| Wednesday, April 30th 2014, 13:18 GMT |
Juan Pablo Montoya will return to the NASCAR Sprint Cup for two appearances with Penske alongside his IndyCar Series commitments
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| By Edd Straw | Wednesday, April 30th 2014, 12:45 GMT |
Luca di Montezmolo claims that he was in talks with Ayrton Senna that could have brought the Brazilian to the Ferrari Formula 1 team when he was killed in 1994
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| By Jonathan Noble | Wednesday, April 30th 2014, 15:56 GMT |
Perceptions of Ayrton Senna as arguably Formula 1's greatest driver are not just the result of his life being cut short in its prime, says his former boss Ron Dennis
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| By Gary Anderson | Tuesday, April 29th 2014, 15:18 GMT |
Nissan is confident that its ZEOD RC racer will hit its stated objectives in the Le Mans 24 Hours, including the first all-electric lap of the Circuit de la Sarthe.
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| By Mark Glendenning | Tuesday, April 29th 2014, 15:27 GMT |
Sage Karam has signed a multi-year driver development deal with Chip Ganassi Racing; an arrangement that will begin with the reigning Indy Lights champion entering this year's Indianapolis 500
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| By Edd Straw | Tuesday, April 29th 2014, 15:41 GMT |
Valtteri Bottas believes the Spanish Grand Prix will be key to the Williams team's hopes of continuing its strong start to the Formula 1 season.
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| By David Evans | Monday, April 28th 2014, 13:42 GMT |
Andrew Coe's surprise departure from Rally GB and the MSA might have come as a shock, but there were those who predicted this as far back as 2009
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| By Ben Anderson | Monday, April 28th 2014, 14:09 GMT |
Nico Hulkenberg is surprised by how competitive his Force India team has been in the early part of the new Formula 1 season
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| By Gary Watkins | Monday, April 28th 2014, 14:52 GMT |
Toyota will run its two TS040 HYBRIDs in low-downforce Le Mans configuration in this weekend's Spa World Endurance Championship event.
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| By Mark Glendenning | Sunday, April 27th 2014, 14:28 GMT |
Gabby Chaves will start the second of this weekend's Indy Lights races at Barber from pole position, with his main title rival Zach Veach lining up alongside him on the front row
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| Sunday, April 27th 2014, 14:56 GMT |
Valentino Rossi's Moto3 team took a controversial first victory with Romano Fenati at Termas de Rio Hondo in Argentina
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| Sunday, April 27th 2014, 15:25 GMT |
Simona de Silvestro completed her first Formula 1 test on Sunday after a two-day session at the Fiorano circuit in Italy
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| Saturday, April 26th 2014, 13:42 GMT |
Marc Marquez remained the man to beat in the third MotoGP practice session at the Termas de Rio Hondo circuit in Argentina.
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| Saturday, April 26th 2014, 12:17 GMT |
Former grand prix driver Juan Pablo Montoya believes DRS is good for the Formula 1 spectacle, but feels it has devalued the art of overtaking
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| By Glenn Freeman | Saturday, April 26th 2014, 13:29 GMT |
Carlos Sainz Jr took another dominant Formula Renault 3.5 victory in the opening race of the weekend at Aragon.
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| By Ben Anderson | Friday, April 25th 2014, 15:14 GMT |
Felipe Massa is driving with more freedom since swapping the Ferrari Formula 1 team for Williams, according to his former race engineer Rob Smedley
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| Friday, April 25th 2014, 14:16 GMT |
Jorge Lorenzo was quickest as the MotoGP field explored Argentina's Termas de Rio Hondo track for the first time.
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| By Gary Watkins | Friday, April 25th 2014, 15:47 GMT |
The Millennium Racing LMP2 squad run by the British Delta-ADR team will be unable to join the World Endurance Championship at Spa at the start of May.
