Daniel Ricciardo says Red Bull is considering tactically changing his Formula 1 engine ahead of Sunday’s Mexican Grand Prix after a frustrating qualifying. Ricciardo said he felt “very confused, annoyed, helpless” after he ended up seventh fastest, almost a second off the pace while team-mate Max Verstappen was 0.086s off pole position. With his Renault
Month: October 2017
Romain Grosjean said getting beaten by Sauber in Mexican Grand Prix qualifying was a ‘slap in the face’ for Haas, after the team lapped 18th and 19th quickest. Mexico was one of the worst F1 events for Haas in its debut season in 2016, and team boss Gunther Steiner said this year’s edition presented “one
Elfyn Evans maintained his Rally GB lead as fog shook up the rest of the leaderboard on the Saturday night stages. Sebastien Ogier was one of those to gain most, moving up to second place and closer to clinching the 2017 World Rally Championship this weekend – despite going off the road and picking up
The FIA has made further tweaks to its track limits rules at the Mexican Grand Prix, as the debate over the issue rages on in Formula 1. Following problems at last year’s race, changes were made to the Turn 1 and Turn 2 kerbing for this event – with speed bumps now situated alongside the
Elfyn Evans stabilised his Rally GB lead at just under 50 seconds as the event headed towards Saturday evening’s after-dark stages. Thierry Neuville became the first man to outpace Evans on a Saturday stage when he won the second running of Dyfi, but the runaway rally leader was still second quickest and maintained a 47.9s
Elfyn Evans continued to storm away from the field on Saturday morning’s Rally GB stages, as Thierry Neuville leapfrogged World Rally Championship rivals Sebastien Ogier and Ott Tanak into second. A clean sweep of four more stage wins brought DMACK Ford driver Evans’s overall lead up to a massive 49.3 seconds as light rain averted
Marc Marquez says “everything was wrong” in qualifying for MotoGP’s Malaysian Grand Prix, and fears a repeat on Sunday will stop him from fighting for the win. Marquez leads the championship by 33 points from Andrea Dovizioso with two rounds remaining but will only start seventh, the second-worst grid slot of his MotoGP career, at
The British Talent Team will not take part in the 2018 Moto3 season, with John McPhee set to switch to the CIP KTM squad. McPhee, 23, joined the newly-formed, Dorna-supported British Talent Team squad this year, and began the season strongly with a pair of second places in the first two rounds at Qatar and
Dani Pedrosa claimed a surprise pole position for MotoGP’s Malaysian Grand Prix, edging out Johann Zarco, as points leader Marc Marquez struggled to seventh after an early crash in Q2. After topping fourth practice immediately before qualifying, Marquez – who leads Andrea Dovizioso by 33 points heading into this weekend – was favourite to take
Carlos Sainz Jr says he’s sorry to see his former Toro Rosso team mate Daniil Kvyat dropped by Red Bull, and hopes that he can return to the Formula 1 grid. Red Bull has confirmed that the Russian driver is no longer part of its programme after eight seasons, and he is now looking for
Haas Formula 1 driver Kevin Magnussen’s fitness will be assessed by the FIA prior to final Mexican Grand Prix practice on Saturday after he felt unwell during Friday running. Magnussen was sent back to his hotel early due to what is believed to be a stomach bug. The FIA took the unusual step of allowing
Elfyn Evans added to his Rally GB lead on Friday afternoon to end the first full day of World Rally Championship action in Britain with a 25-second advantage. M-Sport driver Evans picked up where he left off at the start of the afternoon loop by winning SS5 Myherin, going 4.3 seconds faster than anyone else
Formula 1 world champion Nico Rosberg will take a behind-the-scenes advisory role in the expansion of his father Keke’s Team Rosberg outfit into GT racing next year. Team Rosberg won the DTM this year with series rookie Rene Rast and has purchased a pair of Lamborghini Huracan GT3s to enter in the German ADAC GT
Haas team boss Gunther Steiner says his Formula 1 team is braced for a tough Mexican Grand Prix, because the circuit presents “one of the worst scenarios” for the squad. Mexico was one of the worst F1 events for Haas in its debut season last year, with Romain Grosjean qualifying slowest of all and beating
Valentino Rossi says Yamaha is still not “strong like last year” in wet conditions after a mixed opening day of MotoGP practice at Sepang. The seven-time premier class champion was sixth-fastest in the wet in Friday’s second practice, 1.431 seconds off Ducati’s pacesetter Andrea Dovizioso. Yamaha has struggled in the two most recent wet races,
Elfyn Evans leads the Rally GB round of the World Rally Championship after setting the pace on Friday morning’s opening loop. Fifth after Thursday evening’s opening superspecial, Evans flew to the fastest time on two of the morning’s three stages – the longer Myherin and Hafren tests – in his DMACK-shod Ford Fiesta, to build
MotoGP title contender Andrea Dovizioso says the speed that allowed him to top both Friday practice sessions for the Malaysian Grand Prix came “quite easy”. Dovizioso was fastest in dry and wet conditions at Sepang, the Italian going fastest by half a second in FP2 in the wet. He led a strong day for Ducati,
Ducati’s Andrea Dovizioso set the pace in a wet second practice session for MotoGP’s Malaysian Grand Prix, half a second clear of title rival Marc Marquez. With conditions deteriorating since Friday morning’s opening practice session at Sepang, Dovizioso’s benchmark FP1 time of 2m00.671s went untouched through the afternoon, with the provisional top 10 order also
Max Verstappen took to social media to apologise for the language he used in criticising Formula 1’s stewards in the wake of his United States Grand Prix penalty last Sunday. Verstappen hit out at FIA officials after being stripped of his third place for overtaking outside of the track limits on the final lap at
Kiefer Racing boss Stefan Kiefer has passed away in Malaysia, on the eve of the Sepang MotoGP weekend.
