshak

The Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli classes delivered three tight qualifying sessions at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta Saturday afternoon. More than 40 cars took to the scenic 2.54, 12-turn road course in preparation for Sunday’s two Trans Am 100 feature races at Road Atlanta. 

Lawrence Loshak claimed the Trans Am class pole position to net his second of the season,  with Misha Goikhberg in TA2 powered by AEM and Aaron Pierce in Super GT seizing the same honors. 

All that Toyota signage gets replaced with Acura

Among the biggest changes to the race this year is its new title sponsor--Acura--which replaced Toyota Motors, the race’s sponsor for more than four decades.

Fans, however, may not notice much about the change aside from new colors (and new name) on promotional materials.

Ferrari turned up the wick in Bahrain, but can they run those power levels in the race?

"It goes like hell," Marko said, observing that five of the top ten runners on the grid have an Italian-made engine.

Mercedes' Toto Wolff admitted: "Yes, we are lacking top speed on the straights.   

Vettel and Ferrari angle for an advantage

The Ferrari driver says there is too much uncertainty about what the regulations will look like under the new Concorde Agreement.

"I'm certain I really want to drive this year and next year, then I don't know what happens to the regulations," Vettel, a quadruple world champion, told the Sunday Times.

William Storey

The long-bearded Briton caused a stir earlier this year by saying he wanted the Rich Energy-branded black cars to beat Red Bull in 2019.

"We don't just want to beat Red Bull," said Storey, referring to the world's most successful energy drink company.

Adrian Newey now must copy Ferrari

That is the view in Bahrain of Max Verstappen, who only narrowly stayed ahead of Haas' Kevin Magnussen in qualifying rather than challenge the top teams Ferrari and Mercedes.

"We are actually better than best of the rest here," Dane Magnussen said.

Gunther Steiner loves kicking Renault's (a factory team) butt with his minnow Haas team

With Ferrari allying with Haas and Alfa Romeo, and Red Bull with Toro Rosso, teams like Renault and McLaren think the rules should be changed to make strategic alliances more difficult.

And no wonder. In Bahrain, while Haas split the Red Bulls, Daniel Ricciardo and Nico Hulkenberg were just eleventh and seventeenth.

Charles Leclerc

That is the view of Valentino Rossi, speaking from Argentina for a MotoGP race.

"I'm happy because Ferrari is strong and it's nice to see a young guy like him going so well," the Italian is quoted by La Gazzetta dello Sport.

Mick Schumacher

That is the view of Nico Rosberg, the retired 2016 world champion.

In Bahrain, just days ahead of his maiden F1 tests for Ferrari and Alfa Romeo, 20-year-old Schumacher qualified tenth and finished his first F2 race eighth.

John Andretti

His cancer has returned and he is going back on chemotherapy treatments.

In a tweet, Andretti said the treatments had no "definite end."

Romain Grosjean

The Haas F1 Team racer initially set the eighth quickest time at the Sakhir International Circuit but was handed the grid penalty – and one penalty point on his Superlicence – for impeding McLaren F1 Team racer Norris at the final turn as the Briton was completing his first quick lap during the session.

Kyle Busch - two down one to go

Busch guided the Joe Gibbs Racing No. 18 Toyota to lead 33 of the 200 laps to prevail in the My Bariatric Solutions 300. His third Xfinity victory of the season was his ninth at the 1.5-mile Fort Worth track and the 95th of his career in the Xfinity Series. Busch also prevailed in Friday night’s Gander Outdoors Truck Series event.

Nicholas Latifi wins going away

Nicholas Latifi claimed the first win of the 2019 FIA Formula 2 Championship season with a storming drive in this afternoon’s Race 1 at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, making a strong start and overcoming a slow pitstop for victory ahead of Luca Ghiotto and DAMS teammate Sergio Sette Camara.

Charles Leclerc - fastest in the desert heat

Ferrari teammates Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel picked up where they left off Friday by dominating the final Bahrain GP practice session ahead of qualifying.

However, this session, like session 1 on Friday was run in the heat of the day, so no one is really giving it their best given the cooler conditions of the night for qualifying are what really count.

Daniel Ricciardo, out to lunch in Bahrain

Ricciardo concluded the evening session a massive two seconds adrift from the fastest lap and 1.179s behind Hulkenberg. Beyond the size of the gap, the Aussie had no real clue as to why he was so far off the pace.

Bottas (L) wasn't saying how much Mercedes was sandbagging on Friday

The Italian team spent the two weeks between the opening grands prix of 2019 getting to the bottom of the sudden slump in form after a strong winter.

"In Melbourne we had to explain why Ferrari was so slow. Two weeks later, the question is how Ferrari is so fast," said Auto Motor und Sport correspondent Michael Schmidt.

Vettel fastest on Friday

In the former Maurizio Arrivabene era, the Italian team operated a closed door policy when it came to communication and the press.

But Vettel doesn't think the new media policies operated by Mattia Binotto will make him any faster this year.

Max Verstappen throws sparks at night in Bahrain

The Japanese manufacturer struggled when it returned to the sport in 2015-2017 with McLaren.

But now with Red Bull and Toro Rosso, Honda is thriving.

Patrick Head

(GMM) Crisis-struck Williams is once again working with Sir Patrick Head.

After a dire winter period and season opener in Australia, the once-great British team's troubles have deepened in Bahrain amid a shortage of spare parts.

