| By Mark Glendenning | Friday, August 30th 2013, 15:13 GMT |
Penske's Will Power opened this weekend's IndyCar round in Baltimore by going fastest in the opening practice session
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| By Matt Beer | Thursday, August 29th 2013, 15:38 GMT |
Kurt Busch's new NASCAR employer Stewart-Haas will not stand in the way of his intention to contest the 2014 Indianapolis 500.
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| By Matt Beer | Thursday, August 29th 2013, 14:21 GMT |
Graham Rahal and his Rahal Letterman Lanigan team will carry out IndyCar's evaluation test on the Indianapolis road course on September 4.
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| By Sam Tremayne | Thursday, August 29th 2013, 15:46 GMT |
Scott Redding will graduate into MotoGP next year after signing for Honda's satellite Gresini squad
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| By Mark Glendenning | Wednesday, August 28th 2013, 14:23 GMT |
Plans for a possible IndyCar race on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway's road course have met with a cool response from the two current drivers with most victories at the venue
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| Wednesday, August 28th 2013, 15:00 GMT |
Kurt Busch's passionate attitude will be an ideal fit when he joins Stewart-Haas for the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup, reckons team co-owner Gene Haas
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| Wednesday, August 28th 2013, 15:26 GMT |
Harry Scott Jr has completed a deal to buy the Phoenix Racing NASCAR Sprint Cup team from James Finch
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| By Jonathan Noble | Friday, August 23rd 2013, 15:50 GMT |
Pirelli has played down fears of another tyre fiasco at the Belgian Grand Prix despite the punctures suffered by Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso on Friday
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| By Jonathan Noble and Sam Tremayne | Thursday, August 22nd 2013, 15:53 GMT |
Daniel Ricciardo insists his switch into Red Bull's Formula 1 squad is not a done deal, and that in his eyes the second seat is still "up for grabs"
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| By Edd and Matt Beer | Thursday, August 22nd 2013, 15:17 GMT |
Fernando Alonso says the public rebuke he earned from Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo at the start of the summer break was due to a misunderstanding that has now been resolved
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| By Jonathan Noble and Matt Beer | Thursday, August 22nd 2013, 15:37 GMT |
Lewis Hamilton insists he is ignoring pundits' suggestions that he is now Sebastian Vettel's main rival for the 2013 Formula 1 title, but admitted to feeling more motivated than ever
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| By Glenn Freeman | Wednesday, August 21st 2013, 14:56 GMT |
Antonio Felix da Costa believes that his recent mechanical gremlins in Formula Renault 3.5 should be solved following a short test in the series' summer break
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| By Sam Tremayne | Wednesday, August 21st 2013, 15:20 GMT |
Sergey Sirotkin will get his first taste of Formula 1 machinery in a Sochi demonstration run for Sauber next month
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| By Mark Glendenning | Wednesday, August 21st 2013, 15:48 GMT |
James Davison will get a second IndyCar opportunity after receiving a late call-up from Dale Coyne Racing to drive the team's second car at Sonoma this weekend
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| By Jamie O'Leary | Tuesday, August 20th 2013, 13:22 GMT |
Bruno Spengler has refused to throw in the towel in the race for the DTM title, despite a collision with an Audi driver resulting in a second pointless race in a row at the Nurburgring last weekend
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| By Matt Beer | Tuesday, August 20th 2013, 14:20 GMT |
Scottish teenager Aiden Moffat will become the youngest driver in British Touring Car Championship history after signing to race the Finesse Chevrolet for the rest of the season.
