Reigning NASCAR Cup Series champion Joey Logano took his first victory of the season at Las Vegas by fending off a late race challenge from Penske Ford team-mate Brad Keselowski. Logano, who started 10th took the lead of the 267-lap race from Stewart-Haas’s Kevin Harvick midway through the final stage and resisted Atlanta winner Keselowski’s
Alvaro Bautista demonstrated the potential he didn’t manage to fulfil during his MotoGP career on his debut World Superbike weekend, reckons Ducati general manager Gigi Dall’Igna. Bautista was recruited to join Ducati’s factory World Superbike team for the 2019 campaign when the Spaniard ran out of options to remain in MotoGP, having been part of
Williams driver Robert Kubica believes he is only “20%” prepared for the first race of the 2019 Formula 1 season. Kubica is set to make his return to grand prix racing in two weeks’ time in Melbourne, having recovered from a major injury that had caused his initial exit from the championship in 2011. But
Williams driver Robert Kubica believes he is only “20 percent” prepared for the first race of the 2019 Formula 1 season. Kubica is set to make his return to grand prix racing in two weeks’ time in Melbourne, having recovered from a major injury that had caused his initial exit from the championship in 2011.
The FIA has implemented its biggest step yet in safeguarding rallying’s future with the publication of its Rally Safety Guidelines – and warned reckless fans their days are numbered. Following the delivery of the guidelines, the FIA’s rally director Yves Matton described spectator safety as the key to a sustainable future for the sport. The
Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton does not have “a lot of good things” to say about Pirelli’s 2019 tyres, and thinks the new compound identification system is “confusing”. Pirelli has modified its rubber for this season, introducing the thinner-gauge tread that was used at three races last year to combat blistering and overheating. However,
Michael Schumacher led Mika Hakkinen past the old pits for the last time, and the Finn was tucked right in the slipstream of the German F3 champion. That, thought the West Surrey Racing team that ran Hakkinen, was surely enough to give him Macau Grand Prix victory to add to that year’s British F3 title.
Ferrari will continue to investigate the rim failure that caused Sebastian Vettel to crash during the second week of Formula 1 testing in Barcelona. The German crashed into the Tecpro barriers after he lost control of his car at Turn 3 during the morning session on Wednesday. Ferrari concluded the front-left wheel rim had failed
The Mexican Grand Prix organisers say they have missed a deadline for provisional 2020 Formula 1 calendar inclusion, at a time when five races are in doubt for next year. The event recently lost its central government support, while the contracts of the F1 races in Spain, Britain, Germany and Italy all expire this season,
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ferrari backed up its early promise in Formula 1 pre-season testing by ending the second week at Barcelona a comfortable favourite for the start of the 2019 season. Renault’s Nico Hulkenberg had been fastest overall in the opening test on
Formula 1 champion team Mercedes came close to deposing winter pacesetter Ferrari as pre-season testing ended at Barcelona on Friday. After two days of Ferrari smashing the fortnight’s previous best times, the very end of the session featured Sebastian Vettel being sidelined with an electrical fault and Lewis Hamilton getting to within 0.003 seconds of
Roger Penske believes his NASCAR driver Brad Keselowski’s record of 60 race wins for Team Penske is going to be tough for anyone to beat in the future. Keselowski was level with Penske’s original talisman driver Mark Donohue on 59 wins for the team until his victory in the Cup race at Atlanta last weekend.
