Aprilia MotoGP rider Andrea Iannone believes the feedback he has provided the manufacturer in the 2018 post-season tests has “taken it a bit by surprise”. Ex-Suzuki rider Iannone made his Aprilia debut in post-season testing at Valencia and said he found the RS-GP to be better than he had expected it to be despite suffering
Sebastian Vettel says he does not expect there to be “anything wrong on-track” between himself and new Ferrari Formula 1 team-mate Charles Leclerc in 2019. Vettel’s four seasons at Ferrari have been spent alongside Kimi Raikkonen, with whom the four-time world champion developed a strong relationship with off-track. The arrival of Leclerc next season, after
7:47 AM ET Carlos Sainz says he has joined McLaren in the belief the struggling British team can return to the front of the Formula One grid. After a major shake-up in the driver market this summer, Sainz will move from Renault to McLaren in 2019, replacing fellow Spaniard Fernando Alonso. He joins the team
Formula E Season 5 starts this weekend and if you’re interested in checking it out, here’s everything you need to know about the cars and the rules to follow along! This is a broad overview. We’ll occasionally be diving into the detail of some of the interesting technology and ideas within Formula E through the
Encouraged by the success of the Blancpain Endurance Series, world-renowned Swiss watch manufacture Blancpain and the SRO Motorsports Group decide at the end of 2013 to extend their partnership to the Sprint series, previously promoted as the FIA GT Series, offering teams and drivers the opportunity to compete for an overall Blancpain GT Series title,
Indycar and NASCAR Cup race winner Robby Gordon will return to the Dakar Rally after a two-year hiatus in 2019. Gordon, a Dakar regular since 2005, took stage wins during six of his 11 outings in the event and finished as high as third overall in 2009, driving for Hummer. He has spent recent years
Lewis Hamilton says he now has a “super focus” on working out how to defeat potential new Formula 1 title rivals Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc in the 2019 season. The arrival of Leclerc alongside Vettel at Ferrari for next season and Verstappen’s late-2018 form means five-time title-winner Hamilton could face two completely new championship
Watch Adam Cianciarulo’s Main Event from round 16 (8 of the 250 West Division) of the 2018 Monster Energy Supercross Series in Salt Lake City, Utah. Shot 100% on the HERO6® camera from http://GoPro.com For full event results visit: http://www.supercrosslive.com
While No. 66 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing driver Joey Hand won at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in the 2010 GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series, it’s his infamous crash in 2006 that is remembered by most. In this Throwback Thursday, Hand revisits his magnificent incident yet expresses his excitement to return to the track.
Lando Norris says he steered clear of choosing hero Valentino Rossi’s #46 to use on his McLaren in Formula 1 because he did not want to be a “copycat”. The young British driver has been a fan of the MotoGP legend since he was young, and considered Rossi’s famous number for his 2019 F1 step.
6:31 AM ET ESPN staff McLaren will enter the world of professional cycling after announcing a joint venture with Team Bahrain-Merida. The deal will see McLaren apply its racing know-how to the cycling team, which counts 2014 Tour de France winner Vicenzo Nibali among its riders. Both the racing and cycling teams are Bahraini-owned, McLaren
Pastor Maldonado is on the list – but which other Grand Prix drivers from the past three decades have hit the jackpot just once in their careers? For the full list, visit: http://f1.com/1Win Follow F1® on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/F1 Follow F1® on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/F1
Sebastien Loeb has signed to drive for Hyundai in the 2019 World Rally Championship. Autosport understands the agreement, Loeb’s first professional contract outside of the PSA Group, will be announced on Thursday. Loeb is currently out of contact and is testing the PH Sport-run Peugeot 3008DKR in Liwa, Abu Dhabi ahead of next month’s Dakar.
