Jorge Lorenzo says he will likely have to “sacrifice” front stability with his Honda to improve tyre life for the MotoGP Thailand Grand Prix, after struggling with this at Aragon. Lorenzo was running strongly in the early stages of the race at Aragon, before tyre wear dumped him to a distant 20th – some 45
Champions Scott Dixon and Will Power say the Red Bull-designed aeroscreen IndyCar will implement in 2020 would be ready to race this weekend, following the device’s first on-track test. Chip Ganassi Racing driver Dixon and Penske’s Power each tested their regular cars, fitted with the new device, at Indianapolis on Wednesday. While both drivers have
MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi has admitted his arch-rival Marc Marquez has put together a season “close to perfect” in 2019, as the Spaniard nears a sixth premier-class title. Marquez only needs 27 points from the five remaining races to put the championship out of reach for his only remaining mathematical rival Andrea Dovizioso. The Honda
Autosport previews this weekend’s Rally GB with a special podcast episode recorded live from the World Rally Championship service park, in association with the new Gravel Notes podcast. Autosport Rallies Editor David Evans is joined in Llandudno by drivers including 2003 World Rally champion Petter Solberg and 2017 Rally GB winner Elfyn Evans as they
Two-time Formula 1 champion Fernando Alonso says this week’s Morocco Rally will give him a “concrete” idea of whether he wishes to continue with plans to contest the Dakar Rally. Alonso faces his first major test in his fledging cross-country rallying career in the five-day event based around Fez, the traditional warm-up event for next
World Rally Championship debutant Oliver Solberg almost missed this weekend’s Rally GB after failing his road-car theory test last week. Solberg, the son of 2003 champion Petter, has won five rallies in his Volkswagen Polo R5 in Estonia and Latvia this year, and also won on his European Rally Championship debut in Latvia. He will
KTM motorsport boss Pit Beirer says he is “100% fine” with MotoGP test rider Dani Pedrosa’s decision not to come out of retirement to replace Johann Zarco for 2020. Pedrosa joined KTM in a test role at the conclusion of his 13-year MotoGP stint with Honda, and has been working on a new package for
Jorge Lorenzo is confident that Honda will still take his input into account when developing its bike for the 2020 MotoGP season, despite recent friction between team and rider. Following a disastrous start to the season, Lorenzo flew to Honda’s headquarters in Japan after Mugello in order to make a breakthrough with the bike. But
Elfyn Evans has been told he can take risks to win his home World Rally Championship round as he returns for Rally GB after missing three rallies through back injury. Evans won Rally GB in 2017 driving a Fiesta WRC on DMACK tyres, as opposed to the standard Michelins, and challenged pacesetter Ott Tanak on
Aston Martin Autosport BRDC Award finalist Enaam Ahmed will make his sportscar debut with the R-Motorsport Aston Martin squad at next month’s Intercontinental GT Challenge finale at Kyalami. Ahmed will drive one of two cars confirmed by the Swiss entrant for the Kyalami 9 Hours on November 23. The Japanese Formula 3 race winner Ahmed
The Wales Rally GB organiser says there is “nothing forecast that would concern us in the special stages” for this weekend’s World Rally Championship event, despite uncertainty over Hurricane Lorenzo. The hurricane is approaching the UK from the south-east, and a weekend of heavy rain and flood warnings remain in place on Tuesday, causing uncertainty
NASCAR officials will speak to Darrell ‘Bubba’ Wallace Jr over his confrontation with Alex Bowman where Wallace threw water over his rival after the Charlotte Roval Cup race. Bowman was receiving medical assistance next to his car when Wallace came over and threw water from his drinks bottle at the Hendrick Motorsports driver. The pair
Andrea Dovizioso admits his current MotoGP championship situation would not be different had he not crashed at Silverstone and Catalunya, as Ducati hasn’t been “close” to Marc Marquez this year. Despite a strong recovery ride to second, Dovizioso could offer no challenge to a dominant Marquez in last weekend’s Aragon Grand Prix, as the Spaniard
Craig Breen’s chances of driving a Hyundai World Rally Championship car on the season-closing Rally Australia rest on a good performance from his rival team-mate Dani Sordo on Rally Spain. Sordo, who misses this week’s Wales Rally GB, sits 10th in the driver’s standings – but he is only 22 points off fourth place. A
Darrell ‘Bubba’ Wallace Jr has hit out at NASCAR Cup Series rival Alex Bowman after throwing water over the Hendrick Motorsports driver following clashes in the Charlotte Roval race. The pair clashed twice in the race that set the Round of 12, including a first-lap coming together in which Bowman braked too late and hit