And Robert Kubica is off the pace of his rookie teammate George Russell.

Ferrari CEO Louis Camilleri

That is the claim in Bahrain of Germany's Auto Motor und Sport, as more details of the sport's new regime leak out following recent meetings.

However, a new Concorde Agreement isn't done yet.

Mick Schumacher

Earlier, Carlos Sainz - whose father was a rallying legend - and Red Bull's Dr Helmut Marko, said the Schumacher name is a burden for the 20-year-old son of the F1 legend.

Kyle Busch, driver of the #51 Cessna Toyota, poses with the trophy after winning the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series Vankor 350

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Kyle Busch continued his winning ways out west.

Busch held off Stewart Friesen by 1.269-seconds for his fourth-consecutive NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series victory of the season and his fourth-career win at Texas Motor Speedway.

Busch led a race-high 97 laps in the Vankor 350 en route to his 55th career series win and his 202nd among NASCAR’s top three national series.

Sebastian Vettel

Despite a spin in Turn 2 Sebastian Vettel turned the tables on his Ferrari teammate Charles Leclerc as Ferrari again ran 1-2 in the evening 2nd practice for Sunday's Bahrain GP.

Vettel's lap of 1m28.846s was just 0.035s faster than Leclerc as the teammates ran almost identical times.

Luca Ghiotto

The Italian held tight to his plan despite a mid-session red flag messing up everyone’s timings: Ghiotto waited until late in the session before posting a 1:40.504 flyer with just 2 minutes remaining, and his rivals had no rubber left with which to compete.

Practice 1 Times

Charles Leclerc

Are Mercedes sandbagging or did Ferrari find its speed it lost between preseason testing and the opening F1 race in Australia?

Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel ran 1-2 in opening practice for the Bahrain GP but the margin to the third quickest, Valtteri Bottas' Mercedes, was almost a full second leaving many to assume that Mercedes has a lot more in hand. That plus the fact this session was run in the heat of the day and the night session (practice 2) is where the track temps will be more indicative of qualifying and race conditions.

Sergio Sette Camara

The session opened to the usual hot and sunny conditions, with most of the drivers heading straight out on track to make sure that their cars were ready for the weekend ahead. The opening 15 minutes was mostly about car set-up, with Jordan King, Anthoine Hubert and Nyck de Vries all taking a turn on the top of the timesheets.

Companies like Kandi may be doomed

Under a Finance Ministry plan released this week, the maximum central-government subsidy for an electric car is being more than halved, cut to 27,500 yuan from 66,000 yuan (roughly $4,100 from $9,830) starting in June. Subsidies from local governments, which have been as much as 50% larger than the national ones, are being eliminated.

Bottas determined to not have Hamilton destroy his again this year

"For me it's the same Valtteri as before, except that now he has a beard," the Mercedes driver smiled.

However, after a full winter of being criticized for his poor performances in 2018, amid speculation he will be replaced by Esteban Ocon for 2020, Finn Bottas won in Melbourne and issued a "f**k you" to his critics on the radio.

Sean Bratches tells Zandvoort - sign or else

Earlier this week, Dutch GP boss Jan Lammers said a widely reported March 31 deadline is actually more of a "guideline".

But Bratches, Liberty Media's commercial boss, told the Dutch publication Formule 1: "Let me put it this way. If the place is gone, it will be gone for five or ten years."

Vettel is under no illusion that Ferrari can win a championship

Vettel admits that, after Ferrari surprisingly struggled in Australia, it has been an "intense" fortnight leading into Bahrain.

"We found some answers, but whether we have them all, we don't know," he said in Bahrain.

Jean Todt's probably thinking, just show me the big check for us being here

Earlier, the FIA vowed to "investigate" the case about Najah Yousif, who was reportedly jailed by the Bahrain regime for protesting about the race.

Some had even called for F1 to boycott this weekend's Bahrain grand prix.

Michael Masi

That is the view of Max Verstappen, as the governing FIA scrambles to put in place an emergency succession plan for the late race director and starter, who died suddenly in Melbourne.

We already reported that, as in Australia, Michael Masi will again be the substitute race director this weekend.

Can Mick Schumacher handle the stardom?

(GMM) Carlos Sainz Jr. says he feels for Mick Schumacher as the F1 media hype goes into overdrive in Bahrain.

A big gathering of press swarmed around the son of F1 legend Michael Schumacher in Bahrain, where he will make his Formula 2 debut before testing the Ferrari and Alfa Romeo cars next week.

Schumacher, 20, and his manager Sabine Kehm, disappointed the reporters by saying the young German only wanted to talk about F2.

Robert Kubica

"We cannot afford to break anything," said the Pole.

Kubica has had a tough return to F1 after eight years, with the highly uncompetitive Williams car, a mistake-strewn season opener in Australia, and Jacques Villeneuve saying disabled people do not belong on the grid.

Haas now ahead of Renault - a factory team

Nico Hulkenberg drives for Renault, the works French team that had targeted closing the gap to the top teams in 2019.

But he says Haas has jumped ahead.

Drivers in the back could not see start lights with higher wings in front of them

In Australia, as an unforeseen consequence of the taller rear wings for 2019, drivers including Robert Kubica, Pierre Gasly and George Russell said they could not see the five lights on the Melbourne grid.

Russell, who drives for Williams, said he watched the red lights go out by looking at the reflection in the pit building.