Aleix Espargaro says his 12th place in the MotoGP Styrian Grand Prix was “100% the limit” of the Aprilia at the Red Bull Ring. After a technical issue with his number one bike in qualifying left him in 20th on the grid, Espargaro worked his way up to 12th by the end of the restarted
Jack Miller admits he was “panicking” when Miguel Oliveira passed him at the last corner of the MotoGP Styrian Grand Prix as he thought more riders were coming through. The Pramac rider led the early laps of the first part of the Styrian Grand Prix race before the red flag, and headed the pack for
Sebastien Loeb will make his second outing of the 2020 World Rally Championship season with Hyundai in next month’s Rally Turkey. The nine-time champion will join Hyundai’s full-season drivers Thierry Neuville and Ott Tanak for the Marmaris-based event at the wheel of a third i20 Coupe WRC. It will mark Loeb’s first top-level outing since
Spencer Pigot says he has full recollection of the enormous shunt that ended his Indianapolis 500 and caused the race to end under caution. Driving the third Rahal Letterman Lanigan entry under the Citrone/Buhl Autosport banner, Pigot was running 15th on lap 194 when the rear of his car slid wide as he approached the
Valentino Rossi says it’s “difficult to manage” the Yamaha’s speed deficit to its MotoGP rivals having had to “suffer” in the Styrian Grand Prix. In both Austrian races, Rossi was top Yamaha runner, with a fifth-place finish in the Austrian GP and a ninth in the Styrian event. With the Red Bull Ring arguably Yamaha’s
The 2020 MotoGP season welcomed another new winner, as Tech3’s Miguel Oliveira snatched a shock maiden victory in the Styrian Grand Prix. The Portuguese rider capitalised on a last-lap tussle between fellow KTM rider Pol Espargaro and Pramac Ducati’s Jack Miller to claim victory in the 900th premier class race. Championship leader Fabio Quartararo endured
MotoGP Styrian Grand Prix podium finishers Jack Miller and Pol Espargaro offered sympathy for Joan Mir after the red flag denied the Suzuki rider a maiden victory. Mir had looked one of the strongest riders throughout the Styrian weekend, and was in total control of the race with a 2.4-second gap to the chasing pack
One-time Indianapolis 500 winner Simon Pagenaud rued his lowly qualifying position for this year’s race which mired his Penske entry in traffic during the race, unable to show its potential. The 2016 IndyCar champion qualified on pole for last year’s 500 and led a race-high 122 laps on his way to victory after a tense
Maverick Vinales ignored advice from MotoGP brake supplier Brembo to run a new system for the Styrian Grand Prix after Yamaha riders suffered numerous issues in the Austrian GP. The hard-braking nature of the Red Bull Ring caused numerous riders to suffer from overheating brakes during the Austrian GP weekend. Brembo brought new material for
Franco Morbidelli admits he was “a little bit shy” early in the MotoGP Styrian Grand Prix at Turn 2 a week after his horror Austrian GP accident with Johann Zarco. Morbidelli escaped a near-200mph collision with Zarco at the fast Turn 2 kink without serious injury during the first Red Bull Ring race and was
Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Takuma Sato says his victory in this year’s race with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing was “mission completed” after his near-miss with the same team in 2012. The ex-Formula 1 driver, who previously won the Indy 500 with Andretti Autosport in 2017, was running ahead of Scott Dixon’s Chip Ganassi Racing car
Scott Dixon says he should have been “more aggressive” with IndyCar rival Takuma Sato for victory in the Indianapolis 500, having spent the latter stages on a lean fuel mix. Sato passed Dixon after the final round of pitstops, holding his position at the head of the field as Dixon cautiously probed around Sato for
Andrea Dovizioso doesn’t feel Ducati has “the situation under control” to be a consistent 2020 MotoGP title challenger, despite closing in on the points lead in the Styrian Grand Prix. Following his Austrian Grand Prix win, Dovizioso was a damage-limiting fifth at the second Red Bull Ring race on Sunday after a late mistake dropped
Two-time Formula 1 world champion Fernando Alonso said “we could not achieve anything more” than a lapped 21st place in the Indianapolis 500 after losing his clutch in the pits. The Arrow McLaren SP driver started a lowly 26th after a crash in practice and went off-strategy early in the race following a caution for
Pol Espargaro says he and Jack Miller wanted MotoGP Styrian Grand Prix victory “too hard” in their last-lap duel and “gave it” to Miguel Oliveira. The KTM rider led from lap seven to the final tour, but an overly defensive line at Turn 3 allowed Pramac’s Miller to overtake him on the run into the
