Dani Sordo will make his second World Rally Championship appearance of 2020 with Hyundai on next month’s Rally Italy after scoring his second career victory on the event last year. The 37-year-old Spaniard will drive Hyundai’s third works i20 Coupe WRC alongside regular drivers Thierry Neuville and Ott Tanak in the Sardinia-based event on 8-11
Month: September 2020
Mid-Ohio IndyCar winner Colton Herta says that hitting the right fuel number gave him an edge over his Andretti Autosport team-mates despite possibly making the wrong strategy call on tyres. Herta led 57 of the 75 laps in Mid-Ohio’s second race of the weekend, and the majority of laps in which he wasn’t P1 were
Colton Herta headed an Andretti Autosport 1-2-3 in the second and final IndyCar race of the double-header weekend at Mid-Ohio, as points leader Scott Dixon finished 10th after a spin. There was drama on the opening lap as first-time front row starter Santino Ferrucci attempted to drive around the outside of poleman Herta at the
Valentino Rossi has joked establishing his VR46 Academy may not have been a good idea, after Franco Morbidelli and Francesco Bagnaia beat him in the MotoGP San Marino Grand Prix. Nine-time grand prix world champion Rossi set up his VR46 Academy in 2014 in a bid to nurture and promote young Italian talent. In a
Fabio Quartararo says his first crash in the MotoGP San Marino Grand Prix was a result of him pushing “like it was the last lap” to catch Jack Miller. The Petronas SRT rider dropped from third to fifth at the start and got stuck behind factory Yamaha counterpart Maverick Vinales for the opening six laps.
Maverick Vinales says he was just a “cone on track” after encountering the “usual” race issues with his Yamaha on route to sixth in the MotoGP San Marino Grand Prix. Vinales blasted the Misano lap record in qualifying to grab pole and was favourite for victory ahead of the race after showing strong long run
Colton Herta earned pole position for the second race of the weekend at Mid-Ohio after topping a rain-hit qualifying session that involved a crash for race one victor Will Power. The 23-driver field was split across two qualifying groups, with the drivers from the fastest group occupying the odd-numbered places on the grid and the
Haupt Racing Team’s Maro Engel and Luca Stolz closed on the lead of the GT World Challenge Europe standings with victory and a third in the Sprint Cup at Magny-Cours. The Mercedes pair, who were narrowly beaten to both the overall and sprint titles last season, claimed a routine win in race one, with race
John McPhee came from 17th on the grid to win a dramatic Moto3 San Marino Grand Prix to get back into championship contention after points leader Albert Arenas crashed. McPhee’s participation in this weekend’s San Marino GP was in doubt after an inconclusive COVID-19 test pre-weekend – though a third test carried out on Thursday
Brad Keselowski has secured his place in the Round of 12 of the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs with his fourth win of the season at Richmond. Keselowski enjoyed a near-perfect race, running towards the front of the order throughout the 400 laps, to finish 2.5 seconds ahead of Martin Truex Jr. Despite a penalty for
Will Power claimed his first victory of the 2020 IndyCar season with a commanding victory in the opening race of the double-header weekend at Mid-Ohio. Power scooped his 60th career pole earlier on Saturday and converted that qualifying advantage into an early race lead ahead of his Team Penske team-mate Josef Newgarden. At the other
Team Penske’s Will Power earned his third pole position of the 2020 IndyCar season, after topping qualifying for the opening race of the double-header weekend at Mid-Ohio. The 23 drivers were split across two sessions, with the fastest session setting the odd-numbered grid positions and the other group responsible for deciding who occupies the even-numbered
MotoGP is testing a rider radio warning system this week at Misano, but it has raised fears that it could advance into Formula 1-style ship-to-shore communication. Would this dilute MotoGP or should it be embraced? Valentino Rossi believes introducing radio communication into MotoGP would be “a good step” for the series, though this has been
Maverick Vinales starts from pole position for the MotoGP San Marino Grand Prix. Here’s how and when you can watch the race. The Yamaha rider smashed the MotoGP lap record at Misano to claim his second pole of the season and led a Yamaha 1-2-3-4 ahead of Petronas SRT pair Franco Morbidelli and Fabio Quartararo,
Valentino Rossi topped a crash-strewn third practice for his home MotoGP San Marino Grand Prix, while Cal Crutchlow has been ruled out of the weekend through injury. Crutchlow had arm pump surgery after the Styrian Grand Prix last month, but has been suffering with a build up of fluid in his right arm since. With
