McLaren CEO Zak Brown believes the 2021 Arrow McLaren SP line-up of Pato O’Ward and Felix Rosenqvist holds a “superstar” status, and that the team hit its targets for 2020. Speaking to the media ahead of this weekend’s Sakhir Grand Prix, the penultimate round of the 2020 Formula 1 season, Brown declared himself content with
World Rally Championship leader Elfyn Evans has crashed out on the 11th stage of Rally Monza, putting his title hopes in serious jeopardy with main rival Sebastien Ogier currently leading. As snow continued to fall on the closed road stages on the final full day of competitive stages, Evans slid wide near the end of
Sebastien Ogier has taken the lead of Rally Monza after Saturday morning’s opening stages, as Toyota team-mate Elfyn Evans remains on course for the World Rally Championship title. Having spent Friday on routes around the Monza circuit, the field completed its first loop of mountain road stages on Saturday. Ogier immediately threw down the gauntlet
Dani Sordo holds the overnight lead after the first full day of Rally Monza, with both Sebastien Ogier and Elfyn Evans in title contention in the World Rally Championship decider. The Spaniard won the opening stage of the morning but then M-Sport Ford’s Esapekka Lappi gambled and put on one of the two sets of
The FIA World Rally Championship has collaborated with Motorsport Network to launch a dedicated Motorsport.tv channel ahead of the 2020 finale at Monza this weekend. Launching onto Motorsport Network’s OTT platform, the championship will deliver the latest news updates and most spectacular videos from the world of rallying to the network’s 56 million-strong digital monthly
The German squad, whose successes with the Bavarian marque also include victory in the 1987 World Touring Car Championship and the 2012 DTM, will not be given a works programme by BMW for 2021, Autosport has learned. The move follows a gradual downscaling of Schnitzer’s activities with BMW Motorsport since it was dropped from the
BMW will end its relationship with the Le Mans 24 Hours-winning Schnitzer Motorsport squad after more than 50 years. The German squad, whose successes with the Bavarian marque also include victory in the 1987 World Touring Car Championship and the 2012 DTM, will not be given a works programme by BMW for 2021, Autosport has
Sebastian Ogier opened the World Rally Championship’s Rally Monza on top of the leaderboard, with the Toyota driver closing out the first stage half a second ahead of Thierry Neuville. The WRC’s final event of 2020 is underway after an initial 4.3km (2.7mi) blast round the Villa Reale at Monza, with six-time champion Ogier taking
The British manufacturer has opted against restarting its works assault on the Intercontinental GT Challenge with M-Sport, which was put on ice in the summer, and is releasing the six factory drivers it has under contract. The GT3 programme that dates back to 2013 will then come to what Bentley described as a “natural end”
Bentley will end its factory programme with the Continental racer at the end of this year as part of a phased withdrawal from the GT3 category. The British manufacturer has opted against restarting its works assault on the Intercontinental GT Challenge with M-Sport, which was put on ice in the summer, and is releasing the
“It’s been difficult, maybe a bit too difficult, to manage the balance between the Silver pairings and the Pro-Am, between the very competitive Silver pairings and less competitive Silver pairings. Benjamin [Franassovici, SRO general manager] has had to zig-zag a lot throughout the season trying to do that. It’s why we pushed to go back
Half of the 2020 British GT3 grid consisted of Silver-Silver pairings. But the decision to outlaw such combinations, and return to its Pro-Am roots, will have a mixed impact as key championship stakeholders told JAMES NEWBOLD “It’s been difficult, maybe a bit too difficult, to manage the balance between the Silver pairings and the Pro-Am,
In a few short days, Elfyn Evans could become Britain’s first World Rally champion in almost two decades and join elite company that includes Richard Burns, Colin McRae and Louise Aitken-Walker. She tells NICK GARTON what he needs to do at Monza A framed copy of Autosport from December 1990 was recently restored to pride
Ed Carpenter says he’s focused on retaining Conor Daly and the US Air Force sponsorship for 2021 rather than chasing a Formula 1 star. With a selection of experienced F1 names and promising F2 drivers coming to the end of their current contracts, there has been much speculation that one or two might make the
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Daytona International Speedway announced on Wednesday the track will host a limited number of fans for the 63rd Daytona 500, the season-opener of the NASCAR Cup Series season scheduled for 14th February. The track did not provide an exact number of fans that could attend but said it would
