Carlos Sainz Jr believes Formula 1 must become “more attractive” to prevent events like the Spanish Grand Prix from losing more spectators as a consequence of predictable results. It is widely anticipated that the Spanish race will fall off the calendar in 2020, with the Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort set to occupy its traditional
Wales Rally GB should make a short-term move to Northern Ireland for 2020 and then rotate around Britain to safeguard its World Rally Championship future, says the WRC Promoter. The 2020 calendar will be discussed at Friday’s meeting of the WRC Commission in Geneva. Corsica and Germany are expected to drop off the calendar to
Zandvoort organisers are hoping that a revised final corner with steeper banking will contribute to increased overtaking opportunities when the Dutch Grand Prix returns to the track in 2020. The changes to the right-hander named after Arie Luyendyk, which leads onto the pit straight down to the heavy braking zone at the famous Tarzan first
LCR rider Cal Crutchlow says he feels less comfortable with the current specification of the Honda MotoGP bike, which “feels nothing like” the 2018 version. While he has nine points fewer than at the same stage last year, Crutchlow has looked in solid enough form on the 2019-spec RC213V, scoring a podium in Qatar and
Will Power and Simon Pagenaud put Team Penske at the top on the opening day of 2019 Indianapolis 500 practice, while Fernando Alonso had further electrical problems. Power got a major tow to set his fastest speed of 229.745mph, on his 41st of 68 laps edging team-mate and last weekend’s Indianapolis road course race winner
Formula 1 test debutant Callum Ilott says he was caught off guard by the “weird” moment that led to him spinning his Alfa Romeo and crashing at high speed. Ilott had just set his best time of the day at Barcelona when the rear snapped in the fast Turn 3 right-hander, leading to a rear
Valtteri Bottas topped the first day of the Barcelona Formula 1 test with a laptime just a tenth of a second slower than his Spanish Grand Prix pole position mark. The Mercedes driver topped the morning running, but improved his time in the afternoon using the Pirelli C5 tyres, which are two steps softer than
Gil de Ferran admits that McLaren going it alone at the 2019 Indianapolis 500 is a “big step”, but insists that the team has not underestimated the challenge. De Ferran is now McLaren’s sporting director, but he began his association with the team by working as an advisor to Fernando Alonso in 2017, as the
Haas Formula 1 team title sponsor Rich Energy Ltd and its CEO William Storey have lost a copyright infringement claim filed by specialist bicycle manufacturer Whyte Bikes. The Sussex-based company took action to defend its stag logo, claimed that the Rich Energy logo was a copy of its own and was being used without authorisation.
Jack Harvey hopes his breakthrough IndyCar podium on the Indianapolis road course boosts his chance of securing a first full season in the series in 2020. The 2014 and ’15 Indy Lights runner-up – and 2012 British Formula 3 champion – has a 10-round IndyCar programme with the Meyer Shank Racing and Schmidt Peterson Motorsports
KTM CEO Stefan Pierer says his MotoGP team will never give up on its unique steel trellis frame concept, and has criticised Ducati for moving away from the design for 2012. The Austrian manufacturer is the only one on the MotoGP grid not use a conventional aluminium twin-spar chassis, and at the start of this
Hyundai driver Thierry Neuville is confident of rebounding from his huge Rally Chile crash immediately to fight for a World Rally Championship victory at the next round in Portugal. Neuville’s accident – which hospitalised he and co-driver Nicolas Gilsoul – cost him third on the event at the time and the WRC points’ lead. He
Lewis Hamilton became only the second Formula 1 winner to score 26 points as he added fastest lap to his Spanish Grand Prix race victory. But before the late safety car at Barcelona, he had resigned himself to missing out on it. Hamilton has downplayed the significance of chasing the new bonus point, especially because
MotoGP’s newest winner Alex Rins’s “strongest point” is that he is under no pressure, according to reigning champion Marc Marquez. Rins, who has posted 11 consecutive top-six finishes in MotoGP and claimed his maiden win earlier this year at Austin, sits second in the current riders’ standings – just one point behind Honda rider Marquez.
