Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ott Tanak hacked a third out of Sebastien Ogier’s Saturday morning Monte Carlo Rally advantage to get the gap at the top down to 39.5 seconds. Tanak dropped back from Ogier dramatically at the start of the day with what he
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Williams driver Lance Stroll believes he is now a “completely different driver” compared to his first race in Formula 1 at the start of 2017. The Canadian, who graduated to F1 after winning the 2016 Formula 3 European championship, had a
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton has named the three drivers he sees as his biggest rivals on the current grand prix grid. Hamilton, who claimed the fourth F1 championship crown of his career in 2017, identified McLaren’s Fernando Alonso, Ferrari’s
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The Suzuki MotoGP factory team has officially unveiled the 2018 version of its GSX-RR grand prix racing motorcycle. Its new bike, sporting a largely unchanged light blue livery, was presented to the public on Saturday at the Sepang International Circuit, the
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Sebastien Ogier’s Monte Carlo Rally lead ballooned to more than a minute after the first two Saturday stages, despite damaging a wheel. The reigning world champion started the day 14.9s clear but smashed his main rival Ott Tanak on a devilishly
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Sebastien Ogier’s Monte Carlo Rally lead is down to 14.9 seconds after a mistake on Friday afternoon allowed Ott Tanak to close in. Tanak had already taken six seconds out of Ogier’s advantage on the loop’s first stage, but then began
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Formula 1 race start times could be shifted back to 3.10pm at the majority of events from 2018 as part of an effort to boost the television audience. With Liberty Media determined to make its mark on F1 this year, it
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Maverick Vinales says he hopes Yamaha MotoGP team-mate Valentino Rossi decides to stick with the team beyond the end of the 2018 season. Rossi’s current contract expires at the end of the upcoming campaign, and the Italian has said he is
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Williams is set to reveal the first look of its 2018 Formula 1 challenger on February 15 at its season launch event in London. The FW41 will be the first Williams chief technical officer Paddy Lowe has had influence on from
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The Assen circuit has moved a step closer to being able to hold a Dutch Grand Prix, after Formula 1 race director Charlie Whiting visited the track for an inspection. Whiting visited the Assen TT Circuit last week for a track
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Joey Logano says he never wants to experience a repeat of his 2017 “horror film” season, in which he missed out on the playoffs despite winning a race at Richmond. The Penske driver started last season with eight top-six finishes in
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Sebastien Ogier stretched his Monte Carlo Rally lead as second place changed hands repeatedly on the first daylight stages of the 2018 World Rally Championship opener. Ogier had been 17 seconds clear of Andreas Mikkelsen’s Hyundai following Thursday’s night stages, but
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Sebastien Ogier leads the 2018 World Rally Championship-opening Monte Carlo Rally overnight despite spinning on a chaotic, ice-affected, first stage that caught out most drivers. Ogier’s 2017 WRC title rival Thierry Neuville had the most costly incident of any in the
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Haas driver Romain Grosjean believes he could race in Formula 1 until he is 40, and the Autosport Forums have been debating whether it is possible. Join the debates in the Autosport Forums The cumulative age of grand prix drivers has
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Richard Childress Racing has leased one of its charters to new outfit StarCom Racing, which plans to enter the 2018 NASCAR Cup Series beginning with the Daytona 500 next month. StarCom has spent the 2017 off-season building its team with experienced
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Stewart-Haas Racing’s Kevin Harvick says Kyle Busch criticising the NASCAR Cup Series for promoting the profiles of its young drivers is like “the child that’s whining for attention”. In recent years NASCAR has made an effort to encourage rising stars like
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Formula 1 teams are set to engage in a new design battleground over low T-wings in 2018, as part of a push to regain downforce lost at the rear of cars. A loophole in last year’s technical regulations opened the door
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Force India and Sauber have dropped the complaint they made to the European Union Competitions Commission regarding Formula 1’s governance and payment structure. The two teams lodged an official complaint with the Commission in September 2015, citing the division of revenues
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Yonny Hernandez is on Tech3 Yamaha’s shortlist to replace Jonas Folger for the upcoming MotoGP season and will test for the team in Malaysia. Folger finished 10th in his rookie MotoGP campaign last year and had been re-signed by Tech 3
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Hyundai driver Thierry Neuville started the 2018 World Rally Championship with the fastest time in shakedown ahead of the Monte Carlo Rally. The Belgian won Wednesday afternoon’s shakedown stage with a fastest time of 2m00.2s, edging his fellow i20 WRC driver
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Valentino Rossi will wait before committing to a new Yamaha MotoGP contract so he can see if he is motivated or would “prefer to stay at home on the sofa”. The Italian’s current contract expires at the end of the 2018
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Toro Rosso’s 2018 Formula 1 challenger will hit the track for the first time on February 21 when it completes a filming day at Misano. Teams are allowed to conduct two promotional events each season but no test may exceed 100km
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Two-time Formula 1 world champion Fernando Alonso is interested in a NASCAR test, but admits there is little chance he would make a full-time switch to the American series. Speaking at the media tour in Charlotte, ahead of his Daytona 24
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Moto2 rider Dominique Aegerter has launched a crowdfunding campaign to cover “additional expenses” for his Kiefer Racing seat. Aegerter’s place on the grid was only confirmed earlier this month after the future of the Kiefer team was plunged into doubt when
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The Force India Formula 1 team’s recent success on a limited budget sets an example that Renault should follow, according to the French manufacturer’s F1 team boss Cyril Abiteboul. Force India finished fourth in F1’s constructors’ championship for the second consecutive
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. NASCAR needs to change its “stale” season finale and rotate between circuits, according to 2014 Cup champion Kevin Harvick. The Cup schedule has been shaken up for 2018, including Las Vegas becoming the first race of the playoffs and Charlotte’s ‘roval’
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Yamaha has presented its YZR-M1 bike for the upcoming 2018 MotoGP season with riders Valentino Rossi and Maverick Vinales. The bike, sporting a familiar blue paint scheme with prominent branding – now white as opposed to green – from title sponsor
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. MotoGP rider Maverick Vinales will remain with Yamaha until at least 2020, having agreed a new two-year deal with the manufacturer. The 2013 Moto3 champion joined Yamaha ahead of the 2017 MotoGP season after spending two seasons in the premier class
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Renault Formula 1 driver Carlos Sainz Jr says his Monte Carlo Rally course car drive on the 2018 World Rally Championship opener is the precursor to future competitive rallying. Sainz will drive a Renault Megane RS as a non-competitive course car
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Fernando Alonso says he would like his 2018 McLaren Formula 1 car’s colours to echo that of the IndyCar livery he raced in last year’s Indianapolis 500. Contesting the famous race for the first time, Alonso led 27 laps in his