Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Sebastian Vettel hopes being “a bit wiser” will help him improve as a driver and add to his tally of four Formula 1 world championships in the future. The Ferrari driver led the standings going into the summer break but ultimately
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Andre Lotterer is aiming to add to his three Le Mans 24 Hours wins with another twice-around-the-clock victory on the Nurburgring-Nordschleife next year. Lotterer, who now races in Formula E with Techeetah, is hoping that he will line up with Porsche
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Suzuki MotoGP boss Davide Brivio admits it took his team most of 2017 to recover from mistakes that resulted from its change of riders last winter. Suzuki went into 2017 with an all-new line-up in Andrea Iannone and rookie Alex Rins,
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Marco Andretti and Alexander Rossi will swap places in Andretti Autosport’s IndyCar line-up for 2018, with Andretti moving to the Bryan Herta Autosport-entered car. The partnership between the two teams has been extended for a third year, and Andretti will switch
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Schmidt Peterson Motorsports driver James Hinchcliffe says he is confused by his crash at Phoenix Raceway while testing IndyCar’s 2018 universal aerokit. Hinchcliffe and Chip Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon were testing on Wednesday as part of Honda’s allocated running for manufacturers.
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Antonio Giovinazzi has been told by his Ferrari bosses he remains firmly in the frame for a future full-time Formula 1 seat, despite missing out on Sauber for 2018. Giovinazzi had been a contender for a drive at the rebranded Alfa
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Lewis Hamilton has comfortably come out on top in Autosport’s Formula 1 team principals’ top 10 drivers poll for 2017, with Esteban Ocon impressing at number five. In what has become an end-of-season tradition, Autosport asked all 10 F1 teams’ bosses
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The 2017 eSports WRC Powered by Hyundai Grand Final will be live streamed by Motorsport.tv today, with the coverage also available on autosport.com. eSports WRC has run rounds in tandem with the 13 real-world World Rally Championship events, with each driver’s
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Yusuke Hasegawa will leave his role as head of Honda’s Formula 1 project at the end of 2017 as part of a management structure overhaul. Hasegawa has faced growing pressure over the course of this season as Honda struggled with both
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The promoter of Formula 1’s Brazilian Grand Prix has been issued with a series of security recommendations in the wake of the problems surrounding this year’s race. At least three robbery attempts were reported during the Interlagos event and Pirelli cancelled
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Formula 1’s grid penalty system will be tweaked for next season in a bid to make things less confusing for fans, the FIA has announced. There has been growing unease about the extent of grid penalties this year, with F1 motorsport
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The 2017 season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was a good demonstration of why Formula 1 needs change, according to CEO Chase Carey. Valtteri Bottas led home Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton from start to finish at the Yas Marina circuit, which produced
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Tech3 MotoGP boss Herve Poncharal admits it will be “very difficult” to keep lead rider Johann Zarco at the team beyond 2018. Zarco enjoyed a breakthrough rookie season in 2017, beating the struggling factory Yamahas of Valentino Rossi and Maverick Vinales
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Autosport’s Grand Prix Editor Ben Anderson dropped into the Autosport Forums to answer Formula 1 fans’ questions about his driver ratings collated after every grand prix. Anderson answered questions including how close he came to awarding a driver a one out
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Toro Rosso Formula 1 outcast Daniil Kvyat sampled Euro Series NASCAR machinery after attending a ‘recruitment day’ test at the Franciacorta circuit in Italy this week. The Russian driver completed around 20 laps on Monday, getting his first taste of a
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The 2017 Formula 1 season represented the worst year for overtaking in the DRS era, as the number of completed passes was almost halved compared to last year. Pirelli released analysis data from the 2017 campaign – the first season for
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Four-time Indianapolis 500 winner Rick Mears says Helio Castroneves can equal his record at Indy in 2018, despite no longer being a full-time IndyCar racer. Though initially reluctant to leave IndyCar, Castroneves has been placed in Penske’s new Acura IMSA SportsCar
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Esteban Ocon believes Force India needs to be “perfect everywhere” next season to have a chance of staying ahead of McLaren and Renault in Formula 1. Ocon and team-mate Sergio Perez ensured Force India held onto fourth place in the constructors’
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. KTM test rider Mika Kallio is set to enter five MotoGP races as a wildcard next season. After giving the KTM RC16 its race debut at Valencia last year, Kallio made a further four showings across the 2017 campaign, racing at
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Formula 1 is extremely competitive off-track as well as on it, so trying to find a job in such a challenging and demanding industry will always be a struggle. It may look out of reach for the vast majority, but with
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Jenson Button says his “love for motor racing is back” after spending a year away from Formula 1, ahead of his return to full-time competition in Super GT in 2018. The 2009 F1 world champion announced at the weekend that he
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Daniel Ricciardo has admitted there is “a lot at stake” over his future Formula 1 contract talks, and insists he will not be pressured into a premature decision. Ricciardo’s current deal with Red Bull runs out at the end of the
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. A repeat of this year’s winless MotoGP campaign would be “unacceptable” for Jorge Lorenzo, his Ducati crew chief Cristian Gabarrini has suggested. Lorenzo endured a tough learning season with the Italian marque, taking only three podiums and for the first time
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The World Rally Championship should consider adopting shorter stages if it wants to build a greater social media following in the future, according to FIA rally director Jarmo Mahonen. Toyota team principal Tommi Makinen has advocated shorter, more centralised routes for
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. FIA rally director Jarmo Mahonen says the World Rally Championship’s endurance element is over and its future should be stages around six miles long. Mahonen wants a return to more formulaic itineraries, with two loops of short stages and a lunchtime
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ferrari’s threat to pull out of Formula 1 after 2020 remains serious, says its president Sergio Marchionne, regardless of the decision to bring sister brand Alfa Romeo back with Sauber. Marchionne gave the green light last week for Alfa Romeo to
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Red Bull ran a modified front wing during the 2017 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix free practice sessions and at the post-race Formula 1 test. F1 race-winning designer Willem Toet joins Craig Scarborough to discuss Red Bull’s changes to its nose design
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel will go head-to-head one more time in 2017 on Sunday night as the winners of the Autosport Awards are revealed live from London. The two four-time Formula 1 world champions head the nominations for the prestigious
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Formula 1 bosses did not expect to “sneak away unscathed” following the launch of the new F1 logo at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, according to commercial chief Sean Bratches. Liberty Media revealed a new logo immediately after the Abu Dhabi
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Formula 1 world champion Jenson Button has signed a deal to drive for Honda in the Japanese Super GT series in 2018. Button had made it clear he would “definitely” be making a full-time return to motorsport next year and was