Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Honda’s 2019 MotoGP bike is still susceptible to front-end crashes despite the manufacturer’s effort to improve this aspect, believes Marc Marquez. Marquez suffered 23 crashes across the 2018 season on his way to a fifth MotoGP title, a contributing factor
Month: February 2019
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Aleix Espargaro says Aprilia’s 2019-spec MotoGP bike is the model the team should have had last season, in the wake of an encouraging pre-season test at Sepang. Espargaro endured a troublesome 2018, believing the team chased a wrong development path,
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Mercedes protégé Esteban Ocon has pledged to “transform” himself under Formula 1’s new weight rules ahead of his planned return to the grid in 2020. Ocon will spend 2019 mostly on the sidelines having bagged a reserve driver role with
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Martin Truex Jr led the way during Saturday’s pair of NASCAR Cup practice sessions for the 2019 Daytona 500. Truex set his session-best lap speed of 195.920mph late in first practice while running together with Joe Gibbs Racing team-mates Kyle
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. IndyCar’s first open test of the 2019 campaign at Laguna Seca was the first step in figuring out the answers to the key questions formed over the off-season. The biggest question is whether reigning champion Scott Dixon and Chip Ganassi
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Pierre Gasly believes Red Bull team-mate Max Verstappen is the “perfect reference” to have in his first season with a front-running Formula 1 team. The French driver completed his first full campaign in the sport last year, racing for Toro
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ferrari sponsor Philip Morris International is adamant its Mission Winnow initiative fully complies with tobacco advertising laws, despite an investigation being launched in Australia over the matter. Mission Winnow’s sponsorship of Ferrari was launched at last year’s Japanese Grand Prix,
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Romain Grosjean thinks he may have ‘overdone’ the weight gain that new Formula 1 regulations allow, but says the sport will be better for the changes. In a move to level the playing field between the smaller and bigger drivers,
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Andrea Dovizioso says Ducati’s sweep of the top four positions on the final day of the Sepang MotoGP test is not an accurate reflection of the Italian marque’s current strength. Dovizioso ended up fourth-fastest on the third and final day
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The growth of two serious bids to revive and host the Dutch Grand Prix makes Formula 1’s return to the Netherlands credible, despite the country’s government ruling out financial assistance. Long-time Dutch GP venue Zandvoort and established MotoGP circuit Assen
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. LCR Honda rider Cal Crutchlow says he “couldn’t have asked for a better” return to riding in pre-season MotoGP testing at Sepang following a three-month injury layoff. Crutchlow broke his right ankle in a heavy crash at Phillip Island, and
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Valentino Rossi believes the Yamaha MotoGP team is no longer “lost” after completing the first pre-season test of 2019 at Sepang. Yamaha has made operational changes to its MotoGP programme after two disappointing campaigns, which included the appointment of a
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Formula 1 world champion Jenson Button is linking up with the RJN Motorsport squad to field a Honda NSX in this year’s Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup. Honda Super GT Series driver Button, who is an ambassador for the Japanese
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Mark Webber says his former Porsche LMP1 boss Andreas Seidl will have a “red hot go” at turning McLaren’s Formula 1 fortunes around. The nine-time grand prix winner and Seidl have a history that dates back to Webber’s first season
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ferrari is likely to adopt a double-stacked exhaust system with its 2019 Formula 1 car, judging by the first images of customer team Haas’s new design. Ferrari raised eyebrows last year when it trialled a new exhaust concept at the
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. New KTM MotoGP test rider Dani Pedrosa could miss be unavailable for three months as he recovers from successful surgery on his fractured collarbone. Shortly after his first experience aboard a KTM at Jerez in a private test just before
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Danilo Petrucci smashed the unofficial MotoGP Sepang lap record on the final day of pre-season testing at the Malaysian circuit, heading a Ducati 1-2-3-4. The Italian’s 1m58.239s lap was almost six tenths better than the previous record, which was set
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Haas became the first team to unveil its 2019 Formula 1 car on Thursday, complete with an all-new livery thanks to its tie-up with drinks firm Rich Energy. The car Haas displayed at a launch event in London was based
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Suzuki has showed “incredible” long-run pace during 2019 MotoGP pre-season testing so far, reckons rider Alex Rins. Rins was runner-up on both days of the test so far, but said there should be more attention on the bike’s speed on
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Williams will reveal its new 2019 Formula 1 season livery – its first since Martini’s exit as title sponsor – on Monday afternoon. It is the last F1 team to announce plans for a pre-season launch event, announcing what it
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Charlie Kimball will compete in just five IndyCar races with Carlin in 2019, including the Indianapolis 500. Kimball confirmed on social media that he will also race at Texas, Pocono, St Petersburg and Laguna Seca. The Florida-based arm of Carlin
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Stewart-Haas Racing’s Aric Almirola says he would “return the favour” if he was to again fight Austin Dillon for victory in the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series season-opening Daytona 500. Dillon took one of two regular season wins for Chevrolet in
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Valentino Rossi admits Yamaha MotoGP team-mate Maverick Vinales’ session-topping lap time on the second day of 2019 pre-season testing was “unattainable” for him. Vinales left it until the closing stages of Thursday’s running to become the first rider of the
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Marc Marquez has conceded he is unlikely to be completely fit for the 2019 MotoGP season-opening Qatar Grand Prix having had to limit his test running due to pain. Despite having still not totally recovered from his shoulder operation in
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The boss of Haas Formula 1 team title sponsor Rich Energy says doubting the legitimacy of his company or its products is “like saying man never walked on the moon”. Haas unveiled its 2019 Formula 1 car on Thursday, complete
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Yamaha’s Maverick Vinales beat Alex Rins late on to top the second day of MotoGP’s 2019 pre-season testing at Sepang. Vinales overhauled Rins, who had dethroned long-time leader Andrea Dovizioso just a few minutes earlier, moments before the chequered flag
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Former Formula 1 driver Rio Haryanto will make his full-time racing return in the Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia series this year. Haryanto is set to contest all six rounds of the series’ 2019 schedule, which features current F1 tracks
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The Haas Formula 1 team will unveil its new livery on Thursday, and you can see it first by following the event live on Autosport. Haas struck a title sponsorship deal with British energy drink company Rich Energy late last
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Firestone will continue as IndyCar’s exclusive tyre supplier until 2025, following a five-year partnership extension between the championship and the Firestone’s parent company Bridgestone Americas, Inc. Bridgestone has also announced plans to build a new manufacturing facility in Akron that
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Red Bull Formula 1 team boss Christian Horner believes Max Verstappen is the driver that Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel “fear the most”. Verstappen won two races and finished fourth in the championship in 2018, and has been tipped by
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