Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton says the French Grand Prix’s long-awaited return would be better if it was at Magny-Cours, not Paul Ricard. The French GP will return after a nine-year absence when it takes place at Paul Ricard on
Pascal Wehrlein reckons his best race performances of the 2017 Formula 1 season were overlooked because Sauber was so far behind by then. Wehrlein scored all five of Sauber’s 2017 points via eighth place in the Spanish Grand Prix and 10th in Azerbaijan, but has lost his seat to Formula 2 champion Charles Leclerc for
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Suzuki MotoGP boss Davide Brivio says his team’s poor results this year showed it “missed” having a satellite team to share data with and speed up development. Since its MotoGP return in 2015 Suzuki has only had its two factory bikes
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Red Bull chief Christian Horner says his Formula 1 team has suffered its worst season with engine reliability since 2006. A string of Renault failures blighted its 2017 campaign, with Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo unable to mount a title challenge.
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Yamaha MotoGP team boss Lin Jarvis says the team would have still encountered the same problems that hobbled its title challenge this season even if it had kept Jorge Lorenzo as a rider. After nine seasons at Yamaha, three-time premier class
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The Ferrari 156 ‘sharknose’ was the first Ferrari Formula 1 car to win the constructors’ championship – and its first rear-engined success story. It also carried Phil Hill to the 1961 title after the death of team-mate Wolfgang von Trips in
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Haas has proved new Formula 1 teams need not be an “embarrassment” in the first two seasons, reckons team principal Gunther Steiner. The previous generation of new F1 entrants had all fared badly, with 2010 incomers Lotus/Caterham, Virgin/Marussia/Manor and HRT all
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Volkswagen Motorsport director Sven Smeets says M-Sport’s 2017 title success is payback for keeping the World Rally Championship afloat when most manufacturers deserted it. Malcolm Wilson’s independent M-Sport team took ex-VW driver Sebastien Ogier to the title this year and also
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Aston Martin factory drivers Nicki Thiim and Maxime Martin will race for the R-Motorsport Blancpain GT Series squad jointly run by the British Arden and Jota teams in 2018. Thiim, World Endurance Championship GT title winner in 2016, and new Aston
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Former World Endurance Championship GT title-winning pairing Nicki Thiim and Marco Sorensen will race in British GT for TF Sport in 2018. The Danish Aston Martin drivers, who won the WEC GT drivers’ crown together in 2016, will join Tom Ferrier’s
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Fernando Alonso felt humiliated at the start of the 2017 Formula 1 season when he realised Honda had gone backwards over the winter, according to McLaren racing director Eric Boullier. After its abject first season back with Honda in 2015, McLaren
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Attracting a third manufacturer remains a “big goal” for IndyCar, according to its president of competition and operations Jay Frye. IndyCar has not had three manufacturers since Lotus quit at the end of its dismal 2012 campaign. Honda and Chevrolet recently
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Scott Redding admits he had no emotional attachment to the Pramac Ducati team he has raced with for the last two MotoGP seasons. The British rider moves to Aprilia for next year in place of his countryman Sam Lowes, having been
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The Ferrari 500 carried Alberto Ascari to the marque’s first Formula 1 drivers’ title in 1952, although it was actually a Formula 2 car. This makes it a key car in Ferrari’s journey to becoming the most successful constructor in F1
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Lance Stroll believes he has answered his critics by finishing his Formula 1 rookie season with a podium and 40 world championship points. The Williams driver, who graduated to F1 after winning the Formula 3 European championship, had a tough start
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The Aspar MotoGP squad will be renamed Angel Nieto Team in tribute to the late 13-time motorcycling world champion. Grand prix motorcycling legend Nieto died in August as a result of the brain damage he suffered in a quad bike accident
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. World champion Lewis Hamilton has described the 2017 Mercedes as “the toughest” to understand of Formula 1 cars he has driven during his grand prix career. Hamilton broke Michael Schumacher’s F1 pole position record with the Mercedes W08, and won nine
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Sebastien Ogier says winning the 2017 World Rally Championship title with privateer outfit M-Sport has brought him more recognition than any of the four crowns he scored with Volkswagen Motorsport. Though Ogier underlined that all five of his WRC titles meant
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Stoffel Vandoorne admits the early part of his 2017 Formula 1 season “wasn’t good enough” as he struggled to get up to speed amid McLaren-Honda’s reliability problems. After a decorated junior single-seater career, including the 2015 GP2 title and a successful
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. IndyCar champion Josef Newgarden says he feared for his ultimately-title-winning season after Honda dominated the opener in St Petersburg. Newgarden replaced Juan Pablo Montoya at Penske in last year’s off-season following his spell with Ed Carpenter Racing and was keen to
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Felipe Massa says Formula 1 ended its era of “grandmother” driving with its 2017 cars, which he likened to the 2006-08 V8-powered machines in which he was most successful. Massa won 11 grands prix for Ferrari between 2006-8, but ended his
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. It’s interesting to see the FIA is taking a stand on what constitutes an aerodynamic advantage by tackling the lowering of the front ride height with steering lock in Formula 1. The FIA is using a 5mm change from lock to
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Marc Marquez would have won the 2017 MotoGP title even if he was riding for Ducati, according to Max Biaggi. Honda rider Marquez saw off a stern challenge from Ducati’s Andrea Dovizioso this season to claim a fourth premier class title
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Trevor Carlin says his team will likely have a “tough birth” in the 2018 IndyCar season because he estimates it was six weeks behind schedule at launch. Carlin announced it would step up to IndyCar with a two-car effort for Charlie
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Mercedes aimed to produce what it has described as “a 90% car” for the 2017 Formula 1 season, as it was the first year of a new set of technical regulations. The dominant team of the V6 hybrid engine era managed
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Volkswagen has targeted Rally Germany in August 2018 for its return to the World Rally Championship with its new Polo GTI R5 in the WRC2 class. The R5 car marks VW’s first rally programme since the emissions scandal led to it
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Valtteri Bottas admits he must be more consistently competitive to be able to take on Mercedes Formula 1 team-mate Lewis Hamilton and challenge for the world championship. The Finn scored the third victory of his first season with Mercedes in the
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ferrari’s 2018 Formula 1 car has successfully passed its FIA frontal crash tests, and is believed to be the first new model to do so. The car, known internally as the 669, passed the tests at the FIA-approved CSI facility at
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. MotoGP veteran Andrea Dovizioso’s title challenge in 2017 shows that young riders should be given more time to start performing, according to Valentino Rossi. Dovizioso made his MotoGP debut in 2008 but despite having spent all bar two of his seasons
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The Ford name will return to the World Rally Championship for the first time since 2012 next season, as part of a commitment of greater support to the M-Sport team. It was announced on Friday by the FIA that four manufacturers