Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Nico Hulkenberg believes it is hard for Formula 1 outsiders to understand how sensitive modern cars are in battle, following Sebastian Vettel’s downforce “hole” theory to explain his recent spins. Vettel’s world title hopes have faded in recent races thanks to a
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Toyota’s Ott Tanak continued to dominate Rally Spain on Friday’s afternoon loop, as he chases his fourth World Rally Championship victory in five events. Referred to as the ‘day of gravel’, in recent years the rally’s first full day has shaken up
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Valentino Rossi and Andrea Dovizioso arrive in Australia for this weekend’s MotoGP round aiming for the runner-up spot in the standings, but having experienced contrasting fortunes so far in 2018. Listening to both Italian riders, one must check the standings several times
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. IndyCar driver Robert Wickens has clarified the severity of his injuries in an Instagram post filmed during his ongoing rehabilitation. Wickens suffered extensive injuries after a severe crash at Pocono in August that curtailed what had been an impressive maiden IndyCar season
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ducati has finalised an agreement with Honda to allow Jorge Lorenzo to make his debut with his 2019 MotoGP team at this year’s post-season Valencia test, Autosport has learned. Lorenzo’s contract with Ducati runs until the end of 2018, but his current
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ott Tanak overhauled Sebastien Ogier for the lead of Rally Spain on Friday morning, as the Toyota driver fights to keep his World Rally Championship title fight alive. After retiring from first place last time out on Rally GB on the back
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Red Bull says its partnership with Honda is already “way stronger” than with Renault, as its excitement grows about what could be possible for 2019. Honda’s rapid progress with Toro Rosso in 2018 has raised interest from its rivals, and left Max
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Andrea Iannone beat Danilo Petrucci to top spot in second practice ahead of MotoGP’s Phillip Island race, while Cal Crutchlow’s day ended with a nasty shunt at Turn 1. Iannone won out in his late scrap with Petrucci for Friday bragging rights,
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The Mexican Grand Prix stewards have given Mercedes the green light to use its controversial wheel design for the coming Formula 1 race weekend. Mercedes runs a spacer on its rear wheels with small holes and grooves added to reduce the heat
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ferrari will test its new Formula 1 floor again at the Mexican Grand Prix this weekend, with Red Bull also set to run its own version of the concept. Ferrari has not been convinced by the new floor idea so far, having
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. M-Sport’s Sebastien Ogier started the World Rally Championship’s penultimate round in Spain by winning Thursday evening’s opening stage to lead the rally overnight from Hyundai title rival Thierry Neuville. Ogier – who trails Neuville by seven points in the standings – completed
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Marc Marquez says it is inevitable that his incredible form in MotoGP will come to an end, citing his tough 2015 season as reason not to get complacent. The Honda rider secured his fifth MotoGP title with three races to spare in
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Maverick Vinales says he keeps wondering what he could do on a Honda or a Ducati amid Yamaha’s ongoing troublesome MotoGP run. An upturn in form in Thailand, where Vinales scored his first podium since July, turned out to be a one-off
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Formula 1 investors stepping in to rescue ailing teams has “saved” Liberty Media from having to “scramble” to prevent teams disappearing from the grid, says Haas owner Gene Haas. Over the summer, a Lawrence Stroll-led consortium rescued Force India from administration and
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. World Rally Championship leader Thierry Neuville’s preparations for this weekend’s Rally Spain were disrupted when he rolled his Hyundai i20 on the pre-event shakedown. The Belgian was caught in ruts at a right-hand corner early in the 1.2-mile test and rolled his
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Nine-time World Rally champion Sebastien Loeb says it would be “pretentious” for him to expect he can challenge the series’ current frontrunners for victory in Spain this weekend. Loeb will make his third and final planned WRC appearance of 2018 with Citroen
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen believes his resurgent 2018 Formula 1 season has been down to things “running more smoothly” that have made the year “more fun”. Raikkonen will leave Ferrari at the end of the season to rejoin Sauber, bringing an end
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ducati MotoGP rider Jorge Lorenzo has been discharged from hospital after undergoing surgery on his left wrist on Tuesday. The triple MotoGP world champion targets a comeback in next weekend’s Malaysian Grand Prix. Lorenzo has skipped the past two MotoGP races in
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Three-time Formula 1 world champion Niki Lauda has left hospital more than two months after undergoing a lung transplant. Lauda had surgery at Austria’s AKH Vienna hospital at the start of August after falling ill while on holiday in Ibiza. On Wednesday,
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. American rally star Ken Block has warned his fans not to expect too much from his World Rally Championship return in Spain this week. Block has not competed at rallying’s highest level since his last one-off outing at Rally Spain in 2014
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Maverick Vinales says he feels communication was clearer at the Suzuki MotoGP squad he previously raced for than it is at Yamaha currently. Yamaha’s record premier class run without a win is now up to 25 races following last Sunday’s Motegi race,
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Toyota World Rally Championship signing Kris Meeke says the atmosphere at his new squad is “completely different” to his experience with any other team he has driven for previously. The former Citroen, Peugeot and Prodrive Mini WRC driver said four-time world champion
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Formula 1 is no longer pursuing the glasses camera concept it trialled earlier this season, but has two serious alternative options as it closes on introducing a driver’s-eye-view onboard shot. Pierre Gasly gave F1’s camera glasses their first race weekend trial in
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Aprilia MotoGP rider Aleix Espargaro will try a “lab bike” in this weekend’s Australian Grand Prix as part of the development work for the 2019 version of the RS-GP. Espargaro is 18th in the points with three races of his second season
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. FIA race director Charlie Whiting believes Formula 1’s red-flag rules are an “easy thing to follow” and that Sebastian Vettel simply did not do a good enough job at Austin. Vettel picked up a three-place grid penalty for last weekend’s United States
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Tech3 Yamaha MotoGP rider Johann Zarco feels he has reached the “limit” of what is possible to achieve using his two-year-old bike. After qualifying second for the Japanese Grand Prix last weekend, Zarco ended up slumping to sixth place during the race
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Toyota team principal Tommi Makinen says he had concerns that Jari-Matti Latvala might have lost his edge in the middle of the 2018 World Rally Championship. Latvala, who was confirmed in a Yaris WRC for another season last week, suffered a shocking
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Dan Ticktum drove a Formula 1 car for the first time at Silverstone on Thursday as his prize drive for winning the 2017 McLaren Autosport BRDC Award. The 19-year-old Red Bull Junior won four times to finish runner-up in the Formula 3
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Suzuki racing an early version of its 2019 MotoGP bike in the Japanese Grand Prix was “massively important”, says its test rider Sylvain Guintoli. Guintoli made his third wildcard outing of the season at Motegi, using a 2019-spec engine as well as
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Renault Sport Formula 1 president Jerome Stoll says the French manufacturer undertook an internal review after struggling in recent races to help it bounce back at Austin last weekend. Renault has come under increasing pressure from Haas in the battle for fourth