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| By Mark Glendenning | Thursday, April 24th 2014, 15:40 GMT |
Parker Kligerman is out of a drive following a restructuring within NASCAR Sprint Cup team Swan Racing
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| By Mark Glendenning | Thursday, April 24th 2014, 13:53 GMT |
Takuma Sato believes that sheer scale of work required to bring the Long Beach street circuit up to grand prix standard makes a mooted Formula 1 return unlikely
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| By Jonathan Noble | Thursday, April 24th 2014, 15:20 GMT |
Bernie Ecclestone reiterated his innocence of bribery charges on Thursday as the Formula 1 supremo's high-profile court case in Germany got underway
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| By Gary Watkins | Wednesday, April 23rd 2014, 11:45 GMT |
GP2 driver Jon Lancaster will make his Le Mans 24 Hours debut with the Swiss Race Performance LMP2 team in June
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| By Mark Glendenning | Wednesday, April 23rd 2014, 14:48 GMT |
Franck Montagny will return to IndyCar after an extended absence next month to drive a fifth Andretti Autosport entry for the Indianapolis road course race
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| By Ben Anderson | Wednesday, April 23rd 2014, 15:33 GMT |
Romain Grosjean says Lotus is now the second best Renault team in Formula 1 after running in the top 10 in the Chinese Grand Prix
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| Tuesday, April 22nd 2014, 15:10 GMT |
AUTOSPORT has been involved in the development of a motorsport game for the first time in its history, working with Codemasters Racing on its new title 'Grid Autosport'.
The game, which is released on June 24 in the USA and June 27 in Europe, has been created with the intention of taking the 'Grid' series back towards the classic 'TOCA Touring Cars' racing games.
When the BTCC was king of the racing games
The game will feature several areas of motorsport, ranging from touring cars to endurance racing, single-seaters, street racing and drift events.
Journalists from AUTOSPORT have been involved in the development of the handling model for the cars, with the emphasis being on creating a title that will appeal to racing fans as well as gamers.
"The design philosophy was to create a really focused racing game," said chief games designer James Nicholls.
"We've jettisoned anything that doesn't support the on-track competition and we've chosen a selection of cars and tracks that will give players a range of different racing experiences."
AUTOSPORT's Simon Strang added: "The TOCA games were an office favourite back in the day, so when Codemasters said they wanted to take the series back to its core fanbase we got stuck in to help.
"Many of our guys that helped with the handling are either elite former racers or active amateurs, so Codemasters were able to extract aspects of knowledge and understanding that would otherwise slip by.
"While you want the cars to feel authentic, you don't necessarily want to spend hours mastering it, and we hope that the balance is struck right for the players of the game."
| By Gary Watkins | Tuesday, April 22nd 2014, 14:29 GMT |
Giorgio Pianta, who had a long and varied career as a test driver, motorsport manager and racer, has died at the age of 78.
The Italian is perhaps best remembered as test driver, his role when he joined the Fiat Group's Abarth competitions department in the mid-1970s.
He helped develop the Fiat 131 Abarth with which Walter Rohrl took the 1980 World Rally Championship drivers' title and Fiat the manufacturers' crown
Pianta's abilities meant he was quickly promoted within the Abarth organisation and he took on more management responsibilities on the Lancia Rallye 037 and Delta S4 Group B progammes.
That led on to him being put in charge of racing activities at Alfa Romeo after it was incorporated into Fiat in 1986.
Former Lancia motorsport boss Cesare Fiorio told AUTOSPORT: "Giorgio was the guy who decided the set-up of all the rally cars.
"You always need a good driver to do that and he was a good driver, but he also had good technical solutions.
"That's why I gave him more responsibility in terms of the organisation of the service of the rally cars."
Pianta went on to have a 10-year career at Alfa Corse.
He oversaw Alfa's DTM triumph with Nicola Larini and the four-wheel-drive 155 V6 TI in 1993 and its early successes in the Super Touring category, including Gabriele Tarquini's triumph in the British Touring Car Championship in 1994.
