Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Yonny Hernandez will replace Jonas Folger at Tech3 Yamaha for the first MotoGP pre-season test at Sepang this month, Autosport has learned. It was announced on Wednesday that Folger will sit out the entire 2018 campaign as he continues his recovery
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has defended his Formula 1 team’s policy surrounding staff contracts following criticism from Renault counterpart Cyril Abiteboul. Abiteboul said last year Mercedes is being “unfair” in the way it locks down staff to lengthy gardening leave
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Dorna CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta has revealed MotoGP is evaluating holding a city-centre race on a partial street circuit. Ezpeleta told Spanish publication Expansion that a proposal to stage a race in an unnamed “warm city” is on the table, and could
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Toyota’s Nasser Al-Attiyah beat Peugeot rival Stephane Peterhansel to top the longest timed special of the 2018 Dakar Rally, as Carlos Sainz edged closer to overall victory. Al-Attiyah was two minutes quicker than Peterhansel through the 325-mile run between Chilecito and
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Kasey Kahne says he is relieved his difficult spell with NASCAR juggernaut Hendrick Motorsports has ended, despite having to fall back on a drive with minnow Leavine Family Racing. Kahne spent the past six years of his NASCAR career with the
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Teemu Suninen believes he has a chance to expand his part-time M-Sport Ford World Rally Championship programme beyond the currently planned eight 2018 rounds. After impressing with top-six finishes on his first two outings in the WRC’s top class in an
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. American racing legend Mario Andretti says IndyCar’s 2018 car package is “going back to what the pure open-wheel, single-seater should be”. IndyCar officially launched the 2018 contender in Detroit on Tuesday, with the new universal aerokit designed to improve racing fitted
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Daniel Ricciardo says Red Bull team principal Christian Horner reassured him he will have a fair fight with Max Verstappen in the 2018 Formula 1 season after favouritism concerns. Shortly before Verstappen penned a new deal to remain at Red Bull
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Long-time Formula 1 engine builder Cosworth says it would like to work with Aston Martin on a potential F1 project and has had discussions about joining forces. Aston is keeping a close eye on developments with F1’s 2021 engine rules, and
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Following the shock news that Jonas Folger will have to sit out the 2018 MotoGP season, we look at some possible replacements his Tech3 team could consider. It was announced on Wednesday that Folger’s recovery from the illness that force him
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Formula 1 experienced an eSports revolution in 2017, and its gaming involvement could leap forward again this year – as JONATHAN NOBLE explains It is hard to believe that little more than one year ago, F1’s only real interest in gaming
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Stephane Peterhansel has given up on taking a 14th Dakar Rally victory this year, conceding that Peugeot team-mate Carlos Sainz can’t be caught over the final three stages. Peterhansel looked set to add to his remarkable tally of Dakar wins at
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The reasons Sergey Sirotkin landed a Williams Formula 1 seat for 2018, and Robert Kubica didn’t, are discussed in the latest edition of The Autosport Podcast. Kubica landed a reserve and development driver role at Williams and there is still hope
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Dakar Rally leader Carlos Sainz has had his 10-minute penalty rescinded, after Peugeot presented new evidence regarding his earlier run-in with quad bike rider Kees Koolen. Koolen had lodged a complaint to Dakar in the aftermath of the La Paz –
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Tech3 Yamaha rider Jonas Folger will be forced to sit out the 2018 MotoGP season. Folger was forced to miss the final four rounds of the 2017 season, as well as post-season testing, after being diagnosed with Gilbert’s syndrome – a
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Toyota driver Bernhard ten Brinke topped the 11th stage of the 2018 Dakar Rally, as Carlos Sainz marginally extended his overall lead ahead of Peugeot team-mate Stephane Peterhansel. Ten Brinke was the pacesetter for most of the day’s running en route
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The factory Ducati MotoGP bikes could feature prominent e-cigarette branding in the 2018 season, Autosport understands. Although Ducati has not had Marlboro as an official title sponsor since 2010, it has maintained a close relationship with parent company Philip Morris, which
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Williams can still succeed in the 2018 Formula 1 campaign with Lance Stroll and Sergey Sirotkin as driver inexperience is no longer a handicap, says 1992 world champion Nigel Mansell. Sirotkin and Stroll are the youngest pairing on the F1 grid,
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ott Tanak says he needed to move to Toyota for the 2018 World Rally Championship season because he felt stuck as a number two behind Sebastien Ogier at M-Sport. Tanak left M-Sport at the end of 2017 after six WRC seasons
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. McLaren technical director Tim Goss is confident his team has successfully overcome packaging headaches caused by Renault’s engine architecture without having to compromise its 2018 Formula 1 chassis design. Although switching from Honda to customer Renaults should provide a power boost
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. KTM rider Bradley Smith reckons MotoGP could benefit from a football-style transfer window for contract negotiations as rider market speculation for the 2019 season increases. This year’s MotoGP ‘silly season’ is expected to be busy, as the majority grid – including
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The 2019 World Rally Championship launch could move to one of Autosport International’s public days and involve a Live Action Arena element following the success of the ’18 event. Moving the WRC launch from its previous slot on the Thursday morning
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Peugeot’s Stephane Peterhansel topped the 10th stage of the 2018 Dakar Rally, overhauling Toyota driver Nasser Al-Attiyah for second place behind Carlos Sainz in the general classification. Peterhansel recorded his third – and Peugeot’s seventh – stage win of the event,
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Former McLaren team boss Martin Whitmarsh is to return to a role in Formula 1 after accepting a temporary consultancy position with the FIA, Autosport can reveal. Whitmarsh left F1 in 2014 after being ousted as McLaren’s CEO at the end
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. IndyCar believes that the addition of four new teams to the series in 2018 proves its growth, after officially launching its new car package in Detroit on Tuesday. Carlin has committed two full-season entries to 2018, with Harding Racing running Gabby
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Mads Ostberg could keep his private Ford Fiesta World Rally Car as a “back-up plan” if he cannot extend his Citroen deal beyond his Rally Sweden appearance. Citroen revealed during the 2018 WRC launch at Autosport International last week that it
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ducati will not offer its MotoGP riders a repeat of the “extraordinary” contract that helped it lure Jorge Lorenzo from Yamaha, says CEO Claudio Domenicali. Like the majority of the field, Lorenzo and team-mate Andrea Dovizioso are out of contract at
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The Toro Rosso Formula 1 team will face a reshuffle of its aerodynamic department following the departure of Brendan Gilhome, its head of aero. Gilhome joined Toro Rosso in July 2013, having previously also worked as principal aerodynamicist at Mercedes and
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Formula 1 bosses will present their vision for the future to all current race promoters at a conference in London on Wednesday, Autosport has learned. Since completing its takeover of F1 in January last year, Liberty Media has held discussions with
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Andretti Autosport driver Alexander Rossi says teams that have not participated in IndyCar’s 2018 pre-season testing with Honda or Chevrolet have a “big mountain to climb”. IndyCar has introduced a universal aerokit for the coming season – requiring sizeable changes to