Mads Ostberg says Citroen has called off his planned World Rally Car outing on Rally Australia, as it was dependent on Sebastien Ogier retaining a shot at the 2019 title. Ostberg has been developing Citroen’s second-tier C3 R5 car this season after he was dropped from Citroen’s top WRC line-up in favour of Rally Finland
Month: October 2019
Hyundai Motorsport has confirmed Ott Tanak will join its team for the 2020 World Rally Championship season. Autosport broke the news the Estonian would leave his current team Toyota at the end of this season last week. The recently crowned World Rally Champion joins Thierry Neuville, Dani Sordo and Sebastien Loeb for the Korean manufacturer’s
A “shocked” James Hinchcliffe says he’s still hoping to land a full-time IndyCar seat in 2020, after losing his drive with the Arrow McLaren SP team. Hinchcliffe scored the last three wins for what was previously named the Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports team, and took pole for the 2016 Indianapolis 500. Despite the team switching
Chevrolet will compete in the NASCAR Cup Series next season with an updated version of its Camaro, the ZL1 1LE. The manufacturer announced on Thursday that its teams in the Cup Series in 2020 will field the Camaro ZL1 1LE, which it calls the “fastest, most track-capable production Camaro ever”. The Camaro model name replaced
Three-time MotoGP champion Jorge Lorenzo admits his form has been “unrecognisable” for most of the period since he joined Honda from Ducati. Lorenzo has endured a nightmare first season aboard the Honda RC213V in 2019, struggling with injuries and a general lack of confidence with the bike, and has finished no higher than 11th so
Valentino Rossi says his current worst season as a Yamaha MotoGP rider is still “a little bit better” than his two difficult seasons with Ducati. With two races still to run in 2019, Rossi is seventh in the standings with 153 points having scored just two podiums so far, putting him on course for his
The full story of newly crowned World Rally champion Ott Tanak’s rise and rollercoaster career is brought to life with incredible behind-the-scenes access in Ott Tanak: The Movie – which is now available to view globally. The film was originally released in cinemas in Tanak’s native Estonia in April, but can now be watched anywhere
Johann Zarco made his return to MotoGP action in Australia with LCR Honda following his dismissal from KTM following September’s Misano race. Encountering tricky conditions throughout the weekend as he tried to learn the 2018-spec RC213V, Zarco showed flashes of speed and ended up just 26 seconds from the victory in 13th spot. His debut
McLaren’s IndyCar team has signed Indy Lights champion Oliver Askew and Pato O’Ward to its team in 2020, meaning there is no place for James Hinchcliffe. It means Arrow McLaren SP has opted for a new line-up for 2020 after Marcus Ericsson opted to sign for Chip Ganassi Racing during a period of uncertainty at
Double British Rally champion Russell Brookes, famous for driving his ‘Andrews Heat for Hire’ liveried cars, has passed away at the age of 74. Born on August 16, 1945, Brookes began competing in the early ’60s. But it was ’74 when Brookes signed the pioneering deal with Andrews-Sykes that meant the company’s profits grew and
After new champion Ott Tanak’s shock move to Hyundai, the biggest question surrounding the 2020 World Rally Championship season is whether Toyota will move for Sebastien Ogier. Ogier tested the Yaris WRC in 2016 after Volkswagen’s withdrawal from the WRC but signed for M-Sport, where he added two more titles in a Ford Fiesta WRC.