Pianta left Alfa Romeo suddenly ahead of the end of the 1996 International Touring Car season, but continued to work for the Italian motorsport federation on a consultancy basis.
He started competing in the late 1950s at the wheel of a Fiat 1100 103 touring car and went on to enjoy success in both racing and rallying.
His career took him through, briefly, Formula 2 and Formula 3, included starts in the Le Mans 24 Hours and the Targa Florio and a stint with the Conrero Opel touring car team.
Pianta was also given occasional appearances aboard both factory and privateer Lancia Beta Montecarlo Group 5 sportscars during his time with the Italian manufacturer.
He made a one-off Formula 1 start in the British Aurora series, finishing fifth at Nogaro in 1979 at the wheel of a David Price Racing-run Williams FW06.
| Tuesday, April 22nd 2014, 15:23 GMT |
Ex-Lotus Formula 1 junior Richie Stanaway will return to full-time single-seater racing this year with Status Grand Prix in GP3.
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| By Ben Anderson | Monday, April 21st 2014, 14:14 GMT |
Kimi Raikkonen suspects his Formula 1 driving style was the reason for his lack of competitiveness in the Chinese Grand Prix.
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| By Gary Watkins | Monday, April 21st 2014, 14:58 GMT |
Mark Webber has heralded Porsche's podium in the Silverstone World Endurance Championship opener at the weekend as "massive step" for the German manufacturer on its return to top-flight sportscar racing
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| By David Evans | Monday, April 21st 2014, 15:24 GMT |
Peugeot will face a race against time to solve teething troubles that forced the retirement of both factory 208 T16s on last week's Circuit of Ireland
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| By Kevin Turner | Sunday, April 20th 2014, 14:22 GMT |
Sam Tordoff beat MG team-mate Jason Plato to win a dramatic wet second British Touring Car Championship race at Donington Park
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| Sunday, April 20th 2014, 13:25 GMT |
WRT Audi duo Laurens Vanthoor and Cesar Ramos dominated the Blancpain Sprint Series qualifying race at Nogaro in rainy conditions
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| By Peter Mills | Sunday, April 20th 2014, 14:46 GMT |
Kevin Giovesi finally converted his qualifying pace into an Auto GP victory in race two at a wet Paul Ricard
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| By Peter Mills | Saturday, April 19th 2014, 14:54 GMT |
Sebastien Loeb delighted the home crowd at Paul Ricard by opening his 2014 World Touring Car Championship pole position account
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| By Jack Benyon | Saturday, April 19th 2014, 14:43 GMT |
Jeroen Bleekemolen topped a frantic Blancpain Sprint series qualifying session at Nogaro
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| By Kevin Turner | Saturday, April 19th 2014, 15:26 GMT |
Jason Plato took pole position for the first British Touring Car race at Donington Park
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| By Marcus Simmons | Friday, April 18th 2014, 13:51 GMT |
Tom Blomqvist struck back for the experienced racers by beating a trio of rookies to the first Formula 3 European Championship pole position of the season at Silverstone
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| By Jonathan Noble | Friday, April 18th 2014, 14:51 GMT |
Formula 1's big teams are not blind to the financial struggles the smaller outfits are facing, insists Red Bull boss Christian Horner.
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| By Peter Mills | Friday, April 18th 2014, 15:45 GMT |
Tamas Pal Kiss set the fastest time in Auto GP free practice at Paul Ricard on Friday.
