LCR Honda’s Cal Crutchlow admits the 2020 prototype RC213V he tested in the post-Valencia MotoGP test is no easier to ride currently than its much-criticised predecessor. Crutchlow was very vocal about the ’19 RC213V’s difficulty in turning all through this year, with the LCR rider only managing three podiums in 19 races having won a
Zandvoort has revealed the Formula 1 banking at its final corner will be akin to an American oval, and is set to be twice as steep as turns at Indianapolis. Ahead of its return to the F1 calendar for 2020, Zandvoort is undergoing a revamp to bring it up to current grand prix circuit standards.
11:16 PM ET Eamonn Tiernan Supercars champion Scott McLaughlin’s racing rivals say his 2019 title will be “forever tainted” and compared the Kiwi to disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong. Ford star McLaughlin was fiercely sledged on social media by Holden duo Scott Pye and Nick Percat on the eve of the season-ending Newcastle 500. Pye landed
Citroen’s exit from the World Rally Championship was not exactly unexpected, but Wednesday’s announcement confirming that was nevertheless a bombshell. What was a surprise, too, was the wording of the statement confirming it’s departure that blamed six-time world champion Sebastien Ogier, whose decision to leave left it with no alternative but to withdraw with immediate
Pol Espargaro was “shocked” when he was able to match Marc Marquez’s top time after just three laps with KTM’s new chassis in MotoGP’s post-season test in Valencia. Espargaro tried a radical new KTM chassis on Tuesday, which he ended the opening day in eighth with, and had another specification at his disposal for Wednesday.
Racing Point’s disappointing season is not “surprising” to team boss Otmar Szafnauer given the “turmoil” the team was in while its 2019 Formula 1 car was being created. When Force India went into administration in the summer of 2018, Racing Point was born after a consortium led by Lawrence Stroll bought the Silverstone squad’s assets.
11:00 AM ET Red Bull holds the world record for the fastest pit-stop in a Formula One race — it can now boast the first pit-stop performed in zero gravity conditions. The former world champions took its 2005 F1 car to an altitude of 33,000 feet on board an Ilyushin Il-76 MDK cosmonaut training plane,
The 2019 Aston Martin Racing Driver Academy has been won by newly crowned British GT4 champion Tom Canning. Canning came out top of the field of 23 drivers aged between 17 and 25 racing Aston GT3 or GT4 machinery during 2020 who were part of the initiative. The 17-year-old was chosen by a panel of
Esapekka Lappi says he was ‘shocked’ at Citroen’s World Rally Championship withdrawal, and that M-Sport is his only hope for a seat in 2020. Lappi left Toyota to join Citroen alongside Sebastien Ogier for the 2019 season, but has struggled to master the squad’s C3 and took 10th in the championship with equal best finishes
Andrea Iannone says his RS-GP caught fire during the MotoGP Valencia test because Aprilia was trying an “extreme” gearbox solution to find more power. Iannone caused a red flag a couple of hours into Wednesday’s running at the Valencia test when his Aprilia burst into flames on the main straight on the run into Turn
Formula 1 teams will be required to run a second fuel-flow sensor next season as the FIA escalates its efforts to prevent the rules being exploited for performance gains. The governing body investigated a trio of fuel systems after the Brazilian Grand Prix, one believed to be from a Ferrari, another from a Ferrari customer
5:01 PM ET Ed Jackson Supercars has announced the winner of its feeder championship in 2020 will receive a $400,000 scholarship. The Super2 Series is the breeding ground of up-and-coming drivers, with two-time Supercars champion Scott McLaughlin among those to graduate from the series to the top level. Supercars chief operating officer Shane Howard said
Go onboard with Adam Cianciarulo as he makes his 450 debut in Main Event #1 at the 2019 Monster Energy Cup from Las Vegas, Nevada. Shot 100% on the HERO8Black® camera from http://GoPro.com For full event results visit: http://www.supercrosslive.com
Take a lap around Canadian Tire Motorsport Park with Bryan Sellers in the No. 17 Falken Tire Porsche 911 RSR.