Four-time British GT champion Jonny Adam will return to the championship in a one-off appearance at Brands Hatch, reprising his partnership with Andrew Howard that yielded the 2015 title. Aston Martin factory driver Adam was due to defend the title he won with Graham Davidson last year alongside Ahmad al-Harthy in a TF Sport Aston
Kevin Harvick claimed his seventh NASCAR Cup Series victory of 2020, clinching the regular season title with a race to spare. Jimmie Johnson held onto third after an early penalty for speeding on pit road and was sent to the back of the grid, but still lies four points outside the playoff positions. It was
Scott Dixon expressed doubt that 2020 Indianapolis 500 race winner Takuma Sato had enough fuel to go the distance if the race had run green until the finish. Rahal Letterman Lanigan driver Sato, who previously won the 500 in 2017, claimed his second victory under caution after Spencer Pigot crashed heavily into the pitwall attenuator
Takuma Sato won his second Indianapolis 500 after a huge late accident for Spencer Pigot brought about an early end to the 104th running of the race. Sato, who also won in 2017 for Andretti Autosport, was leading with five laps of the scheduled 200 left to run, fighting through backmarker traffic while trying to
Alexander Rossi says he “had a car to win” the Indianapolis 500 before a penalty for pit lane contact with Takuma Sato and a Turn 2 crash put him out. The Andretti Autosport driver, a winner of the 500 in 2016, was trading the lead with Ganassi’s Scott Dixon for much of the race and
Alex Rins says he ‘doesn’t understand’ why Maverick Vinales didn’t pull out of the MotoGP Styrian Grand Prix when he knew he had brake issues before his dramatic failure. Vinales brought out the red flag in Sunday’s Red Bull Ring race when he was forced to jump from his Yamaha at 130mph when its brakes
Fabio Quartararo admits he doesn’t feel “as confident” a MotoGP title contender as he did following his two Jerez victories after a tough Czech Republic/Austria triple-header. After dominating the opening Spanish and Andalusian Grands Prix last month, Quartararo registered a seventh at Brno, an eighth in the Austrian GP and could only muster 13th in
Joan Mir is “angry” that Pol Espargaro was not forced to drop a place from third in the MotoGP Styrian Grand Prix for exceeding track limits at the final corner. KTM’s Espargaro was battling with Jack Miller for victory in Sunday’s restarted Styrian GP at the Red Bull Ring when he was forced out wide
Like Fernando Alonso, Johnny Herbert tried to find success in America’s greatest race following wins in Formula 1 – as he told us in the 9 May 2002 issue of Autosport magazine – but things didn’t go to plan Strange, isn’t it, how we take for granted that anyone operating at the top level of
Denny Hamlin led a 1-2-3 finish for Joe Gibbs Racing in the first race of the Dover NASCAR Cup Series double-header. Hamlin had little competition as he took the first two stage victories, but fell back to fourth for the start of the final stage. Team-mate Martin Truex Jr picked up the race lead and
Andrea Dovizioso says his lowly ninth in MotoGP Styrian Grand Prix qualifying was the result of “something strange that never happened” to the Ducati rider before. Dovizioso stormed to victory in the Austrian GP last weekend and has been amongst the favourites for the win in this weekend’s second Red Bull Ring race. The Ducati
Pol Espargaro has secured both his and KTM’s maiden MotoGP pole position in a dramatic qualifying for the Styrian Grand Prix. Here’s how and when you can watch the race. With the Red Bull Ring hosting the second leg of its double-header, polesitter Espargaro will be hoping to secure his first MotoGP win having seen
Defending IndyCar champion Josef Newgarden believes Team Penske will be a contender for the win on Sunday – but is wary of putting too much stock in its Carb Day performance. Newgarden will start 13th, having outqualified his three Indy 500-winning team-mates Will Power, Simon Pagenaud and Helio Castroneves, and in Friday’s two-hour session he
Honda has announced MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez will remain out of action for a further two to three months due to his broken right arm. After breaking his arm in a crash during the 2020 MotoGP season-opener at Jerez last month, Marquez underwent an initial surgery two days later as part of a brave
Fernando Alonso believes his car is strong enough to get to the front of the Indianapolis 500, after making a “step forward” in today’s Carb Day final practice. The two-time Formula 1 world champion was only 23rd on the speed charts at the end of today’s two-hour session and will have to climb from 26th