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| Thursday, April 17th 2014, 15:15 GMT |
Emil Bernstorff ended pre-season GP3 testing on top as he set the fastest time for Carlin at Barcelona on Thursday
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| Thursday, April 17th 2014, 15:33 GMT |
Formula E has released details of the Malaysian circuit that will host the second round of the series later this year
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| By Hal Ridge | Thursday, April 17th 2014, 15:49 GMT |
FIA World Rallycross Championship driver Anton Marklund will take a break from the series after the AUTOSPORT-backed round at Lydden Hill to contest the Summer X Games in America
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| By Jonathan Noble | Wednesday, April 16th 2014, 14:21 GMT |
Formula 1's top teams have defended their decision to scupper a 2015 cost cap, insisting that it would have been wrong for the sport
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| By Glenn Freeman | Wednesday, April 16th 2014, 14:58 GMT |
Renault Sport has backed Carlin's decision to sit out the beginning of the 2014 Formula Renault 3.5 season
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| Wednesday, April 16th 2014, 15:58 GMT |
Nick Yelloly set the pace on the opening day of the final 2014 GP3 pre-season test at Barcelona
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| By David Evans | Tuesday, April 15th 2014, 15:11 GMT |
PSA chief executive office Carlos Tavares has backed Citroen's twin world title bid this season, despite the French car firm's tough financial situation.
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| By Gary Watkins | Tuesday, April 15th 2014, 15:30 GMT |
Former grand prix driver Giorgio Pantano is stepping up to the Blancpain Sprint Series with the Bhaitech McLaren team for 2014.
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| By Gary Watkins | Tuesday, April 15th 2014, 15:40 GMT |
Audi has expressed frustration at changes to the LMP1 fuel allocations ahead of this weekend's World Endurance Championship opener at Silverstone
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| By Edd Straw | Monday, April 14th 2014, 15:12 GMT |
Mercedes has called for Red Bull to be given further punishment on top of Daniel Ricciardo's exclusion from the Australian Grand Prix, with Formula 1's ruling body set to deliver its verdict tomorrow.
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| By Jonathan Noble | Monday, April 14th 2014, 15:35 GMT |
Ferrari's bosses are convinced that the relatively unknown Marco Mattiacci is just who its Formula 1 team needs to lead it to the front of the grid
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| By Gary Watkins | Monday, April 14th 2014, 15:45 GMT |
The all-new Strakka Dome LMP2 coupe will be absent from this weekend's World Endurance Championship opener at Silverstone and round two at Spa in May.
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| By Peter Mills | Saturday, April 12th 2014, 13:53 GMT |
Kimiya Sato claimed victory in an incident-packed opening race of the 2014 Auto GP season in Marrakech.
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| By Peter Mills | Saturday, April 12th 2014, 15:03 GMT |
Former TC2000 champion Jose Maria Lopez gave Citroen a debut pole position for the opening round of the World Touring Car Championship in Marrakech.
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| By Glenn Freeman | Saturday, April 12th 2014, 15:18 GMT |
Will Stevens took a dominant maiden victory in the Formula Renault 3.5 season opener at Monza, as several of his frontrunning rivals hit trouble early on.
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| Friday, April 11th 2014, 15:45 GMT |
Marc Marquez left his MotoGP rivals trailing in the opening Friday practice session at Austin.
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| Friday, April 11th 2014, 15:06 GMT |
Jimmy Eriksson finished on top of the times on the second and final day of GP3 testing at the Jerez circuit
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| By Gary Watkins | Friday, April 11th 2014, 15:51 GMT |
The German Lotus squad's new T129 LMP1 World Endurance Championship challenger will miss the opening round of the series at Silverstone on April 20
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| Thursday, April 10th 2014, 14:59 GMT |
Roberto Merhi will compete in the Formula Renault 3.5 series after being confirmed at the Zeta Corse team for the 2014 season
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| By Jonathan Noble | Thursday, April 10th 2014, 15:10 GMT |
Sergio Perez has revealed that he came close to quitting Formula 1 last year after losing his place at McLaren.
