Frank Williams, founder of Formula One team, dies at 79
Frank Williams, the founder and former team principal of Formula One's Williams Racing, has died. He was 79.
Sports
Column: Rossi ends season with a win, eyes on IndyCar
Alexander Rossi white-knuckled a Honda Ridgeline through the dark and the fog, off-roading along Mexico's Baja California Peninsula at 100 mph. Insanity, it sounds like, especially for a driver who already had a pair of close calls in both of his previous appearances in the Baja 100.
Sports
Hamilton wins in Qatar, slices into Verstappen points lead
Lewis Hamilton inched closer to the Formula One championship lead with a dominating victory Sunday in the inaugural Qatar Grand Prix to earn back-to-back wins and chip away at Max Verstappen's points advantage.
Sports
A year to go, Qatar World Cup still feels heat of scrutiny
all within a 30-mile radius of Doha — are now largely complete. The 2022 World Cup has been preserved after fending off hostility from neighbors, corruption investigations and concerns about worker abuses. And a clock on the Corniche waterfront in the Qatari capital was unveiled on Sunday to count down one year until kickoff.
Business
Saudi critic's fiancee urges Justin Bieber to cancel F1 show
Pop star Justin Bieber is facing growing calls to cancel his concert in Saudi Arabia next month as the fiancee of slain Saudi critic Jamal Khashoggi joined a chorus of voices on Sunday urging him not to perform at the kingdom's Formula One race.
Sports
Lewis Hamilton wins pole for inaugural Qatar Grand Prix
Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes moved a bit closer to reclaiming control of the Formula One championship race by quickly figuring out the newest circuit on the calendar.
Sports
Tensions boil in Qatar between Mercedes and Red Bull
The most dramatic Formula One title fight in at least a decade further intensified Friday when Christian Horner and Toto Wolff traded barbs at the same time the FIA denied Mercedes' right to appeal last week's non-penalty on championship leader Max Verstappen.
Sports
NASCAR to resume practice and qualifying in 2022
NASCAR will return both practice and qualifying to its weekend schedule for all three national series in 2022. The on-track activity had been mostly scrapped the last two seasons during the pandemic.
Sports
Knaus thriving in management role at Hendrick Motorsports
Back on top of the pit stand in his natural habitat, Chad Knaus rattled off a list of instructions to his crew ahead of qualifying for the Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta.
Sports
Hamilton: F1 'duty bound' to raise awareness of human rights
Formula One is "duty bound" to raise awareness of human rights issues as the series closes its season in the Middle East, seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton said Thursday.
Sports
Mercedes to make case for review of Verstappen non-penalty
Mercedes will argue Thursday for a review of the decision not to penalize Formula One championship leader Max Verstappen at the Brazilian Grand Prix for an incident in which Lewis Hamilton was run off course as he attempted a pass for the lead.
Sports
Johnson & Pastrana to represent USA in Race of Champions
Seven-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson will represent the United States in the upcoming international Race of Champions, an event he won with Jeff Gordon in 2002.
Sports
On again, off again: Johnson & Knaus relationship now solid
Jimmie Johnson stood at the doorway of the lounge inside a team transporter casually eating from a can of Pringles. Upon noticing his arrival, Chad Knaus spun in his chair to confront the driver he teamed with for seven NASCAR championships.
Nation
Man convicted in Virginia rally death in 2017 loses appeal
The Ohio man sent to prison for driving his car into a crowd of counterprotesters during a white nationalist rally in Virginia four years ago has lost his bid to appeal his conviction, the Court of Appeals of Virginia ruled Tuesday.
Sports
In The Pits: Action Express lifts curtain at Road Atlanta
Jim France, chairman of both NASCAR and the IMSA sports car series, mingled in the darkened paddock at Road Atlanta as a group of Brazilians cooked picanha on a pair of charcoal grills.
World
Burglary gang who stole gems from Tamara Ecclestone jailed
Members of a gang of international jewel thieves who stole millions in gems and other valuables from wealthy victims including Formula One heiress Tamara Ecclestone were sentenced to prison terms Monday by a British judge.
Sports
NHRA crowns 4 champions in season-finale at Pomona
Steve Torrence, Greg Anderson and Matt Smith raced to season championships and race victories Sunday in the season-ending Auto Club NHRA Finals.
Business
Champion race car driver, top instructor Bob Bondurant dies
Bob Bondurant, a former champion race car driver who opened a high-performance driving school in 1968 and taught numerous A-list actors for their movie roles, has died. He was 88.
Sports
Sunday best: Hamilton shocks Verstappen to win Brazilian GP
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton ended "the hardest weekend I've had" with a stunning victory at the Brazilian Grand Prix on Sunday, and gained momentum in his Formula One title fight with Red Bull driver Max Verstappen.
Sports
Bottas ahead of Verstappen in Brazil, Hamilton to start 10th
Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas won the sprint race Saturday to take pole position for the Brazilian Grand Prix as a dramatic day at Interlagos accelerated championship leader Max Verstappen's quest for his first Formula One title.
Sports
Hamilton sees steep challenge against Verstappen in Brazil
Lewis Hamilton is running out of time in his quest to win a fifth straight Formula One title, and the Brazilian Grand Prix offers the British driver little hope of catching leader Max Verstappen.
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