Ferrari Formula 1 team boss Mattia Binotto has moved to clarify that newcomer Charles Leclerc will be “free to fight” team-mate Sebastian Vettel in 2019. Leclerc has replaced Kimi Raikkonen alongside Vettel at Ferrari in the off-season, and Binotto said during the launch of Ferrari’s new SF90 challenger that the team would prioritise the four-time
MotoGP has officially announced that its new ‘Long Lap Penalty’ system will be in use from the opening grand prix of the 2019 season in Qatar. As previously reported by Autosport, the decision was made to implement the new system following a successful trial in Qatar testing and positive rider feedback. It involves riders having
Get unlimited access for free You have 10 articles remaining to view this month. IndyCar’s 2019 season UK television coverage will switch to Sky Sports and be broadcast on its Formula 1 channel. The new multi-year agreement means that every IndyCar qualifying session and race – including the Indianapolis 500 – will be shown on
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Every Formula 1 team set its fastest time of 2019 pre-season testing so far on the penultimate day of the final test, with Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc setting the fastest lap. Leclerc later said that Italian team was not running “flat
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ricky Stenhouse Jr has hit back at Martin Truex Jr’s criticism of his behaviour while being lapped during last Sunday’s Atlanta NASCAR Cup Series race. Truex, who was trying to catch leader Brad Keselowski at the end of the race,
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. IndyCar has overhauled Indianapolis 500 qualifying weekend so that both the front and back of the grid are decided on the Sunday. Last year ‘bumping’ took place on the Saturday, with the 33 fastest qualifiers going through to a second
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The weekend schedule for the MotoGP 2019 season-opening Qatar Grand Prix will remain unchanged for now despite safety concerns. Some in the paddock had called for the MotoGP race, which is run under the floodlights at the Losail circuit, to
Ferrari exhaust problems caused Charles Leclerc’s on-track stoppage and the delay to Haas driver Romain Grosjean’s running on the penultimate day of Formula 1 pre-season testing. Leclerc set the fastest time of Barcelona testing so far on Thursday but brought out a red flag in the afternoon. Ferrari has since confirmed it was caused by
Sage Karam will enter the Indianapolis 500 with Dreyer & Reinbold Racing for the fifth time in six years. Bar a full season with Ganassi in 2015, the 23-year-old’s IndyCar career so far has been focused on Indy 500 entries with DRR – starting with a ninth place on his debut five years ago. The
Hyundai team principal Andrea Adamo says his decision to bench Andreas Mikkelsen was based solely on fielding the strongest World Rally Championship squad possible for the Tour of Corsica. Mikkelsen was originally scheduled to contest the complete WRC season with Hyundai – with his management team going to great lengths to ensure every aspect of
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Williams chief technical officer Paddy Lowe says he has no concerns for his position following speculation the Formula 1 team’s 2019 car delays may threaten his future. The FW42 did not run until the third day of pre-season testing at
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. McLaren topped the times at Formula 1 testing again on Wednesday, prompting questions about what its regular presence near the head of the order in pre-season means. So does it actually have a fast car? Edd Straw and Tom Errington
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Pippa Mann will race in the 2019 Indianapolis 500 for Clauson-Marshall Racing. The US Auto Club National sprint car champion team has announced it will partner with Ross Motorsports, Indiana Donor Network and its Driven2SaveLives campaign to field an entry
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. IndyCar is reintroducing the LED displays on cars to help fans follow on-track action and to aid its safety team as it attending to crashes in 2019. The previous-generation matrix LED system was ditched just four rounds into the 2018
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Kimi Raikkonen says Alfa Romeo tried “a lot of things” on its Formula 1 car on Wednesday as he experimented with its set-up properly for the first time. Raikkonen finished the second day of the second test fourth-fastest, as Alfa
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Last weekend’s NASCAR Cup race at Atlanta provided the first proper look at the series’ new rules package for 2019. Headlining the changes is a major decrease in power, as well as larger splitters and spoilers. The latest in what
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ganassi NASCAR Cup Series driver Kyle Larson has issued a public apology for comments about Hendrick Motorsports “cheating” that he says were made in jest during a television appearance. Larson appeared on the NBC Sports ‘Splash and Go’ segment with
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The Pramac Ducati team has revealed a tweaked colour scheme ahead of the 2019 MotoGP season. Taking the wraps off its new colour scheme during a launch event at Sky Italia’s Milan headquarters on Wednesday, Pramac has revamped the white,