A crash in sixth gear while testing has ruled Hayden Paddon out of his return to the World Rally Championship with M-Sport on Rally Finland. The Kiwi was halfway through his pre-event test in the Ford Fiesta WRC when he hit a rock in a blind corner, sending him off the road at high speed.
Month: July 2019
Valentino Rossi has gone more than two years without a victory, and the nine-time world champion’s opening half of the 2019 campaign has been his worst in the MotoGP era. Difficulties finding a comfortable feeling with the 2019 Yamaha have led to a run of results devoid of any podiums since the third round and
Denny Hamlin believes he and his Toyota-powered Joe Gibbs Racing team “can win anywhere” after a third victory in 2019 at Pocono in the NASCAR Cup Series last weekend. Hamlin scored his first two NASCAR Cup wins at the Pennsylvania track in 2005-’06, and Sunday’s triumph was his fifth at the circuit after he stretched
Formula 1 race director Michael Masi believes there is nothing wrong with the drag strip run-off area at Hockenheim, despite it’s surface being blasted as “unacceptable” by Charles Leclerc. Leclerc was one of several drivers who ran wide at the final sequence of corners in the German Grand Prix and skidded across a wet area
7:48 AM ET A Renault Team truck has crashed on the way to next weekend’s Hungarian Grand Prix. The truck came off the M1 motorway near the city of Gyor Monday morning, less than 24 hours after the German Grand Prix in Hockenheim. Renault said the driver of the truck had not suffered any serious
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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
Bentley has hit out at the Balance of Performance for this weekend’s Spa 24 Hours after none of its four factory cars qualified in the top 20. Bentley motorsport boss Brian Gush questioned a 20kg swing in minimum weight for this weekend’s blue-riband round of the Blancpain GT Series between the marque’s Continental GT3, the
Scott Dixon used an alternative strategy to claim his second victory of the 2019 IndyCar season, leading a Ganassi one-two ahead of Felix Rosenqvist at Mid-Ohio. Dixon was one of only two drivers – the other was polesitter Will Power – to utilise a two-stop strategy during the 90-lap contest, while most of his competitors
Denny Hamlin prevailed despite fuel worries in a tense overtime period to lead home a Joe Gibbs Racing 1-2-3 in the NASCAR Cup race at Pocono. Hamlin and his team-mates Erik Jones and Martin Truex Jr were leading the race with a handful of laps of the scheduled 160 to run, while deploying the lift
Lewis Hamilton says his Formula 1 German Grand Prix was almost “like Snakes and Ladders” and that he “kept hitting the snakes” to fall from first to 11th place. The Mercedes driver led the early stages of the wet weather race, but then dropped down the order when he went off on slicks under the
8:37 PM ET Associated Press SONOMA, Calif. — Robert Hight raced to his 50th Funny Car victory Sunday at the NHRA Sonoma Nationals. The points leader won for the fifth time this season and second straight year at Sonoma, beating Matt Hagan in the final with a 3.973-second run at 325.45 mph in a Chevrolet
Porsche secured its first victory in the Spa 24 Hours since 2010 thanks to the GPX Racing squad at the end of a disrupted, rain-affected race. Kevin Estre, Michael Christensen, Richard Lietz took honours in the Gulf-liveried #20 Porsche 911 GT3-R, leading a one-two for the Weissach marque ahead of the #998 ROWE Racing car
Kimi Raikkonen and Antonio Giovinazzi have been handed post-race penalties that drop them out of the points for the German Grand Prix, with Robert Kubica now promoted to 10th. The Alfa Romeo drivers were penalised for an offence related to the way the clutch of their cars operated during the wet standing start at Hockenheim,
3:59 PM ET HOCKENHEIM, Germany — Lewis Hamilton and Robert Kubica have been promoted into the points at the German Grand Prix after both Alfa Romeos were given 30-second penalties for running illegal clutch settings at the start of the race. Alfa Romeo says it intends to appeal the decision, but if it stands it
The Grasser Lamborghni squad led the Spa 24 Hours when the race was red-flagged shortly after the 13-hour mark as the weather conditions deteriorated. Heavy rain resulted in the stoppage at approximately 5:40am local time after a lengthy full-course yellow virtual safety car period, with Christian Engelhart out front in the #63 Lamborghini Huracan GT3
Red Bull began a Formula 1 trend with the concept of rake and almost every team on the grid has followed its direction. In the latest episode of ‘How an F1 car works’, Giorgio Piola and Autosport Technical Editor Jake Boxall-Legge explain the advantages of rake. They also consider why Mercedes appears to be the
6:09 AM ET HOCKENHEIM, Germany — If the forecast for the race holds true, Pirelli’s wet tyres will be the rubber of choice on Sunday afternoon. It’s worth noting that Formula One hasn’t had a wet race yet this season, but if last year’s German Grand Prix is anything to go by a couple of
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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
The Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup points-leading SMP Racing Ferrari held a narrow advantage in the Spa 24 Hours after six hours. SMP trio Mikhail Aleshin, Davide Rigon and Miguel Molina had cycled into the lead in the #72 Ferrari 488 GT3 at the one-quarter mark at Spa, with Aleshin staying out on slick tyres
Alexander Rossi has signed a new “multi-year” deal with Andretti Autosport, after months of speculation that he could move to another IndyCar team such as Penske. The announcement also coincided with team boss Michael Andretti confirming that his outfit will continue with Honda engines and Rossi is seen as a key driver for the manufacturer.
Charles Leclerc has sympathised with Ferrari after its German Grand Prix qualifying disaster and believes his Formula 1 team “doesn’t deserve” its latest problems. Ferrari had topped all three practice sessions at Hockenheim in the lead-up to qualifying, but Sebastian Vettel’s SF90 was immediately halted in Q1 by a problem related to the airflow to
12:03 AM ET Eamonn Tiernan Supercars star Scott McLaughlin made it back-to-back pole positions at the Ipswich SuperSprint on Sunday and will look to redeem falling off the podium a day earlier. McLaughlin clinched his 13th qualifying victory after stopping the clock in one minute 8.5133 seconds at the Queensland Raceway ahead of Chaz Mostert
Motorsport.tv is broadcasting the 2019 Spa 24 Hours live and for free, and you can catch all the action live on Autosport. A total of 72 cars, including 63 in the Pro class, represent the 11 manufacturers that will contest the Blancpain GT Series blue riband event. Black Falcon Mercedes driver Maro Engel has already
Penske’s Will Power stormed to pole position at Mid-Ohio with a late flying lap that proved nearly four tenths quicker than Andretti Autosport IndyCar rival Alexander Rossi’s best effort. Rossi looked set to secure the top spot in the closing seconds of the Fast Six session, having shaved two tenths from his prior session-leading benchmark,
McLaren has discovered a problem with the battery pack on Lando Norris’s Formula 1 car played a part in his qualifying result for the German Grand Prix. Norris secured his worst position on the grid in 2019 by placing 16th, and he blamed oversteer and his performance for failing to make it past the first
3:43 PM ET Associated Press LONG POND, Pa. — Ross Chastain dominated at Pocono Raceway on Saturday to win a NASCAR Truck Series race for the third time this season. Chastain dedicated the victory to popular crew chief Nick Harrison, who died overnight hours after last week’s Xfinity Series race. “This one’s for you, Nick!”
Bonaldi Motorsport’s Danny Kroes and Sergey Afanasiev moved into the lead of the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe standings after claiming a win and second place at Spa. Having taken over from Afanasiev following the mandatory pitstop, Kroes made two decisive overtakes at Les Combes on team-mate and race one winner Jack Bartholomew and the polesitting
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