Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Robert Kubica has insisted he is not driving one-handed and is in better physical shape than when he was last racing in Formula 1 back in 2010. The Pole is bidding to return to F1, six years after suffering life-threatening injuries
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Yamaha has completed two days of private testing at Sepang, bringing an end to this year’s MotoGP on-track action. Factory pair Valentino Rossi and Maverick Vinales were joined by Tech3 satellite rider Johann Zarco, who also worked closely with the factory
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Robert Kubica has hit the track in a 2017 Williams at Abu Dhabi as the team assesses whether his injuries could affect his ability to return to Formula 1. Kubica, whose F1 career was interrupted by life-threatening injuries from a rally
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Honda and Yamaha have dismissed reports they are interested in poaching Andrea Dovizioso from Ducati for the 2019 MotoGP season, despite the Italian’s sensational form this year. Dovizioso scored six race victories this season and was Marc Marquez’s main championship challenger,
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Force India says the Formula 1 stewards’ “weak” decision to give Nico Hulkenberg a “lenient” penalty for cutting a corner in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix has set a precedent. Renault driver Hulkenberg moved ahead of Force India’s Sergio Perez for
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. One-time CART runner-up Adrian Fernandez says IndyCar is “hoping for a miracle” and will end up disappointed if its planned 2018 Mexico City race happens without a full-time Mexican driver. IndyCar is currently negotiating a deal to race at Formula 1
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. World champion Lewis Hamilton believes the new Formula 1 logo unveiled after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix is not as good as the previous one. Liberty Media revealed the simpler design that replaces the iconic logo F1 has been identified with
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Volkswagen Motorsport has conducted the first test of its new Polo GTi R5 that will be campaigned in the World Rally Championship’s WRC2 class next year. The manufacturer completed three days of running in the Fontjoncouse region in Southern France –
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Lewis Hamilton says the lack of overtaking in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix shows the Yas Marina track does not suit Formula 1 cars in its current configuration. Hamilton pursued his victorious Mercedes F1 team-mate Valtteri Bottas throughout the race but
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Stoffel Vandoorne believes early damage to his McLaren Formula 1 car caused it to handle like “a rally car” during the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Vandoorne finished three places and more than a minute behind team-mate Fernando Alonso in 12th after
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Daniel Ricciardo says he expects to sit down with Red Bull bosses in the next couple of weeks to discuss his Formula 1 future. Ricciardo’s contract expires at the end of the 2018 season, but he is keen to wait until
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Mercedes boss Toto Wolff says Red Bull’s Christian Horner only has himself to blame for Formula 1’s move to three engines in 2018, despite his push to ditch the limit. Horner said over the Abu Dhabi weekend that F1 was ‘barking
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Williams technical chief Paddy Lowe says the focus of Robert Kubica’s upcoming Abu Dhabi test will be assessing whether his injuries could affect his ability to return to Formula 1. Kubica has emerged as the leading contender to replace Felipe Massa
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Retiring Formula 1 driver Felipe Massa has been put forward by Brazil to be the country’s representative on the World Motor Sport Council. The Williams driver, a veteran of 268 grand prix starts, will leave F1 at the end of the
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The addition of the halo cockpit protection device could disadvantage heavier Formula 1 drivers in 2018. To account for the device the FIA has raised the minimum weight of the cars by 6kg for next season, having already upped the weight
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Formula 1 cars will no longer feature the fin on the engine cover from the 2018 season after a final ruling was made this week. A change to regulations to retain a big engine fin was discussed at this month’s F1
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Suzuki’s Andrea Iannone was fastest among a depleted contingent of MotoGP riders on the final day of a combined test at Jerez alongside World Superbike teams. Only nine MotoGP riders were in action on Friday, as the works Ducati team along
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Swiss manufacturer Suter has announced it is withdrawing from MotoGP’s Moto2 category with immediate effect. Suter has been a mainstay of grand prix motorcycling’s middle category since Moto2 replaced the 250cc class in 2010, supplying Marc Marquez during his title-winning season
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. A plan for a GT3 Cup of Nations at Sochi in 2018 has been announced by the architect of the category, Stephane Ratel. The SRO Motorsports Group chief has revealed that he has made a bid to organise the separate pro-am
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Rally Australia’s Coffs Harbour base found itself under fire from World Rally Championship teams and WRC promoter this week. ANDREW VAN LEEUWEN explains what lessons Supercars can offer the WRC Rally Australia organisers are facing a difficult task when it comes
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Sebastian Vettel beat Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton to the quickest time in first practice for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Ferrari driver Vettel clocked a 1m39.006s on the ultra-soft Pirelli tyres to end the 90-minute session 0.120 seconds clear
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Pirelli has launched an expanded array of Formula 1 tyres in 2018 by unveiling seven compounds in a “rainbow” range, in a move not universally welcomed. One of the new compounds will be the orange super-hard and will work as an
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Stewart-Haas Racing’s Kevin Harvick says outgoing team-mate Danica Patrick’s impact on the NASCAR Cup Series has been immeasurable and her exit leaves a “huge hole”. Patrick has announced her retirement from full-time racing having lost her SHR seat to Aric Almirola.
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ducati’s Andrea Dovizioso set the pace on the second day of MotoGP’s Jerez test, beating the pole record set by team-mate Jorge Lorenzo in 2015. Lorenzo was first to beat Suzuki rider Andrea Iannone’s Wednesday benchmark of 1m38.280s towards the end
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. IndyCar has revealed that two 2018 aerokits will be given to each full-season entry for free, bringing costs down by $180,000 for a two-car team. The new aerokit currently costs $90,000 and IndyCar has fixed its price until 2020, meaning IndyCar
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Fernando Alonso has become the first Formula 1 driver to branch out in to eSports, after launching his own team ahead of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The two-time world champion has formed a partnership with McLaren sponsor Logitech and Spanish
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Lance Stroll wants his new Williams Formula 1 team-mate to be a “team player“, but has no preference on who it is. Williams insists no decision has been made on who will replace Felipe Massa for 2018, with Robert Kubica the
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Toyota’s senior management preferred to pick Ott Tanak for the 2018 World Rally Championship over five-time WRC champion Sebastien Ogier, team principal Tommi Makinen has revealed. Ogier tested the Yaris WRC at the end of 2016, but elected to go to
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Suzuki rider Andrea Iannone topped the opening day of MotoGP testing in Jerez, edging out Cal Crutchlow by less than a tenth of a second. This week’s Jerez test, which runs from Wednesday to Friday, is being attended by the majority
Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Mercedes motorsport boss Toto Wolff says that criticisms voiced by his team against Formula 1’s owners are motivated simply by a desire to ensure the championship becomes better. Differences of opinion have emerged between Mercedes and Liberty Media over engine rules