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| By Mark Glendenning | Tuesday, August 20th 2013, 14:51 GMT |
Mark Martin says that he feels "honoured" to have been given the call-up to replace the injured Tony Stewart in the #14 Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet for most of the remainder of the NASCAR Sprint Cup season
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| By Matt Beer | Monday, August 19th 2013, 13:15 GMT |
Jorge Lorenzo believes Yamaha now needs new development parts to have a chance of halting Honda's progress towards the 2013 MotoGP title
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| By Jonathan Noble | Monday, August 19th 2013, 14:37 GMT |
Daniel Ricciardo is now set to secure the second Red Bull Formula 1 seat for 2014, with talks between the team and Kimi Raikkonen having come to an end
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| By Gary Watkins | Sunday, August 18th 2013, 09:51 GMT |
Sebastien Loeb and Alavaro Parente claimed victory in the qualifying race at the Slovakia Ring FIA GT Series round
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| By Jamie O'Leary | Sunday, August 18th 2013, 13:06 GMT |
Robert Wickens took an improbable maiden DTM victory in a chaotic wet-and-dry race at the Nurburgring on Sunday
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| By Gary Watkins | Sunday, August 18th 2013, 14:07 GMT |
Gravity Charouz Mercedes duo Sergei Afanasiev and Andreas Simonsen claimed victory in the championship race at the Slovakia Ring FIA GT Series event
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| By Gary Watkins | Saturday, August 17th 2013, 15:51 GMT |
Rene Rast claimed pole position for the WRT Audi squad for the first of this weekend's two FIA GT Series races at the Slovakia Ring
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| By Matt Beer | Saturday, August 17th 2013, 15:56 GMT |
Ben Spies will miss this weekend's Indianapolis MotoGP race after sustaining a dislocated left shoulder in Saturday morning practice
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| By Connell Sanders Jr | Saturday, August 17th 2013, 15:59 GMT |
NASCAR Sprint Cup points leader Jimmie Johnson will have to start last for Sunday's Michigan race following a crash in Saturday's second practice session
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| By Peter Mills | Friday, August 16th 2013, 14:57 GMT |
Narain Karthikeyan secured his third consecutive Auto GP pole position at the Nurburgring
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| Friday, August 16th 2013, 15:27 GMT |
Sebastien Ogier says he is open to racing in the DTM after his World Rally Championship career, following a brief run in Audi's DTM car.
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| By Pablo Elizalde | Friday, August 16th 2013, 15:45 GMT |
Lotus Formula 1 driver Kimi Raikkonen made a surprise testing appearance at the wheel of a GP3 car on Friday at the Barcelona circui
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| By Edd Straw and Pablo Elizalde | Thursday, August 15th 2013, 11:31 GMT |
Felipe Massa believes the Formula 1 summer break will be crucial for Ferrari to try to regain its form after a difficult end to the first half of the season.
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| By Edd Straw and Pablo Elizalde | Thursday, August 15th 2013, 14:19 GMT |
Valtteri Bottas's performances during the first half of his maiden Formula 1 campaign have been 'spectacular', according to Williams deputy team principal Claire Williams
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| By Pablo Elizalde | Thursday, August 15th 2013, 15:39 GMT |
Stefan Bradl will remain with the LCR Honda team in next year's MotoGP World Championship
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| By Mark Glendenning | Wednesday, August 14th 2013, 13:33 GMT |
Dale Coyne has left the door open to a possible IndyCar race appearance by last year's Japanese Formula 3 champion Ryo Hirakawa following the teenager's debut test at Sonoma on Tuesday.
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| By Gary Watkins | Wednesday, August 14th 2013, 15:50 GMT |
Neel Jani is set to bid farewell to the Rebellion Racing LMP1 squad at the Petit Le Mans enduro at Road Atlanta in October.
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| By Gary Watkins | Wednesday, August 14th 2013, 15:14 GMT |
Nurburgring 24 Hours winner Nicki Thiim will replace the late Allan Simonsen in the Danish-crewed factory Aston Martin Vantage GTE at the Interlagos round of the World Endurance Championship next month.
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| Tuesday, August 13th 2013, 12:25 GMT |
Luca Filippi and JR Hildebrand will share Bryan Herta Autosports' IndyCar entry for the rest of the 2013 season.
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| By Matt Beer | Tuesday, August 13th 2013, 14:23 GMT |
Brian Vickers has secured a full-time Michael Waltrip Racing seat for the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup.
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| By Jonathan Noble and Matt Beer | Tuesday, August 13th 2013, 15:00 GMT |
Romain Grosjean believes his 2013 Formula 1 campaign has been much stronger than the results suggest
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| By Matt Beer | Monday, August 12th 2013, 14:38 GMT |
Two-time Champ Car champion and former Formula 1 team boss Gil de Ferran has become an ambassador for Formula E.
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| By David Evans and Matt Beer | Monday, August 12th 2013, 14:47 GMT |
Kris Meeke will replace Dani Sordo in the Citroen World Rally Championship team for next month's Rally Australia.
