Massive Crash that both drivers walked away from. 200km hour crash of two GT Cars at the Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 hour race 2018. 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
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,
The 15-year-old who took a Moto3 win on his series debut last weekend has been tipped as a certain future MotoGP star by top riders. Turkish rider Can Oncu won the 2018 title in the Red Bull Rookies Cup junior series that supports several MotoGP rounds and was given an Ajo KTM Moto3 seat for
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Injured IndyCar driver Robert Wickens’s latest social media update on his recovery shows him progressing with gait training – the process of learning to walk again. The Canadian, who suffered a spinal cord injury in a 200mph-plus shunt at Pocono Raceway in August, posted a video to Instagram and Twitter. In it, he turns to
10:43 PM ET Laine Clark Jamie Whincup says he will do whatever he can to help teammate Shane van Gisbergen win the Supercars championship this weekend. And he has not ruled out using controversial team orders. Ford fans were livid when Whincup, who is out of title contention, appeared to dramatically slow down at the
5:31 AM ET Laurence Edmondson Close F1 Editor • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Nate Saunders Close F1 Associate Editor • Previously worked in rugby union and British Superbikes • History graduate from Reading University• Joined ESPNF1 in February 2014 Fernando Alonso is leaving Formula One as a two-time world champion — but those
5:18 AM ET At least seven female racing drivers will take part in a Formula E test in Saudi Arabia after the country hosts the season-opening race next month, the all-electric series said on Tuesday. The test, involving all the teams, will be a day after the December 15 race on the streets of Ad
American Ryan Hardwick was crowned Lamborghini Super Trofeo AM class champion with a third-place finish in Sunday’s World Finals races at Vallelunga. The Dream Racing Motorsport racer started on the front row and ran second early on behind eventual race winner Damon Ockey. Hardwick slipped behind the Dorr Motorsport duo of Manuel Lauck and Florian
The FIA has come under pressure to introduce ‘virtual chicanes’ in the World Rally Championship following the Rally Australia tractor incident. Last Friday Hyundai driver Andreas Mikkelsen was forced to overtake a tractor travelling down the Sherwood stage, and crashed shortly afterwards. The FIA is investigating the incident. The tractor had been used to rebuild
Marc Marquez said his bold tyre choice for the MotoGP season finale at Valencia was his “first big mistake” of the 2018 campaign. Marquez, who had sealed his fifth MotoGP title with three races to spare, had been on the podium on all but three GPs this season heading into Valencia – missing out only
Fernando Alonso will return to the Indianapolis 500 with McLaren in 2019 as he bids to complete motorsport’s unofficial Triple Crown. The two-time F1 world champion will step away from McLaren’s grand prix team at the end of this season, but beyond completing the 2018-19 World Endurance Championship superseason with Toyota, he had nothing else
The McLaren Formula 1 team’s 2019 Indianapolis 500 effort will be a “separate team”, rather than an affiliation similar fashion to its partnership with Andretti Autosport in ’17. McLaren’s first attempt on the Indy 500 with Fernando Alonso came in an Andretti-run car under the McLaren banner, but with the presence of F1 team veteran
The 2019 Indy Lights champion will receive an increased financial prize for winning the series, despite Mazda’s withdrawal from the Road to Indy scheme at the end of this year. Mazda announced earlier this year it will end its $5million annual backing of the Road to Indy ladder, while still honouring the scholarships of 2018’s
IndyCar chiefs are beginning formal talks about bringing Surfers Paradise back onto the calendar, possibly as soon as 2020. Discussions have been triggered by a meeting between 2014 IndyCar champion and ’18 Indianapolis 500 winner Will Power and Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk. This week Mark Miles, CEO of IndyCar owner Hulman & Co, and IndyCar’s
Jordan King will compete in the 2019 Indianapolis 500 with IndyCar team Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing. King made his IndyCar debut with Ed Carpenter Racing in 2018, driving on the road and street courses in a shared ride with team boss Ed Carpenter. The British driver had been searching for a full-time ride for the
McLaren Formula 1 driver Fernando Alonso will return to the Indianapolis 500 in 2019 for his second attempt on IndyCar’s most famous race. In this latest video, Autosport.com Editor Glenn Freeman is joined by Autosport’s American Racing Reporter Tom Errington and F1 Racing Editor Ben Anderson. The trio discuss whether Alonso will find the Indy
Former Force India Formula 1 deputy team principal Bob Fernley has been named president of McLaren’s IndyCar programme. McLaren announced during the Brazilian Grand Prix weekend that Fernando Alonso would return to the Indianapolis 500 in 2019 with McLaren under a new banner known as McLaren Racing. The team intends to use its own staff,
Indy Lights champion Patricio O’Ward believes if he and Harding Racing can “put everything together” then he can be challenging for wins in his first IndyCar season. The 19-year-old Mexican caused a sensation when he made the ‘Fast Six’ pole shootout in qualifying for his IndyCar debut at this year’s season finale at Sonoma. Although
IndyCar boss Mark Miles described initial talks about the possibility of running a race on the Gold Coast as “encouraging” after a visit to Australia. Miles, CEO of Hulman & Company, which owns the series and Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and Stephen Starks, IndyCar’s VP of promoter and media partner relations, made the trip to investigate
Santino Ferrucci will contest the full 2019 IndyCar Series season as team-mate to Sebastien Bourdais at Dale Coyne Racing. The 20-year-old former Formula 2 racer made four starts with Coyne this season, and was unlucky not to score a top 10 finish at Portland. His 2019 deal was announced by the Wasserman Media Group, which
This weekend, the 2018 NASCAR Cup series champion will be decided at Homestead from four contenders, but an earlier race may have hinted at who the title winner will be. Chicago is the only other Cup race to use the exact same Goodyear tyre compound as Homestead, because both 1.5-mile speedways are the most abrasive
Kyle Busch says non-contenders for the NASCAR Cup title should give the ‘Final Four’ who can win the crown “that extra quarter-inch” of racing room this weekend. Speaking on the media day ahead of the championship decider, Busch said he expects those outside of the title contenders to race for the win at Homestead, but
Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota driver Denny Hamlin took pole for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series title decider at Homestead, with Kyle Busch the highest-placed of the four title contenders in second. Hamlin – who won this event in 2013 but is winless so far this season – set a late flying lap of 31.059s around the
Denny Hamlin has forfeitted the coveted number one pitbox after winning pole for the NASCAR Cup Series finale at Homestead, handing it to his Joe Gibbs Racing team-mate Kyle Busch. Hamlin upstaged the final four championship contenders to earn pole for the Homestead finale. But after winning the pole, there were immediate discussions regarding giving
Defending NASCAR Cup series champion Martin Truex Jr says it is “eye for an eye” if he finds Joey Logano in front of him during the title decider at Homestead. Truex and Logano clashed earlier in the playoffs at Martinsville when the Penske driver collided with the Furniture Row Racing man on the final lap
Tyler Reddick has won the 2018 NASCAR Xfinity series championship after victory at Homestead, driving for Dale Earnhardt Jr’s JR Motorsports team. Reddick, 22, left it late to surge to a comfortable victory in a race that didn’t have a single caution, and was dominated by final four rival Cole Custer early in the race.
Joey Logano won the 2018 NASCAR Cup series title in a dramatic 15-lap shootout following a late caution at Homestead that pitched the final four contenders into a head-to-head battle. The Penske driver led more laps than any of his other ‘final four’ rivals – Martin Truex Jr, Kyle Busch and Kevin Harvick – but