Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Valentino Rossi says the Mexico City Formula 1 circuit is too “dangerous” for MotoGP and that racing there next season “is not a good idea”. Mexico emerged last weekend as a strong contender to host a MotoGP event in 2019, a move
Month: August 2018
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. KTM MotoGP rider Pol Espargaro will not take part in this weekend’s Austrian Grand Prix after breaking a collarbone in a crash at Brno last weekend. Espargaro was forced to sit out the Czech Grand Prix on Sunday after his accident in
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The Mercedes Formula 1 team is buoyant it has made progress with its weakness in high temperatures and will fare better in warmer races in the future. Mercedes has traditionally overworked its rear tyres more than rivals, leaving it vulnerable in races
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. NASCAR CEO Brian France will relinquish his role and take an “indefinite” leave of absence after he was arrested for driving under the influence. France, who has been NASCAR’s CEO since 2003, was arrested on Sunday night by a police department in
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. NASCAR has released a statement after a New York police department arrested CEO Brian France for driving under the influence. France was arrested on Sunday night for alleged aggravated driving while intoxicated and for possession of a controlled substance. The 56-year-old was
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The process of finding a buyer for Force India is only the first challenge in a crucial few weeks for the Formula 1 team. Force India went into administration at the end of July with the administrators, from FRP Advisory LLP, now
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Marc Marquez topped MotoGP’s post-Czech Grand Prix test at Brno ahead of Johann Zarco, with the Honda rider trying a new prototype bike during the day. The majority of the eight-hour test was led by one of the two factory Ducati riders,
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Hendrick Motorsports owner Rick Hendrick says Chase Elliott’s first NASCAR Cup series win at Watkins Glen is a “huge shot in the arm” for his organisation heading into the playoffs. Hendrick underwent huge changes for 2018 following the retirement of team veteran
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The hospital treating three-time Formula 1 world champion Niki Lauda has released more details about his condition following a lung transplant. Lauda is making good progress in Austria’s AHK Vienna hospital after undergoing surgery on August 2. The hospital confirmed that Lauda
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The current confusion within Yamaha while managing Maverick Vinales’ box is the best proof of the rider’s power in MotoGP. Leaving aside races and final results, one of the main points of interest of this weekend’s Czech Grand Prix was Vinales’ box.
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. KTM says its “disaster” on Sunday at Brno marked the “worst day” since the start of the Austrian marque’s MotoGP project. Pol Espargaro’s warm-up crash, in which the Spanish rider broke his collarbone, reduced KTM’s presence to just one bike in Sunday’s
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Max Verstappen feels like his Red Bull Formula 1 team has been “two races behind” on engine updates this season because it has not been a manufacturer’s main priority. The revival of Renault’s own team in 2016 complicated the French manufacturer’s relationship
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Hendrick Motorsports driver Chase Elliott earned his first career NASCAR Cup series victory after surviving significant late-race pressure from reigning champion Martin Truex Jr at Watkins Glen. Elliott, who won the second stage and had battled for the lead throughout the race,
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Brno MotoGP race winner Andrea Dovizioso says his “strange” pace at the head of the race was a deliberate attempt to break up the pack behind him. Dovizioso led all but three laps of the Czech Grand Prix, but ran an initial
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Honda MotoGP wildcard Stefan Bradl has been blamed for causing the three-bike collision on the opening lap of the Czech Grand Prix, which Jack Miller called a “nasty little crash”. Bradl collided with Maverick Vinales and Bradley Smith at Turn 3, resulting
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Andrea Dovizioso scored his first MotoGP victory in five months by coming out on top in a three-way fight against Jorge Lorenzo and Marc Marquez in the Czech Grand Prix. Ducati rider Dovizioso expertly fended off attacks from both Marquez and Lorenzo
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Toro Rosso driver Pierre Gasly says his tyre management has “improved massively” compared to his skill-level in Formula 1 feeder series GP2. Of Gasly’s three standout F1 results in 2018, the two in Monaco and Hungary were made possible by lengthy yet
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. NASCAR legend Bill Elliott, father of current Cup series driver Chase Elliott, will make a one-off return to racing in the second-tier Xfinity event at Road America later this month. The 1988 Cup champion and two-time Daytona 500 winner will drive the
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Carlos Sainz Jr would be high on McLaren’s list of Formula 1 options for 2019 if he emerges as a free agent, according to the team’s boss Zak Brown. McLaren is yet to confirm either of its drivers for next season, with
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Watkins Glen International president Michael Printup says he has started preliminary discussions with IndyCar officials about the series returning to race at the New York track as early as 2021. IndyCar last raced at Watkins Glen from 2016-2017 after a street race
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Yamaha has prevented Maverick Vinales from responding to the claims of his MotoGP crew chief Ramon Forcada that the rider had not informed him of their impending split. Vinales told the media on Friday at Brno that he will end his relationship
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Factory Ducati riders Andrea Dovizioso and Jorge Lorenzo plan to use the team’s new aerodynamic fairing in Sunday’s MotoGP Czech Grand Prix at Brno. Pramac Ducati rider Danilo Petrucci was first to test the new fairing, which features a slimmer pair of
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ducati rider Andrea Dovizioso took pole position for MotoGP’s Czech Grand Prix, beating Valentino Rossi by two tenths in a thrilling pole shootout at Brno. Dovizioso, using the latest-spec aero fairing on his Ducati, leapt from eighth to the top of the
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Renault-bound Formula 1 driver Daniel Ricciardo says he is “sad” to be ending his long-standing relationship with Red Bull, but insists the timing was right to make a change. The Australian has been on Red Bull’s books since 2008, winning titles in
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Force India chief operating officer Otmar Szafnauer says the team will be able to bring updates to its Formula 1 car as soon as its ownership situation becomes clearer. The team went into administration last Friday, ahead of the Hungarian Grand Prix,
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Daniel Ricciardo sent shockwaves through Formula 1 on Friday when news broke that he will leave Red Bull to join Renault for 2019. His decision is understood to have even come as a shock to Red Bull, which still believed it was
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Daniel Ricciardo’s shock move to the Renault Formula 1 team is discussed in the latest edition of The Autosport Podcast. The Australia was widely expected to re-commit to Red Bull, but has blown the F1 driver market wide open by making a
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Valentino Rossi says it is “better late than never” for Yamaha to create a European test team, after the Japanese manufacturer confirmed it will do so in 2019. Yamaha team manager Massimo Meregalli said at Brno on Friday the marque is pushing
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. MotoGP championship leader Marc Marquez says Andrea Dovizioso is the rider to beat at Brno on the evidence of Friday practice. Dovizioso and Marquez were the only two riders to place in the top 10 in Friday’s combined classification without using a
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. One of the doctors who operated on three-time Formula 1 world champion Niki Lauda says he is making good progress in a Vienna hospital after his lung transplant on Thursday. Lauda underwent surgery in Austria after falling ill while on holiday in