Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Martin Truex Jr has vowed to prevent Joey Logano from winning the 2018 NASCAR Cup title after their last-corner collision while fighting for Martinsville race victory. Truex had taken the lead from Logano on the penultimate lap following a long side-by-side battle,
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Valentino Rossi says his MotoGP team-mate Maverick Vinales’ victory in Sunday’s Phillip Island race “doesn’t change much” for Yamaha. Vinales ended Yamaha’s 25-race wait for a win on Sunday with a commanding performance at Phillip Island on a track that was expected
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Aleix Espargaro says debris from Johann Zarco’s crash in last weekend’s Phillip Island MotoGP race struck his left hand, moving the titanium plate he had fitted after his 2017 accident. Zarco suffered a heavy crash at Turn 1 on the fifth lap
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Dani Sordo will be confirmed as a Hyundai driver for another part-time programme in next year’s World Rally Championship this week. The Spaniard’s deal has been expected for some time, and Autosport understands it was only held up by the absence of
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Red Bull Formula 1 boss Christian Horner has credited Renault with getting its sums right for the high altitude in Mexico and helping Max Verstappen to a dominant victory. Horner stressed that the unique conditions in Mexico put Renault on a par
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Audi took the race win and manufacturers’ title in the Intercontinental GT Challenge deciding California 8 Hours, but third was enough to give Mercedes’ Tristan Vautier the drivers’ championship. Christopher Mies, Christopher Haase and Kelvin van der Linde drove the Land Audi
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Daniel Ricciardo was left feeling “helpless” and keen to hand over his “cursed” Red Bull Formula 1 car to Pierre Gasly after another mechanical problem robbed him of a podium in Mexico. Ricciardo, who will be leaving Red Bull at the end
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Penske’s Joey Logano booked his place in the NASCAR Cup title decider by sealing Martinsville victory in a last-corner collision with Martin Truex Jr. Reigning champion Truex of Furniture Row Racing had passed long-time leader Logano to lead with two laps to
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Hendrick Motorsports has secured a new full-time sponsor for Jimmie Johnson in the NASCAR Cup Series to replace outgoing sponsor Lowe’s. Seven-time Cup champion Johnson has been sponsored by Lowe’s since making his debut in the series in 2001, but it announced
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Kimi Raikkonen talks exclusively to Autosport about the Shell House, the Shell & Scuderia Ferrari Partnership, and his experiences in Mexico City It’s been a remarkable week at the Shell House. Day one saw the unveiling of an exclusive piece of art
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Sebastien Loeb claimed an incredible first World Rally Championship win since 2013 on an unpredictable Rally Spain, as Sebastien Ogier moved into the lead of the title race. The nine-time WRC champion carried a 7.1-second advantage over Ogier into the final two
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Tech3 rider Johann Zarco says the scariest part of his horror high-speed MotoGP shunt at Phillip Island was a sense that he’d never stop sliding once coming off his bike. The Frenchman clashed with Marc Marquez at full speed at the end
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Autosport visits the Shell Track Lab in the Scuderia Ferrari garage ahead of the Mexican Grand Prix. This week at the Shell House in downtown Mexico City, Autosport has been learning all about the different aspects of the partnership between Shell and
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Maverick Vinales and his Yamaha team “needed” the “unbelievable” MotoGP victory he scored at Phillip Island to give them a boost into 2019, according to the rider. The Australian Grand Prix win was Vinales’ fifth in the series and put an end
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Nine-time World Rally champion Sebastien Loeb has taken a shock lead on Rally Spain ahead of the final loop, as Thierry Neuville closed to 3.8 seconds behind Sebastien Ogier. As Ogier attempts to chase down championship leader Neuville ahead of the season
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Jack Miller says he had agreed to be Jorge Lorenzo’s replacement in the factory Ducati MotoGP team for Phillip Island, but lost the chance after Motegi crashes. Lorenzo has been sidelined from a string of MotoGP races by injuries sustained at Buriram
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Maverick Vinales broke Yamaha’s 25-race MotoGP winless streak with a dominant performance at Phillip Island, as Johann Zarco was lucky to escape a nasty crash with Marc Marquez. The Yamaha rider broke away the pack quickly after taking the lead on lap
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Stefan Bradl will step in to replace the injured Cal Crutchlow at the Malaysian Grand Prix for the LCR Honda MotoGP team. Bradl quickly emerged as the likely replacement for Crutchlow after it became clear his Phillip Island shunt is set to
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Williams Formula 1 driver Lance Stroll has been cleared of rejoining the track unsafely in Mexican Grand Prix qualifying, the second such incident at the same corner this weekend. FIA race director Charlie Whiting had instructed all drivers that if they went
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Daniel Ricciardo headed a Red Bull one-two to claim pole position for the Mexican Grand Prix as Formula 1 title rivals Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel completed the second row. Ricciardo overhauled team-mate Max Verstappen on the final runs in qualifying to
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Jari-Matti Latvala became the fourth different leader on Rally Spain after the Saturday stages, as the Toyota driver chases his first World Rally Championship victory in 20 months. Sebastien Ogier is the best of the title challengers in second – ahead of
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Toyota driver Ott Tanak has explained the cause of the puncture that cost him his Rally Spain lead and further hurt his World Rally Championship title chances. The Estonian was 32.9 seconds ahead of the field going into the final morning test,
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Toro Rosso boss Franz Tost thought his team would have “much more problems” with Honda this season and backs the engine manufacturer to close further on its Formula 1 rivals. Honda partnered with Toro Rosso for 2018 after splitting with McLaren and
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Rain throughout MotoGP qualifying at Phillip Island meant a fast lap was dependent on “big balls”, according to Valentino Rossi. A downpour threatened as the Q2 session went green. It came after a short burst of rain put doubt in riders’ minds
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Rally Spain turned on its head during the Saturday morning stages, as a puncture for World Rally Championship title hopeful Ott Tanak gifted the lead to Hyundai’s Dani Sordo. Heading into the final stage of the morning, Tanak held a comfortable 32.9-second
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Newly-crowned five-time MotoGP champion Marc Marquez has played down his chances of winning at Phillip Island despite qualifying on pole, instead naming Andrea Iannone as favourite. Honda rider Marc Marquez dominated qualifying to secure his fifth Australian Grand Prix pole in a
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The newly-crowned 2018 MotoGP champion Marc Marquez dominated a tricky qualifying session on his Honda to take his fifth consecutive pole position at Phillip Island. Honda’s rider made the best of changing conditions to set a stunning 1min29.199s laptime, leaving him more
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Injured IndyCar driver Robert Wickens has offered more detail on his definition of himself as a paraplegic in his recent posts on social media. A spinal cord injury was among the severe injuries Wickens sustained in his horrific accident at Pocono in
Marc Marquez edged Maverick Vinales to top the third free practice session for MotoGP’s Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island. The newly-crowned 2018 world champion’s 1m30.581s was the initial benchmark on Saturday morning, with Marquez then improving to a 1m30.110s several minutes later. At that same point Turn 1 claimed its second victim of the
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Renault’s “misleading” strong pace in Friday practice ahead of Formula 1’s Mexican Grand Prix is down to top teams underperforming rather than the French outfit making gains, Carlos Sainz believes. Sainz finished third behind the two Red Bulls in both FP1 and