Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Force India Formula 1 drivers Esteban Ocon and Sergio Perez believe the delay to an upgrade package planned for the Austrian Grand Prix caused their qualifying struggle. Ocon missed Q3 in 11th place, while Perez was caught in traffic in Q1 and
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Charles Leclerc has revealed his Austrian Grand Prix gearbox change penalty was triggered by a suspension failure on his Sauber Formula 1 car. Leclerc had looked set for another strong showing in qualifying at the Red Bull Ring, but his Sauber stopped on track on an out-lap at the end of final practice. Sauber discovered
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Johann Zarco says the Dutch TT is the first MotoGP round where he has been able to overcome the “stress” of crashing out of his home grand prix last month. The Tech3 Yamaha rider started the Le Mans race on pole and
Jorge Lorenzo thought a laptime deletion in Assen MotoGP qualifying explained his fall from provisional pole position to 10th on the grid, with his rivals’ pack-riding ultimately making the difference. Ducati’s Lorenzo briefly went quickest in the closing stages of the pole position shootout for the Dutch TT, although he was soon edged by Andrea
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas claimed his first pole position of the 2018 Formula 1 season in qualifying for the Austrian Grand Prix. Bottas, whose previous pole position came in last year’s season finale in Abu Dhabi, hit the front in the Q3
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Marc VDS Honda MotoGP rider Franco Morbidelli has been ruled out of this weekend’s Dutch TT at Assen after injuring his hand in a practice crash. Morbidelli was taken to the medical centre following a high-speed off during Saturday morning’s third practice
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Poor track-limit policing and inconsistent kerb designs during the Formula 1 season encourage drivers to take the liberties causing problems in Austrian Grand Prix practice, argues Sergio Perez. The high yellow kerbs in the final section of the Red Bull Ring were
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas both praised the Mercedes Formula 1 car’s latest upgrade package for the W09 after topping the Austrian Grand Prix Friday practice times. Mercedes has brought its biggest set of updates of 2018 so far to the Red
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Aprilia MotoGP rider Scott Redding is weighing up an offer to stay on in a test role next year. Redding will lose his race seat to Andrea Iannone next year and has no obvious opportunities to continue in MotoGP full-time. Asked by
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Sauber team boss Frederic Vasseur says there has been no discussion with Ferrari over Charles Leclerc taking Kimi Raikkonen’s seat during the current Formula 1 season. Ferrari is understood to be leaning towards replacing Raikkonen with Leclerc for 2019. Rumours emerged in
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Yamaha’s Maverick Vinales set the pace in the Friday afternoon MotoGP practice session at Assen, followed by Italian trio Andrea Iannone, Danilo Petrucci and Valentino Rossi. It took Marc Marquez five minutes to beat his own morning benchmark with a 1m34.041s, which
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Volkswagen Motorsport team principal Sven Smeets believes the manufacturer’s Pikes Peak success has showed the World Rally Championship “what’s possible” with electric rally cars. Romain Dumas won last Sunday’s hillclimb in the manufacturer’s electric I.D. R car and set a new record
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. NASCAR’s decision to postpone its new aero rules to 2019 is “about money” and is the right call, says Kevin Harvick. Following extensive discussions among tracks, teams, manufacturers and engine builders, NASCAR announced last week that the revised aero package experimented with
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Reigning MotoGP champion Marc Marquez led the way in first practice for the Dutch TT at Assen, beating Maverick Vinales by less than two tenths of a second. Marquez spent the early part of Friday morning’s 45-minute session trading the fastest time
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The Peruvian government has announced the country will host the Dakar Rally after all in 2019, ending doubt about next year’s running of the event. In May, Dakar Rally organiser ASO announced a route that would take place only in Peru after
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Lewis Hamilton hopes the major update package Mercedes has introduced for the Austrian Grand Prix will “frighten” main rivals Ferrari and Red Bull. Although Mercedes has officially said little about the updates for this weekend’s race, the changes to the W09 include
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. MotoGP veteran Alvaro Bautista admits his future in grand prix motorcycling’s top tier is likely to hinge on whether Dani Pedrosa joins the mooted new satellite Yamaha outfit. Pedrosa is widely expected to be part of a new Petronas-backed, Sepang-owned operation next
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Leading drivers have warned Formula 1 chiefs against allowing the championship to become like “Mario Kart” after a third DRS zone was added to the Austrian Grand Prix circuit. In a bid to improve overtaking in this weekend’s Red Bull Ring race,
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. MotoGP champions Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo hope efforts to bring Formula 1 to Assen do not succeed due to the potential impact on the track surface and layout. The circuit, which hosts one of MotoGP’s marquee races in the Dutch TT,
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Multiple Formula 1 race winner Rubens Barrichello will contest next month’s Spa 24 Hours with the factory-supported Strakka Mercedes team. Barrichello, who continues to race full-time in the Brazilian Stock Car Championship, will drive a pro class Mercedes-AMG GT3 for Strakka Racing
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Mercedes has unleashed the biggest update of the season so far for its Formula 1 car at the Austrian Grand Prix, as it bids to pull clear of Ferrari and Red Bull. Just a week after Mercedes introduced an engine upgrade in
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The uneventful Cup race at Sonoma last weekend is a sign NASCAR drivers are getting better at road courses, reckons reigning champion Martin Truex Jr. NASCAR road course races have often been bruising and chaotic affairs, but the only caution period at
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Valentino Rossi protege Franco Morbidelli could emulate Johann Zarco’s MotoGP form should his mooted switch to a Yamaha bike for 2019 come to fruition, says Pramac Ducati rider Jack Miller. Morbidelli, who graduated to MotoGP this year with Miller’s former Marc VDS
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The rise of active suspension and the role it could play in helping modern Formula 1 are explored by a Motorsport Show interview with legendary McLaren designer Neil Oatley. F1 teams tabled some suggestions to reintroduce active ride to grand prix racing
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Legendary former McLaren Formula 1 designer John Barnard doubts the team could survive the major changes he thinks are required for it to return to the front. Barnard’s spell at McLaren from 1980 led to major success, as he turned around the
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. MotoGP 2019 debutant Joan Mir says he picked Suzuki over Honda because it wanted him more. Honda agreed a pre-contract with the 20-year-old Moto2 rookie, but instead he will step up to MotoGP with Suzuki – which has only won one race
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Charles Leclerc has closed right onto Sebastian Vettel’s tail in the battle to lead Autosport readers’ 2018 Formula 1 driver ratings table after the French Grand Prix. Alhough Vettel fought back from 17th to finish fifth following his first-lap clash with Valtteri
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Pietro Fittipaldi says he is on target for his IndyCar return at Mid-Ohio next month after testing a kart for the first time since his leg-breaking World Endurance Championship accident. Fittipaldi, who has been rehabilitating with renowned orthopaedic surgeons Doctors Terry Trammell
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Toyota World Rally Championship team principal Tommi Makinen is ready to make a Yaris WRC available for Ferrari Formula 1 driver Kimi Raikkonen to test. Raikkonen’s F1 future is uncertain as Ferrari leans towards replacing him with Charles Leclerc for 2019. Though
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Aprilia’s new recruit Andrea Iannone says he signed a “very special contract” with his new employer, with options that go beyond the standard two-year MotoGP factory contract cycle. Iannone, who currently rides for Suzuki, will replace Scott Redding at the Italian works
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