Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Jorge Lorenzo reckons Ducati’s 2018 bike can still be significantly improved, despite the Spaniard topping the Sepang MotoGP pre-season test with a fastest ever lap of the Malaysian circuit. Lorenzo set an unofficial new lap record at the Malaysian circuit on
Month: January 2018
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Kurt Busch says young talents in the NASCAR Cup series are getting a “free pass” to become superstars because their lack of success does not warrant such promotion. NASCAR’s increasing push to promote the personalities of young drivers in the face
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Formula 1 chiefs have announced that the championship will end the tradition of using grid girls from the 2018 season. The move will apply to all support events at grands prix as well as F1, and comes as part of Liberty
A new behind-the-scenes Amazon documentary on McLaren has revealed there were genuine fears Fernando Alonso would quit during 2017 Formula 1 pre-season testing and that the team would ‘collapse’. The series ‘Grand Prix Driver’, which is narrated by Michael Douglas and produced by Manish Pandey, a BAFTA winner for his involvement in the Senna film,
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Tech3 rider Johann Zarco will use the 2016 Yamaha chassis again at the next MotoGP test, having swapped back to it for the final day of this week’s Sepang running. As Yamaha’s satellite team, Tech3 traditionally runs the previous season’s chassis
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Kris Meeke says his Monte Carlo Rally powerstage win does not hide the fact the Citroen World Rally Championship outfit needs things to “completely change” to win the event again. Meeke finished fourth overall on the WRC season opener following a
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Daniel Ricciardo believes his next Formula 1 contract could be “make or break” for his chances of winning a world championship in his career. While Red Bull extended Max Verstappen’s deal in late 2017, it has agreed to give Ricciardo time
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Reigning World Rallycross champion Johan Kristoffersson will contest next month’s Rally Sweden in a Skoda Fabia R5. The Swede started his home round of the World Rally Championship in 2016 but this will be the first time he competes in a
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. KTM rider Pol Espargaro feels “lucky” to have avoided a serious injury following a crash on the second day of Sepang MotoGP pre-season testing. The Spaniard locked up approaching the Turn 4 right-hander during Monday’s test session and fell from his
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. New NASCAR Cup series team StarCom Racing has signed Jeffrey Earnhardt for its first full season in 2018. StarCom recently leased a charter from Richard Childress Racing after Paul Menard moved to Wood Brothers at the end of the 2017 season.
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Toro Rosso will unveil its new Honda-powered car on the morning of the first pre-season Formula 1 test at Barcelona next month. The Italian outfit had originally been expected to reveal the STR13 on the evening before testing began, but in
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Toyota’s double Monte Carlo Rally podium eclipsed the two wins it scored in the World Rally Championship last season, according to team principal Tommi Makinen. Ott Tanak pressured eventual winner Sebastien Ogier before finishing second on his debut for Toyota, with
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Valtteri Bottas admits he was overthinking and starting to drive unnaturally when his first Formula 1 season with Mercedes began to go awry. While team-mate Lewis Hamilton took control of the championship battle with four wins from five grands prix after
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Valentino Rossi admitted his Yamaha team was left worried by a muted showing on the final day of MotoGP’s first 2018 pre-season test at Sepang. Rossi was second – 0.035s behind pace-setting team-mate Maverick Vinales – on Monday and declared it
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ducati MotoGP rider Jorge Lorenzo ended the three-day pre-season test in Malaysia quickest, setting a new unofficial lap record in the process. Lorenzo surpassed the previous best MotoGP lap of the Sepang circuit, set by Honda’s Marc Marquez during winter testing
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ron Walker, the man who helped build-up Melbourne’s grand prix and became one of Formula 1’s most influential race promoters, has died at the age of 78. Walker was a successful Melbourne businessman for years and, after being appointed to lead
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Renault will reveal its new RS18 Formula 1 car with an online launch on February 20 – the same day as Sauber. The French car manufacturer is entering its third year back in F1, having taken over the Lotus outfit and
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Hyundai team principal Michel Nandan says his team cannot afford to panic after a problematic 2018 World Rally Championship-opening Monte Carlo Rally. Thierry Neuville was the highest placed Hyundai finisher in fifth place, but the title hopeful’s rally was compromised when
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Red Bull motorsport advisor Helmut Marko says Pierre Gasly returned from his Super Formula stint a changed driver, and removed any doubts over whether he deserved a Formula 1 seat. The French driver won the GP2 Series in 2016, but Red
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Alex Rins says Suzuki has managed to vastly improve the GSX-RR’s engine, one of its main weaknesses in the 2017 MotoGP season, over the winter. After its successful 2016 campaign, during which it won its first race in almost a decade
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Renault Formula 1 driver Carlos Sainz Jr said his father warned him “about 100 times” to be careful ahead of driving the final two stages of the Monte Carlo Rally last Sunday. Sainz Jr drove a Renault Megane R.S. course car
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Reigning MotoGP champion Marc Marquez says he is not yet able to keep consistent pace with the new winged fairing introduced by Honda in Sepang testing. Alongside his factory team-mate Dani Pedrosa and test rider Cal Crutchlow, Marquez trialled the new
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Yamaha MotoGP rider Maverick Vinales beat team-mate Valentino Rossi to lead the second day of 2018 pre-season testing at Sepang. Vinales, who had finished only 13th on the first day as he focused on race runs, logged a 1m59.355s in the
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The Sauber team has announced it will present its 2018 Formula 1 car on February 20. The Ferrari-powered C37 will be launched online. As part of a closer tie-up with Ferrari, Sauber will have Alfa Romeo as its new title sponsor
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Formula 1 teams will face close scrutiny of their suspension systems this season to ensure they are not using them to influence ride height. In this latest video from Motorsport.tv programme The Flying Lap, Craig Scarborough explains why the rules clarification
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. World Rally champions Petter Solberg and Marcus Gronholm helped conduct the latest test for Volkswagen’s new Polo GTI R5 car in Sweden. Solberg, the 2003 champion, and two-time WRC title winner Gronholm were joined by reigning WRC2 champion Pontus Tidemand for
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Pirelli racing manager Mario Isola expects there to be a lot of track evolution across the first two days of Formula 1 pre-season testing following a resurfacing project. The Barcelona circuit agreed to carry out modifications in order to ensure it
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The opening day of MotoGP testing at Sepang has been more positive for Yahama than the whole of last year’s pre-season running, according to Valentino Rossi. Rossi was the only rider to set a time below 2m01s for an hour of
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Sebastien Ogier kicked off the 2018 World Rally Championship season with a commanding victory on the Monte Carlo Rally. Ogier led from the very beginning despite spinning on a chaotic, ice-affected, first stage, but his advantage over 2017 WRC team-mate Ott
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Honda MotoGP rider Dani Pedrosa set the pace on the opening day of official 2018 pre-season testing at Sepang. Pedrosa upped his pace drastically late on, blitzing the field with a 1m59.427s effort that left him three-and-a-half tenths clear of his
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