Johann Zarco says he is sorry for causing Dani Pedrosa to crash out on the opening lap of MotoGP’s Argentine Grand Prix last weekend. Pedrosa was an early casualty at the Autodromo Termas de Rio Hondo, as he was the victim of a highside at Turn 13 that followed Tech3 Yamaha’s Zarco attempt to muscle
Month: April 2018
The NASCAR Cup series admits it should have penalised Kevin Harvick during one of the pitstops that the Stewart-Haas Racing driver later branded “pathetic”, after further pitgun failures at Texas. Harvick lost out in Sunday’s race to Joe Gibbs Racing driver Kyle Busch, and was hampered by two botched pitstops having dominated early on. The
Formula 1 championship leader Sebastian Vettel felt “healthier” in his Ferrari in Bahrain but insists the team must improve despite winning the opening two grands prix of the season. Vettel followed up a fortunate victory in the Australian Grand Prix by qualifying on pole in Bahrain and holding off Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas for the win
Penske’s Josef Newgarden says he had no idea if his “risky” pass on Robert Wickens to win the 2018 IndyCar race at Phoenix in the final laps would work. Newgarden and team-mate Will Power had moved to the front of the field in Saturday’s race after Simon Pagenaud, Alexander Rossi and polesitter Sebastien Bourdais all
A dejected Daniel Ricciardo has admitted the implosion of Red Bull’s Bahrain Grand Prix within the first two laps shows how Formula 1 “can rip your heart out”. Max Verstappen picked up a puncture while passing Lewis Hamilton at the start of the second lap, which caused gearbox damage that led to his swift retirement,
Marc Marquez insists he was given misleading instructions on the grid during MotoGP’s Argentine Grand Prix that meant he “couldn’t understand” why he was later given a ride-through penalty. Marquez was at the centre of controversy after the race at the Autodromo Termas de Rio Hondo race, attracting attention from the stewards for collisions with
Jack Miller says he was trying to keep his emotions in check during a bizarre grid sequence for MotoGP’s Argentine Grand Prix, in which he was given a headstart by organisers. Shock polesitter Miller was the only rider to go to the Termas de Rio Hondo grid on slick tyres in the changeable conditions, with
Joe Gibbs Racing’s Kyle Busch took his first NASCAR Cup series victory of the 2018 season at Texas, narrowly defeating Stewart-Haas Racing’s Kevin Harvick. Busch had fallen down the order at the beginning of the third stage, having won the previous instalment. He was then given a reprieve when Denny Hamlin and Aric Almirola collided,
Marc Marquez insists he wasn’t doing anything “crazy” when he made contact with Valentino Rossi during Sunday’s MotoGP race in Argentina and caused his rival to crash. After receiving a ride-through penalty early on for riding his bike back to his grid spot after briefly stalling, Marquez spent the bulk of the race at the
Valentino Rossi has lashed out at his MotoGP rival Marc Marquez in the aftermath of their clash in Argentina, saying the reigning champion has “destroyed our sport”. Rossi and Marquez have a fractious relationship as a result of a series of on-track controversies over recent years and they came to blows again in Sunday’s race
Marc Marquez showed a “lack of respect” to other riders during the 2018 Argentina race says former MotoGP rider James Toseland, with pundits roundly criticising the Honda man. Marquez controversially clashed with Yamaha’s Valentino Rossi late in the race, having worked his way through the pack after an early penalty for stalling on the grid
Formula 1 stewards have penalised Sergio Perez and Brendon Hartley 30 seconds each for not following correct procedure on the Bahrain Grand Prix formation lap. The pair shared the sixth row of the grid and collided on the first lap when Hartley’s Toro Rosso spun Perez’s Force India around at Turn 4. Hartley received a
Toro Rosso Formula 1 driver Pierre Gasly’s drive to fourth place in the Bahrain Grand Prix “made a man out of him”, according to Red Bull motorsport boss Helmut Marko. Gasly, in only his seventh F1 race, gave the Toro Rosso-Honda partnership its first points of the season, having started the race in fifth place
Attempto Audi drivers Kelvin van der Linde and Steijn Schothorst started the 2018 Blancpain Sprint Cup season with a victory in the main race at Zolder. Saturday race winners Christian Engelhart and Mirko Bortolotti were on pole position for the second event, with the latter establishing a comfortable seven-second lead in the first stint. But
Sebastien Ogier sealed victory in the World Rally Championship’s Tour de Corse with a comfortable run through the final two stages of the event on Sunday. The Frenchman gave up nearly one third of his advantage over Ott Tanak in the 55.17km Vero-Sarrola-Carcopino stage, but he still started the power stage with a gap of
