Yamaha MotoGP rider Maverick Vinales put on a dominant display in qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix to claim pole by a more than half a second from Fabio Quartararo. Vinales built on the pace he showed earlier in the weekend, breaking into the 1m28s barrier on his first run in Q2, which put him
Month: October 2019
Tech3 MotoGP rider Miguel Oliveira will miss the Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island, as he has been declared unfit to ride following his crash on Saturday. During the fourth practice session, a gust of wind pushed Oliveira over the outside kerb and onto the grass at the end of the main straight, which then
Following a steward’s review, Louis Prette won the Ferrari Challenge Europe championship in Mugello, despite a 25-second penalty that relegated him from second to 27th. Prette had a 13-point advantage over title rival and pole-sitter Niccolo Schiro heading into the final race, and looked to have secured the championship with second, behind Schiro, when a
Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville heads Rally Spain by 21.5-seconds as World Rally Championship champion-elect Ott Tanak surged onto the podium in place of Sebastien Loeb on Saturday afternoon. The running began with Neuville, Loeb and Sordo preserving a Hyundai 1-2-3, with Toyota’s Tanak 9.8s behind Sordo. But Tanak won the first pass of El Montmell that
MotoGP riders have offered differing views on Australian Grand Prix qualifying being moved to Sunday morning, after high winds forced Saturday’s action to be abandoned. After a high-speed crash for Tech3’s Miguel Oliveira during FP4, caused by a sudden gust of wind into the first corner, a safety commission meeting was called during the red-flag
Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville has resumed the lead of World Rally Championship Rally of Spain from team-mate Sebastien Loeb as Toyota’s Kris Meeke crashed out of a podium place. After Friday’s six gravel stages, the action switched to Tarmac, and Meeke immediately dethroned Dani Sordo of third place on the opening Savalla test with a second-quickest
LCR Honda rider Cal Crutchlow says conditions on Saturday during MotoGP Australian Grand Prix practice were not “rideable”, and is “glad” qualifying was abandoned. High winds wreaked havoc on Saturday’s MotoGP schedule, with only 12 riders taking to the track in a red-flagged FP3, before the day was abandoned altogether during FP4 as conditions failed
Miguel Oliveira says a wind gust caused him to crash heavily at 186.4mph into Turn 1 at Phillip Island during MotoGP Australian Grand Prix FP4 on Saturday. There was heavy wind at the Phillip Island circuit throughout all of Saturday, which limited running to a bare minimum in FP3, with only 12 riders setting a
MotoGP Australian Grand Prix qualifying has been cancelled due to dangerous weather conditions at Phillip Island, with a decision on rescheduling the session still to be taken. High winds have battered the Phillip Island circuit on Saturday, and only 12 riders taking to the track in the morning’s FP3 session – which was briefly red-flagged
Yamaha MotoGP rider Maverick Vinales topped third practice for the Australian Grand Prix on Saturday, as strong wind at Phillip Island restricted track running to a bare minimum. Only four riders had set a time in the first 20 minutes of the session, with the quickest lap more than seven seconds slower than Friday’s benchmark.
All three regional Lamborghini Super Trofeo titles went down to the wire as the European, North American and Asian seasons reached their conclusion at Jerez. Bonaldi Motorsport pairing Danny Kroes and Sergey Afanasiev secured the Europe crown with second place to team-mates Stuart Middleton and Jack Bartholomew, while former Superleague Formula driver Chris van der
Sebastien Loeb has launched himself into the lead of the World Rally Championship’s Rally Spain, sealing a Hyundai 1-2-3 ahead of Thierry Neuville and Dani Sordo. Despite “pushing really hard,” Toyota’s Ott Tanak has slipped from third to fifth place, 20 seconds behind Neuville. But as things stand Tanak, who Autosport has confirmed will switch
Adam Carroll led from lights to flag in the Ferrari Challenge Europe opener at Mugello, as Louis Prette extended his championship lead over Niccolo Schiro. A1GP champion Carroll, who joined the championship for round three at Spielberg, converted pole to a comfortable victory in his Ferrari Budapest-backed FF Corse entry, finishing 1.2s ahead of Octane
World Rally Championship leader Ott Tanak has signed for Hyundai and will drive alongside his current title rival Thierry Neuville in the 2020 season. Autosport’s sources have confirmed the deal was completed earlier this month. Tanak, who has been driving for Toyota for the last two years, denied any such agreement was in place and
Tech3 MotoGP team boss Herve Poncharal says Fabio Quartararo’s sensational rookie season in 2019 was partly behind his desire to sign Moto2 underdog Iker Lecuona for next year. Lecuona has been signed by Tech3 after just three full years in the Moto2 world championship to take over the KTM originally earmarked for Brad Binder, who
