Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Sebastian Vettel believes the hype around Ferrari protege rookie Charles Leclerc is “absolutely justified”, while Lewis Hamilton says he has the potential to do “great things” in Formula 1. Leclerc, who maintains close links to Ferrari after graduating from its academy, stepped
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Honda’s decision to allow its pre-contract with Joan Mir to lapse means the reigning Moto3 champion looks set to join Suzuki for his first MotoGP season in 2019. As Autosport reported earlier this week, Honda held an option on Mir’s services that
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ferrari’s customer teams have introduced their first fresh Formula 1 engine components of 2018 during the Monaco Grand Prix week. The four drivers from Haas and Sauber have informed the FIA they will use a second internal combustion engine, turbocharger and MGU-H
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Citroen has dropped Kris Meeke from its World Rally Championship line-up for the rest of 2018 due to “an excessively high number of crashes”. Meeke was airlifted to hospital for checks after a particularly violent accident on the most recent WRC round
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Red Bull Formula 1 team-mates Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen believe their car advantage around Monaco could be enough to fight off rivals’ top engine modes in qualifying. The duo finished 1-2 in both practice sessions in Monte Carlo on Thursday, with
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. McLaren boss Zak Brown has confirmed that Gil de Ferran is undertaking an advisory role that covers both Formula 1 and a potential IndyCar project. De Ferran was drafted in to advise Fernando Alonso ahead of his Indianapolis 500 programme last year
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The bumping of James Hinchcliffe, the new 2018 car’s challenges, and Danica Patrick’s form are among the topics discussed in Autosport’s preview of the Indianapolis 500. With Schmidt Peterson Motorsports and its driver Hinchcliffe confirming it will not buy him into the
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Four-time NASCAR Cup series champion Jeff Gordon and legendary team owner Roger Penske have been inducted into NASCAR’s Hall of Fame, leading a five-strong ‘Class of 2019’ intake. The two are joined by Jack Roush, Roush Fenway Racing’s founder and the late
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Toro Rosso driver Brendon Hartley has moved to quash speculation he risks losing his Formula 1 seat, insisting he is “more than capable” of staying in the job. Hartley has been the focus of speculation in recent weeks after making two high-profile
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Schmidt Peterson Motorsport’s star Le Mans-winning engineer signing Leena Gade has split with the team after just five IndyCar races, Autosport has learned. Gade, who achieved three Le Mans 24 Hour victories as an Audi race engineer, joined SPM in January, replacing
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. James Hinchcliffe says his Schmidt Peterson Motorsports IndyCar team is no longer pursuing any method of getting him into the Indianapolis 500 field after his failure to qualify. Hinchcliffe and Pippa Mann both missed the cut in qualifying last weekend as the
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Red Bull drivers Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen estimate the Monaco Grand Prix track layout will halve their qualifying deficit to rival Formula 1 teams. They believe this should be enough to give them a shot at a first pole position in
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Yamaha rider Maverick Vinales set the pace during Wednesday’s MotoGP in-season test at Barcelona. Vinales set a late effort of 1m38.974s to end up 0.277 seconds ahead of Tech3 Yamaha rider Johann Zarco, while Ducati’s Jorge Lorenzo completed the top three, a
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Toro Rosso Formula 1 driver Pierre Gasly says he would have apologised had he been in Romain Grosjean’s position after the Spanish Grand Prix first-lap pile-up. Grosjean lost control of his Haas at Turn 3 on the opening lap at Barcelona and
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The 2018 World Rally Championship title battle took a major turn last week, but in an FIA court appeal rather than at round six in Portugal. At Rally Mexico in March reigning WRC champion Sebastien Ogier was stripped of his four powerstage
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Avintia Ducati MotoGP rider Tito Rabat has been taken to hospital after suffering a major crash during Wednesday’s Michelin tyre test at Barcelona. Rabat had a low-side fall at the final corner during the morning, with his GP17 Ducati bursting into flames
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Aprilia MotoGP rider Scott Redding admits he ‘lost his mind’ during last weekend’s French Grand Prix amid the pressure to show he deserves to retain his seat. Redding has scored only five points in as many races so far in 2018, and
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Aston Martin says a decision on whether to proceed with a Formula 1 engine for the 2021 regulations will be made within the next nine months. Company CEO Andy Palmer has made no secret of his enthusiasm for the 2021 F1 rules,
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. FIA president Jean Todt admits the current Formula 1 engine regulations went “a bit too far” in complexity, but says the 2021 rules will be a healthy “backwards” step. The FIA and F1 have worked together to formulate a revised version of
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Honda rider Dani Pedrosa says MotoGP’s hectic schedule has stopped him from recovering fully from his Jerez crash earlier this month. Pedrosa revealed ahead of last weekend’s Le Mans race that a pocket of fluid had built up around his hip after
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Renault Formula 1 driver Carlos Sainz Jr expects qualifying in Monaco to be “absolute madness” thanks to the extra pace provided by Pirelli’s new hypersoft tyres. All teams have weighted their Monaco compound choices heavily towards the hypersoft, with Red Bull, Williams
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Dakar Rally director Etienne Lavigne has revealed his team has started exploring the possibility of moving the rally raid back to the African continent for 2020. The Dakar moved to South America in 2009 after the ’08 edition of the event, which
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The next generation of Indycar will not feature a divisive design similar to Formula E’s Gen2 “Batmobile” car, says the series’ director of aerodynamic development Tino Belli. IndyCar used design consultant Chris Beatty to help style the 2018 universal aerokit into a
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Maverick Vinales has admitted MotoGP team-mate Valentino Rossi’s side of the Yamaha garage is handling the team’s tough 2018 season better than his. Though Vinales is second in the championship, three points and two places ahead of Rossi, he has been beaten
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Moto3 rider Jakub Kornfeil says his motocross skills helped him achieve an incredible save in last weekend’s Le Mans race, when he launched into the air off another rider’s bike. Kornfeil was running in the leading group at Le Mans when Enea
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Hendrick Motorsports driver Chase Elliott will drive selected Xfinity Series races alongside his Cup commitments in place of Spencer Gallagher, who was banned from NASCAR competition for a drugs violation. Elliott will take part in five Xfinity races for GMS Racing, beginning
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Hockenheim is keen to continue hosting the German Grand Prix after its current contract runs out this year, but only with a new ‘risk-free’ Formula 1 deal. The track has suggested a form of revenue sharing, either with no sanctioning fee or
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Dreyer & Reinbold Racing’s Sage Karam topped a shortened eighth practice session for the Indianapolis 500 as Schmidt Peterson Motorsports driver Robert Wickens crashed. Karam set his 226.461mph benchmark early in the session after a 30-minute delay due to moisture, with another
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Jorge Lorenzo says the physical demands of Ducati’s 2018 MotoGP bike led to him struggling for “stamina” and tumbling down the order in the French Grand Prix. Lorenzo darted to the lead from the second row at the start of the Le
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Williams’s tough start to the 2018 Formula 1 season has led to repeated calls for Robert Kubica to be promoted to a race seat with the team, but would that change anything? The FW41 is the slowest car on average across the