Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Banned Moto2 rider Romano Fenati has released a statement expressing his regret over his now-infamous attempt to grab rival Stefano Manzi’s brake lever in a Misano race. Fenati’s actions, which came as retribution after Manzi had run him off the track in
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. LCR Honda’s Cal Crutchlow was puzzled by his overtake on Suzuki’s Alex Rins in Misano’s MotoGP race as he had “never known” a rider to surrender a position so easily. Rins, running a soft rear tyre, battled through from 10th to fourth
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The experience of the last two years leads to the conclusion that Ducati is the smartest when it comes to developing its bikes during the MotoGP season. Andrea Dovizioso’s victory on Sunday at Misano had a tremendous symbolic power for many reasons.
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Romano Fenati’s Moto2 team Marinelli Snipers has announced that it will be terminating its deal with the rider following his actions in the Misano race. Fenati tried to grab current Forward rider Stefano Manzi’s brake lever during the race i n a
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. This weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix marks the return of the proper downforce battle in Formula 1 after the low-drag challenges of Spa and Monza. Red Bull will be buoyed by its dominant form around low-speed Monaco earlier this year, while Ferrari has
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race has been postponed due to persistent rain at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway that has haltered all on-track activity throughout the weekend. Running of the Brickyard 400 race has been rescheduled for 1400 ET Monday, while the Xfinity
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Romano Fenati’s actions during the Moto2 race at Misano warranted a lifetime ban, according to MotoGP rider Cal Crutchlow. Fenati, who rides for the Marinelli Snipers team, was black-flagged for grabbing rival Stefano Manzi’s brake lever on the back straight, shortly after
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Romano Fenati’s actions during the Moto2 race at Misano warranted a lifetime ban, according to MotoGP rider Cal Crutchlow. Fenati, who rides for the Marinelli Snipers team, was black-flagged for grabbing rival Stefano Manzi’s brake lever on the back straight, shortly after
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Jorge Lorenzo says he puts his crash in MotoGP’s San Marino Grand Prix down to his choice of the “rock”-like medium front tyre. Ducati rider Lorenzo slipped out of contention for a podium finish when he lost the front end of his
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Marc Marquez says he was “fighting against myself” during the closing stages of the San Marino Grand Prix, as he sought to overhaul Jorge Lorenzo for second place. Marquez and Lorenzo spent much of the Misano race locked in a battle for
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The late Ferrari president Sergio Marchionne told FIA president Jean Todt he felt “positive” about the future direction of Formula 1 after a final meal they had together in June. Marchionne had spoken out several times, questioning Liberty Media’s revamp of F1,
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. A pitch from Formula 1 chiefs Chase Carey and Sean Bratches convinced Mercedes to back the 2019 German Grand Prix. Mercedes was announced last weekend as the title sponsor of next year’s race, after Hockenheim concluded a one-year extension with Liberty. Wolff
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Dale Coyne Racing’s Pietro Fittipaldi admits he has not fully healed from his injuries suffered this year in the World Endurance Championship, and has driven through the pain in IndyCar. Fittipladi crashed in qualifying for the WEC’s season-opening race at Spa in
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Haas boss Gunther Steiner says its Formula 1 rivals have resorted to legal means to try to halt its charge because they cannot beat it on track. In the wake of Renault protesting Romain Grosjean’s car after the Italian Grand Prix, Haas
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. MotoGP’s new all-electric support class MotoE has unveiled a five-round calendar for its inaugural season in 2019. The first-ever MotoE campaign will kick off at Jerez in May and will also support the French Grand Prix at Le Mans that same month.
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Pramac Ducati rider Jack Miller can be MotoGP champion “within three years” if he’s “clever” about his approach to racing, former team-mate Cal Crutchlow believes. Miller, who partnered Crutchlow at LCR Honda in his rookie MotoGP season in 2015, put a year-old
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Valentino Rossi says he needs to find an extra two tenths of a second per lap to be able to finish on the podium in Sunday’s Misano MotoGP race. The Yamaha rider, who was forced to skip the event last year due
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Kyle Busch will start on pole for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup race at Indianapolis after rain forced qualifying to be cancelled. The persistent rain on Saturday means Joe Gibbs Racing driver Busch will be in the top starting position for the Brickyard 400
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Mercedes says it is turning its Formula 1 car and engine factories “upside down” in the bid to keep adding performance in its fight against Ferrari. With Lewis Hamilton recently increasing his world championship lead despite Ferrari currently having a faster car,
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Johann Zarco and Jack Miller were first and second in the damp third MotoGP practice session at Misano, with both riders earning a spot in Q2 as a result. The session started in damp conditions, and most of the field decided to
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. FIA president Jean Todt says suggestions that Formula 1 will need to go fully-electric in the future are “nonsense”. The growing interest in Formula E, among both fans and car manufacturers, has led to claims that F1 may need to consider an
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The Haas Formula 1 team has lodged its formal appeal with the FIA over the exclusion of Romain Grosjean from the Italian Grand Prix, Autosport has learned. Grosjean was stripped of his sixth place finish in Italy following a protest from Renault
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Cal Crutchlow has hit out at Avintia for handing Christophe Ponsson his MotoGP debut at Misano, after the debutant languished off Friday’s practice pace. Ponsson, who currently races in the Spanish Superstock 1000 series, was chosen by Avintia to stand in for
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Kasey Kahne has hinted that his absence from the NASCAR Cup Series could be longer than just this weekend’s Indianapolis race because his heat-exhaustion problem is long term. Kahne has been replaced at Leavine Family Racing by Regan Smith this weekend. He
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Carlos Sainz Jr says he always felt Daniil Kvyat would return to Formula 1, with the Russian set to earn a third shot with Red Bull and Toro Rosso. Kvyat was dumped by Red Bull before the end of the 2017 season
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Penske’s Brad Keselowski says his 2018 NASCAR Cup series campaign has been “frustrating” due to a lack of pace or making errors when quick enough to win a race. Keselowski won his first Cup race of 2018 at Darlington last weekend ahead
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Tech3 MotoGP team principal Herve Poncharal has criticised his rider Hafizh Syahrin for running over 10 seconds off the pace during San Marino Grand Prix practice at Misano. Rookie Syahrin ended both Friday sessions in 25th, only ahead of MotoGP debutant Christophe
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. FIA president Jean Todt claims Formula 1 and other categories would be at risk of being banned if drivers were injured or killed in the kind of accidents witnessed recently. After Charles Leclerc’s Belgian Grand Prix escape, after his halo was struck
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The potential McLaren IndyCar programme would be set-up by affiliation with an existing outfit if the Formula 1 team commits to the series full-time in 2019, Autosport understands. McLaren set itself a September deadline to decide if it will race in IndyCar,
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Lewis Hamilton has reclaimed the lead from Sebastian Vettel in Autosport readers’ Formula 1 driver ratings for the 2018 season so far. Vettel’s victory in the Belgian Grand Prix put him back ahead of his championship rival based on the scores given