Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Formula 1 teams are fearful of the impact of Britain’s exit from the European Union due to concerns they could suffer employment and logistical problems after Brexit. The United Kingdom is due to leave the EU on March 29, 2019 but Prime
Month: December 2018
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Red Bull will need to instil a bit of “discipline” into Pierre Gasly for his 2019 Formula 1 promotion, according to Helmut Marko. Gasly will step up to the Red Bull senior team after one full season with its junior outfit Toro
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The new-look Steinbrenner Harding Racing IndyCar team will run with Honda engines in the 2019 season. Harding had been considering its options after running with Chevrolet engines in its first full IndyCar campaign this year. But its rebirth as Steinbrenner and growing
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Stoffel Vandoorne believes “no-one really noticed” his strongest races in Formula 1 and that there was “nothing more I could have done” amid McLaren’s woes. Vandoorne joined McLaren at the beginning of 2017 as a replacement for Jenson Button, following an impressive
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Hyundai will begin the 2019 World Rally Championship season with an unchanged line-up, despite speculation that Sebastien Loeb has signed for the squad. Thierry Neuville, Andreas Mikkelsen and Dani Sordo will drive a trio of i20 Coupe WRCs at round one in
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. KTM rider Pol Espargaro believes the addition of Tech3 to the manufacturer’s MotoGP stable will allow it to “double or triple” its development rate. After making its full-time MotoGP debut last year KTM has been largely fought for the lower reaches of
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Nico Hulkenberg thinks he may have to “find another gear” in order to beat Daniel Ricciardo at the Renault Formula 1 team next season. The German ended the season with more ‘Class B’ victories than any other midfield runner and was the
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The FIA has provided more detail of the new structure for the World Rally Championship’s support series. The WRC 2 Pro Championship, aimed at the increasing number of R5 manufacturers, will allow drivers to take scores from eight rounds. The conventional WRC
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The FIA has tweaked the way penalties will be applied to Formula 1 grids from 2019, in an attempt to encourage those who have penalties to take part in qualifying. For 2018, The FIA introduced a rule that put anyone with more
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The FIA has formally approved the 2019 Formula 1 calendar, with no changes made to the version released in October. The 21-round schedule will begin in Australia on March 17 and conclude with the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on December 1. F1
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The now-defunct Furniture Row Racing team that ran Martin Truex Jr to the 2017 NASCAR Cup series title has had its charter bought ahead of the ’19 season. The charter, which guarantees entry and the right to prize money, has been bought
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Citroen team principal Pierre Budar has explained the reasons for the loss of Abu Dhabi funding that will limit the team to a two-car 2019 World Rally Championship line-up. Abu Dhabi has been one of the primary backers of Citroen’s WRC effort
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. MotoGP and its supporting categories will introduce a new rule on how to classify riders who finish a race separated from their bikes. The rule change was approved on Friday at a meeting of the Grand Prix commission, which is comprised of
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Romain Grosjean says he would not be able to forgive himself if he suffered a repeat of the woes that marred the first half of his 2018 Formula 1 campaign. Although the Frenchman’s season started off well with a strong showing in
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ex-Sauber Formula 1 driver Marcus Ericsson has completed his first IndyCar test with Schmidt Peterson Motorsports at Sebring, covering “around 100-115” laps. Ericsson will compete in the 2019 IndyCar season alongside James Hinchcliffe, as Robert Wickens continues his recovery from his serious
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. M-Sport’s Polish branch has revealed an all-new Ford Fiesta R2 car, which will form the basis of next year’s Junior World Rally Championship. The new car, the first to be designed and built out of M-Sport’s Krakow facility and the first to
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Kurt Busch has completed his deal to join the Chip Ganassi Racing NASCAR Cup team for the 2019 season. The 2004 Cup champion confirmed on Sunday he would leave Stewart-Haas Racing, for which he has driven since 2014, and had previously been
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Reigning MotoGP champion Marc Marquez underwent successful surgery on his left shoulder on Tuesday. The works Honda rider revealed back in October he would require surgery on his shoulder at the end of the season, having dislocated it on a number of
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. TAG Heuer will remain a partner of the the Red Bull Formula 1 team, despite its switch from Renault to Honda engines ending the need for alternative engine branding. Red Bull had agreed not to use Renault’s name for 2016 after political
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Pirelli has invited teams and drivers to help it decide which tyre compounds to make available for the start of the 2019 Formula 1 season as it seeks “expert” input. The Italian company has been criticised by various teams and drivers since
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The factory M-Sport Bentley squad will mount a four-car attack on next year’s Spa 24 Hours. Bentley has announced the expanded assault on the blue-riband round of the Blancpain GT Series in July as part of a reaffirmed commitment to the Endurance
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Dani Pedrosa will make his first MotoGP test outing for KTM later this month after obtaining permission from Honda, which still has the Spaniard under contract. As revealed by German publication Speedweek, Pedrosa will get his first taste of the RC16 at
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Two-time Formula 1 champion Fernando Alonso’s 2019 McLaren Racing Indianapolis 500 entry will be powered by Chevrolet engines. McLaren announced its intention to return to the Brickyard during this year’s Brazilian Grand Prix weekend in November, but did not announce an engine
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Toyota has announced its 2019 World Rally Championship signing Kris Meeke will be co-driven by Seb Marshall. Autosport reported in October that Meeke, who was axed by Citroen after May’s Rally Portugal, and co-driver Paul Nagle had split amicably ahead of Meeke’s
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Kevin Magnussen says it is “a bit dull” to only be able to fight for best-of-the-rest honours in Formula 1, despite personally enjoying a strong 2018 season. Magnussen scored his career-best championship finish of ninth, with Haas also enjoying its most successful
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Haas Formula 1 boss Gunther Steiner says his team’s inexperience was to blame for its failure to beat Renault to fourth place in the constructors’ championship in 2018. The American team had been locked in a close fight with Renault for the
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The Racing Point name is not a permanent new title for the former Force India team and will change before the start of the 2019 Formula 1 season. The provisional entry list for the 2019 F1 World Championship lists the team and
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi has urged Lewis Hamilton to visit his motorbike training ranch in Italy following the five-time Formula 1 champion’s recent Jerez Superbike outing. Hamilton was out on track at Jerez on Saturday with Yamaha World Superbike racers Alex Lowes
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Formula 2 race winner Nicholas Latifi will be the Williams Formula 1 team’s reserve driver in 2019. Latifi had a development role with Force India this season that involved three days of testing with the team and some Friday practice running. The
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Kurt Busch has confirmed that he will not return to Stewart-Haas Racing for the 2019 NASCAR Cup series season, ahead of an expected move to Chip Ganassi Racing. The 2004 Cup champion’s departure from SHR was first reported in August by Autosport.