Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. 2003 World Rally Champion co-driver Phil Mills will return to top flight rallying alongside Elfyn Evans at next week’s Tour of Corsica. Evans’ regular co-driver Dan Barritt went through a medical on Saturday – following the sixth-gear crash that ruled him
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ross Brawn says Formula 1 has already made progress on finding solutions for its overtaking problem and addressing the “force field” that makes it hard for cars to race. After taking the F1 job Brawn hired a team of experts, including
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Suzuki rider Andrea Iannone says his run to ninth place in MotoGP’s Qatar season opener shows he is more mature than team-mate Alex Rins. Iannone was the Japanese manufacturer’s top finisher in Losail, although Rins was firmly in contention for a
Kimi Raikkonen’s resurgent form in Formula 1 has been helped by Ferrari’s decision not to pursue a complicated suspension set-up with its SF71H, suggests Motorsport TV’s technical analyst Craig Scarborough. The Finn enjoyed a strong start to the season in Australia, qualifying on the front row and being Lewis Hamilton’s main challenger for much of
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Red Bull has called for the FIA to end “party modes” on Formula 1 engines by ensuring drivers qualify and race with the same engine settings. Lewis Hamilton’s significant leap in performance during Q3 in Melbourne put a sharp focus on
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. BK Racing, the former Red Bull NASCAR Cup series team, has been taken over by a trustee following a judge ruling in the latest stage of its bankruptcy filing. The team filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy ahead of the 2018 Daytona
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Formula 1 lap times at the British Grand Prix will be a second faster this year after Silverstone recently completed a full-circuit resurfacing project. Silverstone bosses took the opportunity to renovate the entire 3.1-mile circuit after pressure from MotoGP promoter Dorna
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Sebastien Loeb says his preparations for next week’s Tour of Corsica World Rally Championship round were more straightforward than for Rally Mexico earlier this month. The nine-time WRC champion made his first start in the series for three years in Mexico,
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Red Bull made a big push to prepare its 2018 Formula 1 car early as it bid to hit the ground running with its new RB14. Although last year’s RB13 ended the F1 season strongly, the team readily admitted its start
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Yamaha needs to invest more resources into fully getting on top of its electronics problems to stay competitive in MotoGP, believes Valentino Rossi. The 39-year-old, who recently signed a fresh two-year contract with Yamaha that keeps him racing until the end
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Haas Formula 1 team principal Gunther Steiner has hit back at suggestions the US-owned team is getting more technical support from Ferrari than the rules allow. McLaren and Force India have both expressed suspicions about the team’s surge in form since
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Sebastian Vettel may have won in Melbourne but the latest episode of The Autosport Podcast explains why signs from the race were ominous for the rest of Formula 1 2018. The reasons for Lewis Hamilton losing the Australian Grand Prix, a
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Mercedes is confident that Lewis Hamilton’s engine did not suffer any damage in his pursuit of Sebastian Vettel at the Australian Grand Prix, despite getting close to its temperature limits. Hamilton was forced to chase his Ferrari rival in the closing
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Marco Andretti says ending a seven-year run without an IndyCar victory in 2018 would be a “10,000-pound gorilla” off his back, and that he understands criticism of his form. The Andretti driver’s second and most recent IndyCar win came at Iowa
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Jorge Lorenzo insists he is not “wasting a single minute” thinking about his Ducati MotoGP future despite a difficult start to the year. The Spaniard failed to finish the opening round of the season in Qatar after a brake failure, which
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Renault has called for a freeze on Formula 1 engine development during the 2019-2020 seasons before new regulations are introduced. It believes such a move would allow the four current suppliers to focus fully on preparing for the new F1 regulations,
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Mercedes has discovered a “bug” in the tool it uses for its Formula 1 virtual safety car calculations, after concluding its investigation into what went wrong at the Australian Grand Prix. Lewis Hamilton saw a potential victory in the season opener
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Thierry Neuville’s Hyundai i20 Coupe was left stranded in a river after crashing on his day-long Corsica test on Wednesday. Neuville, who won the French island event 12 months ago, was concluding the Korean squad’s running time in preparation for next
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. M-Sport’s Ford Fiesta World Rally Car has benefited from NASCAR technology following its first trip to North Carolina earlier this month. Sebastien Ogier’s Rally Mexico-winning Fiesta was flown to Ford Performance in Charlotte directly after the last WRC round. M-Sport’s head
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Mercedes Formula 1 driver Valtteri Bottas believes his negative experiences in 2017 helped him avoid beating himself up too much during a troubled Australian Grand Prix weekend. The Finnish driver crashed heavily early in the final part of qualifying and could
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Joe Gibbs Racing’s Kyle Busch feels he is “on his own island” between first and third in the 2018 NASCAR Cup Series races. Busch finished in second after leading 24 laps of the 500 at Martinsville last weekend, coming in 1.146
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Danica Patrick has revealed the Ed Carpenter Racing IndyCar livery that she will use when competing at the 2018 Indianapolis 500. The Indy 500 will be the final race of Patrick’s career after she drove in this year’s Daytona 500 as
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Renault Formula 1 drivers Nico Hulkenberg and Carlos Sainz Jr are now fighting in “the big boy league” and need to stay on their game, says team boss Cyril Abiteboul. Hulkenberg finished seventh in last weekend’s Australian Grand Prix, chasing Fernando
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Toro Rosso driver Brendon Hartley says his first Formula 1 race weekend using a Honda engine did not flag up any concerns over raceability or overtaking. The Kiwi endured a difficult first race with the Honda power unit, with a lock-up
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Joe Gibbs Racing’s Denny Hamlin says he was brake-tested by a “classy” Stewart-Haas Ford of Kevin Harvick in the NASCAR Cup series race at Martinsville. Hamlin led 111 of the total 500 laps and won the first stage but, in the
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Melbourne’s Albert Park Formula 1 layout should be reviewed in a bid to create more Australian Grand Prix overtaking opportunities, according to Red Bull team principal Christian Horner. Sunday’s race produced only five overtaking moves after the first lap, and F1
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Stewart-Haas Racing’s Clint Bowyer says ending his 190-race win drought in the NASCAR Cup series at Martinsville was a “weight off the shoulders” after questioning whether he would win again. Bowyer’s last win prior to his Martinsville triumph on Monday came
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The Austin circuit is working to reduce the bumps in its track surface for next month’s MotoGP race following criticism by riders last year. Many riders pinned the blame on Formula 1, which also hosts its United States race at Austin,
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Mercedes motorsport chief Toto Wolff says Valtteri Bottas’s struggle to make progress in the Australian Grand Prix reflects a “new world” for Formula 1. Bottas started 15th after taking a grid penalty following his qualifying crash. He moved up to eighth
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Clint Bowyer dominated the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Martinsville for Stewart-Haas Racing, to end his 190-race victory drought. Short track specialist Bowyer took the lead just after half distance, having started ninth on the grid – set by driver owner