Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The disastrous race cancellation at Silverstone must be used as an example to avoid MotoGP facing similar situations in the future, says ORIOL PUIGDEMONT The majority of us will agree that the postponement of the Qatar Grand Prix in 2009 due to
Month: August 2018
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ex-Formula 1 driver Felipe Massa has hit out at IndyCar’s safety following recent major incidents in both single-seater series. Massa was one of several drivers to speak positively on social media about F1’s introduction of the halo following its role in protecting
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. FIA race director Charlie Whiting has elaborated why Nico Hulkenberg did not receive as harsh a penalty as Romain Grosjean was given after a similar incident at Spa six years ago. Grosjean was handed a one-race ban after triggering the crash at
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. FIM Safety Officer Franco Uncini claims Silverstone’s new for 2018 track surface has deteriorated considerably since it was first laid after the cancellation of MotoGP’s British Grand Prix. Race director Mike Webb said the fresh asphalt was directly responsible for Sunday’s race
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo will have to take Italian Grand Prix grid penalties when he becomes the first driver to use Renault’s new ‘spec C’ Formula 1 engine. Ricciardo is out-of-sequence on engine usage following failures earlier in the season, and Red
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Will Power insists he is still in the 2018 IndyCar title fight, despite trailing championship favourites Scott Dixon and Alexander Rossi with just two races remaining. The Penske driver won last weekend’s race at Gateway, moving past long-time race leader Dixon on
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Mercedes believes “many deficits” it has with its Formula 1 car are behind Ferrari’s current performance advantage. On the back of Sebastian Vettel’s crucial victory in Belgium, on a track where Mercedes has traditionally been strong, Ferrari’s title hopes have been reinvigorated
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Formula 1 race director Charlie Whiting says he was “amused” by Lewis Hamilton’s suggestion after the Belgian GP that Ferrari has trick things on its cars. The reigning world champion later clarified he didn’t mean to imply the Italian team was doing
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Charles Leclerc feels “lucky” after seeing the damage to his Sauber Formula 1 car’s halo caused by an airborne Fernando Alonso in the Belgian Grand Prix first-corner crash. Alonso was rear-ended by Nico Hulkenberg under braking for La Source, which sent the
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Jack Miller and Johann Zarco were the only MotoGP riders present in an emergency riders’ safety commission at Silverstone who wanted the British Grand Prix to proceed. After hours of delays due to rain – and with the newly relaid Silverstone track
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. MotoGP race director Mike Webb said the cancellation of the British Grand Prix was because Silverstone’s new-for-2018 asphalt was not safe enough to race under wet conditions. In an attempt to get rid of long-standing bumps and give the circuit layout a
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. MotoGP’s British Grand Prix has been cancelled due to torrential rain at Silverstone. Despite the efforts of race organisers to avoid forecast rain, which led to the race being rescheduled for 1130 local time instead of 1300 as originally planned, a downpour
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. World Rally Championship driver Dani Sordo took a podium finish from his one-off European Rally Championship outing in Hyundai’s R5 car on Rally Zlin. Hyundai entered Sordo on the Czech event, which was his first run in the R5 car, in a
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Carlos Sainz Jr and Stoffel Vandoorne will start from the back of the Belgian Grand Prix grid after taking new Renault Formula 1 engines ahead of the race. Both drivers were knocked out of the first part of qualifying on Saturday so
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Mercedes dominated the first running of the Suzuka 10 Hours, with the GruppeM squad leading a one-two finish for the German manufacturer. The #888 trio of Raffaele Marciello, Maro Engel and Tristan Vautier moved into the lead at the start of the
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Penske’s Will Power kept his slim 2018 IndyCar title hopes alive by winning as championship favourites Alexander Rossi and Scott Dixon duelled in a late strategic battle at Gateway. Power took the decisive lead on the 150th tour of the 243-lap race,
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Schmidt Peterson Motorsports has revealed that IndyCar driver Robert Wickens is now breathing without assistance for the first time since his serious Pocono crash. Wickens suffered heavily bruised lungs – as well as injuries to his arm, spine, legs and feet –
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. MotoGP race director Mike Webb says the asphalt at certain Silverstone corners will be cut in a bid to improve drainage, with Sunday’s race under threat from expected heavy rain. Following a spate of crashes at Stowe during a heavy downpour in
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Esteban Ocon is still linked with a 2018 McLaren move, but Mercedes Formula 1 boss Toto Wolff says several “chess figures” would have to move for it to happen. With the door now closed at Renault for 2019 with Daniel Ricciardo’s upcoming
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Racing Point Force India is to lose its place on Formula 1’s influential Strategy Group as part of the new team deal that saved its future, Autosport has learned. The Strategy Group is made up of representatives from the FIA and FOM,
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Avintia Ducati MotoGP rider Tito Rabat is to undergo “emergency surgery” on Saturday evening after suffering a broken leg in an impact with Franco Morbidelli’s bike at Silverstone. Rabat was hit by Morbidelli’s Marc VDS Honda machine in the gravel at Stowe
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Yamaha rider Valentino Rossi says he is “very upset” about a mistake in his pit box that has consigned him to 12th on the grid for MotoGP’s Silverstone round. Rossi was slowest of all in the delayed Q2 pole shootout, which was
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. MotoGP’s British Grand Prix at Silverstone will start 90 minutes earlier than originally scheduled on Sunday due to the threat of heavy rain. Instead of going ahead at 1pm UK time as was originally planned, the race will now be held at
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Jack Miller is “900%” sure that his slicks gamble during a drying MotoGP qualifying session at Silverstone would have resulted in pole if he had time for one more lap. Despite delays before both Q1 and Q2 due to the accident involving
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Jorge Lorenzo grabbed his second pole of the MotoGP season in a rain-affected and delayed British Grand Prix pole shootout at Silverstone, leading a Ducati one-two ahead of Andrea Dovizioso. Heavy rain at the tail-end of FP4 caused several riders to fall
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Jorge Lorenzo grabbed his second pole of the MotoGP season in a rain-affected and delayed British Grand Prix pole shootout at Silverstone, leading a Ducati 1-2 ahead of Andrea Dovizioso. Heavy rain at the tail-end of FP4 caused several riders to fall
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Renault has made its upgraded Spec C engine available to Red Bull and McLaren for the Italian Grand Prix, but the works team will not use it for reliability reasons. Renault Sport Formula 1 boss Cyril Abiteboul acknowledged the upgrade will carry
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Taiwanese squad HubAuto Corse claimed pole position for the Intercontinental GT Challenge’s inaugural Suzuka 10 Hours with its Pro-Am Ferrari in a truncated qualifying session on Saturday. The #28 488 GT3 of Nick Foster, David Perel and Hiroki Yoshida topped the group
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. IndyCar Series points leader Scott Dixon will start on pole position for Saturday night’s race at Gateway after qualifying was cancelled due to a day blighted by bad weather. Dixon’s title rival Alexander Rossi topped the only practice session run so far,
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ryan Hunter-Reay is just going for race wins now his IndyCar championship bid has faltered, but will also try to help Andretti Autosport team-mate Alexander Rossi claim the title. Hunter-Reay, the 2012 IndyCar champion, took his first win for almost three years
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