Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Scott Dixon says Chip Ganassi Racing took a wrong direction in the IndyCar off-season and had become “stuck” in its ways as it tried to recover. Ganassi has struggled in 2018, with its first podium of the season not achieved until round
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The NASCAR Cup Series’ midweek penalties are “frustrating” and make fans believe “everyone is cheating”, says reigning champion Martin Truex Jr. Drivers including Chase Elliott, Kevin Harvick, Daniel Saurez and Clint Bowyer have recently been hit with post-race penalties for technical infractions
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Marc VDS MotoGP team boss Michael Bartholemy says his role is not under threat amid reports of a rift with owner Marc van der Straten. The team was reported to be facing an uncertain future during the Jerez weekend due to a
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The severity of Romain Grosjean’s penalty for causing a crash at the start of Formula 1’s Spanish Grand Prix is the subject of our latest video debate. The Haas driver picked up a three-place grid penalty for spinning across the track after
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ryan Blaney says his clash with Chip Ganassi Racing’s Kyle Larson that caused him to crash out in the NASCAR Cup series race at Kansas was “definitely my fault”. Blaney and Larson had been contenders for victory late on at Kansas, with
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Honda believes a “very frustrating” Spanish Grand Prix masked the progress it made with Toro Rosso after two troubled Formula 1 race weekends. Toro Rosso’s form dipped significantly in China and Azerbaijan after Pierre Gasly scored the best result of Honda’s return
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Actor Chris Hemsworth, star of the Formula 1 film Rush, will serve as start of the 2018 Indianapolis 500. Hemsworth played James Hunt in Ron Howard’s biopic about Hunt and Niki Lauda’s rivalry during the 1976 F1 season, and is most famous
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Reigning World Rally champion team M-Sport Ford says it has identified issues with low-grip stages that caused its Fiestas’ lacklustre performance on the last WRC round in Argentina. Malcolm Wilson’s team believes the problem was specific to certain conditions and will not
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The FIA has explained why Ferrari’s “liberal” and “tenuous” interpretation of the Formula 1 rules around mounting mirrors on the halo has been banned after just one race. Ferrari became the first team to roll out mirrors attached to the cockpit protection
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Schmidt Peterson Motorsports driver Robert Wickens believes last weekend’s Indianapolis road course race was the first time he “felt like a true rookie” in an IndyCar event. Wickens had looked set to finish runner-up to Power after he delayed using the slower
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Matt Kenseth believes he should have been more competitive on his return to the NASCAR Cup series with Roush Fenway Racing at Kansas. Kenseth took over driving duties from Trevor Bayne for the first time as part of his planned 2018 schedule
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ducati MotoGP general manager Gigi Dall’Igna says he expects a “definitive answer” on whether Andrea Dovizioso plans to stay with the team by next month’s Mugello race. Dovizioso’s 2017 success has greatly increased his value on the rider market, and the Italian
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Sebastian Vettel has criticised Formula 1’s virtual safety car system, claiming it is open to abuse from drivers. Vettel finished fourth in the Spanish Grand Prix, having lost places to Valterri Bottas and Max Verstappen after making a pitstop under the VSC.
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Mercedes Formula 1 team boss Toto Wolff says he “fully understands” Ferrari’s unsuccessful decision to switch Sebastian Vettel to a two-stop strategy in the Spanish Grand Prix. Vettel had managed to pass Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas for second at the start, and
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Sebastian Vettel says the Ferrari Formula 1 team had no option but to make the pitstop that cost him a Spanish Grand Prix podium.
Having jumped Valtteri Bottas at the start, Vettel looked set to finish runner-up to F1 world championship rival
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The Manthey Porsche team scored its sixth Nurburgring 24 Hours victory in a nail-biting climax to a weather-affected race that had to be halted in the latter stages. A bold outside pass at Turns 1 and 2 of the Grand Prix loop
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The 46th running of the Nurburgring 24 Hours has been suspended with just over three hours remaining due to heavy rain and fog. Thunderstorms hit the Nordschleife overnight the night and soaked the track, but it wasn’t until sunrise that fog began
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Stewart-Haas Racing’s Kevin Harvick passed reigning champion Martin Truex Jr on the penultimate lap at Kansas to snatch a fifth NASCAR Cup series win of the season. Polesitter Harvick had battled with Ryan Blaney and Kyle Larson at the front of the
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Will Power gave Penske its 200th IndyCar win after team-mate Josef Newgarden caused a late caution that threatened to derail Power’s bid at the Indianapolis road course. Power’s third win at the Indy road course initially came under threat from the ever-impressive
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Daniel Ricciardo has expressed frustration at being so far off the pace of the Mercedes drivers in qualifying for Formula 1’s Spanish Grand Prix. The Australian qualified sixth, behind Red Bull team-mate Max Verstappen and at the back of the group of
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Toto Wolff has rubbished the suggestion that Pirelli’s decision to bring tyres with thinner treads to Barcelona was influenced by Mercedes. The modified tyres were specified by Pirelli after F1 teams experienced overheating problems on the resurfaced Barcelona track in winter testing.
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The Mercedes Formula 1 team needed a front-row lockout in qualifying for the Spanish Grand Prix to relieve “nerves” over recent underperformance, reckons Lewis Hamilton. After Hamilton’s dominant pole position in the Australia season-opener, Ferrari defeated Mercedes in three consecutive qualifying shoot-outs
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Penske’s Will Power took his third IndyCar career pole position on the Indianapolis road course, overcoming a late challenge from Schmidt Peterson Motorsports’ Robert Wickens. Wickens had comfortably topped group one qualifying and both he and Power eased through the top 12
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ferrari will change the engine in Kimi Raikkonen’s car after the problem he suffered in the second practice session for Formula 1’s Spanish Grand Prix. Raikkonen’s Ferrari emitted a puff of smoke on the run to the Turn 10 hairpin and he
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Fernando Alonso says the upgrades brought by McLaren for the Spanish Grand Prix have made its Formula 1 car “much better”. McLaren has introduced several new parts for the Renault-powered MCL33 at Barcelona, including a striking new nose that has caught attention
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Porsche factory driver Laurens Vanthoor grabbed pole position for the Nurburgring 24 Hours after topping Friday evening’s qualifying shootout session. Vanthoor was only sixth fastest after the opening set of runs in his #911 Manthey Racing Porsche 911 GT3-R, but was quickest
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Sometime IndyCar driver Conor Daly will join Roush Fenway Racing to make his NASCAR debut, racing at Road America in the Xfinity Series. Daly lost his AJ Foyt Racing IndyCar seat when the team opted to refresh its line-up for the second
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Red Bull introduced a major Formula 1 upgrade package during Spanish Grand Prix free practice, including revised sidepods, bargeboards and floor. The bargeboards have a new forward footplate, while the angled outwash vanes have also been revised. This is supplemented by a
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ford reckons it could now match the two-year new car cycle that rival manufacturer Toyota has employed successfully in the NASCAR Cup series. The Blue Oval will bring the Mustang to the championship in 2019, while Toyota has traditionally committed to aggressive
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Williams Formula 1 young driver Oliver Rowland will make his GT racing debut at the Silverstone Blancpain GT Series round this month with the Strakka Mercedes team. The 25-year-old has been brought in to drive one of the British team’s factory-supported Mercedes-AMG