Clint Bowyer was involved in a post-race spat with Erik Jones after the Kansas Speedway NASCAR Cup Series round over a “dumb” move that Bowyer felt cost him second place. Stewart-Haas Ford driver Bowyer had a strong run at the leaders on the outside coming up to the final lap but was blocked by Jones’s
Daniel Ricciardo says Renault “underachieved” in Formula 1’s Spanish Grand Prix by failing to score any points. The Australian started 13th courtesy of a three-place grid penalty for reversing into Daniil Kvyat in the Azerbaijan GP, and spent the opening part of the Barcelona race in 12th, bottled up behind the McLaren of Carlos Sainz
Ganassi IndyCar duo Felix Rosenqvist and Scott Dixon were puzzled by grip and tyre problems hurting them in the Indianapolis road course race they had swept the front row for. Rookie Rosenqvist made a strong start from his first series pole and led the first 15 laps but fell to fourth following the second restart
An official documentary feature film about Michael Schumacher, which has been fully supported by the seven-time Formula 1 world champion’s family, is to be released later this year. Titled SCHUMACHER, the film is backed by a major production company and features interviews with Michael’s father Rolf, his wife Corinna, his children Gina and Mick, and
Ferrari Formula 1 boss Mattia Binotto believes team orders were deployed at “the right moment” in the Spanish Grand Prix and doubts there was reason to swap its drivers earlier. Sebastian Vettel flatspotted his right-front tyre with a lock-up at the start of the race, which dropped him back from the leading Mercedes drivers and
Toyota World Rally Championship driver Kris Meeke has lost his eighth place at Rally Chile after being hit with a one-minute penalty for removing his windscreen in a time control. Meeke rolled his Toyota Yaris WRC on Saturday’s first stage and was forced to remove the screen, fearing the glass would come into the car
Max Verstappen believes Red Bull’s car is “not really better in any corner than Mercedes” after his team’s Formula 1 rival’s fifth consecutive one-two in the Spanish Grand Prix. Verstappen scored his second podium of the season at Barcelona after overhauling both Ferraris, but could not challenge the Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas.
Ferrari claimed a first Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup victory in six years at Silverstone with the SMP Racing squad. The Russian entrant’s Ferrari 488 GT3 shared by Mikhail Aleshin, Miguel Molina and Davide Rigon came from 10th on the grid to score a 2.6-second victory over the best of the FFF Racing Team Lamborghinis
Ott Tanak wrapped up his second World Rally Championship victory of the season on Rally Chile, while new championship leader Sebastien Ogier successfully held Sebastien Loeb at bay for second. Toyota’s team leader Tanak moved into the lead of the rally on stage two and didn’t look back, extending his lead to over half a
Citroen’s Sebastien Ogier pulled off a stunning World Rally Championship stage win on Rally Chile to defend second place from Sebastien Loeb, as Ott Tanak heads for victory. Looking for his first WRC podium finish since joining Hyundai this season, nine-time champion Loeb had been on a charge and went 13 seconds faster than anyone
Lewis Hamilton moved into the Formula 1 points lead after beating team-mate Valtteri Bottas to win the Spanish Grand Prix, as Mercedes continued its perfect start to the season. Hamilton’s victory ahead of Bottas clinched Mercedes’ fifth one-two in a row and put Hamilton seven points clear of Bottas in the world championship. Max Verstappen
Hyundai World Rally Championship driver Sebastien Loeb has been given the green light to race his countryman Sebastien Ogier for second place during Sunday’s Rally Chile finale. When Loeb’s team-mate Thierry Neuville crashed out of the South American event on Saturday morning, there was an expectation that Loeb would be asked to hold station through
The Grasser Lamborghini squad claimed pole position for Sunday’s Silverstone round of the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup. Mirko Bortolotti, Christian Engelhart and Rolf Ineichen took the top spot in the three-part qualifying session with a 1m59.690s average aboard their Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo to follow up on their pole for the Monza series opener
Penske’s Brad Keselowski survived a thrilling overtime finish to take victory in the NASCAR Cup Series race at Kansas. After failing to finish in the top 10 in the first two stages of the race, Keselowski was propelled into contention late on in the final stage when a caution was issued with 28 of the
Over a quarter of the grid for the Kansas Speedway NASCAR Cup Series race failed technical inspection and will be put to the back of the field for the start. A total of 11 cars in the 40-strong entry lost their official starting position when the inspections were carried out shortly before the Saturday night
Penske’s Simon Pagenaud claimed his first IndyCar win since the 2017 season finale with a late pass on Scott Dixon in a rain-hit end to the Indianapolis road course race. Rain had been expected throughout the afternoon, with variable levels of drizzle making the track unpredictable all race. Eventual lead combatants Dixon and Pagenaud ran