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| By Gary Watkins | Monday, August 12th 2013, 14:52 GMT |
Reigning FIA GT1 world champion Marc Basseng will race in the series' successor at the Slovakia Ring this weekend
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| By Scott Mitchell | Saturday, August 10th 2013, 16:14 GMT |
Lucas Luhr delivered a dominant American Le Mans Series pole position for Pickett Racing with a crushing performance in qualifying at Road America, while the SRT Viper notched up another GT pole
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| By Connell Sanders Jr | Saturday, August 10th 2013, 16:57 GMT |
Marcos Ambrose strengthened his bid for a third straight victory at Watkins Glen by claiming the third NASCAR Sprint Cup pole position of his career
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| By Marcus Simmons | Sunday, August 11th 2013, 11:39 GMT |
Felipe Guimaraes made the most of his opportunity to take his maiden British Formula 3 International Series win in the reversed-grid race Brands Hatc
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| By Connell Sanders Jr | Friday, August 9th 2013, 22:48 GMT |
Carl Edwards set the pace on a rain-shortened NASCAR Sprint Cup practice day at Watkins Glen
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| By Marcus Simmons | Saturday, August 10th 2013, 11:33 GMT |
Jazeman Jaafar made a strong return to British Formula 3 by taking his first pole positions in the category in qualifying at Brands Hatch
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| By Marcus Simmons | Saturday, August 10th 2013, 14:53 GMT |
Jazeman Jaafar held off a concerted race-long challenge from Jordan King to win the opening race of the British Formula 3 International Series weekend at Brands Hatch
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| By Kevin Turner | Friday, August 9th 2013, 13:07 GMT |
Paul O'Neill will return to the British Touring Car Championship at Knockhill, driving a Team Hard Vauxhall Insignia.
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| By Marcus Simmons | Friday, August 9th 2013, 14:23 GMT |
Jordan King topped Friday's two test sessions for he British Formula 3 International Series at Brands Hatch.
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| By Edd Straw | Friday, August 9th 2013, 15:49 GMT |
Lotus Formula 1 team chairman Gerard Lopez has hit out at reports that his team is in financial trouble.
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| By Ben Anderson | Thursday, August 8th 2013, 11:52 GMT |
British Formula Ford will become FIA Formula 4 in Britain if talks between the manufacturer and the international motorsport governing body come to fruition
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| By Pablo Elizalde | Thursday, August 8th 2013, 14:32 GMT |
Paul di Resta believes his Force India team has "let things slip" in the last few races and needs to raise its game after the summer break
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| By Pablo Elizalde | Thursday, August 8th 2013, 15:10 GMT |
Kurt Busch remains confident he can make the NASCAR Sprint Cup Chase this season despite not having won a race yet
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| By Jonathan Noble and Pablo Elizalde | Wednesday, August 7th 2013, 14:49 GMT |
Pirelli says Mercedes' form in the Hungarian Grand Prix had nothing to do with the new tyres introduced, but rather with something the team has done
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| By Edd Straw and Pablo Elizalde | Wednesday, August 7th 2013, 12:49 GMT |
Williams's push to continue developing its 2013 car is not compromising next year's machine, according to deputy team principal Claire Williams
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| By Kevin Turner | Wednesday, August 7th 2013, 13:03 GMT |
Porsche factory driver Nick Tandy will not make his British Touring Car race debut this season
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| By Kevin Turner | Tuesday, August 6th 2013, 12:10 GMT |
British Touring Car squad Team Hard will give Kieran Gallagher his series debut at the Knockhill round later this month
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| By David Evans and Matt Beer | Tuesday, August 6th 2013, 13:21 GMT |
Alex Wurz believes the Austrian Grand Prix will produce one of the most spectacular races of the Formula 1 season when the Spielberg track rejoins the calendar in 2014
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| By Peter Mills | Tuesday, August 6th 2013, 13:53 GMT |
Michela Cerruti will make her Auto GP debut for the MLR71 squad at the forthcoming Nurburgring round in August
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| By Jamie O'Leary | Monday, August 5th 2013, 13:59 GMT |
Mike Rockenfeller says he is not even daring to dream about becoming DTM champion, despite increasing his points advantage with his Russian win.
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| By Peter Mills | Monday, August 5th 2013, 14:30 GMT |
Auto GP race-winning team Virtuosi Racing is to support a new entry to the series called Comtec by Virtuosi for the remainder of the season.
