Franco Morbidelli admits he was “a little bit shy” early in the MotoGP Styrian Grand Prix at Turn 2 a week after his horror Austrian GP accident with Johann Zarco. Morbidelli escaped a near-200mph collision with Zarco at the fast Turn 2 kink without serious injury during the first Red Bull Ring race and was
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The FIA has toughened up on its policing of track limits for the Belgian Grand Prix, with drivers now warned that they must not run wide at three corners. While the kerb on the apex of Raidillon has long been a focus of the FIA, with drivers pushing the limits in cutting the corner to
5:53 AM ET Lewis Hamilton plans to open a museum showcasing his Formula One trophies and race cars when he retires from racing. 1 Related Hamilton is three wins away from matching Michael Schumacher’s all-time record of 91 grand prix victories. If he claims the title this year, he will match Schumacher’s seven world championships.
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Tech3 boss Herve Poncharal is “very happy” to have been able to give “underrated” Miguel Oliveira a chance to “show he’s a MotoGP rider” with his Styrian Grand Prix win. Oliveira snatched a maiden win for himself and the popular Tech3 outfit at the last corner of a thrilling Styrian Grand Prix last Sunday, capitalising
NASCAR has declared itself happy with the speed of the prototype Next Generation car now scheduled to be introduced for the 2022 Cup Series after resuming testing this week. The two-test on Monday and Tuesday at Dover International Speedway, with Stewart-Haas Racing driver Cole Custer behind the wheel, was the first held since March and
Outgoing Mercedes Formula 1 engine chief Andy Cowell remains undecided on his next move upon leaving the team at the end of the year. Cowell will leave Mercedes after 16 years with the company at the end of the season, having served as the managing director of Mercedes-AMG High Performance Powertrains (HPP) since 2013. Cowell
Valentino Rossi says he hopes to see his protege Francesco Bagnaia “dressed in red” for the 2021 MotoGP season as Ducati nears a decision on its future works team line-up. During the Styrian Grand Prix weekend, Ducati confirmed it had offered Pramac rider Bagnaia a new two-year deal to remain within the Italian marque’s ranks
Alexander Rossi says he “had a car to win” the Indianapolis 500 before a penalty for pit lane contact with Takuma Sato and a Turn 2 crash put him out. The Andretti Autosport driver, a winner of the 500 in 2016, was trading the lead with Ganassi’s Scott Dixon for much of the race and
Toto Wolff believes Formula 1 is set for the “biggest transition” in its history through the upcoming changes to the technical and financial structure of the series. F1 announced last Wednesday that the entire grid had met the early-sign deadline for the new Concorde Agreement, committing to the revised commercial terms that will last from
8:37 AM ET After the first six races of the 2020 season, there is really only one man in contention for the title: Lewis Hamilton. But that’s not to say he is the only driver performing near his maximum this year or that Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas is the only driver underperforming. So with another
Rally Germany has become the latest World Rally Championship round to be cancelled, while Rally Italy is moving three weeks earlier to avoid clashing with Formula 1’s Imola race. The Bostalsee-based Tarmac event in south-west Germany becomes the latest WRC casualty of the COVID-19 outbreak and joins Argentina, Portugal, Finland, Kenya, New Zealand, Wales Rally
Maverick Vinales ignored advice from MotoGP brake supplier Brembo to run a new system for the Styrian Grand Prix after Yamaha riders suffered numerous issues in the Austrian GP. The hard-braking nature of the Red Bull Ring caused numerous riders to suffer from overheating brakes during the Austrian GP weekend. Brembo brought new material for
Takuma Sato won his second Indianapolis 500 after a huge late accident for Spencer Pigot brought about an early end to the 104th running of the race. Sato, who also won in 2017 for Andretti Autosport, was leading with five laps of the scheduled 200 left to run, fighting through backmarker traffic while trying to
