Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The aftermath of his controversial collision with Lewis Hamilton in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix was Sebastian Vettel’s “worst feeling” of the 2017 Formula 1 season. Vettel was penalised and widely condemned for deliberately driving into Hamilton’s Mercedes as they prepared for
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. KTM test rider Mika Kallio admits he is disappointed to have missed out on a full-time seat in MotoGP with the Austrian marque after it opted to retain Bradley Smith. Finnish rider Kallio, who last raced full-time in MotoGP in 2010
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The FIA is attempting to clamp down on Formula 1 teams using steering angle to gain an aerodynamic advantage via the use of clever front suspension systems. A technical directive sent by the FIA’s Charlie Whiting last week made it clear
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Esteban Ocon says he asked Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff for advice on dealing with Force India Formula 1 team-mate Sergio Perez after their on-track clashes in 2017. The duo came together twice at Spa, with Ocon claiming Perez “tried to
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Honda Performance Development says it does not want Formula 1-style hybrid elements to become part of IndyCar’s engines in the future. IndyCar has run 2.2-litre twin-turbo V6 engines since the double turbo layout became mandatory in 2013. Current engine suppliers Honda
Renault team boss Cyril Abiteboul says Sergey Sirotkin would be worthy of a race seat in Formula 1 should Williams opt to pair the Russian alongside Lance Stroll in 2018. Sirotkin has emerged as the leading contender to take the final vacant seat on next season’s F1 grid, after a successful test with Williams in
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Mercedes non-executive chairman Niki Lauda has taunted Red Bull’s Helmut Marko for being needlessly rushed into re-signing Max Verstappen to a long-term Formula 1 deal. Appearing together in a show on Austrian broadcaster Servus TV, Lauda said Mercedes “never talked” to
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Felipe Massa was a consistently great reference point to ensure Williams was getting the most out of its 2017 Formula 1 car, says chief technical officer Paddy Lowe. Massa came out of retirement to race for Williams for a fourth year
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. IndyCar is aiming to trial its shield cockpit protection system at February’s open test at Phoenix. The series had initially planned to run a version before the end of 2017 but has revised its timeframe in order to test a more
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Outgoing Honda F1 chief Yusuke Hasegawa says the Japanese manufacturer can be proud of its engine development rate during the 2017 Formula 1 season. Honda opted to change its F1 engine concept over the winter, but ran out of time to
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The Ferrari F2004 – one of the most dominant cars in Formula 1 history – is set to take pride of place on the main Ferrari feature at Europe’s biggest pre-season motorsport show, Autosport International. Winning 15 F1 races throughout the
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Citroen’s troubled C3 World Rally Car has become “more compliant” and will be in better shape for the 2018 World Rally Championship, reckons Craig Breen after recent testing. All four factory WRC teams tested in France in mid-December in preparation for
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Carlos Sainz Sr has admitted the 2018 Dakar Rally could mark the end of his professional career, but insists he will not think about the future until after the event. Sainz’s Peugeot team will end its cross-country rallying programme after next
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Kiefer Racing’s deal to run KTM bikes in next year’s Moto2 season has fallen through after the pull-out of an investor, rider Dominique Aegerter has revealed. Following the sudden death of team co-founder Stefan Kiefer during the Malaysian Grand Prix weekend,
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. LCR Honda rider Cal Crutchlow was left baffled after MotoGP chose to keep the British Grand Prix at Silverstone instead of returning it to Donington Park. Silverstone replaced Donington as the British Grand Prix host venue for 2010, but Donington was
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Red Bull could be the favourite for the 2018 Formula 1 world championship if it can avoid another slow start to the season, says Daniel Ricciardo. The overhaul of the technical regulations for 2017 was expected to favour Red Bull but
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Supercars aces Craig Lowndes and Shane van Gisbergen will drive a factory-backed McLaren at the Bathurst 12 Hour GT race next year. Reigning winner Lowndes will switch from the 2017 race-winning Maranello Motorsport squad to the factory-backed YNA Autosports McLaren outfit.
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The FIA has changed Formula 1 superlicence rules for 2018, to make it tougher for drivers to participate in grand prix free practice sessions. Previously, drivers only had to complete 300km (186 miles) in a “representative Formula 1 car” over two
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez says the only reason he can imagine leaving Honda is if he needed a change to restore his motivation. Marquez has spent his entire premier class career up to now with Honda, winning four MotoGP titles
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Four-time NASCAR Cup champion Jeff Gordon says Chase Elliott’s winless streak reminds him of Jimmie Johnson’s breakthrough first championship success. Elliott joined the series full-time in 2016 after five races in ’15 and has since finished second seven times in his
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Scuderia Toro Rosso F1 boss Franz Tost is not resigned to a season of grid penalties with Honda next year, despite even tighter restrictions on power element use. In 2018 drivers will only be allowed three combustion engines, turbos, and MGU-Hs,
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Sebastien Loeb will return to the World Rally Championship in 2018 for a three-round programme with Citroen. The 43-year-old nine-time champion tested a C3 WRC on asphalt and gravel this year and will make his comeback on Rally Mexico next March
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The Renault Formula 1 team has quantified how much lap time it gained from developing an all-new engine for the 2017 season. Renault substantially overhauled its F1 engine for this year, having decided the previous specification had run out of development
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The Belgian WRT squad will represent the Audi factory when it makes its debut in the Bathurst 12 Hours in February next year. The team’s pair of R8 LMS GT3 cars will be entered under the Audi Sport Team WRT banner
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff believes his team’s double Formula 1 world championship win in 2017 was just as impressive as its first triumph in 2014. Mercedes won the double at the start of the V6 hybrid turbo era in 2014
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Williams driver Lance Stroll has pinpointed his performance in qualifying as an area he needs to work on ahead of the 2018 Formula 1 season. Stroll had some strong races in his rookie year, including a podium in the Azerbaijan Grand
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Aprilia MotoGP boss Romano Albesiano admits the Italian marque’s 2017 points tally should leave it feeling “depressed”. Aprilia enjoyed a strong start to its third season back in MotoGP, with Aleix Espargaro – who joined from Suzuki – taking the heavily
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Penske is “taking big swings” with set-up as it works to understand IndyCar’s new 2018 aerokit, says ’14 champion Will Power. Power and team-mates Simon Pagenaud and Josef Newgarden tested at Sebring across Tuesday and Wednesday last week. “Honestly, we’re just
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The latest edition of The Autosport Podcast focuses on our top 50 drivers of 2017, answering reader questions such as why Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton is number one. As well as explaining the methodology behind the list, and some
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ferrari president Sergio Marchionne has warned people who think he is “bluffing” about potentially pulling his team out of Formula 1 that they are “playing with fire”. Marchionne has made it clear that he is prepared to withdraw Ferrari from F1