Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Honda rider Dani Pedrosa set the pace in second practice for MotoGP’s Japanese Grand Prix on a damp-but-drying Motegi track. Rain following the conclusion of a dry Friday morning session at Motegi meant just a handful of riders ventured out of the
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. An automotive engineering student has won the opportunity of a lifetime with the Infiniti Engineering Academy to pursue a career in Formula 1. Sabre Cook, 24, a Mechanical Engineering student from Colorado University was announced as the Infiniti Engineering Academy 2018 USA
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Fernando Alonso says he is pleased his sometime title rival Lewis Hamilton is set to become the first of his generation to match Juan Manuel Fangio’s five Formula 1 championships. If Hamilton outscores fellow four-time champion Sebastian Vettel by eight points in
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing’s Graham Rahal believes IndyCar has found a better package for superspeedways such as the Indianapolis 500, after testing revised aerodynamics and tyre compounds. This year’s Indianapolis 500 race was criticised, with the new-for-2018 universal aerokit replacing the drafting
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Andrea Dovizioso believes Ducati would be “stupid” to not sound out Marc Marquez over a possible switch to the MotoGP manufacturer in 2021. Marquez completed a new deal with Honda running to the end of the 2020 season earlier this year, and
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Kyle Larson and his Chip Ganassi Racing NASCAR Cup team have been hit with a post-race penalty after last weekend’s Talladega race that has damaged his playoff hopes. Larson finished 11th at Talladega race, and said his pace was “embarrassing” at times.
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Cal Crutchlow says it is impossible to compare his career to that of World Superbike champion Jonathan Rea, after the latter claimed he could have done “better” in MotoGP. Rea recently told Autosport that he feels he could have enjoyed more success
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Oliver Jarvis will return to Macau in next month’s GT World Cup for the first time since winning the Formula 3 Grand Prix on the street circuit in 2007. The Briton will drive a Nissan GT-R NISMO in the blue riband GT3
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Lewis Hamilton goes into 2018’s title-deciding grands prix with a commanding lead in Autosport readers’ Formula 1 driver ratings as well as the world championship, while Sebastian Vettel has slumped. Having moved to the top of the table following the Italian Grand
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The FIA has given the all-clear to Mercedes’ Formula 1 wheel hub rim design, after Ferrari requested clarification. Sources have revealed that Ferrari approached the FIA in regards to the rear wheel rim and hub design that its title rival had used
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Toro Rosso boss Franz Tost says it is ‘nonsense’ to suggest a cost cap will not work in Formula 1 on the grounds it will be too hard to police. F1 owner Liberty Media is working on a costs cap as part
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. IMSA SportsCar Championship team Scuderia Corsa will expand to become a part-time IndyCar team in 2019, with Chip Ganassi Racing outcast Ed Jones signed to drive. Jones will compete in 13 of IndyCar’s 17 2019 races, including the Indianapolis 500 and all
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Jorge Lorenzo says he found his switch from Yamaha to Ducati at the start of last season harder than stepping up to MotoGP as a rookie. Three-time MotoGP champion Lorenzo was lured away from Yamaha by Ducati for 2017, but the partnership
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. McLaren sporting director Gil de Ferran says he must keep a lid on his competitive spirit, which is making him “angry” amid the Formula 1 team’s struggles. De Ferran took his sporting director role in the summer after a leadership shake-up at
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Esapekka Lappi has been confirmed as Sebastien Ogier’s team-mate at Citroen for the 2019 World Rally Championship season. Lappi contested eight of last year’s 13 WRC rounds for Toyota, earning a deal to complete the season on the back of an impressive
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Toyota has confirmed Kris Meeke will join its World Rally Championship line-up in 2019, as predicted by Autosport. The manufacturer announced Meeke’s signing on Wednesday morning, and confirmed Jari-Matti Latvala will remain in a factory Yaris WRC alongside Ott Tanak, who was
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Formula 1 drivers have loaded up on hypersoft tyres for next weekend’s Mexican Grand Prix, with title rivals Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel making identical choices. Sole supplier Pirelli has nominated the new-for-2018 hypersoft, ultrasoft and supersoft compounds for the event at
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Nissan Formula E driver Alexander Albon has emerged as favourite to partner Daniil Kvyat at Toro Rosso for the 2019 Formula 1 season. It’s understood that Red Bull motorsport boss Helmut Marko is negotiating with Nissan for the release of the 22-year-old,
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Kris Meeke will not continue his partnership with co-driver Paul Nagle into his 2019 World Rally Championship return with Toyota. Meeke and Nagle have worked together on and off for the last 11 years, including their four and a half year WRC
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The tyre blistering Formula 1 drivers have had to manage at several grands prix this year has felt like they are “completely cruising round”, says Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas. Blistering occurs when part of a tyre overheats, causing rubber to soften and break
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Britain’s round of the World Rally Championship is closer to moving out of Wales, but only after it has celebrated a 20th anniversary in the principality next season. This year’s Rally GB was the last in the current agreement with the Welsh
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Takaaki Nakagami will remain with the LCR Honda MotoGP team for the 2019 season. Nakagami graduated from Moto2 to join an expanded two-bike LCR line-up in the premier class this year, racing a year-old Honda RC213V in the colours of long-time sponsor
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Kyle Larson says his pace in the NASCAR Cup series weekend at Talladega was “embarrassing at times”, calling on Chip Ganassi Racing to invest more in its restrictor-plate package. Larson qualified a dismal 34th for the playoff race after he was penalised
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Sean Gelael will have his first Formula 1 practice outing of 2018 with Toro Rosso at this weekend’s United States Grand Prix. Gelael has been affiliated with Toro Rosso since 2017 and participated in four practice sessions at grands prix through the
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Newly-confirmed 2019 Williams Formula 1 driver George Russell says he kept faith he could earn his grand prix debut next season amid fellow Mercedes protege Esteban Ocon’s “very bizarre situation”. The Formula 2 title favourite will step up to F1 next year
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Stewart-Haas Racing’s Kurt Busch has expressed his frustration at the NASCAR officials for “two missed calls” in overtime during the Cup series playoff race at Talladega. Busch had led a race-high 103 of the 193-lap race after winning pole and leading a
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Four-time World Superbike champion Jonathan Rea says he can “do better” than Cal Crutchlow in MotoGP if offered the chance, but is not “jealous” of his fellow Briton. Rea is now statistically the greatest WSBK rider of all-time after clinching his fourth-straight
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Valentino Rossi has conceded that his MotoGP records are in danger if Marc Marquez continues his current form. Honda rider Marquez’s seventh win of 2018 in Thailand was his 42nd since he graduated to MotoGP in 2013, and puts him within touching
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. World Rally champion Sebastien Ogier says he would “love” to have Kris Meeke back in the series in 2019, believing his return would benefit the championship. Meeke has agreed a deal with Toyota for next season, which is expected to be officially
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Mercedes boss Toto Wolff says McLaren’s 2007 meltdown is an example of why his team cannot afford to relax and think the 2018 Formula 1 championship battle is over. A run of four consecutive victories for Lewis Hamilton has left him 67