Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Maverick Vinales says it was “impossible” for him to match the pace of Yamaha team-mate Valentino Rossi and Marc Marquez in MotoGP’s Malaysia race. Rossi led the majority of the Sepang race on Sunday, but was being caught by Marc Marquez when
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. NASCAR has admitted it was wrong to place Jimmie Johnson at the rear of the field for Sunday’s Cup race at Texas. Johnson qualified his Hendrick Motorsport Chevrolet 23rd, but shortly before the start of the race NASCAR announced the #48 had
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Kimi Raikkonen believes tougher stewarding on bigger incidents would eliminate “stupidity” from Formula 1 drivers. The FIA is constantly adapting its stewarding process to try to improve how it polices bad driving, ranging from appointing former racing drivers to its panel of
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ducati failed to properly manage its riders during the Malaysian Grand Prix weekend, and the Italian manufacturer’s bosses must make sure the team’s priorities are clear. Jorge Lorenzo missed his fourth consecutive race after pushing the limits on Friday, just nine days
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Current KTM MotoGP rider Bradley Smith has sealed a move to the all-electric MotoE support category for the 2019 season. Smith, who will be replaced by Johann Zarco in KTM’s line-up after next weekend’s Valencia season finale, will combine his MotoE duties
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Stewart-Haas Racing’s Kevin Harvick secured his place in the NASCAR Cup title decider, prevailing in a late race duel with Ryan Blaney at Texas. After having swept the first two stages, Harvick had built a comfortable four-second lead over Blaney entering the
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Maurizio Arrivabene has hit out at “false rumours” concerning the future of Ferrari Formula 1 technical director Mattia Binotto, saying they are designed to “create instability” at the team. After Ferrari’s latest failure to beat Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes to the F1
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Carlos Sainz Jr says it was important for him to finish the 2018 season strongly with Renault, once it was confirmed that he would be moving to McLaren next season. The Spaniard found out over the summer that he was being replaced
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ducati MotoGP rider Andrea Dovizioso admits he isn’t totally certain of the cause for his “really bad race” in the Malaysian Grand Prix. Barring his crash in Japan two weeks ago, Dovizioso has consistently finished on the podium since August’s Czech GP,
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Newly-crowned five-time Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton has targeted at least getting “close” to Michael Schumacher’s all-time records over the remainder of his career. Hamilton moved level with Juan Manuel Fangio on five titles with his latest championship victory last Sunday
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Malaysian Grand Prix winner Marc Marquez said he “didn’t have anything more” in his fight with Valentino Rossi before the Yamaha rider crashed out late on at Sepang. Starting seventh after being handed a six-place grid drop for impeding Andrea Iannone in
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Valentino Rossi admits he was “devastated” that his victory bid in the Malaysian Grand Prix ended in a crash, which he described as his “first mistake of the season”. Rossi took the lead from poleman Johann Zarco at the start and led
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Jorge Lorenzo has gone on a social media onslaught against Ducati MotoGP team-mate Andrea Dovizioso over remarks made about Lorenzo’s withdrawal from the Malaysian Grand Prix. The row was sparked by Dovizioso’s comments to Sky Italia after qualifying at Sepang on Saturday,
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. NASCAR Cup champion Martin Truex Jr will have to start from the back for a second straight race after an engine problem at Texas Motor Speedway. Truex’s Furniture Row Toyota squad was one of three teams that made engine changes after Saturday’s
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. MotoGP-bound Valentino Rossi protege Francesco Bagnaia wrapped up the ’18 Moto2 title by finishing third at Sepang behind race winner Luca Marini and title rival Miguel Oliveira. Pramac Ducati 2019 MotoGP signing Bagnaia arrived in Malaysia 36 points clear of Oliveira, who
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Marc Marquez took a comfortable ninth victory of the 2018 MotoGP season in the Malaysian Grand Prix after long-time leader Valentino Rossi crashed. From second on the grid, Rossi outdragged poleman Johann Zarco to take the lead into the first corner and
Mari Hulman George, who served as chairman of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Holman & Company from 1988 to 2016, has died aged 83. Hulman George, whose father Anton “Tony” Hulman Jr. saved the facility from almost certain demolition after World War II in November 1945, was a pioneer as co-owner of a team that
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Maverick Vinales says his Yamaha MotoGP crew has “no excuse” for its poor performance in wet conditions, after struggling to 11th in Sepang qualifying. Vinales was among the quickest riders in the field throughout practice in the dry and topped PF3, but
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Red Bull boss Christian Horner thinks it would be unfair to expect Pierre Gasly to challenge Max Verstappen immediately next year, but says the team predicts ‘big things’ from him. Gasly has been handed a golden opportunity to step up to Red
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Tech 3 Yamaha’s Johann Zarco will line up first on the grid for the Sepang MotoGP race after poleman Marc Marquez was penalised for impeding Andrea Iannone. The Honda rider, who sealed the 2018 MotoGP title back in Motegi, outpaced the rest
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Sebastian Vettel thinks it essential that he and new Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc have a cooperative working relationship in Formula 1 next season. With the Scuderia deciding against retaining its number two driver Kimi Raikkonen for 2019, Vettel will have a new
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Mercedes’ innovative Formula 1 wheel assembly remains the focus of much attention following last weekend’s Mexican Grand Prix. For the second race in succession, the team did not run the set-up that helps it keep rear tyre temperatures under control, amid talk
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Indonesia is set to join the MotoGP calendar in 2021 with a new street circuit in Lombok, Autosport can exclusively reveal. A delegation by MotoGP promoter Dorna, including series chief Carmelo Ezpeleta, visited the island three weeks ago and a formal announcement
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Two-time Formula 1 world champion Fernando Alonso will swap cars with NASCAR superstar Jimmie Johnson at the end of this month. The car swap will take place at Bahrain’s Sakhir circuit on November 26, the day after the F1 season finale in
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Marc Marquez believes Suzuki is now ready to mount a MotoGP title challenge, as Alex Rins continued the manufacturer’s impressive form with the fastest time in Friday practice in Malaysia. Suzuki has improved considerably this season after a difficult 2017 campaign, and
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Sebastian Vettel says the perception that Ferrari’s Formula 1 car was dominant at times this year is wrong, and insists the team never enjoyed the advantage that Mercedes often has. Vettel’s hopes of landing this year’s world championship ended in Mexico last
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The MV Agusta Forward Racing team is considering bringing back Romano Fenati after it terminated the disgraced Italian racer’s 2019 Moto2 contract. Fenati was effectively banned from racing in the grand prix paddock for the rest of 2018 after he grabbed the
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Formula 1 cars’ “really bad” mirrors mean drivers are often “blind” in battle, reckons Kevin Magnussen – who has been at the centre of recent blocking controversies. Magnussen escaped sanction for a clash with Charles Leclerc at the Japanese Grand Prix when
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ducati rider Andrea Dovizioso topped first practice for MotoGP’s Malaysian Grand Prix by less than a tenth of a second from Valentino Rossi. Dovizioso grabbed the advantage with just two minutes to go in the 45-minute session amid a late flurry of
Haas will hand Formula 2 racer Louis Deletraz his first Formula 1 run in the post-season test in Abu Dhabi later this month. The Swiss racer, son of former F1 driver Jean-Denis, will pilot the team’s current-spec VF-18 on the second day of the three-day test – which is run by tyre supplier Pirelli. “I’m