Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Jorge Lorenzo says Ducati’s 2018 MotoGP bike still “doesn’t feel natural” following the conclusion of the final pre-season test in Qatar. Lorenzo ended the three-day test in 10th place overall, three tenths slower than team-mate Andrea Dovizioso and was narrowly outpaced
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Stewart-Haas driver Kevin Harvick followed up his Atlanta NASCAR Cup Series win last week with a second consecutive victory at Las Vegas, sweeping all three stages in a dominant display. A trio of pitstop problems proved no obstacle for Harvick, who
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Formula 1’s halo is still annoying, ugly, awkward and distracting, and could cause problems at corners such as Eau Rouge, says Haas driver Kevin Magnussen. This week’s Barcelona test was the first time the halo had been in mandatory use. While
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Dreyer & Reinbold Racing wants to use its expanded 2018 Indianapolis 500 programme as a launchpad for a full-time IndyCar return. Dennis Reinbold’s team has not contested a full IndyCar season since its 2012 campaign with Oriol Servia (pictured below). It
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. A lack of factory support for Johann Zarco prompted Tech3’s decision to part with Yamaha at the end of the 2018 MotoGP season, says team principal Herve Poncharal. Tech3 announced before the final pre-season MotoGP test that it was ending its
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The Barcelona track resurfacing has robbed the Spanish Grand Prix venue of its “character”, according to reigning Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton. Resurfacing works at the Catalunya circuit took place in January at the behest of MotoGP, as riders had complained
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Valentino Rossi believes MotoGP team-mate Maverick Vinales should adjust his unrealistic expectations to overcome the frustration of Yamaha’s uneven form in winter testing. Vinales topped two of the nine 2018 test days, and ended the final test in Qatar fifth overall,
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Toto Wolff has denied that the FIA’s push to ensure equal treatment for Formula 1 engine customers was aimed at Mercedes, insisting Force India and Williams have always had parity. The FIA recently sent a technical directive to all F1 teams
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Leading MotoGP riders believe racing in the rain under floodlights in Qatar would be feasible after a wet test session was held on Saturday evening. The final hour of pre-season testing was set aside for wet running, with the Losail circuit
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Tech3 Yamaha rider Johann Zarco got within a tenth of a second of the Losail lap record as he led the final MotoGP pre-season test day ahead of Valentino Rossi. Zarco moved into first place at the Qatar Grand Prix venue
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Twelve manufacturers are represented on the first draft of the entry list for the Suzuka 10 Hours Intercontinental GT3 Challenge round in August. Four of the five manufacturers to register for the series that combines four of the big GT3 enduros
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Renault driver Carlos Sainz Jr feels like he has not “really started testing” halfway into Formula 1’s 2018 pre-season running at Barcelona. Sainz logged 151 laps during the first week of testing, which was disrupted by rain and snow. Though already
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Reigning MotoGP champion Marc Marquez has estimated he is “six or seven tenths” slower than 2017 title rival Andrea Dovizioso heading into the final day of pre-season testing in Qatar. Marquez ended up third-fastest behind Andrea Iannone and Dovizioso in Friday’s
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Valentino Rossi claims Yamaha is in “more or less the same” position as it ended last year’s disappointing campaign with just one day of 2018 MotoGP pre-season testing to go. Although his team-mate Maverick Vinales was quickest on the opening day
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Whenever Formula 1 introduces new regulations, the first year throws up some fascinating divergence before design trends emerge – as is happening for 2018. Teams have had a full season to see what the rest of the pitlane was doing then
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Formula 1 has commissioned leading Hollywood composer Brian Tyler to write new official theme music for the championship. Tyler, who attended last year’s United States Grand Prix at Austin, revealed the nature of his latest job on social media. “What an
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Suzuki rider Andrea Iannone went quickest on the second day of MotoGP’s final pre-season test in Qatar. The Italian dethroned former team-mate Andrea Dovizioso from top spot by 0.041 seconds in the final half hour of the session, courtesy of a
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The 10 Formula 1 teams collectively received $47million less than the previous year during the first season of Liberty ownership. Though the downward trend in F1 income had been known for some time, publication of the F1 Group’s fourth quarter results
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Heavy snow brought M-Sport’s test in preparation for Rally Mexico to an early end this week, with World Rally champion Sebastien Ogier only completing half of his intended running. The Ford Fiesta squad was running in Almeria in southern Spain when
Pirelli has finalised its Formula 1 tyre testing programme for the coming season, with all 10 teams contributing to the development of its 2019 slicks. The schedule includes sessions that take place on the Tuesday and Wednesday immediately after the Chinese, Spanish, British, Japanese and Mexican Grands Prix. The post-Brazilian Grand Prix test has been
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Jorge Lorenzo said a new chassis, based on the 2017 Ducati MotoGP bike, tested on Thursday in Qatar “didn’t work”. Lorenzo, who is seeking a frame with a “mix” of the 2017 and ’18 Ducatis’ attributes, spent the final day of
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Barcelona this week hosted the first of only two four-day Formula 1 pre-season tests before the opening round in Melbourne on March 25 – but it was far from productive. The weather ensured even less testing time than usual for the
Valentino Rossi says his team will not enter MotoGP in 2019 or ’20, despite Tech3’s split from Yamaha creating an opportunity for his VR46 squad to make the step up. Tech3 announced last week it would end its 18-year collaboration with Yamaha, while Ducati outfits Avintia and Angel Nieto expressed an interest to replace the
Upgrade for free today You have 10 articles remaining to view this month. Lewis Hamilton says the 2018 Mercedes Formula 1 car “definitely” feels faster than its predecessor after topping the final day of the first pre-season test. The reigning F1 champion recorded a best time of 1m19.333s – the quickest of the week –
Yamaha MotoGP rider Maverick Vinales set the pace on the first day of MotoGP’s final 2018 pre-season test in Qatar. Vinales, who went quickest in this test last year before winning the season-opener at the same venue from pole, has endured a troubled run in winter testing at previous venues Sepang and Buriram. But he
Max Verstappen says he can already feel a “big difference” with Red Bull’s 2018 Formula 1 car, even though he has yet to unleash its full potential. Having started pre-season testing last year on the back foot, Red Bull has been more encouraged by its start this time around after Daniel Ricciardo topped the opening
NASCAR Cup points leader Joey Logano is “sceptical” about his manufacturer Ford’s strong start to 2018, despite its 1-2-3 at Atlanta last weekend. Penske driver Logano leads the series standings after the first two races thanks to fourth and sixth-place finishes, respectively, in the Daytona 500 and at Atlanta – where Stewart-Haas pair Kevin Harvick
Sebastien Loeb says he feels sorry for Craig Breen, who is being benched by Citroen for the next round of the World Rally Championship to make way for him. Nine-time World Rally champion Loeb is tackling three rounds of the 2018 series – next week’s Rally Mexico as well as Corsica and Spain – and
Renault driver Nico Hulkenberg set the pace on a rain-affected final morning of the first week of Formula 1 pre-season testing at Barcelona. After Wednesday’s running was written off by snow and persistent rain, conditions on Thursday morning were initially little better. But the higher temperatures at least meant some teams attempted meaningful runs on
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Gary Anderson explains why Formula 1 teams made a mistake by not running more at Barcelona on Wednesday in the latest edition of The Autosport Podcast. With just 17 laps completed during a snow and rain-hit third day of the first