Red Bull believes Esso’s latest Formula 1 fuel upgrade has delivered a performance improvement worth one grid slot depending on the circuit. The Milton Keynes-based team feels that its Renault engine has held it back in terms of power this season leaving it searching for gains in other areas such as fuel. The team’s fuel
Month: October 2017
A “pissed off” Cal Crutchlow claims he “can’t ride” his LCR Honda MotoGP bike in the wet this year after struggling to 15th place in Motegi qualifying. The British rider was knocked out in Saturday’s first segment qualifying after struggling in wet conditions he usually thrives in. Crutchlow was a loss to explain why he
Max Verstappen should stay at the Red Bull Formula 1 team long term and build it around him, reckons team principal Christian Horner. Verstappen has been linked with both Ferrari and Mercedes beyond 2018, but Horner thinks he would be better off staying put than teaming up with either Sebastian Vettel or Lewis Hamilton at
Marc Marquez insists he has no regrets over the tyre gamble that cost him a likely Motegi MotoGP pole, as the Honda rider felt the mileage on slicks was more important. Championship leader Marquez topped FP1, FP3 and FP4 during the rain-affected Japanese GP weekend and looked a strong favourite for pole as he initially
Brendon Hartley believes he is ready for his Formula 1 debut in next week’s United States Grand Prix, after a “pretty crazy week” led to a shock Toro Rosso call-up. As predicted by Autosport, Hartley was announced on Friday as a replacement for Toro Rosso’s Super Formula title-contending driver Pierre Gasly for the next F1
Maverick Vinales admits he can see his MotoGP title ambitions “slipping away” following a dismal run to 14th place in qualifying at Motegi. Yamaha rider Vinales lies third in the standings, 28 points down on leader Marc Marquez with four rounds left, and needs a big result in Japan to keep his championship challenge intact.
Johann Zarco grabbed a shock MotoGP pole position at a wet Motegi, as slick-tyre gambles backfired for Marc Marquez and Valentino Rossi and Maverick Vinales was eliminated in Q1. After setting the quickest time of the weekend so far in FP4, Marquez seemed nailed on for pole when he immediately bettered his own benchmark with
Brendon Hartley will make his Formula 1 debut for Toro Rosso at the United States Grand Prix at Austin, as predicted by Autosport. The New Zealander has been drafted in as replacement for Frenchman Pierre Gasly, who will be competing in the Super Formula finale in Japan instead. Hartley has fallen off the F1 radar
Honda rider Marc Marquez reckons Jorge Lorenzo is favourite for MotoGP’s Japanese Grand Prix at Motegi, based on the Ducati rider’s strong pace in Friday practice. Lorenzo, whose Friday was hindered by an FP1 crash involving LCR Honda rider Cal Crutchlow, ended the day fourth-fastest in a wet second practice. But Marquez reckons Lorenzo was
Mercedes has continued to push to introduce upgrades to the 2017 Formula 1 championship-leading F1 W08 in recent races. In this latest video from Motorsport.tv’s weekly programme The Flying Lap, Peter Windsor and Craig Scarborough look at the changes in detail with the help of the latest 3D animation. “Mercedes have gone through a stepped
IndyCar is targeting an early August race at Mexico City, replacing the now vacant World Endurance Championship slot, and believes it’s “possible” for the race to happen in 2018. Autosport has learned that IndyCar was in discussions to add a race at the Mexican Grand Prix venue, after previously considering an oval race at Puebla
Sebastien Ogier says he is wary of prolonging the World Rally Championship title fight beyond the penultimate round of the season in Britain later this month. Thierry Neuville’s disastrous Rally Catalunya retirement has opened the door for Ogier to seal a fifth straight WRC title. Ogier finished second to Kris Meeke last weekend in his
Yamaha has failed to get on top of its wet-weather issues and has got worse in such conditions as the 2017 MotoGP season has progressed, according to Maverick Vinales. Both of Motegi’s Friday practice sessions were affected by rain, with Marc Marquez leading the morning’s opening session for Honda before Andrea Dovizioso’s Ducati took the
Red Bull boss Christian Horner has backed calls for the FIA to get tougher on oil burn, and believes the activity makes a mockery of Formula 1’s environmentally-friendly push. Oil burn has been an issue all season, and the FIA has been working hard to clamp down on teams being able to get a power
Dani Sordo will miss the final round of the 2017 World Rally Championship after Hyundai confirmed a three-car team for next month’s Rally Australia. Sordo is the second Hyundai driver to be dropped for a rally recently, after Hayden Paddon was sacrificed to make way for new signing Andreas Mikkelsen in Spain last week. Last