Newly-promoted factory Ducati MotoGP rider Danilo Petrucci says he wants to avoid the strained relationship his predecessor Jorge Lorenzo had with Andrea Dovizioso. Petrucci was promoted from the satellite Pramac team to replace Honda-bound Lorenzo for 2019, and made his debut outing in factory colours last month in the first post-season test at Valencia. The
Chevrolet says it is now on the right track in the NASCAR Cup series after a troubled introduction for the 2018 Chevrolet Camaro and the exit of veteran drivers. The General Motors brand made the perfect start with its new-for-2018 Camaro by winning the season-opening Daytona 500, but it took until the 22nd race of
Max Verstappen says his Austrian Grand Prix victory stands out in his impressive 2018 Formula 1 season because it was “completely unexpected”. Verstappen recovered from a tough start to the year to enjoy the best campaign of his young F1 career, winning twice and scoring 11 podiums to finish fourth in the championship. After emerging
7:46 AM ET ESPN staff Aston Martin has released the first audio and images of the V12 engine that will power the Adrian Newey-designed Valkyrie hypercar. Newey, who has designed some of the most successful Formula One cars of recent decades, started work on the Valkyrie project after becoming frustrated with F1’s increasingly restrictive rule
Watch the highlights of the finest GT racing series in the world from 2015. The Blancpain GT Series. Iconic cars, tracks and drivers of the 2015 series. The Official YouTube channel of the Blancpain GT Series. Watch live races, exclusive driver interviews and all behind the scenes action from the world’s best GT Series. The
After two World Rally Championship titles with Sebastien Ogier, M-Sport Ford is going into 2019 facing uncertain prospects following its champion’s exit for Citroen. DAVID EVANS has the latest on M-Sport’s efforts to ensure it is still in the WRC field – and competitive – next season. Malcolm Wilson insists there will be no dip
Daniel Ricciardo says he was losing sleep in the second half of the 2018 Formula 1 season, as misfortune dogged his final races as a Red Bull driver. Ricciardo, who will move to Renault for 2019, was as high as third in the standings after his second win in Monaco, but wound up a distant
12:32 AM ET Ed Jackson Ford Mustangs will race in next year’s Supercars championship after being given the green light to compete in Australia’s premier motorsport category. The iconic muscle car has passed aerodynamic testing and will line up on the grid starting at the Adelaide 500 from February 28. The two-door coupe will replace
Watch Adam Cianciarulo during Moto 1 at the tenth round of the 2016 Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship in Unadilla, New York! Shot 100% on the HERO4® camera from http://GoPro.com.
Take a lap around Circuit of The Americas with Wayne Taylor Racing in the No. 10 Corvette DP.
Carlos Sainz Jr says a presentation McLaren made when he arrived at the team convinced him it knows how to return to the front of the Formula 1 grid. A fundamental aerodynamic problem hindered its MCL33 car in a year in which McLaren was convinced it would begin its recovery following a disastrous alliance with
Lucas Ordonez, the first winner of gamer-to-racer contest GT Academy, has announced he is ending his decade-long relationship with Nissan. The 33-year-old was the first-ever graduate of the Nissan-backed GT Academy, back in 2008, which was designed to take the top players from the PlayStation-exclusive video game franchise Gran Turismo and turn them into professional
Three-time MotoGP champion Jorge Lorenzo has admitted he was “very close” to retiring before he sealed a deal with Honda ahead of the 2019 season. Lorenzo signed a two-year contract with Ducati for 2017-18, but he had a tough first season and made a difficult start to 2018 that played a part in his exit
New NASCAR Cup Series champion Joey Logano has admitted he “felt really weak” and like his career was over when his initial big break with Joe Gibbs Racing went awry. Logano joined the Cup series with praise from veterans such as Mark Martin and with the nickname “Sliced Bread”, coming off the back of a
Robert Kubica says the rule changes being introduced for the 2019 season are coming at the “perfect” time for his return to Formula 1. Kubica will race in F1 for the first time since 2010 as he has been partnered with George Russell in Williams’s race line-up for next season. The 2019 cars will feature
Watch the highlights of the finest GT racing series in the world from 2015. The Blancpain GT Series. Iconic cars, tracks and drivers of the 2015 series. The Official YouTube channel of the Blancpain GT Series. Watch live races, exclusive driver interviews and all behind the scenes action from the world’s best GT Series. The
Pirelli has revealed its compound choices for the first four Formula 1 grands prix of the 2019 season in its new simplified designation of soft, medium and hard. Although those three basic names will be in play at each event, Pirelli has a new C1-C5 system for notifying which actual compound is being used on