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| By Kevin Turner | Monday, August 5th 2013, 15:46 GMT |
British Touring Car title contender Andrew Jordan will have a six-place grid penalty at the next round at Knockhill.
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| By Jamie O'Leary | Sunday, August 4th 2013, 13:03 GMT |
Mike Rockenfeller opened up a comfortable lead in the DTM title race by winning at Moscow Raceway while chief rival Bruno Spengler failed to score
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| Sunday, August 4th 2013, 14:12 GMT |
British Touring Car star Colin Turkington will join the Superstars Series grid for its UK races at Donington Park on September 1
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| By Kevin Turner | Sunday, August 4th 2013, 14:28 GMT |
Andrew Jordan won the second British Touring Car race at Snetterton after a controversial encounter
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| By David Evans | Friday, August 2nd 2013, 13:49 GMT |
Rally Finland officials are examining footage from the incident involving Kris Meeke and Evgeny Novikov on the second stage this morning.
The Russian driver pulled out onto the road in front of Meeke after crashing into a pile of logs on the Palsankyla stage.
Meeke then followed him for six miles before the heavily damaged Fiesta pulled over a corner from the finish.
The Qatar M-Sport team had instructed Novikov to pull over as soon as Meeke arrived on his tail.
The windscreen on Meeke's DS3 WRC had been peppered with stones and the lack of visibility forced him off the road and caused him to get a front-left puncture.
The Northern Irish driver was livid with Novikov and spoke to him at the end of the stage.
"I just asked him what he thought he was at," said Meeke. "You know, we're not playing out here and he's not a little boy.
"I think he really needs to learn some lessons."
Novikov said he didn't receive the instruction to pull over until the end of the stage.
"When I got the message," he said, "I pulled over straight away.
"I think the message was a bit too late and I am sorry about that.
"I spoke with Kris and told him I was sorry, but I couldn't see what was behind me because I had no time for the mirrors when I was trying to see through the smashed windscreen."
Meeke dropped around half a minute in the stage and this time could be credited back to him if the rally officials feel he was seriously impeded.
Qatar M-Sport team principal Malcolm Wilson apologised to Meeke and the Citroen team, but Yves Matton said: "We have no problem, this is not a team thing. But I think the driver needs educating..."
Meeke injured his finger while changing the puncture after the stage, but the Citroen medics sorted that out at lunchtime service.
| By Mark Glendenning | Friday, August 2nd 2013, 14:26 GMT |
Luca Filippi will make his IndyCar debut at Mid-Ohio this weekend with Bryan Herta Autosport, following on from his successful test with the team two days ago.
The Italian will replace Alex Tagliani, who has stood down from his seat by mutual agreement with the team as it works to reverse the poor results that have dogged it for much of the season.
Team owner Bryan Herta said that Filippi's feedback during his test convinced him that it was worth giving the 27-year-old an opportunity to race.
"Luca did a really good job during the test on Wednesday," Herta said. "We were very impressed with his quick adaptation to both a car and circuit that were completely new to him. We are all very excited to see how he does under race conditions."
Filippi said that he is looking forward to finally making his IndyCar debut after plans to run with Rahal Letterman Lanigan last year were thwarted by a last-minute sponsorship problem.
"I'm very grateful to BHA for this great opportunity because this is what I've been waiting for my whole life," he said.
"I'm really looking forward to the weekend. It was very good that we had an open test and I had a chance to work with the crew and engineers. I think we worked well together and they really looked after me.
"I like the Mid-Ohio circuit and the drivability of the car. I had a lot of fun at the test and we still have more time today to make improvements to get ready for tomorrow.
"Obviously I'm a rookie but I'm a racer and I'm competitive. I really want to do well and show that even though I have a different background, I can prove my abilities."
Filippi is best-known for his long and successful GP2 career, although he is also a race-winner in Auto GP and was a Honda Formula 1 test driver in 2008.
| By Mark Glendenning | Friday, August 2nd 2013, 15:57 GMT |
Scott Dixon continued his recent good form by topping the opening practice session for this weekend's IndyCar race at Mid-Ohio.
The Ganassi racer, who comes into the weekend having won the previous three races, finished the morning with a best lap of 1m05.7096s, putting him just 0.02 seconds ahead of team-mate Dario Franchitti.