NASCAR will begin its 2021 season the way it ended 2020, with limited fans in attendance for the opener at the Daytona 500. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Daytona International Speedway announced on Wednesday the track will host a limited number of fans for the 63rd Daytona 500, the season-opener of the NASCAR Cup
M-Sport Ford team principal Richard Millener believes that any of the World Rally Championship’s top drivers can win Rally Monza even with the safety net of snow tyres. Following a change to the supplementary regulations, teams will now be allowed to include eight snow tyres in their total allocation for the title-deciding event, with these
A unique World Rally Championship title decider awaits this weekend at Rally Monza, where the unexpected favourite will attempt to fend off a hungry pack anxious for him to stumble on unfamiliar territory. NICK GARTON outlines the contenders to watch And so here we are: the final instalment is upon us and the 2020 World
Elfyn Evans says his 2020 World Rally Championship title challenge can be put down to a feeling of being right at home at Toyota. Evans ended his 12-year association with M-Sport last November to join Tommi Makinen’s squad on a two-year deal, and currently has a 14-point advantage over team-mate Sebastien Ogier in the drivers’
Sebastien Ogier says sealing a seventh World Rally Championship title in 2020 would mean less than his previous successes because of the drastically-shortened season. Ogier trails Toyota team-mate Elfyn Evans by 14 points going into this week’s decider at Rally Monza in Italy. The Frenchman’s previous title successes came between 2013 and 2016 in a
AJ Foyt’s career is one very few can beat in terms of success and none can rival for longevity. In an article originally published in Autosport magazine on 26 August 2010, Charles Bradley rewinds the clock with the American legend to tell his amazing story When it came to his fellow racers, AJ Foyt bruised
A hydrogen-powered contender will take on the Dakar Rally in 2024. Former World Rallycross team GCK Motorsport has launched a four-year off-road programme, starting with an all-electric vehicle and culminating in a hydrogen machine. French freeriding skier and rallycross driver Guerlain Chicherit’s squad has already started testing the new GCK e-BLAST 1. It won’t contest
The Dakar Rally has released details of the route for the 2021 edition, featuring nearly 5,000 competitive kilometres divided into 12 stages that are “80-90% new”. After months of uncertainty amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the 43rd running of the Dakar and the second to take place in Saudi Arabia will start on 3 January in
On this day 15 years ago, Richard Burns sadly passed away due to cancer, exactly four years after claiming the 2001 World Rally crown. In an article originally published in Autosport magazine on 1 December 2005, David Evans recounts his incredible career along with tributes from those who knew him best Diagnosed with an astrocytoma
Tony Kanaan says that his return to Chip Ganassi Racing’s IndyCar team adds pressure to win, but that it is a “great problem to have”. The Brazilian veteran, who raced for Ganassi from 2014 through ’17, was confirmed this morning as the oval driver of the #48 CGR-Honda for the next two years. He will
Indianapolis 500 winner and 2004 IndyCar champion Tony Kanaan will return to Chip Ganassi Racing after signing a multi-year deal to race the four ovals on the calendar in 2021. Kanaan raced for CGR in the American open-wheel series from 2014 through to 2017, scoring a win at the 2014 Fontana finale and 10 other
Toyota’s Elfyn Evans says the importance of this week’s pre-Rally Monza test cannot be underestimated ahead of next month’s final round of the World Rally Championship season. Evans holds a 14-point lead over Toyota team-mate and six-time champion Sebastien Ogier heading into Rally Monza, which is set to go ahead despite Italy’s ongoing coronavirus restrictions.
25 years ago today, Colin McRae became Britain’s first World Rally champion. In an interview published by Autosport magazine on 30 November 1995, he reflects on that famous triumph on the RAC and explains why F1 won’t tempt him away from the WRC The look says it all. Two hours into his reign as Britain’s
The TORO Racing Mercedes driver was in a class of his own over the 12-lap journey, his cause helped by weekend-long pacesetter Darryl O’Young starting back in 11th due a qualifying race penalty. That left Ye with clear air in front and breathing room to O’Young in the crucial early stages of the race. He
Ye Hongli put in a commanding performance on the Guia circuit to claim a crash-shortened 2020 Macau GT Cup. The TORO Racing Mercedes driver was in a class of his own over the 12-lap journey, his cause helped by weekend-long pacesetter Darryl O’Young starting back in 11th due a qualifying race penalty. That left Ye
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