Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ex-Toro Rosso Formula 1 driver Brendon Hartley has landed a Ferrari simulator role for 2019. Hartley was axed by Red Bull after just one full season in F1, a move he recently claimed was the result of a plan that
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. LCR Honda rider Cal Crutchlow will make a return to MotoGP action this week in Sepang testing after the huge crash at Phillip Island that curtailed his 2018 season. Crutchlow was forced to miss the final three races of 2018
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Raffaele Marciello says the GruppeM Mercedes squad had a Bathurst 12 Hour win “stolen” by race officials, and that it was “treated differently” to Australian crews as an overseas team. The car served two drivethrough penalties during the race, the
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The factory Yamaha MotoGP team has presented an all-new livery for the 2019 version of its YZR-M1 bike. The new M1, which will be campaigned by seven-time premier-class champion Valentino Rossi and Yamaha’s most recent grand prix winner Maverick Vinales,
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Haas will reveal its livery for the 2019 Formula 1 season next week on Thursday February 7. The American team’s livery is expected to reflect the black-and-gold colours of title sponsor Rich Energy after signing a deal with the energy
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Jake Dennis says the pass that sealed the Bathurst 12 Hour in Matt Campbell and Porsche’s favour was “on the edge” of fair. Dennis had been leading the race in the #62 Aston Martin with a little over 10 minutes
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Nico Hulkenberg was not “resting on any laurels” last season but sees new team-mate Daniel Ricciardo as “an opportunity to prove himself”, reckons Renault Formula 1 executive director Marcin Budkowski. Hulkenberg holds the F1 record for the most races without
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Andy Soucek admits he accidentally pressed the kill switch twice on the #108 Bentley Continental while leaving the pitlane during the Bathurst 12 Hour, costing the squad a victory chance. Soucek rolled to a halt at the pitlane exit twice
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Suzuki has taken the wraps off its 2019 MotoGP livery in a digital launch, revealing a largely unchanged colour scheme. The manufacturer opted against a physical launch event this year in favour of releasing a YouTube video featuring the GSX-RR
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ex-Formula 1 driver Felipe Massa believes the pressure and “obligation” that Ferrari has to win is a “problem” for his former team. Massa, who spent eight seasons at Ferrari and won 11 races, said the Italian team “did a great
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The #912 EBM Porsche is officially the winner of the 2019 Bathurst 12 Hour after a post-race investigation cleared Matt Campbell of any infringement while passing Chaz Mostert. The two drivers clashed at The Chase with 30 minutes to go
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. A thrilling final stint from Matt Campbell helped seal the 2019 Bathurst 12 Hour victory for the #912 EBM Porsche crew in a thrilling finale. Campbell, Dirk Werner and Dennis Olsen took a sensational first win at Bathurst for Porsche
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Pierre Gasly feels his Red Bull Formula 1 shot is payback for being snubbed after his GP2 title success, when he was “at the right place at the wrong time”. Gasly became Red Bull’s first junior to win the GP2
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Jake Dennis has been stripped of the Allan Simonsen Trophy after a technical breach rendered his stunning Bathurst shootout lap illegal. The R-Motorsport Aston Martin driver put in a scintillating effort in the single-lap dash for pole with 2m02.494s run
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Former World Rally Championship frontrunner Mikko Hirvonen will campaign a Ford Escort Mk2 in the national section of the West Cork Rally in Ireland next month. The 39-year-old started 163 WRC events in 2002-14 with 15 wins as a Ford
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Formula 1 rookie Antonio Giovinazzi has been tipped to cause Kimi Raikkonen “trouble” at Sauber this season, as Ferrari’s ‘other’ protege prepares for his first full grand prix season. The emergence of Charles Leclerc in 2018 and his subsequent promotion
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The new Brabham BT62 supercar that is expected to race in the World Endurance Championship has beaten a lap record at Mount Panorama during the Bathurst 12 Hour weekend. Luke Youlden, the 2017 Bathurst 1000 race winner, was at the
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The GruppeM Mercedes will start the opening round of the 2019 Intercontinental GT Challenge, the Bathurst 12 Hour, from pole position after a grid penalty for shootout pacesetter Jake Dennis. R-Motorsport Aston Martin driver Dennis dominated the single-lap Shootout with
Valtteri Bottas says he will be stronger in Formula 1 this year after finding “many positives” that he could not see at the end of 2018. The Mercedes driver followed up a solid first season with the world championship-winning team with a winless campaign last year. While bad luck played a part in the first
NASCAR has hit back at comments made by Kyle Busch criticising the 2019 aerodynamic package during Cup Series testing at Las Vegas on Thursday. The Cup series will run a variation of two new aero packages at 22 of 36 races this year, with increased downforce and engine horsepower implemented to encourage drafting and closer
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Alfa Romeo’s return to a full Formula 1 entry comes at the cost of one of grand prix racing’s longest-running and most popular independent names. Peter Sauber’s eponymous company started in sportscar competition, peaking with a deal to operate Mercedes’
Michael Andretti has downplayed the possibility of his Andretti Autosport IndyCar squad adding a sixth car to its planned 2019 Indianapolis 500 assault. Andretti announced on Wednesday that Conor Daly would join the team’s regular drivers Alexander Rossi, Marco Andretti, Ryan Hunter-Reay and Zach Veach for the race. Andretti ran additional cars for Carlos Munoz
This weekend’s Bathurst 12 Hour – the opening round of the 2019 Intercontinental GT Challenge – can be watched in full, live and for free, on Motorsport.tv. The world’s leading GT manufacturers have committed to this year’s IGTC in force, with eight marques signed up for the season. It all begins at the epic Mount
Reigning MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez says his shoulder injury remains “problematic” after riding a practice bike for the first time since undergoing surgery in December. Marquez dislocated his left shoulder on several occasions over the course of his title-winning 2018 campaign, and had an operation after the conclusion of post-season testing to get the
Daniel Ricciardo’s arrival at Renault will help it “fast-track” its bid to challenge at the front of the Formula 1 field, reckons managing director Cyril Abiteboul. The manufacturer pulled off a major coup last summer when it lured Ricciardo away from Red Bull, even though it is not expecting to be fighting for wins and
Get unlimited access for free You have 10 articles remaining to view this month. Hyundai World Rally Championship driver Sebastien Loeb and co-driver Daniel Elena emerged unharmed from a sizeable testing crash on Thursday in preparation for Rally Sweden. A team spokesman confirmed the accident, which happened on one of the Frenchman’s final runs of
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. British Superbike frontrunner Bradley Ray is set to make his debut on a MotoGP bike this weekend at Sepang. The 21-year-old will ride a Suzuki GSX-RR for a handful of laps on the final day of the three-day Sepang shakedown
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The Sauber name will disappear from the Formula 1 grid in 2019 as the team officially rebrands as Alfa Romeo Racing. Alfa’s title sponsorship of Sauber last year marked its first major F1 involvement since the 1985 season. That partnership
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Raffaele Marciello ended Friday’s practice day running as the pacesetter at the Bathurst 12 Hour, putting the GruppeM Mercedes on top for a second time. An action-packed first day included incidents that have already reduced the field by two cars,
Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. McLaren Applied Technologies recently revealed a radical vision for how Formula 1 could look in 2050 – the 300mph ‘MCLExtreme’ proposal. As outlandish as the concept looked, the ideas behind it have roots in technology already being developed and McLaren