McLaren would “definitely be interested” in holding talks with Sergio Perez over a drive with its IndyCar team in 2021 if the Mexican driver wanted to move into the series. Perez announced on Wednesday that he would be leaving Racing Point at the end of the season after the team opted to sign outing Ferrari
MotoGP is gearing up for a frantic nine races in the space of 11 weeks to finish the redrawn 2020 calendar, with Misano hosting a double-header over the next two weeks. After a tough pair of races in Austria, the Yamaha riders have returned to the front with Fabio Quartararo topping Friday practice ahead of
Fabio Quartararo admits he doesn’t have the feeling with his Yamaha “exactly like Jerez”, but gained a confidence boost by topping MotoGP San Marino Grand Prix practice. After dominating the opening rounds at Jerez in July, Quartararo scored just 20 points across the Brno/Red Bull Ring triple-header last month as problems with the Yamaha meant
Yamaha’s Maverick Vinales dominated the opening practice for the MotoGP San Marino Grand Prix, while there were technical issues for Ducati’s Andrea Dovizioso. The first of two races at Misano takes place on a newly resurfaced track, with Vinales’ best of 1m32.198s already just over half a second away from the best-ever lap set back
NASCAR Cup Series driver Bubba Wallace confirmed reports on Thursday that he would leave Richard Petty Motorsports, releasing a statement on social media. Wallace, 26, is competing in his third full-time season in the NASCAR Cup Series and has raced only for RPM. The 2020 season has been his strongest yet, with one top five
Fabio Quartararo admits it is “still difficult to believe” he is still leading the MotoGP standings after three “bad races” in which he scored just 20 points. After dominating both Jerez rounds, Petronas SRT rider Quartararo’s challenged stumbled through the Brno/Red Bull Ring triple-header, as he managed just a best of seventh from the three
LCR MotoGP rider Cal Crutchlow says the situation with his right arm is currently a “disaster” following arm pump surgery after the Styrian Grand Prix. Crutchlow fractured his left wrist in a crash during warm-up for the Spanish Grand Prix, though was back in action for the following week’s Andalusian GP at Jerez. It was
After a two-week breather MotoGP gears up for a frantic blast through the rest of the season with nine races across 11 weeks, starting with the San Marino Grand Prix. The 2020 MotoGP season has produced constant surprises so far with three different first-time winners and dramatic moments aplenty. Despite struggling throughout the Austrian double-header,
Seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson is aiming to make the switch to IndyCar in 2021, and has announced he has joined forces with Chip Ganassi Racing. Johnson, who turns 45 this month, has raced full-time in NASCAR since 2002 and has become one the sport’s most successful drivers with 83 wins and a
Tech3 team boss Herve Poncharal says the factory KTM squad’s line-up of Brad Binder and Miguel Oliveira for the 2021 season is MotoGP’s “dream team”. With Pol Espargaro departing KTM for Honda at the end of the current campaign, the Austrian marque has promoted Oliveira from Tech3 to join Binder to spearhead its efforts in
The Petronas Sepang Racing MotoGP team has quashed speculation that it is speaking to outgoing Ducati rider Andrea Dovizioso to join the squad in 2021. The satellite Yamaha outfit has secured the services of Franco Morbidelli for two more years and is set to welcome nine-times grand prix world champion Valentino Rossi next season. Though
Selecting the greatest rally car of all time is the challenge of our latest special podcast, celebrating Autosport’s 70th birthday. The first issue of Autosport magazine appeared on 25 August 1950 and as part of our celebrations we have taken on the task of picking out the greatest competition cars from each of the major
Sebastien Ogier has pinned his failure to challenge World Rally Championship rivals Hyundai in last weekend’s Rally Estonia on troubles with tyres and set-up on his Toyota Yaris. Six-time WRC champion Ogier finished third in the championship’s first event since Rally Mexico back in March, behind Hyundai pair Ott Tanak and Craig Breen. It means
Marc Marquez’s stint on the sidelines has left MotoGP lacking its “next level”, according to world champion Casey Stoner. Honda star Marquez is facing at least another two months as he recovers from a broken arm sustained during the Spanish Grand Prix, after an initial comeback attempt at the Andalusian GP left him needing a
World Rally Championship team bosses believe Rally Estonia deserves to be a regular fixture on the calendar following its debut last weekend. M-Sport’s Richard Millener and Hyundai’s Andrea Adamo told Autosport it was a successful debut for the Tartu-based competition, which was drafted in to bolster a calendar badly depleted by the coronavirus pandemic. Estonia