Aprilia has revealed the first pictures of its 2020 MotoGP challenger ahead of the shakedown test at Sepang beginning on Sunday. The Italian manufacturer returned to MotoGP in 2015, though it wasn’t until the following year that it debuted its first new prototype machine, having run a glorified Superbike under Open class rules in its
The field for the 2020 Bathurst 12 Hour has been depleted by the spectacular series of crashes across Saturday’s action. Three Class A cars and an Invitational entry are set to be missing from the grid when the race kicks off on Sunday morning, off the back of a spate of crashes in both practice
The field for the 2020 Bathurst 12 Hour has been depleted by the spectacular series of crashes across Saturday’s action. Three Class A cars and an Invitational entry are set to be missing from the grid when the race kicks off on Sunday morning, off the back of a spate of crashes in both practice
Reigning Bathurst 12 Hour winner Matt Campbell put in a stunning Top 10 Shootout lap to secure pole in the #911 Absolute Porsche, while several big crashes rocked qualifying day. Both segments of qualifying were affected by significant crashes, with a frightening incident involving Sam Shahin and Tyler Everingham in the first session, followed by
Aprilia Racing CEO Massimo Rivola has admitted that a long doping ban for Andrea Iannone would likely spell the end of the manufacturer’s relationship with the Italian MotoGP rider. Iannone, 30, was provisionally suspended by motorcycling’s governing body the FIM after a urine sample taken during the Malaysian Grand Prix weekend tested positive for an
Shane van Gisbergen and Anton De Pasquale put Triple Eight first and second as Friday practice came to a close at the Bathurst 12 Hour. The two Supercars regulars staged a late shootout in the final hour-long session of the day, trading fastest times in the closing minutes. It was van Gisbergen in the all-Pro
Former IndyCar and NASCAR racer John Andretti has died at the age of 56 after a long battle with colon cancer. Andretti revealed three years ago that he was battling stage four colon cancer, and while a strong course of chemotherapy that year led to him being given the all-clear, it returned in Spring 2018.
One-time IndyCar champion and 2013 Indianapolis 500 winner Tony Kanaan will contest a five-round programme with AJ Foyt Racing in 2020, which will be his last season in the series. Kanaan will drive Foyt’s #14 car at all five oval events, four of which he has won previously. A press release announcing the 2004 champion’s
Yamaha has dominated the MotoGP headlines this week, after it announced a new-look team for 2021 and the return of a familiar face as test rider this year. Maverick Vinales was the first major signing of the ‘silly season’ on Tuesday, as he extended his Yamaha stay by a further two years, while standout 2019
Reigning MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez has ridden a motorcycle for the first time since surgery on a right-shoulder injury to evaluate his fitness ahead of next month’s Sepang test. Marquez partially dislocated the shoulder in a heavy crash during qualifying for the Malaysian Grand Prix, before aggravating it further in a tumble during testing
Retired three-time MotoGP world champion Jorge Lorenzo will return to Yamaha in 2020 after agreeing a deal to become its official test rider. Lorenzo won all three of his MotoGP titles with Yamaha, with which he made his debut in 2008 and remained for nine years until 2016, before departing for Ducati and then an
Valentino Rossi says his decision not to commit to extending his MotoGP career with Yamaha until later in the season was because he ‘needed answers’ on his own form. The nine-time grand prix motorcycle world champion has been phased out of the works Yamaha squad for 2021 by Fabio Quartararo, who was announced as Maverick
Valentino Rossi will make a decision about his MotoGP future during the 2020 season, after Yamaha announced he would be replaced at the works team by Fabio Quartararo for 2021. Autosport reported earlier on Wednesday that Quartararo was poised to step up to the main Yamaha squad after a standout rookie season at the satellite
The FIA will begin a global search for the next generation of World Rally champions later this year, when Rally Star is launched in the summer. In an attempt to make Rally Star as accessible as possible, drivers under the age of 24 or 25 (still to be defined) will be able to enter via
Fabio Quartararo is set to replace Valentino Rossi at the factory Yamaha MotoGP team in 2021, Autosport has learned. Quartararo, who was the standout MotoGP rookie in 2019, will partner Maverick Vinales, who recently agreed an extended deal to remain at Yamaha until 2022. An announcement regarding Quartararo’s graduation from the satellite Petronas SRT Yamaha
