Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Valentino Rossi admits he was “devastated” that his victory bid in the Malaysian Grand Prix ended in a crash, which he described as his “first mistake of the season”. Rossi took the lead from poleman Johann Zarco at the start and led
Month: November 2018
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Jorge Lorenzo has gone on a social media onslaught against Ducati MotoGP team-mate Andrea Dovizioso over remarks made about Lorenzo’s withdrawal from the Malaysian Grand Prix. The row was sparked by Dovizioso’s comments to Sky Italia after qualifying at Sepang on Saturday,
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. NASCAR Cup champion Martin Truex Jr will have to start from the back for a second straight race after an engine problem at Texas Motor Speedway. Truex’s Furniture Row Toyota squad was one of three teams that made engine changes after Saturday’s
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. MotoGP-bound Valentino Rossi protege Francesco Bagnaia wrapped up the ’18 Moto2 title by finishing third at Sepang behind race winner Luca Marini and title rival Miguel Oliveira. Pramac Ducati 2019 MotoGP signing Bagnaia arrived in Malaysia 36 points clear of Oliveira, who
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Marc Marquez took a comfortable ninth victory of the 2018 MotoGP season in the Malaysian Grand Prix after long-time leader Valentino Rossi crashed. From second on the grid, Rossi outdragged poleman Johann Zarco to take the lead into the first corner and
Mari Hulman George, who served as chairman of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Holman & Company from 1988 to 2016, has died aged 83. Hulman George, whose father Anton “Tony” Hulman Jr. saved the facility from almost certain demolition after World War II in November 1945, was a pioneer as co-owner of a team that
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Maverick Vinales says his Yamaha MotoGP crew has “no excuse” for its poor performance in wet conditions, after struggling to 11th in Sepang qualifying. Vinales was among the quickest riders in the field throughout practice in the dry and topped PF3, but
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Red Bull boss Christian Horner thinks it would be unfair to expect Pierre Gasly to challenge Max Verstappen immediately next year, but says the team predicts ‘big things’ from him. Gasly has been handed a golden opportunity to step up to Red
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Tech 3 Yamaha’s Johann Zarco will line up first on the grid for the Sepang MotoGP race after poleman Marc Marquez was penalised for impeding Andrea Iannone. The Honda rider, who sealed the 2018 MotoGP title back in Motegi, outpaced the rest
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Sebastian Vettel thinks it essential that he and new Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc have a cooperative working relationship in Formula 1 next season. With the Scuderia deciding against retaining its number two driver Kimi Raikkonen for 2019, Vettel will have a new
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Mercedes’ innovative Formula 1 wheel assembly remains the focus of much attention following last weekend’s Mexican Grand Prix. For the second race in succession, the team did not run the set-up that helps it keep rear tyre temperatures under control, amid talk
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Indonesia is set to join the MotoGP calendar in 2021 with a new street circuit in Lombok, Autosport can exclusively reveal. A delegation by MotoGP promoter Dorna, including series chief Carmelo Ezpeleta, visited the island three weeks ago and a formal announcement
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Two-time Formula 1 world champion Fernando Alonso will swap cars with NASCAR superstar Jimmie Johnson at the end of this month. The car swap will take place at Bahrain’s Sakhir circuit on November 26, the day after the F1 season finale in
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Marc Marquez believes Suzuki is now ready to mount a MotoGP title challenge, as Alex Rins continued the manufacturer’s impressive form with the fastest time in Friday practice in Malaysia. Suzuki has improved considerably this season after a difficult 2017 campaign, and
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Sebastian Vettel says the perception that Ferrari’s Formula 1 car was dominant at times this year is wrong, and insists the team never enjoyed the advantage that Mercedes often has. Vettel’s hopes of landing this year’s world championship ended in Mexico last
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The MV Agusta Forward Racing team is considering bringing back Romano Fenati after it terminated the disgraced Italian racer’s 2019 Moto2 contract. Fenati was effectively banned from racing in the grand prix paddock for the rest of 2018 after he grabbed the
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Formula 1 cars’ “really bad” mirrors mean drivers are often “blind” in battle, reckons Kevin Magnussen – who has been at the centre of recent blocking controversies. Magnussen escaped sanction for a clash with Charles Leclerc at the Japanese Grand Prix when
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ducati rider Andrea Dovizioso topped first practice for MotoGP’s Malaysian Grand Prix by less than a tenth of a second from Valentino Rossi. Dovizioso grabbed the advantage with just two minutes to go in the 45-minute session amid a late flurry of
Haas will hand Formula 2 racer Louis Deletraz his first Formula 1 run in the post-season test in Abu Dhabi later this month. The Swiss racer, son of former F1 driver Jean-Denis, will pilot the team’s current-spec VF-18 on the second day of the three-day test – which is run by tyre supplier Pirelli. “I’m
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Lewis Hamilton says fellow Formula 1 world champion Fernando Alonso’s key career mistake was thinking he “controlled” the driver market when he left Ferrari. Hamilton and Alonso had an intense battle for the F1 title as McLaren team-mates in 2007, when they
Former Schmidt Peterson Motorsports general manager Piers Phillips has joined Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing as president to oversee its involvement in IndyCar, IMSA and the new Jaguar i-Pace eTrophy Series. Bobby Rahal, David Letterman and Mike Lanigan’s team currently fields two Honda-powered cars in the IndyCar Series, two works BMW M8s in the GT Le
Marco Andretti has invested in his #98 IndyCar entry for next year, when it will officially be Andretti Herta Autosport w/ Marco Andretti & Curb-Agajanian. Bryan Herta Autosport joined forces with Andretti Autosport to run the #98 car prior to the 2016 season, with Marco Andretti switching across from the #27 entry to replace Alexander
Get unlimited access You have 10 articles remaining to view this month. One of Alex Rins’ Suzuki MotoGP bikes has been repaired ready for use in Malaysian Grand Prix Friday practice after sustaining damage in a small pitlane fire at Sepang. The fire was understood to have been caused by a fuel leak, but was
Red Bull is now so confident in the Honda package that it has set a target of making Max Verstappen Formula 1’s youngest-ever world champion in 2019. Sebastian Vettel currently holds that record, having secured his first title with Red Bull in 2010 aged 23 years and 134 days. That means Verstappen, currently 21, has
Jorge Lorenzo has explained the logic of his attempt to return to MotoGP action this weekend in Malaysia instead of waiting until the 2018 season finale at Valencia. Ducati rider Lorenzo will try to take part in the Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang, two weeks on from having to withdraw from the Japanese GP with
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