Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Red Bull Formula 1 advisor Helmut Marko says Daniil Kvyat was more naturally talented than new Toro Rosso drivers Brendon Hartley and Pierre Gasly but “lost his speed”. Kvyat was dropped from the Red Bull driver programme and Toro Rosso before
Month: December 2017
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Williams will wait until January to make an announcement on the identity of Lance Stroll’s team-mate for the 2018 Formula 1 season, Autosport has learned. Sergey Sirotkin is the favourite to get the drive, having fended off competition from Robert Kubica,
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Esteban Ocon says he made a “massive improvement” over the course of the 2017 Formula 1 season as he pushed experienced Force India team-mate Sergio Perez close. Ocon scored points in 18 of the 20 grands prix and finished just one
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Bentley has announced Spa 24 Hours winner Jules Gounon as the replacement for Oliver Jarvis in the team’s Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup and Intercontinental GT Challenge line-ups for 2018. The son of nine-time grand prix starter Jean-Marc, Gounon partnered Markus
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Robert Wickens says having minimal experience of IndyCar before the new universal aerokit will help him quickly adapt in 2018, following his first test of the new package. Wickens ended his DTM career after Mercedes’ decision to quit the championship at
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Herve Poncharal has admitted that his satellite MotoGP outfit Tech3 beating the factory Yamahas on several occasions this season created some “uncomfortable” situations. Works riders Maverick Vinales and Valentino Rossi both endured a frustrating 2017 campaign, while rookie Johann Zarco shone
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Mads Ostberg says he would be prepared to step down to the World Rally Championship’s WRC2 class next year in order to get his career back on track. The former Citroen and M-Sport factory driver started the 2017 season late and
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ex-Formula 1 driver Felipe Massa says his former team Williams is on a ‘financial path’ with the decision over its 2018 driver line-up. Massa announced his retirement for the second year in a row towards the end of the 2017 season,
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Renault must avoid putting itself in situations where so much is at stake in the final race of the season in future, claims its Formula 1 managing director Cyril Abiteboul. The French manufacturer moved ahead of Toro Rosso to claim sixth
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Toro Rosso technical director James Key says the switch from Renault to Honda Formula 1 engines for 2018 is not straightforward because of the way the two power units are designed. The different locations of the turbo compressors mean that fitting
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Felipe Massa would have won Formula 1’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix if a failure on the damper system had not locked his Williams car’s rear suspension solid, according to Paddy Lowe. Massa was running third in June’s race, having started ninth, when
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Eric Boullier admits he was concerned staff would leave McLaren when it became clear in pre-season Formula 1 testing that Honda would struggle for third successive year. Honda had revamped its engine design over the winter, but a problem with the
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Leading female racing drivers have called the appointment of former Lotus Formula 1 development driver Carmen Jorda to the FIA’s Women in Motorsport Commission “incredibly disheartening” and “a backwards step”. Jorda had recently attracted controversy with comments to the effect that
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Force India goes into next season with greater understanding of its new car than ever before thanks to work done during the 2017 Formula 1 season. Technical director Andrew Green, in an interview with Motorsport.tv’s The Flying Lap, said the same
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Carlin team boss Trevor Carlin says the team’s new IndyCar programme means it can offer drivers a clear career ladder from 2018 onwards. The British team announced on Tuesday that it would step up to IndyCar from 2018. That move marks
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. MotoGP race winner and three-time World Superbike champion Troy Bayliss will return to full-time competition at the age of 48 in the 2018 Australian Superbike Championship. Bayliss will ride a Ducati 1299 Panigale R Final Edition for the DesmoSport squad he
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ex-Formula 1 driver Timo Glock will make a second attempt at the Bathurst 12 Hour GT race with BMW in 2018. DTM frontrunner Glock and 2016 Spa 24 Hours winner Philipp Eng will join four-time Bathurst 1000 winner Steve Richards in
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. One-time NASCAR Cup champion and 2017 Daytona 500 winner Kurt Busch has confirmed his renewal with Stewart-Haas Racing for the 2018 season, as predicted by Autosport. Busch has driven SHR’s #41 car since 2014 and has qualified for the end of
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. IndyCar is considering an overhaul of the qualifying points system at the Indianapolis 500. At present all 33 Indy 500 qualifiers earn points, starting with 42 for the polesitter. That compares to the usual single point for pole at other races.
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Pascal Wehrlein has delivered “exceptional” performances and deserves a place in Formula 1, according to Mercedes motorsport boss Toto Wolff. Mercedes protege Wehrlein is unlikely to be on the F1 grid next year after losing his Sauber seat to Formula 2
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Seventeen-year-old Kalle Rovanpera has been confirmed as the youngest factory driver in the World Rally Championship and will drive for Skoda in WRC2 in 2018. Skoda’s squad will be one of the youngest teams around next season with Ole Christian Veiby
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Leading British single-seater outfit Carlin has announced it will join IndyCar in 2018. Carlin has signed its former GP2 driver Max Chilton to partner his ex-Ganassi team-mate Charlie Kimball in its two-car line-up, while Chevrolet will be its engine supplier. The
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Former Honda Formula 1 chief Yusuke Hasegawa says it is a relief his firm’s troubled partnership with McLaren is over. McLaren grew increasingly frustrated this season as Honda struggled with performance and reliability in the third year of their deal. The
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Toro Rosso Formula 1 driver Brendon Hartley admits he “crumbled” when he had his first shot at Formula 1 with Red Bull. Hartley, who made his grand prix debut this year and will race for Toro Rosso full-time next season, was
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. MotoGP promoter Dorna has revealed the supplier for the all-electric support class that will commence in 2019 and be known as the FIM Moto-e World Cup. Italian manufacturer Energica will be the supplier to the new championship, which is set to
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Kurt Busch and Stewart-Haas Racing have agreed a one-year deal to keep the 2017 Daytona 500 winner on board for the ’18 NASCAR Cup season, Autosport has learned. In August SHR informed Busch it would not pick up the option on
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Sergey Sirotkin has emerged as the favourite to drive for Williams in 2018, with Robert Kubica no longer in the frame, Autosport has learned. Williams has spent the last week evaluating data gathering from the Abu Dhabi Pirelli test at Yas
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Axed Toro Rosso Formula 1 driver Daniil Kvyat put himself under “unnecessary pressure” by taking too many risks during grand prix starts, according to team boss Franz Tost. Kvyat was demoted from the main Red Bull team to Toro Rosso last
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Formula 1’s tyre supplier Pirelli has announced the compounds that will be available for opening three grands prix of the 2018 season. From next year, Pirelli will choose from an expanded range of seven dry compounds, having added the hyper-soft and
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Williams chief technical officer Paddy Lowe has conceded Force India outdeveloped his team after losing out in the battle for fourth in the 2017 Formula 1 constructors’ championship. Last year, Williams was ahead of Force India in fourth until September’s Italian