Honda MotoGP team boss Alberto Puig admits that securing a triple success of riders’, manufacturers’ and teams’ titles in 2019 would be “incredible” given Jorge Lorenzo’s current performances. Marc Marquez already sealed his sixth riders’ title earlier this month at Buriram, and two weeks later he put the manufacturers’ prize beyond reach of Honda’s rivals
Andrea Dovizioso admits he is “not that happy” to have cemented the runner-up spot in this year’s MotoGP standings because Ducati is still incapable of challenging Marc Marquez. By finishing seventh in Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix, Dovizioso moved 57 points clear of Suzuki rider Alex Rins and therefore assured himself of second in this year’s
Reigning NASCAR Cup Series champion Joey Logano says he should not have shoved Joe Gibbs Racing’s Denny Hamlin after the pair clashed on pitroad following the Martinsville race. Logano and Hamlin made contact late in the race, which sent the Penske Ford into a spin and forced Logano into a recovery drive from 19th to
In this episode of Gravel Notes, two-time Formula 1 champion Fernando Alonso explains his preparation for the Dakar Rally and Ott Tanak reviews his journey to World Rally Championship success. It has been said that Tanak went “through fire and water” to clinch a maiden WRC title, and Tanak talks to podcast host David Evans
MotoGP Australian Grand Prix winner Marc Marquez admits he had to pass Cal Crutchlow aggressively or else leader Maverick Vinales would have broken away and ‘finished the race’. Yamaha rider Vinales moved ahead of early leader Crutchlow at the Honda hairpin on lap 10, and had displayed pace throughout practice which suggested he had the
Thierry Neuville says he would welcome Ott Tanak as a team-mate at Hyundai in the 2020 World Rally Championship. Autosport revealed last week that Tanak had sensationally agreed to leave Toyota for Hyundai just before clinching his first WRC title. He will line up alongside Neuville as Hyundai’s full-time drivers, with Sebastien Loeb and Dani
Stewart-Haas Racing’s Aric Almirola says he is going to make Kyle Busch’s NASCAR Cup Series playoff run “hell for him” after the pair clashed at Martinsville. Almirola and Busch were battling inside the top 10 on lap 361 of 500 when Busch tapped Almirola’s Ford through Turn 3, before the SHR driver retaliated at the
Citroen team principal Pierre Budar has revealed details of the failure that cost Sebastien Ogier his chance to fight for a seventh World Rally Championship title in Spain last week. Ogier went into the event 28 points behind championship leader Ott Tanak with two rounds remaining and was leading when a hydraulic issue dropped him
Johann Zarco admits he can “enjoy” his MotoGP Australian Grand Prix result more after “thinking where I came from”, a reference to his miserable 13-race stint with KTM. The double Moto2 champion is replacing the injured Takaaki Nakagami on the year-old RC213V for the final races, having been dropped with immediate effect from KTM after
Martin Truex Jr became the first NASCAR Cup Series driver to book his place in the title-deciding final race by dominating at Martinsville for Joe Gibbs Racing. Truex, who led a crushing 464 laps out of 500, moved into the lead of the race at the 0.5-mile circuit after quick work from the JGR crew
Martin Truex Jr became the first NASCAR Cup Series driver to book his place in the title-deciding final race by dominating at Martinsville for Joe Gibbs Racing. Truex, who led a crushing 464 laps out of 500, moved into the lead of the race at the 0.5-mile circuit after quick work from the JGR crew
Frederik Schandorff clinched the Lamborghini Super Trofeo World Final title in dramatic fashion at Jerez after finishing tied on points with Sandy Mitchell and Andrea Amici. The Dane, who shared the #31 Target Racing machine with Jonathan Cecotto, won Saturday’s opener ahead of Mitchell and Amici’s Prestige Performance/Wayne Taylor Racing Huracan, with the places reversed
Ferrari has revealed an updated version of its 488 GT3 racer, the EVO 2020, which will be eligible for international competition next year. The third generation of the car, first released in 2016 and updated in 2018, was unveiled at Ferrari’s Finali Mondiali at Mugello, and will be available as a new car or an
Valentino Rossi could only manage eighth in the MotoGP Australian Grand Prix having led early on because Yamaha’s speed deficit meant he was “the slowest on the straight”. Rossi took the lead at the start of what was his 400th grand prix appearance from fourth on the grid, but could only keep first place for
Toyota’s Ott Tanak has won the 2019 World Rally Championship with one round to spare as he took second place at Rally Spain, where Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville secured victory. Neuville tried hard to deny Tanak’s coronation with a perfectly controlled performance. He hit the front on Saturday when the action switched from gravel to asphalt
Maverick Vinales says he was not going to settle for second place in MotoGP’s Australian Grand Prix and that he would have rather crashed, which he ended up doing. Yamaha rider Vinales led the majority of the race, but eventual winner Marc Marquez was right behind him all along and the Honda man passed him
Cal Crutchlow admits the Phillip Island crash which badly broke his ankle last year has “haunted” him all season, as he claimed second in the MotoGP Australian Grand Prix. The LCR Honda rider shattered his right ankle when he fell during practice at Phillip Island’s first corner last year, with the injury so severe his
Thierry Neuville is on the brink of his third World Rally Championship victory of the year on Rally of Spain as Hyundai team-mate Dani Sordo resisted Ott Tanak’s advances. But third place for Tanak would be enough for him to claim his first WRC title, provided he either beats or is just one place behind
Reigning MotoGP champion Marc Marquez was victorious in the Australian Grand Prix as long-time race leader Maverick Vinales crashed out on the final lap. Both Marquez and Vinales started from the front row but had slow getaways, meaning Valentino Rossi – making his 400th MotoGP start – held the lead, with Cal Crutchlow and Andrea
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