Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Renault expects its chassis’ performance deficit is too “substantial” to beat its Formula 1 customer teams Red Bull and McLaren this season, but wants to match them by 2019. The French manufacturer improved from ninth to sixth in the F1 constructors’
Month: February 2018
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Brad Keselowski scored his first NASCAR Daytona Clash victory, moving from last to first place in the opening part of the race and staying in the lead until the finish. Team Penske dominated the majority of the 75-lap race, with Keselowski
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Alex Bowman scored a dominant pole position in qualifying for NASCAR’s Daytona 500, going fastest in both rounds of qualifying and beating nearest rival Denny Hamlin by 0.130 seconds. Picked as replacement for the now retired Dale Earnhardt Jr, Bowman posted
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ducati MotoGP sporting director Paolo Ciabatti says Pramac rider Danilo Petrucci should be “smart” and look for a factory ride elsewhere for the 2019 season. Petrucci revealed last month that the 2018 season would be his last with the satellite Pramac
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. IndyCar director of engineering and safety Jeff Horton says the series’ first test of its aeroscreen cockpit protection device “exceeded expectations”. Scott Dixon tested the aeroscreen on Thursday at Phoenix, and gave a generally positive review of the device. Watch Dixon
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Formula E title contender Felix Rosenqvist believes success in the electric series is his best chance of forcing his way into Formula 1. The Swedish driver is second in the FE points, behind ex-F1 driver Jean-Eric Vergne, after two wins from
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The Daytona 500 will be beamed into 18 million UK homes on free-to-air television for the first time this year thanks to the new FreeSports channel. The February 18 event is the traditional season opener of the NASCAR Cup Series, where
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Takuma Sato and Will Power topped both of IndyCar’s test sessions at Phoenix on Saturday, while four-time champion Scott Dixon spun and clipped the wall. Tony Kanaan’s AJ Foyt Racing-Chevrolet sat at the top of the speed chart for much of
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Max Verstappen believes Red Bull would be dominating Formula 1 if it had Mercedes engines. Though Renault powered Red Bull to four straight F1 championships with Sebastian Vettel from 2010-13, it has been on the back foot compared to Mercedes in
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Rookie William Byron posted the fastest lap across Saturday’s three NASCAR Cup practice sessions ahead of the Daytona 500, utilising a large pack of cars drafting to set his time. One of Hendrick Motorsports’ new recruits for 2018, reigning Xfinity Series
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Trevor Carlin says his team was satisfied with its first day of IndyCar oval testing but that his drivers were “shocked” by the reduced downforce from the new aerokits. Charlie Kimball and Max Chilton finished Friday’s first day of testing at
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Reigning MotoGP champion Marc Marquez says he has already commenced talks about renewing his factory Honda contract. Like the majority of riders on the MotoGP grid, Marquez is out of contract at the end of the 2018 season and has been
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The Mercedes Formula 1 team now has such strength in depth that it could withstand any of its senior technical personnel leaving, reckons boss Toto Wolff. Paddy Lowe left his role as Mercedes’ executive technical director ahead of 2017 and moved
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. McLaren Formula 1 boss Zak Brown says the team insisted Fernando Alonso had a “very minimised” role with Toyota when allowing him to compete in the World Endurance Championship. As part of his quest to win motorsport’s ‘triple crown’, Alonso has
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing-Honda duo Graham Rahal and Takuma Sato finished 1-2 in the three-hour IndyCar evening test session at Phoenix on Friday. The test was the squad’s first on a short oval with the 2018 aerokit-equipped car, but Rahal and
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ride onboard at 190mph with Chip Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon as he tests the new IndyCar aeroscreen that the series hopes will protect drivers from cockpit intrusion in future. Dixon gave the windscreen, which is made of a proprietary Opticor advanced
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Sergey Sirotkin’s backers say the money they are putting into Williams will all be spent on development to improve the team’s Formula 1 car. The team’s decision to sign the 22-year-old Russian over other candidates including Robert Kubica, Pascal Wehrlein and
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Stewart-Haas Racing’s Aric Almirola says his Richard Petty Motorsports replacement Darrell ‘Bubba’ Wallace Jr cannot afford to “screw up” because there will be inevitable comparisons to NASCAR legend Richard Petty. Almirola drove for seven-time champion Petty’s team from 2012-17 and won
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Daniel Ricciardo has admitted he sometimes “overdrove” under pressure from Red Bull Formula 1 team-mate Max Verstappen. Though Ricciardo has outscored Verstappen in both their seasons together, Verstappen had the superior qualifying record in 2017. “I would say it’s pushed me
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. AJ Foyt Racing driver Matheus Leist topped the speed charts among the eight drivers in action during the IndyCar rookie test session at Phoenix on Thursday. The Indy Lights graduate turned a best lap of 19.9700 seconds at 184.236mph in his
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Renault is on course to produce a more powerful and more reliable engine for the 2018 Formula 1 season, according to its new customer McLaren. Though Renault won three 2017 grands prix with Red Bull last season, it still trailed Mercedes
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. IndyCar’s new aeroscreen made its track testing debut at Phoenix on Thursday, with four-time Scott Dixon positive but suggesting work needs to be done before its full implementation. The windscreen is made of a proprietary Opticor advanced transparency material by PPG,
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Formula 1 owner Liberty Media has been urged by McLaren chief Zak Brown not to pander to Mercedes and Ferrari over future rules. McLaren’s executive director wants Liberty to consider the benefits of the whole of grand prix racing during what
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Valentino Rossi’s assessment of Yamaha’s 2018 MotoGP bike is more valuable than his team-mate Maverick Vinales’, team manager Massimo Meregalli has claimed. After an encouraging first two days of Sepang testing, both Rossi and Vinales struggled for pace on the final
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Sauber’s use of a 2018 Ferrari Formula 1 engine will be a “big leap” from contending with a year-old specification last season, according to driver Marcus Ericsson. The Swiss team will have closer ties with Ferrari next season through a multi-year
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Nico Hulkenberg has denied he could “slack” when he had Jolyon Palmer as his Renault Formula 1 team-mate, and says Carlos Sainz Jr’s arrival made no difference to his efforts. As part of the machinations around McLaren and Toro Rosso’s swap
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Toyota star Kamui Kobayashi has been drafted into the marque’s Super GT line-up to form a new superteam with fellow ex-Formula 1 racer Heikki Kovalainen. Kobayashi, who has never contested a full season in Super GT before, will join 2016 champion
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Former grand prix driver Mark Webber hopes that Fernando Alonso does not get too burned out by his Toyota LMP1 programme to deliver his very best in Formula 1. Alonso confirmed last week that he would be competing in the majority
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. McLaren has announced a partnership with American-based multinational computer company Dell Technologies for the 2018 Formula 1 season. The long-term deal, revealed on Thursday, will include the manufacturer of PCs, computer servers and TVs supplying both hardware and software to the
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. McLaren is to announce a new sponsor in the shape of American-based multinational computer company Dell Technologies for the 2018 Formula 1 season, reports Sky News. The long-term deal, which is expected to be confirmed on Thursday, will see the manufacturer
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