Johann Zarco admits he is “unhappy” with his MotoGP Styrian Grand Prix pitlane start penalty, but believes it “is not the end of the world”. The Avintia Ducati rider was handed the punishment for his part in the heavy crash with Franco Morbidelli in last week’s Austrian GP, which almost led to Maverick Vinales and
Pato O’Ward put his Arrow McLaren SP at the top of the speed charts in the last on-track session before the 104th running of the Indianapolis 500. In the final track time ahead of this weekend’s Indy 500, O’Ward, classified as a rookie at Indy after failing to qualify for the race in 2019, was
Pol Espargaro admits he “still cannot really believe” the pace KTM has been showing in MotoGP in 2020, but wants to see how the bike stacks up against Marc Marquez. The reigning world champion has been absent since breaking his right arm in a heavy crash during the season-opening Spanish Grand Prix at Jerez last
Aprilia’s Aleix Espargaro believes Johann Zarco’s pitlane start penalty for the MotoGP Austrian Grand Prix collision with Franco Morbidelli is “not enough”. Zarco was deemed to have caused the horror collision with Morbidelli last Sunday at the Red Bull Ring, when he moved over under braking through the Turn 2 kink and left the Petronas
Ducati MotoGP rider Andrea Dovizioso says it’s “difficult” to understand the strong and weak points of the KTM as its riders are all extracting performance differently. The RC16 has been one of the strongest bikes on the 2020 grid, with rookie Brad Binder guiding the KTM to its – and his – maiden MotoGP win
Senior IndyCar officials Mark Miles says the series is learning to make decisions more quickly due to the coronavirus pandemic, and will need to remain “agile and flexible” in future. Several IndyCar rounds have been either cancelled or postponed due to spikes in COVID-19 cases, or due to travel restrictions. This weekend’s Indianapolis 500 has
Safety at the Red Bull Ring has been called into question again for MotoGP after last weekend’s huge accident between Franco Morbidelli and Johann Zarco. The pair collided at the fast Turn 2 kink under braking for the uphill Turn 3 right-hander, with Zarco moving off-line and leaving Morbidelli with nowhere to go but into
The IndyCar Series will continue to hold races at Portland until 2023, despite the cancellation of this year’s race due to COVID-19, after event promoters signed a three-year contract extension. The 1.96 mile Portland International Raceway was a fixture on the IndyCar calendar between 1984 and 2007, the final year of Champ Car before its
Pol Espargaro says he was “shocked” by fellow KTM MotoGP rider Miguel Oliveira’s post-Austrian Grand Prix comments on their collision and said they showed a “huge lack of respect”. Tech3 rider Oliveira collided with Espargaro on lap nine of last weekend’s Red Bull Ring race after the latter had run wide. No action was taken
IndyCar management trio Mark Miles, Jay Frye and Doug Boles are “glad” to have Fernando Alonso returning for a third attempt at winning the Indianapolis 500. Driving the Arrow McLaren SP-Chevrolet, Fernando Alonso has qualified 26th, but is in good company towards the back of the field and will be surrounded by former Indy 500
Jimmie Johnson, competing in his final full-time year in the NASCAR Cup Series, will run a livery paying homage to both Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt at the Throwback weekend. The hood and top-end of the car will feature the iconic Petty blue, while the sides, rear bumper and nose area will pay tribute to
Former NASCAR Cup Series driver Kyle Larson has formally requested reinstatement to series, but remains indefinitely suspended for using a racial slur on a live stream. Larson, 28, was fired from his Chip Ganassi Racing team in April for using a racial slur during the broadcast of an iRacing event and was also indefinitely suspended
Fernando Alonso says he needs “a good car in traffic” as he starts 26th on the 33-car grid for the 104th running of the Indianapolis 500. With the exception of Ed Carpenter Racing’s impressive rookie Rinus VeeKay, the fastest dozen runners in qualifying trim and with the spec BorgWarner turbos turned up to 1.5-bar boost
After a dramatic Austrian Grand Prix, MotoGP stays at the Red Bull Ring for the second leg of the double-header with the Styrian GP. With the paddock reflecting on a stunning Austrian race that was overshadowed by a huge crash involving Johann Zarco and Franco Morbidelli, MotoGP will return to action at the same track
Rally Japan has been axed from the 2020 World Rally Championship calendar and been replaced by the Belgian Ypres Rally. Japan had kept its slot on this year’s schedule when the FIA revealed a refreshed calendar in the wake of multiple events being cancelled following the global coronavirus pandemic. The country’s first WRC event since