Autosport understands the Moto2 team boss died in his hotel room overnight, however details of his passing are limited at this time. News of Kiefer’s passing was confirmed by MotoGP on Twitter after first practice in Malaysia
Brendon Hartley and Pierre Gasly are set to complete the 2017 season for the Toro Rosso Formula 1 team, Autosport understands. Toro Rosso drafted in Porsche World Endurance Championship driver Hartley to replace Gasly for last weekend’s United States Grand Prix so Gasly could try to win the Super Formula title in Japan. Gasly had
Sebastien Ogier leads Rally GB after the short Tir Prince stage that kicked off the event on which he could become World Rally champion for a fifth straight year. M-Sport Ford driver Ogier leads team-mate Ott Tanak by 37 points and Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville by 38, with only 30 available after this weekend. Ogier completed
Kris Meeke has criticised the Citroen World Rally Championship team’s decision not to test locally before this week’s Rally GB. Winner of the previous WRC round, Meeke fears his chances of success on his home rally have been hit by struggling to find the most appropriate set-up for his C3 WRC on Thursday’s shakedown stage.
Toyota World Rally Championship ace Jari-Matti Latvala reveals the secrets of winning Rally GB in the latest edition of The Autosport Podcast. Latvala, who won Britain’s World Rally Championship round in 2011 and ’12 and lies fourth in the standings heading into this year’s event, joins David Evans and Edd Straw for a rally podcast
Valentino Rossi is uncertain whether Yamaha’s 2018 MotoGP bike will be ready in time for next month’s post-season Valencia test. After Maverick Vinales was finally eliminated from title contention last weekend at Phillip Island, Yamaha’s full focus is likely to have shifted to its 2018 bike. It debuted a prototype 2018 frame at Silverstone, but
Niki Lauda says Mercedes must make its Formula 1 car easier for Valtteri Bottas to drive, following the Finn’s slump in form since the August summer break. Bottas won two grands prix during the first part of the F1 season, but has not out-qualified team-mate Lewis Hamilton since July’s Hungarian GP and endured another difficult
Elfyn Evans’ fastest time at this morning’s shakedown stage has marked him out as favourite for this week’s Wales Rally GB, according to his M-Sport team-mate Sebastien Ogier. Evans went more than a second a mile faster than anybody through the morning’s Clocaenog test, posting a time of 1m58.1s for the 2.06-mile stage, 2.3s faster
Michael van der Mark says Valentino Rossi’s late decision to ride injured at Aragon last month has taken the pressure off for his MotoGP debut in Sepang this weekend. Yamaha World Superbike regular van der Mark will make his MotoGP bow this weekend standing in for the unwell Jonas Folger at the satellite Tech 3
Chip Ganassi Racing has signed IndyCar rookie of the year Ed Jones for the 2018 season. Jones made his IndyCar debut with Dale Coyne Racing this year after graduating from Indy Lights and led the team in the absence of Sebastien Bourdais following his Indianapolis 500 qualifying crash. Dale Coyne had been keen to retain
Renault Formula 1 advisor Alain Prost says the arrival of Carlos Sainz Jr at the team fills “a big hole” in its plans to move up the grid. Sainz has been loaned to Renault for the end of this season and 2018, replacing Jolyon Palmer, and he remains under contract to Red Bull until the
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