Monte Carlo Rally winner Thierry Neuville says Elfyn Evans’s performance on the season-opener has demonstrated he will be in the fight for this year’s World Rally Championship title. Evans, who switched from M-Sport to Toyota in the winter, posted four fastest times, led the Gap-based event for eight of 16 stages and ran in the
Yamaha has extended Maverick Vinales’s contract for two more years to the end of 2022, marking the completion of the first major deal of the ’20 MotoGP silly season. The 2013 Moto3 world champion joined Yamaha from Suzuki in 2017, and has so far scored six wins – including two last year – on the
Johann Zarco says Jorge Lorenzo’s ability to win on the Ducati is a ‘positive example’ for him ahead of his first MotoGP season on a Desmosedici in Avintia colours in 2020. Double Moto2 world champion Zarco signed a deal directly with Ducati to join the customer Avintia squad aboard a GP19 late last year, despite
Hyundai has added World and European Rally Championship competitors to its Customer Racing Junior Driver squad for 2020. Ole Christian Veiby and Nikolay Gryazin are contesting the WRC 2 championship this season with manufacturer backing from Hyundai, and both of those drivers have been added to the junior programme. Veiby retired from last weekend’s Monte,
Reigning World Rally champion Ott Tanak wants to be back in a Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC as soon as possible following his high-speed crash out of last week’s Monte Carlo Rally. Tanak – who won last year’s WRC title with Toyota – switched to Hyundai for 2020, but crashed his i20 Coupe WRC out of
Oliver Solberg will contest a partial schedule in a factory-supported Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo this season, as predicted by Autosport. The 18-year-old son of 2003 World Rally champion Petter will make his first appearance in a Skoda next month in Sweden, though the full details of his 2020 programme have not been confirmed. He will
Irishman Craig Breen has talked of his relief at being handed a “career lifeline” in the shape of a Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC drive at next month’s Rally Sweden. Breen, who joins Thierry Neuville and Ott Tanak in the Korean team, is delighted to be going back to the scene of his best ever WRC
Ducati’s Danilo Petrucci says his ambition of finishing second in the 2019 MotoGP standings was the reason for his slump in form in the second half of the season. Petrucci earned a place at the works Ducati squad for 2019, and secure a contract renewal early on after a run of three podiums – including
Thierry Neuville has taken victory ahead of Toyota’s Sebastien Ogier in a thrilling end to the 2020 World Rally Championship season-opening Monte Carlo Rally. Neuville was in imperious form on Sunday, winning both stages in the first loop, and he maintained that as he won the 18.41km La Bollene Vesubie – Peira Cava test, 1.4
Thierry Neuville has taken victory ahead of Toyota’s Sebastien Ogier in a thrilling end to the 2020 World Rally Championship season-opening Monte Carlo Rally. Neuville was in imperious form on Sunday, winning both stages in the first loop, and he maintained that as he won the 18.41km La Bollene Vesubie – Peira Cava test, 1.4
Thierry Neuville has taken the lead of the Monte Carlo Rally after the Hyundai World Rally Championship driver won both of Sunday morning’s stages to move ahead of Elfyn Evans. Neuville continued his strong form to dominate the morning loop, winning the opening SS13 stage. That stage win meant he closed the gap to leader
Thierry Neuville dominated the Saturday afternoon loop on the Monte Carlo Rally as the top three converged, though Toyota World Rally Championship driver Elfyn Evans maintained his lead. Evans went into the afternoon loop 4.8 seconds ahead of his Toyota team-mate Ogier, but lost all of that advantage when Ogier went second fastest on the
Elfyn Evans snatched back the lead of the Monte Carlo rally from his Toyota World Rally Championship team-mate Sebastien Ogier after a strong Saturday morning loop. Ogier started the morning with a 1.2-second lead over his team-mate, and extended it by 1.6s on the opening SS9 stage, but Evans fought back on the La Breole-Slonnet
Sebastien Ogier has edged ahead of Toyota World Rally Championship team-mate Elfyn Evans to claim the Monte Carlo Rally lead after a strong Friday afternoon loop. Six-time WRC Monte Carlo Rally winner Ogier closed in on Evans by topping the first two stages of the afternoon’s three-stage loop, and then on the final stage of
Toyota debutant Elfyn Evans seized the Monte Carlo Rally lead from Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville after dominating Friday morning’s loop of stages, while reigning World Rally Champion Ott Tanak crashed out. Evans topped all three of the morning’s stages in his Yaris to establish an advantage of 8.9 seconds over Neuville. Evans took the overall lead