Ferrari Driver Academy head Massimo Rivola is leaving the Italian Formula 1 team to join the Aprilia MotoGP squad. An Aprilia spokesperson confirmed Rivola’s move to Autosport, although it is not yet clear how Rivola will fit in with the Gresini-run operation’s existing management structure, which is currently headed by Romano Albesiano. Rivola has run
Pirelli is hopeful it has addressed several key areas that impacted Formula 1 races negatively in 2018 after the teams gained experience with their ’19 tyre compounds this week. Abu Dhabi’s two-day tyre test was an opportunity for all 10 teams to trial the new compounds, all of which have a revised construction and thinner
5:56 AM ET Max Verstappen wishes he’d had a chance to fight a competitive Fernando Alonso in their time on the grid together. In an exclusive interview, Fernando Alonso gives his reasons for leaving F1 and explains why he has no plans to come back. Fernando Alonso is leaving F1 with just two world titles
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Take a lap around Daytona International Speedway with Andy Lally in the No. 44 Magnus Racing Audi R8 LM8 GT3. Follow the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship race live from Daytona on Saturday, January 27, beginning at 2:00 p.m ET on FOX.
Rally GB clerk of the course Iain Campbell says virtual chicanes can provide a safe, sensible and cost-effective solution to slowing World Rally Cars down in dangerous places. Campbell was one of many high-ranking officials to contact Autosport backing the use of already available technology from the WRC’s timing and tracking partner RallySafe. An issue
LCR rider Takaaki Nakagami topped the final day of MotoGP testing of 2018 at Jerez, edging out Honda stablemate Marc Marquez by just 0.025 seconds. Nakagami, riding injured team-mate Cal Crutchlow’s old 2018-spec Honda, logged his fastest time of the day, a 1m37.945s, with a little over an hour to run to displace Marquez at
Formula 1 has witnessed a “new” Lewis Hamilton after winning the final two races of the season following his title success, says his Mercedes boss Toto Wolff. Hamilton notably lost the 2016 title to team-mate and rival Nico Rosberg after a lukewarm end to the prior season in which he was outmatched by the German
8:28 AM ET Brendon Hartley insists he feels like his Formula One career has simply been “put on hold” after losing his Toro Rosso drive for 2019. On Monday, Toro Rosso confirmed British-Thai driver Alexander Albon, who finished third in Formula Two this year, will replace Hartley next season. Hartley’s seat had been at risk
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New factory Ducati MotoGP rider Danilo Petrucci set the pace on the penultimate day of 2018 testing at Jerez ahead of team-mate Andrea Dovizioso. Petrucci leapt to the top of the timesheets at the start of the final hour of running, becoming the first and only rider on the day to break the 1m38s barrier
Marcus Ericsson suggests he does not see much use in his reserve-driver role at the Sauber Formula 1 team as he focuses on racing in IndyCar in 2019. Ericsson will be replaced by Antonio Giovinazzi at Sauber, but will continue to work with the squad he has raced for since 2015 as its reserve driver
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,
2:50 AM ET The all-female racing series, Formula W, has announced the names of more than 50 drivers who will enter a selection process to claim a place on the 2019 grid. The series will select 18 women to take part in the inaugural season, which will get underway at Hockenheim on May 3 next
Andrea Dovizioso says he is in “big pain” after crashing on day one of MotoGP’s post-season Jerez test and will need his discomfort to be “acceptable” to ride on Thursday. Dovizioso ended the penultimate day of 2018 running second-fastest behind new factory Ducati team-mate Danilo Petrucci. But the Italian’s day ended early with a crash
Racing Point Force India Formula 1 boss Otmar Szafnauer says mistakes in the last few races cost his team a shot at recovering to sixth place in the world championship. The Silverstone-based team lost the points it scored before its ownership change during the summer, and it eventually finished 10 points shy of McLaren, and
6:56 AM ET Formula One’s managing director of motorsport, Ross Brawn, has labelled the gap between the sport’s top three teams and the rest of the field “unacceptable”. Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull have won every race in Formula One since the start of the 2014 season and the performance gap between those three and
Watch Antonio Cairoli at the start of the first Moto in his home country race in Maggiora Italy.
Take a lap around Sebring International Raceway with Markus Palttala in the No. 96 Turner Motorsport BMW M6 GT3. Follow the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship race live from Sebring on Saturday, March 17, beginning at 10:30 a.m ET on FS1.
Thierry Neuville has warned his Hyundai World Rally Championship team that it has “no chance” of beating Ott Tanak and Toyota in 2019 without a step up in car development. As the runner-up in the 2018 drivers’ standings, Neuville has not restricted his criticism his team’s management, as he also lambasted his Hyundai team-mates for
Valentino Rossi says the engine developments Yamaha brought to the Valencia and Jerez MotoGP post-season tests will not be good enough to elevate the manufacturer into contention for victories. Rossi was only 17th on the first day of the post-season Jerez test and, although that was partly down to a mechanical failure while he was
Daniel Ricciardo admits that Red Bull’s surge of form in the latter part of 2018 was “confusing” as there was no obvious explanation for the improved pace of the RB14. Red Bull pinned its hopes on a good race in Mexico, because the high altitude closed the gap between its Renault engine compared to Ferrari
Kimi Raikkonen, Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton enter the 2007 Brazilian Grand Prix locked in a three-way battle for the drivers’ championship – which would be decided by one point. For more F1® videos and all the action, anytime, anywhere, visit http://www.Formula1.com
9:53 AM ET ABU DHABI — Ferrari’s new signing Charles Leclerc finished at the top of the timesheets on the final day of Formula One action in 2018. The second day of Abu Dhabi’s post-season test saw all ten teams take to the Yas Marina circuit as they continued to gain an understanding of next
The factory Skoda World Rally Championship WRC2 squad will scale down to a line-up of defending champion Jan Kopecky and rising star Kalle Rovanpera, with Pontus Tidemand exiting the team. Kopecky and Rovanpera will drive the Skoda Fabia R5 cars, with Skoda slimming its driver line-up from five crews to two. Speaking at Skoda Motorsport’s
Charles Leclerc started life as a Ferrari Formula 1 driver by beating Sebastian Vettel’s Tuesday benchmark and topping the times as the second day of testing began in Abu Dhabi. The Monegasque is preparing for his graduation to Ferrari in 2019 after ending his rookie season with Sauber in last weekend’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
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4:06 AM ET Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel has admitted he underperformed at times during the 2018 Formula One season and says he needs time to recover from an “exhausting year”. Despite a strong first half to the year, Vettel was out of title contention with two rounds remaining as he failed to match eventual champion Lewis
Aprilia’s Aleix Espargaro has been ruled out of the final MotoGP test of 2018 at Jerez after being hospitalised with gastritis, and will be replaced by test rider Bradley Smith. Espargaro contested the first ’19 pre-season test in Valencia last week, and was 10th on the combined times after two days of running on an