Stewart-Haas Racing’s Kevin Harvick says he is not ready to retire and become a NASCAR Cup Series pundit, after rumours linking the 2014 champion to the role. There has been speculation that Darrell Waltrip may bring his spell in Fox Sports’s broadcast booth to a close, after joining in 2001 following the end of his
Month: April 2019
Plans have been unveiled for the Racing Point Formula 1 team to build a brand-new £25 million factory at its Silverstone site. Planning permission for the new facility will be sought this month and the team hopes to be able to start building later in the year. The plan is to have construction complete in
Mercedes Formula 1 boss believes Charles Leclerc has the potential to become world champion in the future, saying the Ferrari driver has the right “character” to be successful. Leclerc was on course to win last weekend’s Bahrain Grand Prix until his engine dropped a cylinder in the closing stages of the race, allowing Lewis Hamilton
The Dakar rally is set to leave South America to start a new era in the Middle East after signing a five-year deal with Saudi Arabia, Autosport understands. Dakar organiser Amaury Sport Organisation has run the cross country event in South America since 2009, following terrorist threats to the route in Mauritania forced the cancellation
George Russell improved late in the day to set the fastest time of Formula 1 testing in Bahrain, driving for Mercedes instead of his 2019 race team Williams. Russell drove for Williams on Tuesday at the post-Bahrain Grand Prix test before taking over from Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes, which retains close ties to its former
Sergio Perez says he hopes that Formula 1’s Bahrain Grand Prix was the lowest moment for Racing Point this season after it struggled throughout the weekend. Racing Point spent every timed session at Bahrain mired in the second half of the field, qualifying 14th and 18th ahead of Sunday’s race. After the sudden retirements of
Josef Newgarden has drawn parallels between his own career and that of IndyCar’s youngest-ever race winner Colton Herta, following Herta’s Austin triumph. Herta surpassed Graham Rahal’s 11-year-old record by winning the race, which was just his third IndyCar start. Newgarden, who finished second, said Herta did a “phenomenal job” and explained how Herta had followed
The route for Britain’s round of the World Rally Championship is being threatened by tree disease which, according to the government, is at the “height of its contamination”. The disease, known as Phytophthora ramorum, affects Larch trees across Britain and has been a continual issue for the last 10 years ago, but has never been
Valentino Rossi says he was disappointed with the size of his deficit to Argentina race-winner Marc Marquez, despite the Yamaha rider scoring his best MotoGP finish since last July. Rossi came out on top in a last-lap duel against Ducati’s Andrea Dovizioso at the Termas de Rio Hondo to finish second, just under 10 seconds
The second and final day of Formula 1’s Bahrain test has begun with Sebastian Vettel setting the early pace and Dan Ticktum making his debut in a contemporary Red Bull. Unexpected heavy rain halted track running for a large part of the opening day of the post-Bahrain Grand Prix test on Tuesday. That meant teams
Mick Schumacher described his first test in a contemporary Formula 1 car as “astonishing”, and said the 2019 Ferrari “felt like home” right away. The reigning European Formula 3 champion took part in his first F1 test with Ferrari after the Bahrain Grand Prix – although he had previously driven his seven-time world champion father
Fernando Alonso says McLaren’s 2019 Formula 1 car is “a step forward in every aspect” compared to 2019 and believes the team can lead the midfield this season. McLaren has exceeded the expectations of its full-time drivers Lando Norris and Carlos Sainz Jr in the opening two grands prix of the season, with Norris qualifying
Five-time World Rally champion Sebastien Ogier says his Tour of Corsica was like a “real life” testing session after pre-rally favourite Citroen struggled for pace throughout. Ogier, a two-time winner on the island, failed to score a single fastest time in a C3 WRC which suffered from a lack of grip during the season’s first
