Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Jorge Lorenzo has little doubt his former team Yamaha will return to the front of the MotoGP field because of the championship’s “cyclical” nature. Lorenzo won three premier-class titles for Yamaha before leaving the manufacturer to join Ducati at the end of
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Romain Grosjean says this year’s German Grand Prix was the crucial point he knew he had turned around his form and could save his Formula 1 seat with Haas. The American team announced last week that it will field Grosjean and Kevin
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. McLaren sporting director Gil de Ferran is not in favour of any Formula 1 format overhaul that would reduce the “value” of winning a grand prix. F1 bosses have considered the merit of shaking up how race weekends work and even discussed
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. NASCAR has explained its decision to implement a new aerodynamic package for the 2019 Cup series. The rules are based on the design used in this year’s Charlotte All-Star Race, which won praise for improving the racing during the event. Two versions
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Nine-time World Rally champion Sebastien Loeb made a surprise appearance with Citroen’s pre-Rally GB test last week. Loeb has one more event in his three-round WRC comeback programme with Citroen remaining this season – the mixed-surface Rally Spain at the end of
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. NASCAR Xfinity and Truck racer Jordan Anderson has had a charge against him that alleged he was in possession of a stolen motor vehicle dropped. A warrant was issued for Anderson’s arrest late last month in a statement released by the Rowan
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Aprilia MotoGP rider Scott Redding will switch to the domestic British Superbike Championship next year. The 25-year-old, who will lose his Aprilia ride to Andrea Iannone, will join forces with the Paul Bird Motorsport-run Be Wiser Ducati outfit. “It’s fantastic to be
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Mercedes has gone from fighting a rearguard action against a faster Ferrari to take charge of the 2018 Formula 1 season. These technical changes have been key to that swing Understanding, unlocking and managing tyre performance has always been an artform in
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. NASCAR has unveiled its revised aero rules package for the 2019 Cup Series season. Elements of the package will be used in 22 of next year’s 36 points-paying Cup races, as part of NASCAR’s efforts to improve the quality of racing by
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Sebastien Ogier believes his World Rally Championship title streak will end if he cannot beat rivals Thierry Neuville and Ott Tanak on Rally GB this week. The five-time WRC champion is down to third in the standings after his crash in Turkey
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. FIA race director Charlie Whiting believes Zandvoort would need “minimal” changes in order to host a Formula 1 grand prix. Whiting recently visited Zandvoort to determine what course of action would be needed to bring the circuit up to modern F1 specification,
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ryan Blaney’s first NASCAR Cup series victory for Penske at Charlotte’s Roval will be “monumental” for his career, believes his team boss Roger Penske. Penske promoted Blaney to its team in 2018 after he had driven for the closely aligned Wood Brothers
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The FIA is considering a change to the engine penalty grid system following the controversial Russian Grand Prix qualifying in which only 10 cars ran in Q2. Drivers who change enough power unit elements to earn a back of the grid penalty
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Honda needs to make its MotoGP bike more user-friendly in case Marc Marquez decides to move on at the end of his contract, LCR rider Cal Crutchlow says. The RC213V bike has been a stronger package this year than in 2017 and
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. An unclear 2019 World Rally Championship calendar is causing increasing disquiet among WRC stakeholders, with an extraordinary meeting of the FIA WRC Commission in Paris due next week. Monte Carlo, Sweden and Mexico are widely expected to keep their positions as the
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Audi has unveiled an evolution version of its R8 LMS GT3 racer. The upgrades on the second-generation R8 first raced in 2015, which were announced on Tuesday at the Paris Motor Show, are focused on aerodynamics and cooling, as well as lengthening
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Charlotte track owner Speedway Motorsports Inc is unlikely to try to duplicate the Roval concept at its other NASCAR Cup venues, despite the success of last weekend’s race. The first Cup round on the 1.5-mile oval’s 2.28-mile infield road course featured a
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Sebastien Ogier believes his 2019 employer Citroen is ready to do what is necessary to regain its World Rally Championship supremacy after a period of “doing things by half”. Reigning WRC champion Ogier is leaving M-Sport Ford to return to Citroen seven
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ferrari now needs a dramatic turnaround to beat Mercedes to the 2018 Formula 1 world championship, and is counting on the major upgrade it introduced during the Russian Grand Prix. Wholesale changes appeared on the SF71H at Sochi, as the team introduced
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. X-raid Mini has announced the signing of ex-Peugeot trio Stephane Peterhansel, Carlos Sainz Sr and Cyril Despres for its Dakar Rally programme, as predicted by Autosport. The trio and nine-time World Rally champion Sebastien Loeb had formed Peugeot’s factory cross-country rallying line-up
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Kyle Busch says the only explanation for the Charlotte Roval NASCAR Cup race leaders crashing in unison on a late restart was that “all of us are just stupid”. Brad Keselowski locked up and slid into the barrier at the corner nicknamed
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Mercedes’ decision to ask Valtteri Bottas to cede position to Lewis Hamilton in Formula 1’s Russian Grand Prix proved contentious, with Toto Wolff admitting he felt like “the baddy” post-race. Having started from pole, Bottas was running second and on course to
Red Bull Formula 1 boss Christian Horner says Max Verstappen’s early Russian Grand Prix charge was like watching the start of a wet race, such was his rate of progress. From 19th on the grid, Verstappen made up six places on the first lap and by lap eight had cleared the midfield cars to run
NASCAR Cup champion Martin Truex Jr suggested Jimmie Johnson’s elimination from the playoffs was justice for their “stupid” last-corner collision while fighting for the Charlotte Roval win. In a last push to take the lead, Johnson – now on a 51-race winless streak – locked up and spun at the final chicane, collecting Truex and
Wales Rally GB title sponsor Dayinsure explains the new innovations that are making Britain’s World Rally Champonship round more exciting than ever in 2018 As we enter our third year of sponsorship with the Dayinsure Wales Rally GB we are seriously excited that the opportunity has been presented to compete on Welsh roads, with the
Injured MotoGP rider Tito Rabat has been unsuccessful in his bid to return for this weekend’s Thailand Grand Prix at Buriram, with Jordi Torres continuing to fill in. Rabat was seriously injured during the British GP weekend a month ago and has missed the last two races. Though aimed to return for Thailand, despite being
The FIA is considering switching the Formula 1 qualifying format to four sessions for 2019 in an effort to generate more excitement A revised format discussed at the recent Strategy Group meeting would involve four cars being eliminated in Q1, Q2 and Q3, leaving just eight for a final shootout in a new Q4 session.
Ryan Blaney snatched victory in the Charlotte ‘roval’ NASCAR Cup Series race after leaders Martin Truex Jr and Jimmie Johnson collided at the final corner. Blaney had been running third while Truex and Johnson battled for position in a three-lap dash to the finish line after a late red flag. Truex held the lead and
The race-winning Black Falcon Mercedes has been disqualified from the Barcelona Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup finale. The #4 Mercedes-AMG GT3 in which Maro Engel, Luca Stolz and Yelmer Buurman claimed the BGTS Endurance Cup title has been exclude from the results for a breach of the sporting regulations. Black tape was found on the
Get unlimited access You have 10 articles remaining to view this month. Black Falcon Mercedes drivers Maro Engel, Yelmer Buurman and Luca Stolz claimed the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup title with a narrow victory in the Barcelona finale. Buurman crossed the line less than two seconds up on the Auto Sport Promotion Mercedes-AMG GT3