Valentino Rossi says he knows Johann Zarco “did not intentionally” cause the horror MotoGP Austrian Grand Prix clash with Franco Morbidelli, but still called it an “error of assessment”. Morbidelli crashed into the rear of Zarco’s Avintia Ducati as the Frenchman moved slightly off-line under braking for Turn 3 through the fast left kink of
Pramac’s Jack Miller says Andrea Dovizioso’s MotoGP Austrian Grand Prix win on the backdrop of his uncertain future shows he’s a “true champion at heart”. Dovizioso’s split from Ducati at the end of the 2020 season was confirmed on Saturday at the Red Bull Ring, with the Italian later admitting he has no “plan B”
Andretti Autosport is renowned as one of the top squads in IndyCar, but a two-race outing for the team in 2010 didn’t allow one of Britain’s most underrated talents to shine, as he tells JAMES NEWBOLD Everything was going right for Adam Carroll in June 2009. The Northern Irishman had wrapped up the A1GP ‘World
Audi has named nine former winners of the Nurburgring 24 Hours across its three-car factory assault on this year’s German enduro in September. The nine are part of a 12-strong line-up in the trio of R8 LMS GT3s entered under the Audi Sport banner by the same three teams that represented the German manufacturer in
Cal Crutchlow says a gear change error led him to believe his LCR Honda had developed an issue in the MotoGP Austrian Grand Prix, which dropped him to 15th. Crutchlow was running inside the top eight when he suddenly dropped to the back of the pack on lap 14 of the restarted Red Bull Ring
MotoGP championship leader Fabio Quartararo says he sees Austrian Grand Prix winner Andrea Dovizioso as “more” a title contender than Yamaha stablemate Maverick Vinales. Dovizioso scored his first victory of the 2020 season in last weekend’s Red Bull Ring race, which moved him up to second in the standings and only 11 points behind Petronas
Suzuki’s Alex Rins says he “felt like winning” the MotoGP Austrian Grand Prix was possible before he crashed out passing Andrea Dovizioso for the lead. Rins ran in the lead group from the off in the restarted 20-lap Austrian GP and was lapping faster than the Ducati’s ahead of him, passing Pramac’s Jack Miller for
Johann Zarco will undergo surgery on Wednesday after a fracture in his wrist was discovered on Monday following his horror MotoGP Austrian Grand Prix shunt. The Avintia Ducati rider was involved in a high-speed collision with Franco Morbidelli on lap nine of Sunday’s Austrian GP, after the Petronas SRT rider hit the back on the
Rookie Rinus VeeKay has described his performance in the Fast Nine shootout as the “most amazing qualifying” as he took fourth spot for this weekend’s Indianapolis 500. Despite the general consensus being that Chevrolet was down on power compared with Honda when they ran 1.5-bar boost, which teams use on Fast Friday, qualifying and the
Andrea Dovizioso insists his victory in the MotoGP Austrian Grand Prix didn’t prove a point to Ducati just a day after his departure for 2021 was announced. Dovizioso’s manager Simone Battistella announced on Saturday ahead of qualifying at the Red Bull Ring that the Italian would not be renewing his deal with Ducati beyond 2020,
KTM will be able to unseal and develop its MotoGP engines in the event it loses its results-based concessions at the end of the 2020 season. The concession system grants new manufacturers and those with little recent success in the premier class to develop their engines throughout a season, while non-concession manufacturers (Honda, Yamaha, Ducati,
Marco Andretti doubled up on his Indianapolis 500 pole position with the fastest time in IndyCar’s Sunday afternoon practice, just beating Penske’s Helio Castroneves to top spot. Soon after Andretti’s narrow victory over Dixon in qualifying, IndyCar ran a two-hour and 30 minute session in which the turbos were wound down to the permitted race-day
Chase Elliott secured his second victory of the season in the first ever NASCAR Cup Series race on the Daytona road course, fending off Denny Hamlin after a late restart. Elliott’s #9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet had worked his way into a 10-second lead over the pack after the race was suspended following a lightning strike
Marco Andretti denied Scott Dixon pole position for the 2020 Indianapolis 500 with the last run of Fast Nine qualifying – taking the squad’s first pole for the race since 2005. Andretti, who had finished the first day of qualifying on Saturday fastest, was the last driver in the Fast Nine to make his sole
Miguel Oliveira has suggested that Pol Espargaro should think about changing his approach to racing as “it seems questionable” following the KTM duo’s collision in the MotoGP Austrian Grand Prix. Factory KTM rider Espargaro was struggling in the restarted Austrian GP due to a switch to the soft rear tyre – having run out of