Force India will not race the new front wing trialled by Sergio Perez during Friday practice because it was not working as hoped. The Silverstone-based team had one version of the new front wing, which was given to Perez thanks to him being classified higher than team-mate Esteban Ocon in the world championship. But after
LCR Honda rider Cal Crutchlow was left “absolutely raging” after a tactical error by the team cost him a potential front-row start for the Argentina MotoGP race. Crutchlow and fellow Honda rider Marc Marquez both attempted to run slick tyres on the damp Termas de Rio Hondo circuit, but both abandoned their runs after one
One-time Formula 1 champion Jenson Button and his Team Kunimitsu teammate Naoki Yamamoto finished second in the Super GT season opener at Okayama, behind the victorious Real Racing Honda. Button had qualified the #100 Honda NSX-GT in fifth position in a wet qualifying on Saturday and also started Sunday’s race. While Button managed to get
Reigning IndyCar champion Josef Newgarden defeated Schmidt Peterson Motorsports’s Robert Wickens for his first win of the 2018 season after a late full-course yellow caused a seven-lap showdown at Phoenix. Wickens had once again starred, this time in his first-ever oval race, after SPM expertly pulled off an undercut on the Penske duo of leading
Jack Miller felt like “a passenger” when going through wet patches on slicks during his charge to a shock maiden MotoGP pole during qualifying in Argentina. Pramac Ducati rider Miller gambled on a switch to a slick tyre-shod bike after the first runs in the pole shootout at the Autodromo Termas de Rio Hondo circuit
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff admits his Formula 1 team is struggling with overheating tyres like last season, after Ferrari surprisingly locked out the front row for the Bahrain Grand Prix. Lewis Hamilton scored a comfortable pole position for the first F1 race of 2018 in Melbourne, but was 0.262s off the pace in Bahrain, with
Pramac Ducati rider Jack Miller took a shock maiden MotoGP pole position in a wet-dry qualifying session in Argentina after he gambled by switching to slicks late-on. Honda’s Dani Pedrosa qualified second, with Johann Zarco third at the drying Termas de Rio Hondo track. Marc Marquez will start sixth and Jorge Lorenzo could only qualify
Fernando Alonso says McLaren feared it would struggle at Formula 1’s Bahrain Grand Prix even before track action got underway. A lacklustre showing in qualifying at the Sakhir F1 circuit, with neither the Spaniard nor team-mate Stoffel Vandoorne making it through to Q3, has left the team searching for answers for such a poor performance.
Jari-Matti Latvala has praised the improved side-impact protection on World Rally Championship cars following the crash which ruled him out of the 2018 Tour de Corse on Saturday. The left-hand corner of the Finn’s Toyota struck a tree near the end of the second run of the 21-mile Cagnano-Pino-Canari test. The car was retired from
World Rally Championship points leader Sebastien Ogier continues his dominance of the Tour de Course, while Kris Meeke’s Citroen C3 crashed out of second place. Thierry Neuville and Meeke started the final stage of the day, the 10.8 mile Novella stage, with identical overall times. On Novella, where Meeke has hit major trouble in each
Honda rider Marc Marquez dominated the third MotoGP practice session at Argentina’s Termas de Rio Hondo circuit, as both works Ducati riders missed out on automatic Q2 spots. A wet-weather session left championship leader Andrea Dovizioso and team-mate Jorge Lorenzo – as well as Pramac rider Danilo Petrucci, also riding a 2018-specification Ducati – outside
M-Sport driver Sebastien Ogier increased his lead of the Tour de Corse to 41.6 seconds after the Saturday morning loop of his home round of the World Rally Championship. Ogier edged Thierry Neuville on each of the three stages of the second day of the first dry asphalt rally of the season to build his
In an effort to combat overheating issues, Pirelli will run a modified Formula 1 tyre at the Spanish, French and British Grand Prix, three races taking place on resurfaced tracks. For those events Pirelli will use tyres with a slightly thinner tread, in light of information learned during Barcelona testing. The tread for the three
Championship leader Sebastien Bourdais took pole position at Phoenix for the first oval race of the 2018 IndyCar championship. The Dale Coyne Racing driver was the last man on track under the new oval qualifying system, in which drivers complete their two qualifying laps in reverse championship order. Bourdais’ effort knocked Team Penske’s Simon Pagenaud
Hyundai driver Thierry Neuville says he will let Sebastien Ogier go and focus on holding onto second place during the rest of the Tour de Corse. World champion Ogier has won three of the day’s four stages to build a 33-second lead over chief title rival and last year’s Corsica winner Neuville, who is only
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