Valentino Rossi topped the post-Czech Grand Prix MotoGP test at Brno on Monday, narrowly outpacing Marc Marquez at the very end. Yamaha rider Rossi set his 1m55.162s benchmark with a minute left on the clock, edging Marquez, who had held first place for the final three of the test’s eight hours, by 0.018 seconds. Rossi’s
Month: August 2017
Felipe Massa is keen to continue racing in Formula 1 next season despite having to be persuaded to come out of retirement to race for Williams in 2017. The 36-year-old, who made his debut in 2002 and has started 260 grands prix, believes he is still improving as a driver and will continue in F1
Hendrick Motorsports has dropped Kasey Kahne from its NASCAR Cup Series line-up for 2018 with a year remaining on his contract. Kahne has raced for Hendrick since 2012, in a deal signed two years before that, but went two seasons without a Cup race win prior to his victory at Indianapolis a fortnight ago. Team
Rally Turkey looks to be closing on a return to the World Rally Championship, with Croatia also tipped for a 2018 calendar spot. Though New Zealand had initially been thought the most likely addition to the 2018 WRC schedule, Autosport understands its hopes have diminished. Sources within WRC Promoter and the FIA have confirmed to
Aleix Espargaro wants a change to MotoGP’s ‘flag-to-flag’ rules following a “scary” crash with Andrea Iannone in the pits during Sunday’s Czech Grand Prix. Aprilia rider Espargaro was hit with a three-place penalty during the wet-dry Brno race for an unsafe release from his bike swap, which caused Suzuki’s Iannone to take evasive action and
Martin Truex Jr took his fourth NASCAR Cup win of the year at Watkins Glen after successfully conserving his fuel to the end of the race. Points leader Truex led much of the road course event after poleman and early leader Kyle Busch experienced delays. The timing of the final caution, after 53 of the
Kurt Busch says Stewart-Haas Racing’s decision not to take up its option on his contract for the 2018 NASCAR Cup season came as a surprise to Ford. The 2004 champion and this year’s Daytona 500 winner is free to explore opportunities after his current team let its option on his services lapse, although he could
The Red Bull and McLaren Formula 1 teams have gone very aggressive with their tyre choices for the Belgian Grand Prix, heavily favouring the ultra-soft tyre. Despite the cornering demands of the Spa-Francorchamps circuit, Pirelli has elected to take its three softest compounds to this month’s race as it feels this will prompt the most
Juan Pablo Montoya and Oriol Servia believe the 2018 IndyCar will be much more challenging to drive and entertaining to watch, after completing its first road course test. The two veterans are carrying out initial tests with the new aerokit on IndyCar’s behalf before it is distributed to teams, and gave the road course version
Sebastien Loeb could return to World Rally Championship competition in a Citroen C3 WRC, but not until the 2018 season at the earliest. Citroen has invited nine-time WRC champion Loeb to test its 2017 car in the coming days. It will be the first time they have worked together since Citroen dropped Loeb from its
The road-course version of IndyCar’s universal 2018 aerokit has hit the track for the first time in testing at Mid-Ohio. Following the debut of the single-specification superspeedway kit in testing last week at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, series veterans Juan Pablo Montoya and Oriol Servia were again on hand on Tuesday to give the road-course variant