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The 2019 season will see SRO Motorsports Group unite the sprint-format championships formerly known as the Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup, Blancpain GT Series Asia and Pirelli World Challenge GT to form a new global initiative: the Blancpain GT World Challenge. This exciting international endeavour will present GT3 manufacturers, partners and teams with the
Citroen Racing has announced it will depart the World Rally Championship with immediate effect – stating Sebastien Ogier’s decision to move to Toyota left it with no alternative. The firm announced its decision on Wednesday, confirming mounting speculation of a withdrawal. Ogier and team-mate Esapekka Lappi had a year left to run on their contracts,
Aleix Espargaro says Aprilia not having a prototype 2020 MotoGP bike to test in this week’s two-day post-Valencia Grand Prix test is “not at all” acceptable for a “big factory”. Yamaha, Honda, KTM, Suzuki and Ducati are expected to roll out their ’20 bikes on Tuesday and at the two-day test at Jerez next week
Rubens Barrichello, Formula 1’s most experienced driver, looks back on his ongoing racing career in the latest edition of The Autosport Podcast. The Brazilian explains what it was like to go up against Michael Schumacher at Ferrari and recounts some of his great victories. He also discusses the races that got away, including what should
9:09 AM ET After the chaos of the Brazilian Grand Prix, we sat down ESPN’s F1 writers — Kate Walker, Maurice Hamilton, Nate Saunders and Laurence Edmondson — to discuss the main talking points from the Interlagos weekend… How can Ferrari diffuse the fallout from the latest Leclerc/Vettel clash? Sebastian Vettel collided with Ferrari teammate
Citroen’s World Rally Championship pullout announcement had been anticipated for a week, and its statement pointed strongly towards Sebastien Ogier’s decision to leave as the cause. But was it that simple? Citroen team principal Pierre Budar spoke exclusively to Autosport about the other factors behind the move. Were the WRC calendar, its profile or the
Valentino Rossi says Yamaha still has “a long way” to go to match its MotoGP rivals’ top speed, despite positive initial impressions from the 2020 prototype engine. While the M1 emerged as possibly the best bike in MotoGP towards the end of the 2019 campaign, it had an obvious top speed weakness, which Rossi felt
Seven-time NASCAR champion and Hendrick Motorsports driver Jimmie Johnson will retire from the Cup Series at the conclusion of the 2020 season. Johnson was keen to delay his call on when to retire for as long as possible, although one of his major sponsors had committed to 2023. The 44-year-old’s seven cup championships is equal
The Renault Formula 1 squad has announced new signing Esteban Ocon will officially join the team on December 2, the day after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The French driver will then take part in the post-season 2020 Pirelli tyre test at Yas Marina, driving for Renault on both the Tuesday and Wednesday. Ocon gained
10:38 AM ET Esteban Ocon will officially join the Renault F1 team on December 2 so that he can take part in the team’s post-season test in Abu Dhabi. The former Force India driver was forced to spend the 2019 season on the sidelines after he was left without a seat on the grid over
Sebastien Ogier has spoken exclusively to Autosport to explain his decision to leave Citroen’s World Rally Championship team with a year to run on his contract. Citroen’s cited Ogier’s departure for Toyota – a deal expected to be announced next week – as the reason for its withdrawal from the WRC in an announcement made
Maverick Vinales topped the final day of Valencia 2020 pre-season MotoGP testing by 0.164 seconds from fellow Yamaha rider Fabio Quartararo. After a first hour without action, Honda’s Stefan Bradl took to the circuit as well as KTM trio Pol Espargaro, Iker Lecuona (Tech3) and Brad Binder. Bradl was forced to park up after just
2019 Indy Lights runner-up Rinus VeeKay has been announced as the driver of Ed Carpenter Racing’s #21 entry for the 2020 IndyCar season. The 19-year-old Dutchman racked up six wins and seven pole positions for Juncos Racing in Indy Lights this year, and impressed Carpenter in his initial IndyCar tests at Portland and Mid-Ohio. He
The huge points hauls Toro Rosso and Alfa Romeo secured in the Brazilian Grand Prix have all but settled some financially significant Formula 1 constructors’ championship battles. Toro Rosso went into the weekend seventh in the standings, a point behind Racing Point, before Pierre Gasly’s extraordinarily second place plus Daniil Kvyat’s 10th position vaulted it