Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. MotoGP rookie Fabio Quartararo has been upgraded to a 2019-spec Yamaha for his debut premier class season with the newly-formed Petronas SRT outfit. The Petronas squad, which replaces Tech3 as Yamaha’s B-team in 2019, had originally planned to put Moto2
Month: February 2019
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Valentino Rossi says Yamaha’s choice of engine for the 2019 MotoGP season has been “more or less decided”, after the manufacturer brought just one specification to the Sepang test. Team boss Lin Jarvis had described the Sepang test as “crucial”
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. FIA president Jean Todt has proposed more cross-border rallies as a way of easing the World Rally Championship’s calendar congestion. Established rounds are coming under threat from events like the Safari and Rally Japan, both of which are expected to
Dr Robert Hubbard, the engineer behind the HANS device that saved many lives across motorsport, has died. Hubbard, who was a professor of materials science and mechanics at Michigan State University until his retirement in 2006, conceived the HANS device in collaboration with his brother-in-law and IMSA SportsCar Championship racer Jim Downing. Although it took
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Reigning MotoGP champion Marc Marquez says he could not keep up his benchmark pace in pre-season testing at Sepang because he is still recovering from surgery on his left shoulder. Marquez struggled with shoulder pain throughout his title-winning 2018 season
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Reigning MotoGP champion Marc Marquez set the pace for Honda on the first day of 2019 pre-season testing at Sepang despite not being fully fit. Marquez, who is still recovering from surgery that was required to fix his troubled left
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Red Bull boss Christian Horner thinks Formula 1 owner Liberty Media would accept that rushing through aerodynamic rule changes for 2019 was a “mistake” if they do not improve overtaking. F1 teams have spent the winter working to a raft
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Formula 1 CEO Chase Carey says it was “a little bit strange” grand prix promoters publicly criticised Liberty Media last week, a day before a meeting scheduled to discuss concerns. Liberty, F1’s owner, was criticised in a statement issued on
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Yamaha MotoGP rider Maverick Vinales says his new crew chief Esteban Garcia will offer “more trust” than his predecessor Ramon Forcada. Vinales and Forcada worked together in 2017 and ’18 after Vinales replaced three-time champion Jorge Lorenzo at the works
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ex-Williams test driver Susie Wolff is hopeful Tatiana Calderon will get a Formula 1 race chance in the future, but concedes the superlicence points system is an additional “stumbling block”. Calderon has spent the last three seasons in GP3, earning
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. NASCAR is planning to launch a new Generation 7 Cup series car in 2021. Current manufacturers Toyota, Chevrolet and Ford have been in discussions with NASCAR to help inform the direction of the regulations, and the series has consulted manufacturers
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. NASCAR has announced it will disqualify race winners who fail post-race technical inspections for the first time in nearly 60 years from the start of the 2019 season. In a move heralded as “unprecedented” but “necessary”, race winners from any
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Former Ferrari Formula 1 test driver Luciano Burti says he only survived his 111G accident in the 2001 Belgian Grand Prix thanks to safety improvements triggered by the death of Ayrton Senna. Burti crashed his Prost head on into the
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ex-McLaren driver Stoffel Vandoorne says he is enjoying Formula E following his Formula 1 exit because of the difference in camaraderie between drivers and paddock “politics”. After graduating to F1 as a GP2 champion and Formula Renault 3.5 runner-up, Vandoorne
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Yamaha team boss Lin Jarvis says the MotoGP outfit does not need a “revolution” to get back to winning regularly in 2019. Yamaha revealed a dramatic new look for the upcoming campaign on Monday at a Jakarta launch event ahead
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ex-Toro Rosso Formula 1 driver Brendon Hartley has landed a Ferrari simulator role for 2019. Hartley was axed by Red Bull after just one full season in F1, a move he recently claimed was the result of a plan that
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. LCR Honda rider Cal Crutchlow will make a return to MotoGP action this week in Sepang testing after the huge crash at Phillip Island that curtailed his 2018 season. Crutchlow was forced to miss the final three races of 2018
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Raffaele Marciello says the GruppeM Mercedes squad had a Bathurst 12 Hour win “stolen” by race officials, and that it was “treated differently” to Australian crews as an overseas team. The car served two drivethrough penalties during the race, the
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The factory Yamaha MotoGP team has presented an all-new livery for the 2019 version of its YZR-M1 bike. The new M1, which will be campaigned by seven-time premier-class champion Valentino Rossi and Yamaha’s most recent grand prix winner Maverick Vinales,
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Haas will reveal its livery for the 2019 Formula 1 season next week on Thursday February 7. The American team’s livery is expected to reflect the black-and-gold colours of title sponsor Rich Energy after signing a deal with the energy
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Jake Dennis says the pass that sealed the Bathurst 12 Hour in Matt Campbell and Porsche’s favour was “on the edge” of fair. Dennis had been leading the race in the #62 Aston Martin with a little over 10 minutes
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Nico Hulkenberg was not “resting on any laurels” last season but sees new team-mate Daniel Ricciardo as “an opportunity to prove himself”, reckons Renault Formula 1 executive director Marcin Budkowski. Hulkenberg holds the F1 record for the most races without
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Andy Soucek admits he accidentally pressed the kill switch twice on the #108 Bentley Continental while leaving the pitlane during the Bathurst 12 Hour, costing the squad a victory chance. Soucek rolled to a halt at the pitlane exit twice
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Suzuki has taken the wraps off its 2019 MotoGP livery in a digital launch, revealing a largely unchanged colour scheme. The manufacturer opted against a physical launch event this year in favour of releasing a YouTube video featuring the GSX-RR
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ex-Formula 1 driver Felipe Massa believes the pressure and “obligation” that Ferrari has to win is a “problem” for his former team. Massa, who spent eight seasons at Ferrari and won 11 races, said the Italian team “did a great
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The #912 EBM Porsche is officially the winner of the 2019 Bathurst 12 Hour after a post-race investigation cleared Matt Campbell of any infringement while passing Chaz Mostert. The two drivers clashed at The Chase with 30 minutes to go
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. A thrilling final stint from Matt Campbell helped seal the 2019 Bathurst 12 Hour victory for the #912 EBM Porsche crew in a thrilling finale. Campbell, Dirk Werner and Dennis Olsen took a sensational first win at Bathurst for Porsche
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Pierre Gasly feels his Red Bull Formula 1 shot is payback for being snubbed after his GP2 title success, when he was “at the right place at the wrong time”. Gasly became Red Bull’s first junior to win the GP2
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Jake Dennis has been stripped of the Allan Simonsen Trophy after a technical breach rendered his stunning Bathurst shootout lap illegal. The R-Motorsport Aston Martin driver put in a scintillating effort in the single-lap dash for pole with 2m02.494s run
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Former World Rally Championship frontrunner Mikko Hirvonen will campaign a Ford Escort Mk2 in the national section of the West Cork Rally in Ireland next month. The 39-year-old started 163 WRC events in 2002-14 with 15 wins as a Ford