Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Scott Dixon says he held “moderate” talks with rival IndyCar teams ahead of re-signing with Chip Ganassi Racing, but no option was serious enough for him to move. Dixon had been linked to teams including Penske and a prospective two-car McLaren IndyCar
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. M-Sport Ford World Rally Championship WRC2 pairing Gus Greensmith and co-driver Craig Parry were hospitalised last week after a Rally Germany test crash, but Greensmith will make the event. The British duo crashed into one of the German event’s infamous hinkelsteins –
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Aprilia rider Scott Redding has described his RS-GP machine as a “piece of s***” following his 20th place finish in Sunday’s Austria MotoGP race. Redding was fast in the wet at the Red Bull Ring, setting the second quickest time in a
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Charles Leclerc reckons Sauber’s “huge” progress this season has looked even bigger than it is because it took him a few races to get comfortable in Formula 1. Leclerc and his team-mate Marcus Ericsson started the season on the ninth row of
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Toyota Motor Corporation president Akio Toyoda hopes the World Rally Championship’s expected return to Japan in 2019 can entice Mitsubishi and Subaru back to the series. All three Japanese brands competed in the WRC during the 1990s, locking out the top three
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The outgoing Angel Nieto MotoGP squad has announced it will return to Moto2 next season as it “refocuses” on the two junior classes of grand prix motorcycle racing in 2019. Nieto, formerly known as Aspar, runs satellite Ducati machinery in the top
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Toro Rosso boss Franz Tost admits his Formula 1 team “hasn’t achieved our goals” with some of its major upgrades this season and is currently “behind expectations”. The squad introduced several aero updates during the Austrian and British Grand Prix weekends, including
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Yamaha’s crisis scenario during MotoGP’s Austrian Grand Prix weekend was a reflection of the kind of troubles it now faces due to choices made after the return of Valentino Rossi. The first conclusion we can draw from Yamaha technical director Kouji Tsuya’s
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Scott Dixon has agreed terms to remain at Chip Ganassi Racing on a new multi-year IndyCar deal. Despite speculation linking Dixon to the mooted McLaren IndyCar project, as well as existing teams Andretti and Penske, the 38-year-old will remain with Ganassi into
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Yamaha MotoGP boss Lin Jarvis has revealed the marque’s new SIC satellite team will run Franco Morbidelli and Fabio Quartararo in its first season in the premier class next year. Morbidelli will move across from the Marc VDS Honda squad, which looks
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Renault Formula 1 boss Cyril Abiteboul admits that the manufacturer underestimated the development potential of the current engines and says it will take bigger risks to rectify this. F1 is in its fifth season using V6 turbo-hybrids, an era in which Mercedes
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Kevin Harvick claimed his seventh NASCAR Cup series victory of the season with a dominant performance at Michigan. The Stewart-Haas Racing driver was at the front of the pack when the race restarted after a late safety car, brought out after Ty
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Championship leader Marc Marquez says he adopted a different strategy of trying to pull away early during MotoGP’s Austria race in an attempt to separate the factory Ducatis. Starting from pole at the Red Bull Ring, Marquez fought off early challenges from
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Andrea Dovizioso believes his shot at winning the 2018 MotoGP Austrian Grand Prix was compromised by using up his rear tyre “too much” while trying to pass team-mate Jorge Lorenzo. An aggressive move from Marc Marquez at Turn 3 on the opening
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ducati’s Jorge Lorenzo took his third victory of the 2018 MotoGP season after outduelling Honda rider Marc Marquez at the Red Bull Ring. Starting from pole, Marquez gave up the lead to Andrea Dovizioso at the start and when he fought back
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Cal Crutchlow has heavily criticised MotoGP race direction for its work throughout the Austrian Grand Prix, saying it has mishandled dangerous situations. Crutchlow was one of a number of riders to express concerns about riding the Red Bull Ring circuit in the
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Renault boss Cyril Abiteboul has warned that Formula 1 is falling behind schedule as it continues to firm up its 2021 engine regulations. The FIA and Liberty’s plans to introduce a simplified power unit without an MGU-H – outlined last October –
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. KTM has announced that it will replace the injured Mika Kallio with former test rider Randy de Puniet for the rest of 2018. Kallio has been KTM’s test rider since the Austrian manufacturer entered MotoGP last year, but the Finn injured his
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The Williams Formula 1 team is no longer feeling the “pain of failure” that it used to, according to former driver David Coulthard. Williams is in the middle of one of its worst ever seasons, sitting last in the constructors’ standings heading
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Jorge Lorenzo says a “misunderstanding” that meant he did not use a new MotoGP front tyre on his final qualifying run cost him the chance to grab pole in Austria. Lorenzo battled for top spot with factory Ducati team-mate Andrea Dovizioso and
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Yamaha MotoGP project leader Kouji Tsuya has apologised to Valentino Rossi and Maverick Vinales after a low-key qualifying in Austria. Vinales was more than a second off the pace in 11th, while Rossi was unable to advance from Q1 and will only
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Honda rider Marc Marquez secured pole position for MotoGP’s Austrian Grand Prix, beating Ducati’s Andrea Dovizioso by 0.002s. Valentino Rossi will start Sunday’s race from 14th after failing to escape Q1. At a track where top speed and acceleration are crucial, Ducati
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Lance Stroll believes the difficult season he is enduring with Williams is part of a “love-hate relationship” with Formula 1. Stroll scored a podium and qualified on the front row during his rookie F1 season with Williams in 2017, but the team’s
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. NASCAR Cup champion Kurt Busch will leave Stewart-Haas Racing at the end of the season to join Chip Ganassi Racing, Autosport has learned. Multiple sources have suggested 2004 champion Busch will drive Ganassi’s #1 Chevrolet Camaro, replacing veteran Jamie McMurray – who
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Experience is a priority for McLaren’s 2019 Formula 1 driver line-up because it needs a better car to “take a risk with two younger drivers”, according to CEO Zak Brown. Fernando Alonso is yet to confirm whether he wants to stay in
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Valentino Rossi says this weekend’s Austrian Grand Prix will be the hardest of the MotoGP season for Yamaha, owing to the circuit’s layout. Rossi was only 11th fastest in Friday’s first practice session at the Red Bull Ring, a second off the
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Alejandro Agag says Formula 1 would need Formula E’s permission if it wanted to go fully electric in the next decade. F1 sporting boss Ross Brawn has claimed that there is “nothing to stop” the championship switching to fully electric power in
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The KTM MotoGP team admits it will “have a problem” replacing Pol Espargaro for the British Grand Prix should he not recover from injury in time. Espargaro suffered a collarbone fracture in a warm-up crash at Brno, the incident initially leaving him
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. MotoGP points leader Marc Marquez led Aprilia rider Scott Redding in a wet second practice session in Austria. orrential rain hit the track a few minutes before the start of FP2, which led to the session being delayed by 15 minutes. It
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Felipe Massa says he was upset to hear ex-Williams Formula 1 team-mate Lance Stroll did not feel he received guidance from him last year. Williams asked Massa to extend his F1 career by one more season so it could field the experienced