Reigning series champion Ryan Hunter-Reay rounded out the top three.
A mostly uneventful session was punctuated by just one significant incident, when Marco Andretti stopped at the kink right before the chequered flag was due.
Luca Filippi, making his first appearance with Bryan Herta Autosport, completed just eight laps but managed to register the 19th-best time, while fellow debutant James Davison at Dale Coyne Racing finished up in 21st.
| By Scott Mitchell | Thursday, August 1st 2013, 13:09 GMT |
Thierry Neuville and Sebastien Ogier hold a joint lead of Rally Finland after sharing the stages wins on the opening afternoon.
Championship leader Ogier won the first and third stages, but dropped time in the second as Neuville went quickest.
The Frenchman was then the only driver to complete the Koukunmaa stage in under seven minutes, his run of 6m59.4s almost a second quicker than the Belgian could manage.
Mikko Hirvonen is just 1.1s behind the tied duo, as even the 8.5-mile SS3 failed to spread out the leaders.
Ogier's VW team-mate Jari-Matti Latvala should also be in the fight, but damaged a suspension arm during the second stage after finishing behind the lead Polo on the first.
A superb run from Kris Meeke helped him claim third on SS3 and hold seventh position on his competitive debut in the Abu Dhabi Citroen DS3.
He was 14s ahead of Citroen regular Dani Sordo, who continued to struggle in the lower reaches of the top 10.
Jari Ketomaa led the early WRC2 running, with a strong lead over Hayden Paddon and Elfyn Evans. Robert Kubica lies fourth, a further 4.5s in arrears.
Pos Driver Car Time/Gap 1. Thierry Neuville M-Sport Ford 14m07.7s 2. Sebastien Ogier VW +0.0s 3. Mikko Hirvonen Citroen +1.1s 4. Mads Ostberg M-Sport Ford +2.9s 5. Evgeny Novikov M-Sport Ford +8.3s 6. Andreas Mikkelsen VW +10.4s 7. Kris Meeke Citroen +11.9s 8. Juho Hanninen Hanninen Ford +12.9s 9. Dani Sordo Citroen +26.6s 10. Jari Ketomaa Autotek Ford +35.8s
| By Jonathan Noble | Thursday, August 1st 2013, 11:40 GMT |
Daniel Ricciardo says he is revelling in the increased attention surrounding him as he bids to secure a Red Bull seat for 2014.
The Australian is on the shortlist of candidates to line-up alongside Sebastian Vettel next year.
But he has to convince the team's bosses that he is a better prospect than experienced drivers like Kimi Raikkonen and Fernando Alonso.
Ricciardo is doing his chances no harm with a run of strong qualifying performances in the last few races, and impressed Red Bull during an audition during the recent Silverstone young driver test.
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He admits that rather than feel that the pressure to show well is a burden, he reckons it is inspiring him to do even better.
"I don't not like it," he said about the spotlight being on him. "I'm not saying I like all the extra media and all that, but behind the scenes, the odd phone call here and there telling me that this weekend is important, is good fun.
"It is what some of us enjoy about the sport. It is about pushing yourself when everyone is watching and, when you can prove it in front of a lot of eyes, then that is a rewarding feeling."
Irrespective of the need to do well if he is to stand a chance of the Red Bull seat, Ricciardo thinks he is at that stage of his career when it is essential he steps up his game anyway.
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"Each race you do in F1, you expect more from yourself," he explained. "After doing more than two seasons, it is time I really have to start proving myself, even moving all the Red Bull stuff aside.
"It is really a time in my young career that I need to start impressing some people. So there is a bit of extra pressure, but motivation as well."
| By Pablo Elizalde | Thursday, August 1st 2013, 15:54 GMT |
Pirelli will return to the World Rally Championship next year, the FIA confirmed on Thursday.
The Italian manufacturer, Formula 1's single tyre supplier, will join Michelin, DMACK and Hankook in the WRC from next season.
Pirelli left the sport at the end of 2010 to concentrate its efforts on Formula 1.
The company had been the WRC's control tyre supplier for three years before leaving.
"We are obviously very pleased to have competition between four manufacturers next year, three of whom are already supporting our Championships," said the FIA's rally director Jarmo Mahonen.
"Having Pirelli return to the series is also very positive, and together these four brands will provide a great platform for open competition as well as choice and variety for our competitors."
