Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Renault says it has made a “substantial” step forward with its 2019 engine as it bids to close the gap to Formula 1’s top three teams. The team revealed images of its 2019 RS19 alongside a show car featuring the
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The sportscar team run by ex-Formula 1 driver Olivier Panis will expand into the GT3 arena with Lexus in Blancpain championships this season. Panis-Barthez Competition, which works together with the Tech 1 Racing squad, has announced plans to run the
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Indy Lights champion Patricio O’Ward says he is investigating every possible option for the 2019 IndyCar season after his last-minute split from the Harding Steinbrenner Racing team. O’Ward’s $1million prize for winning the feeder series comprises three IndyCar rides including
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Toro Rosso unveiled its 2019 Formula 1 challenger on Monday, with a design revealing how Red Bull’s Honda alliance means there is now closer technical ties between the two teams. The new car is still very much an evolution of
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Toro Rosso says that sharing Formula 1 technology with Red Bull in 2019 will allow it to focus its resources more intently on areas where it can find performance. With both teams running Honda power this year, Toro Rosso will
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Hendrick Motorsports feels vindicated by its domination of Daytona 500 qualifying after its tough 2018 NASCAR Cup season, according to team owner Rick Hendrick. Last year Chase Elliott was the only one of Hendrick’s four drivers to win Cup races,
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Reigning Indy Lights champion Patricio O’Ward has been released from his contract with Harding Steinbrenner Racing after just one IndyCar race. O’Ward made a startling IndyCar debut with what was then Harding Racing at the Sonoma finale last year, qualifying
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Toro Rosso has revealed images of its 2019 Formula 1 car online, providing the first clear look at the impact of this season’s new aerodynamic regulations. While Haas became the first team to publish images of its new car last
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The first pre-season test of the 2019 MotoGP season took place in Sepang last week, with Ducati ending up smashing the circuit’s unofficial lap record. After analysing the times and main storylines from the week in Malaysia, the first themes
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. NASCAR Clash winner Jimmie Johnson feels “remorseful” over the race-deciding collision with Paul Menard that wiped out much of the field, but is adamant it was a racing incident. Wood Brothers Ford driver Menard dominated the non-championship curtain-raiser until Johnson
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. World Rally Championship refugee Craig Breen says he could compete in more events in Ireland and Europe, following his Galway International Rally victory. The 29-year-old lost out in a reshuffle at the Citroen World Rally Team for the 2019 season.
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Jimmie Johnson won the rain-shortened NASCAR Clash race at Daytona after triggering a crash that took out most of the field. On lap 55 of the non-championship pre-season race Johnson attempted to make a move on Paul Menard, who had
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. By the start of next week, all 10 Formula 1 teams will have unveiled their 2019 cars and liveries. The revised aerodynamic rules – intended to increase overtaking – mean extra intrigue over teams’ designs, and first-to-launch Haas won’t be
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. William Byron claimed his first career pole in the NASCAR Cup Series, and Chevrolet’s 700th in the discipline, as Hendrick Motorsports dominated qualifying for the Daytona 500. Byron’s time of 46.319s was 0.036 seconds quicker than team-mate Alex Bowman, who
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Will Mercedes be able to extend its run of Formula 1 dominance into the 2019 season? Legendary technical expert Giorgio Piola looks for clues from its recent designs. Piola and our Technical Editor Jake Boxall-Legge travel to Mercedes’ F1 factory
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Honda’s 2019 MotoGP bike is still susceptible to front-end crashes despite the manufacturer’s effort to improve this aspect, believes Marc Marquez. Marquez suffered 23 crashes across the 2018 season on his way to a fifth MotoGP title, a contributing factor
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Aleix Espargaro says Aprilia’s 2019-spec MotoGP bike is the model the team should have had last season, in the wake of an encouraging pre-season test at Sepang. Espargaro endured a troublesome 2018, believing the team chased a wrong development path,
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Mercedes protégé Esteban Ocon has pledged to “transform” himself under Formula 1’s new weight rules ahead of his planned return to the grid in 2020. Ocon will spend 2019 mostly on the sidelines having bagged a reserve driver role with
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Martin Truex Jr led the way during Saturday’s pair of NASCAR Cup practice sessions for the 2019 Daytona 500. Truex set his session-best lap speed of 195.920mph late in first practice while running together with Joe Gibbs Racing team-mates Kyle
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. IndyCar’s first open test of the 2019 campaign at Laguna Seca was the first step in figuring out the answers to the key questions formed over the off-season. The biggest question is whether reigning champion Scott Dixon and Chip Ganassi
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Pierre Gasly believes Red Bull team-mate Max Verstappen is the “perfect reference” to have in his first season with a front-running Formula 1 team. The French driver completed his first full campaign in the sport last year, racing for Toro
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ferrari sponsor Philip Morris International is adamant its Mission Winnow initiative fully complies with tobacco advertising laws, despite an investigation being launched in Australia over the matter. Mission Winnow’s sponsorship of Ferrari was launched at last year’s Japanese Grand Prix,
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Romain Grosjean thinks he may have ‘overdone’ the weight gain that new Formula 1 regulations allow, but says the sport will be better for the changes. In a move to level the playing field between the smaller and bigger drivers,
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Andrea Dovizioso says Ducati’s sweep of the top four positions on the final day of the Sepang MotoGP test is not an accurate reflection of the Italian marque’s current strength. Dovizioso ended up fourth-fastest on the third and final day
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The growth of two serious bids to revive and host the Dutch Grand Prix makes Formula 1’s return to the Netherlands credible, despite the country’s government ruling out financial assistance. Long-time Dutch GP venue Zandvoort and established MotoGP circuit Assen
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. LCR Honda rider Cal Crutchlow says he “couldn’t have asked for a better” return to riding in pre-season MotoGP testing at Sepang following a three-month injury layoff. Crutchlow broke his right ankle in a heavy crash at Phillip Island, and
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Valentino Rossi believes the Yamaha MotoGP team is no longer “lost” after completing the first pre-season test of 2019 at Sepang. Yamaha has made operational changes to its MotoGP programme after two disappointing campaigns, which included the appointment of a
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Formula 1 world champion Jenson Button is linking up with the RJN Motorsport squad to field a Honda NSX in this year’s Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup. Honda Super GT Series driver Button, who is an ambassador for the Japanese
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Mark Webber says his former Porsche LMP1 boss Andreas Seidl will have a “red hot go” at turning McLaren’s Formula 1 fortunes around. The nine-time grand prix winner and Seidl have a history that dates back to Webber’s first season
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ferrari is likely to adopt a double-stacked exhaust system with its 2019 Formula 1 car, judging by the first images of customer team Haas’s new design. Ferrari raised eyebrows last year when it trialled a new exhaust concept at the