Each Formula 1 team will be allowed to have 10 extra personnel in the paddock from this weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix. The change coincides with the return of the teams’ own hospitality buildings at Spa after they were obliged to use temporary facilities provided by the circuits, and a central catering provider, for the first
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Jack Miller admits he was “panicking” when Miguel Oliveira passed him at the last corner of the MotoGP Styrian Grand Prix as he thought more riders were coming through. The Pramac rider led the early laps of the first part of the Styrian Grand Prix race before the red flag, and headed the pack for
Scott Dixon says he should have been “more aggressive” with IndyCar rival Takuma Sato for victory in the Indianapolis 500, having spent the latter stages on a lean fuel mix. Sato passed Dixon after the final round of pitstops, holding his position at the head of the field as Dixon cautiously probed around Sato for
Renault has asked the FIA if it can withdraw its appeal against the punishment handed out to Racing Point for copying Mercedes’ Formula 1 brake ducts. The controversy over Racing Point’s cloning of the Mercedes car had looked set for an FIA International Court of Appeal hearing, after the Silverstone-based outfit lost 15 constructors’ championship
4:14 PM ET In the latest turn in Formula One’s ongoing copying row, Renault has asked to withdraw the appeal it lodged against Racing Point’s penalty earlier this month. 1 Related Racing Point was docked 15 points and fined €400,000 after a panel of FIA stewards found the design of its rear brake ducts to
Aleix Espargaro says his 12th place in the MotoGP Styrian Grand Prix was “100% the limit” of the Aprilia at the Red Bull Ring. After a technical issue with his number one bike in qualifying left him in 20th on the grid, Espargaro worked his way up to 12th by the end of the restarted
Rinus VeeKay said he would apologise to his Ed Carpenter Racing crew after his “biggest nightmare” of hitting crew members was realised in his second pitstop at the Indianapolis 500. The Dutch rookie was the best of the Chevrolet-powered cars in qualifying and moved up from his fourth place starting position to run third after
Despite one of his best finishes of the season at Dover, Jimmie Johnson will go into the final race to make the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs as an outsider. A late-race two-tyre pit call briefly gave Johnson the lead in Sunday’s second race of a weekend double-header at Dover International Speedway and he came away
Autosport has launched a new series of podcasts to celebrate our 70th birthday, starting with game-changing grand prix cars. The first issue of Autosport magazine appeared on 25 August 1950 and as part of our celebrations we have taken on the challenge of selecting the greatest competition cars from each of the major international categories.
7:01 AM ET Formula One has confirmed the Turkish Grand Prix will return to the calendar this year as F1 announced the final four races of its 2020 calendar on Tuesday. The popular Istanbul Park circuit, which was last used in 2011, will host a race on Nov. 15 before two races in Bahrain on
Sebastien Loeb will make his second outing of the 2020 World Rally Championship season with Hyundai in next month’s Rally Turkey. The nine-time champion will join Hyundai’s full-season drivers Thierry Neuville and Ott Tanak for the Marmaris-based event at the wheel of a third i20 Coupe WRC. It will mark Loeb’s first top-level outing since
Valentino Rossi says it’s “difficult to manage” the Yamaha’s speed deficit to its MotoGP rivals having had to “suffer” in the Styrian Grand Prix. In both Austrian races, Rossi was top Yamaha runner, with a fifth-place finish in the Austrian GP and a ninth in the Styrian event. With the Red Bull Ring arguably Yamaha’s
Spencer Pigot says he has full recollection of the enormous shunt that ended his Indianapolis 500 and caused the race to end under caution. Driving the third Rahal Letterman Lanigan entry under the Citrone/Buhl Autosport banner, Pigot was running 15th on lap 194 when the rear of his car slid wide as he approached the
Max Verstappen is ‘annihilating’ his Formula 1 team-mates in a way not seen since the likes of Ayrton Senna and Michael Schumacher, says Jenson Button. The Dutchman hasn’t been beaten by a team-mate in the F1 standings since he was paired with Daniel Ricciardo in 2017, and even then Verstappen out-qualified the Australian 13-7. That