Sportscar stalwart Renger van der Zande will race the factory-entered Honda NSX in next month’s FIA GT World Cup in Macau. The Dutch driver has been chosen to drive the JAS-run car on November 18/19 for his Macau experience: he has finished in the top six of the Chinese street venue’s end-of-season GT3 blue riband
Marc Marquez led a rain-soaked opening practice session for MotoGP’s Japanese Grand Prix at Motegi, beating nearest rival Aleix Espargaro by almost nine tenths of a second. In torrential conditions, Marquez was the rider to beat throughout Friday morning’s 45-minute session, grabbing the top spot from title rival Maverick Vinales with a 1m58.303s around 15
IndyCar has dropped Watkins Glen for its 2018 season with the championship set to return to Portland, while Autosport understands Mexico City could yet be added to the calendar. The removal of Watkins Glen for Portland is the only change to last year’s schedule. Watkins Glen had been added to the 2016 calendar when a
Brendon Hartley is the leading contender to drive for the Toro Rosso Formula 1 team in the United States Grand Prix, with Sebastien Buemi the back-up option, Autosport has learned. Toro Rosso needs to fill the seat alongside Daniil Kvyat at Austin after it was agreed Pierre Gasly would return to Super Formula to contest
F1 Racing magazine has launched its online voting to decide the winners of its annual Formula 1 awards, and you can have your say on each category. Last year nearly 100,000 fans took part in the vote to decide the winners across nine categories. Cast your vote in the 2017 F1 Racing Awards Anyone can
Jorge Lorenzo says he can take more risks in the last four MotoGP races of the season in pursuit of a breakthrough Ducati win because he has “nothing to lose”. Lorenzo’s best result during his first year with Ducati has been third place, having stood on the podium at Jerez and Aragon. The three-time champion
Bradley Smith says that KTM’s announcement that he will remain a race rider for the Austrian manufacturer in 2018 solves an “awkward situation”. KTM issued a statement on Wednesday confirming that Smith will be team-mate to Pol Espargaro again next year, despite his struggles to match the Spaniard this season. The pressure on Smith was
Robert Kubica has completed a one-day test in a 2014-spec Williams at Silverstone as the Formula 1 team evaluates his potential for a 2018 race seat. The Pole is pushing for a return to F1 six-and-a-half years after he suffered serious injuries in a rallying crash. However, he faces competition for the Williams seat alongside
The Ferrari Formula 1 team has drafted in Maria Mendoza from Fiat Chrysler Automobiles to reorganise its quality control department. Ferrari president Sergio Marchionne has said his team paid the price for “ignoring” quality control with its technical director Mattia Binotto confirming changes were being made to the department. Sebastian Vettel’s title hopes appear dashed
Codemasters has announced its major F1 2017 game update that will feature the latest car designs and liveries among the changes introduced. F1’s official game usually launches with the in-game cars based on how they appeared for the first race of the season, but the frantic rate of development between the teams means the look
Honda and Chevrolet have begun their manufacturer testing of the new 2018 IndyCar aerokit, with the engine builders conducting running at Mid-Ohio and Road America respectively. Chevrolet ran Penske driver and 2016 IndyCar champion Simon Pagenaud alongside Ed Carpenter Racing’s Spencer Pigot at Road America yesterday, in the first of five days allocated to the
Yamaha test rider Katsuyuki Nakasuga will make his sixth successive MotoGP appearance at Motegi in this weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix. Nakasuga has seven premier class starts to his name, having been handed wildcards with Yamaha each year for his home race since 2012. His best result from those outings was an eighth place finish in
Penske drivers Josef Newgarden and Will Power have called for a change to IndyCar’s oval qualifying format because the current system can disadvantage some drivers in title contention. At all ovals aside from Indianapolis, the running order for the one-by-one qualifying is currently decided by names being drawn from a hat – giving an advantage
KTM has retained both Bradley Smith and Pol Espargaro for the 2018 MotoGP season. Test rider Mika Kallio contested several rounds as a wildcard entry this year, but the under-pressure Smith has been given the nod to retain a full-time ride on the KTM. The confirmation ends speculation that KTM could switch Smith and Kallio,
Formula 1 world championship rivals Mercedes and Ferrari have opted for marginally different choices for the United States Grand Prix. Pirelli has made the soft, super-soft and ultra-soft tyres available for the Austin race, which is one step softer than last year. While Mercedes and Ferrari have chosen seven sets of the ultra-soft tyre for
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