Darrell ‘Bubba’ Wallace Jr has hit out at NASCAR Cup Series rival Alex Bowman after throwing water over the Hendrick Motorsports driver following clashes in the Charlotte Roval race. The pair clashed twice in the race that set the Round of 12, including a first-lap coming together in which Bowman braked too late and hit
Controversial rider Romano Fenati will join Max Biaggi’s squad for his eighth season in Moto3 and his second since his ban from competing was lifted at the end of 2018. Fenati was ousted from the world championship last year when he grabbed the brake lever of Forward Racing’s Stefano Manzi in a controversial incident during
Chase Elliott crashed and then won an action-packed NASCAR Cup race at the Charlotte Roval as playoff positions for the round of 12 were decided. The Hendrick Motorsports driver led home team-mate Alex Bowman, who secured his place in the next round of the post-season with the result. It was very nearly a different story
FFF Racing Lamborghini’s Andrea Caldarelli and Marco Mapelli took an unlikely sweep of Blancpain GT Series titles by winning a tense Barcelona season finale, pipping SMP Racing by one point. Caldarelli and Mapelli – joined in the #563 Lamborghini Huracan GT3 by Albert Costa, with regular co-driver Dennis Lind out with illness – took their
Double champion Josef Newgarden will demo his Penske IndyCar at Charlotte this weekend, and the track and championship have held “high-level” talks about an IndyCar Roval round in the future. This weekend NASCAR will hold its second successive event at the Roval after the road-course style lay-out was used for the first time in 2018.
Japan, Kenya and New Zealand all return to the World Rally Championship calendar in 2020, with Australia, Corsica and Spain all dropped from the schedule. Germany’s Bostalsee-based round had been expected to be dropped, but was saved at the expense of Catalunya. Germany does, however, move from a summer date to mid-October. Rally GB is
One of the most mouth-watering prospects heading into this MotoGP season was Marc Marquez and Jorge Lorenzo sharing the Honda garage and going head-to-head on equal machinery. But a constantly injured Lorenzo has struggled to adapt from the Ducati he took to three race wins in 2018 to the RC213V, and he is in the
Dani Sordo is expected to remain with Hyundai in the World Rally Championship for a seventh season in 2020, despite speculation about a move to Toyota. The 36-year-old took his first win since 2012 earlier this season in Sardinia and has been in contention for podiums on most events he has contested this year. His
Ricky Stenhouse Jr will leave Roush Fenway Racing after seven full seasons with the team and be replaced by Chris Buescher for the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series campaign. Stenhouse, who had signed a two-year contract extension earlier this year, has driven the #17 for RFR full-time since the 2013 season following back-to-back Xfinity Series titles
FIA president Jean Todt is disappointed the World Rally Championship has not embraced hybrid technology sooner and admits the governing body should have pushed harder for the move. Key aspects of the hybrid future of the World Rally Championship are being discussed by the FIA’s technical working group this week with decisions set to be
KTM motorsport boss Pit Beirer says that Johann Zarco has the company’s blessing to test or race for a rival MotoGP manufacturer while he remains under contract. Following Zarco’s decision to request an exit from his two-year deal one year early, KTM decided to drop the two-time Moto2 champion with immediate effect. Zarco was then
MotoGP race winner Sete Gibernau will not remain part of the MotoE grid after the 2019 season, the rider has told Autosport. The 46-year-old came out of retirement to contest the electric series’ inaugural season with Pons, and currently sits 10th in the standings after four of six rounds. Gibernau said he has been “completely
Felix Rosenqvist admits he channelled his “anger” over his treatment at the hands of the IndyCar Series’ stewards into a strong finish in last weekend’s Laguna Seca season finale. The Chip Ganassi Racing driver capped off his rookie campaign by finishing fifth from 14th on the grid on Sunday, after having his two fastest laps
Alexander Rossi believes he “minimised” his mistakes in the IndyCar title fight in 2019 but “probably the right guy won” in Penske’s Josef Newgarden. Andretti Autosports Rossi trailed points’ leader Newgarden by 41-points entering last weekend’s Laguna Seca double-points finale. But Rossi could only finish sixth in Sunday’s race – two spots ahead of Newgarden
Aleix Espargaro warns his strong MotoGP Aragon Grand Prix weekend is not the “reality” of Aprilia’s true pace and admits the manufacturer is still “suffering”. Espargaro put his RS-GP fifth on the grid having held a front-row spot briefly in qualifying and was only narrowly pipped to sixth by LCR’s Cal Crutchlow late on in