Marc Marquez says he almost gave up trying to save a crash in a tyre test during MotoGP Australian Grand Prix practice on Friday. The riders carried out a 20-minute test session following second practice on Friday at Phillip Island to try out a new tyre construction from Michelin ahead of it being raced next
Dani Sordo leads Thierry Neuville in a Hyundai 1-2 on the first morning of Rally Spain, as defending World Rally champion Sebastien Ogier’s 2019 title hopes took a battering. Ogier made the best possible start by winning the opening Gandesa stage, pulling a slender 0.7-second advantage over Sordo and a further 0.3s over Neuville. But
Yamaha rider Maverick Vinales set the pace in a wet opening practice session for MotoGP’s Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island, as Fabio Quartararo suffered a major crash. Vinales was the only rider to break the 1m39s barrier during the 45-minute session on Friday morning, ending up 0.147 seconds clear of nearest rival Jack Miller
The major GT series in Europe, North America and Asia run by the Stephane Ratel Organisation will no longer bear the Blancpain name from next season. The Swiss watchmaker has not renewed a deal that gave it title sponsorship of the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup in Europe, as well as SRO’s GT World Challenge
Two-time Formula 1 world champion Fernando Alonso has confirmed he will compete in January’s Dakar Rally with Toyota Gazoo Racing. The Spaniard has been seen testing and competing in the team’s Hilux race car this season, but it took a trio of top 10 times on the recent Morocco Rally to finally convince Alonso that
Valentino Rossi fears the rider market for the 2021 MotoGP season could move “too soon” for him to be able to make a fully-informed decision whether to retire or not. The seven-time premier-class champion is under contract to Yamaha until the end of 2020, but previous rider market cycles indicate that deals for 2021 and
Johann Zarco says he wants to “understand why” Marc Marquez has been “destroying everyone” on the Honda on his first outing on the bike in this weekend’s Australian Grand Prix. Zarco will make his first of three outings this weekend at Phillip Island on board the year-old LCR Honda bike, replacing the injured Takaaki Nakagami,
KTM has named Brad Binder as Johann Zarco’s replacement in its factory MotoGP team in 2020 and will line-up alongside existing rider Pol Espargaro. Moto2 rider Binder had been set to graduate to MotoGP next year, but he was in line to replace Hafizh Syahrin at KTM’s satellite outfit Tech3. But Zarco’s exit from KTM
Carlos Sainz Sr says improvements to the front end of Mini’s Dakar Rally challenger have left him confident about his chances of fighting for a third win next year. Sainz joined the X-Raid Mini squad for last year’s Dakar, finishing 13th in a Mini JCW Buggy, and earlier this month was confirmed for another assault
Ducati MotoGP general manager Gigi Dall’Igna has suggested Yamaha rider Maverick Vinales could be an option for the 2021 season. Vinales will be a free agent for 2021 – like the majority of other riders on the grid – after the expiration of his current factory Yamaha deal. As Marc Marquez is already in early
Denny Hamlin has explained why the crew chief switch that took him from a winless 2018 to a contender for this year’s NASCAR Cup Series title has been a “game-changer”. Hamlin recorded the first winless campaign of his 13-year Cup career last season, despite a consistent run of results that allowed him to make the
Hyundai plans to introduce two new cars in the next two years as part of an overhaul of its R5 programme. The manufacturer’s i20 R5 has struggled to match M-Sport’s Ford Fiesta, Skoda’s Fabia R5 and Volkswagen’s new-for-2019 Polo R5 that is effectively sold out until the summer of ’20. Hyundai’s motorsport director Andrea Adamo
Valentino Rossi “has perhaps hung around a little bit too long” in MotoGP according to his long-time crew chief Jeremy Burgess. Veteran engineer Burgess (pictured above with Rossi in 2009) was by Rossi’s side for all seven of his premier class titles, the two working alongside each other from 2000 up until the end of
Ducati MotoGP rider Andrea Dovizioso has expressed his concern over his bike’s lack of performance when the tyres offer peak grip, despite scoring a podium in Motegi. Dovizioso charged late in the race on used rubber to put second-placed Fabio Quartararo under pressure and ultimately complete the podium within a second and a half of
Citroen will not use the radical World Rally Championship aero upgrades it recently tested on this week’s Rally of Spain. Pictures – supplied by Hugo Blancher – detailing major changes to the aero on Citroen’s C3 WRC appeared last week and suggested the team was trying the most drastic aero alterations seen since the current
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