Pramac’s Jack Miller says he no longer feels like he is riding on the “ragged edge” now that he is riding a current-spec Ducati MotoGP bike for the first time during 2019. Miller has jumped from the GP17 to the GP19 in his second season as a Ducati rider, and initially struggled in Qatar after
The FIA has explained why disabled competitor Fabrice Giorgi was not allowed to take the start of last weekend’s Tour of Corsica round of the World Rally Championship. Giorgi’s modified Skoda Fabia R5 (similar to the one pictured above) did not comply with the governing body’s technical regulations and was only seen by the FIA
Daniel Ricciardo hopes the post Bahrain Grand Prix Formula 1 test will allow him to iron out the struggles he is having getting the most out of his new Renault. The former Red Bull driver is taking part in Tuesday’s opening day of action at Sakhir, as Renault bids to move on from its double
World Rally Championship drivers Elfyn Evans and Kris Meeke have urged the FIA to speed up the delivery of technology warning slower cars that a rival is trying to pass. Slowed by his own suspension problems, Meeke unwittingly held up Evans – who was fighting for the Tour of Corsica lead – on Friday’s final
Mercedes Formula 1 boss Toto Wolff says Lewis Hamilton made the difference in the Bahrain Grand Prix by taking the fight to Ferrari with an inferior “weapon”. Hamilton overtook Sebastian Vettel for second place in the final stint with a bold move around the outside of the Turn 4 right-hander, after which Vettel immediately spun.
Seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson says it was “great” to be back in contention at Texas because it is where Hendrick Motorsports and Chevrolet “deserve to be”. Johnson and Hendrick endured a torrid 2018 season in which the driver went winless and exited the playoffs at Charlotte’s Roval race after last-lap contact with
Sebastian Vettel has denied his spin in battle with Lewis Hamilton in Formula 1’s Bahrain Grand Prix was related to mounting pressure following multiple mistakes he made last season. Vettel made several costly errors as Ferrari’s 2018 F1 championship unravelled and he spun again in Bahrain while fighting Hamilton for second at Turn 4, having
Joe Gibbs Racing’s Kyle Busch has explained his crash in the NASCAR Cup Series race at Texas that took him out of victory contention. Busch – who leads the Cup standings after two wins and five podiums in seven races – had won the Truck series and Xfinity series races on Friday and Saturday at
MotoGP’s Argentina race-winner Marc Marquez has revealed that he was rooting for Valentino Rossi over Andrea Dovizioso in their battle for second place. While Marquez was in a class of his own and won by 9.8 seconds at the Termas de Rio Hondo circuit, Rossi and Dovizioso had a race-long duel for second. Yahama’s Rossi
Toyota World Rally Championship team principal Tommi Makinen was hoping that Elfyn Evans would win the Tour of Corsica before his late puncture, because Evans and M-Sport “deserved it”. Evans fought with Makinen’s Toyota driver Ott Tanak for the majority of the event before Tanak suffered a puncture on Saturday afternoon. The M-Sport driver then
Honda rider Jorge Lorenzo says he dropped to the back of the field at the start of MotoGP’s Argentina race because he accidentally engaged the pit limiter. Lorenzo started his second race for Honda from 12th, but plummeted to 21st on the opening lap at Termas de Rio Hondo. He eventually fought back to finish
Cal Crutchlow believes the likes of Marc Marquez and Valentino Rossi would not have been given the ride-through penalty he received in MotoGP’s Argentina Grand Prix. Crutchlow was penalised for jumping the start and could only recover to 12th place after falling to last. After the race, the LCR Honda rider went straight to race
Alex Albon says driving through a shower of sparks felt like “a fireball” at the start of the Bahrain Grand Prix, in which he scored his first Formula 1 points. The Toro Rosso rookie benefited from Renault’s late double-retirement to finish ninth and bag two points on only his second F1 start. His race had
The Garage 59 team has revealed a driver line-up including Top Gear’s Chris Harris and factory racer Jonny Adam for its first campaign with Aston Martin. They will each drive one of the pair of Aston Martin Vantage GT3s the team is fielding in the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup after its swap from McLaren
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