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| Thursday, April 10th 2014, 15:43 GMT |
Nick Yelloly posted the quickest time on the opening day of the second GP3 test for 2014 at the Jerez circuit
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| Wednesday, April 9th 2014, 13:13 GMT |
Valentino Rossi believes he needs to 'confirm' his return to the front of the MotoGP field in this weekend's Austin race to show his Qatar pace was no one-off
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| Wednesday, April 9th 2014, 15:33 GMT |
Mercedes was again the team to beat in Bahrain, as Lewis Hamilton topped the timesheets on the final day of the first Formula 1 in-season test of 2014
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| Wednesday, April 9th 2014, 15:48 GMT |
Former Lotus Formula 1 reserve driver and 2012 GP2 champion Davide Valsecchi will return to racing in the International GT Open series this year
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| By Ben Anderson | Tuesday, April 8th 2014, 13:42 GMT |
Fernando Alonso does not think the Ferrari Formula 1 team will be in such bad shape in forthcoming grands prix as upcoming track layouts will suit the F14 T better.
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| Tuesday, April 8th 2014, 14:13 GMT |
Mercedes has announced its team split for the 2014 DTM season, with flagship squad HWA expanding to five entries.
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| Tuesday, April 8th 2014, 15:41 GMT |
Mercedes continued its dominance of Formula 1 in Bahrain, as Nico Rosberg set the pace on the first of two days of post-race testing at the Sakhir circuit
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| By Jonathan Noble | Monday, April 7th 2014, 14:02 GMT |
Formula 1 itself was the biggest winner from the thrilling Bahrain Grand Prix, reckon leading paddock figures.
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| By Ben Anderson and Glenn Freeman | Monday, April 7th 2014, 15:01 GMT |
Formula Renault 3.5 championship-winning team Carlin will not be on the grid for the first round of the 2014 season, team boss Trevor Carlin has confirmed.
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| By Ben Anderson | Monday, April 7th 2014, 15:49 GMT |
FIA president Jean Todt has dismissed concerns that Formula 1 drivers are being forced into extreme dieting that compromises their safety, despite Jean-Eric Vergne being hospitalised earlier this year.
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| By Jonathan Noble | Sunday, April 6th 2014, 12:10 GMT |
Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo says his push to make Formula 1 more 'extreme' again is not about trying to make his team more competitive
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| By Charles Bradley | Sunday, April 6th 2014, 12:32 GMT |
Jolyon Palmer took the lead of the GP2 Series in Bahrain on Sunday by winning the sprint race for DAMS
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| By Jonathan Noble | Sunday, April 6th 2014, 15:07 GMT |
Formula 1 teams and the sport's bosses have agreed to look in to ways to make the current cars louder, following complaints about the noise.
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| By David Evans | Saturday, April 5th 2014, 13:45 GMT |
Manufacturer drivers have been ordered not to speak to television crews in Portugal in the latest escalation in the dispute between the World Rally Championship teams and promoter
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| By Jonathan Noble | Saturday, April 5th 2014, 13:22 GMT |
The Bahrain Grand Prix is to remain a night Formula 1 race, the circuit boss has confirmed
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| By Jonathan Noble | Saturday, April 5th 2014, 14:58 GMT |
Formula 1 drivers have been warned not to now abuse the exit of Turn 4 at the Bahrain Grand Prix circuit following the removal of the kerb on Friday night.
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| By Jonathan Noble | Friday, April 4th 2014, 14:48 GMT |
Fernando Alonso sees no reason to doubt that Ferrari will get itself firmly in the hunt for the world championship.
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| By Jonathan Noble | Friday, April 4th 2014, 15:33 GMT |
Pirelli has questioned whether a plan to introduce a ban on tyre warmers in Formula 1 is going to be possible for next year.
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| By Marcus Simmons | Friday, April 4th 2014, 15:43 GMT |
World karting champion Max Verstappen stunned his Formula 3 European Championship opposition by topping the times on the first official pre-season test day at the Hungaroring.
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| By Ben Anderson | Thursday, April 3rd 2014, 15:42 GMT |
Nico Rosberg says he does not fully understand why he struggled more with his tyres than Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton during the Malaysian Grand Prix.
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| Thursday, April 3rd 2014, 15:53 GMT |
The AUTOSPORT website is now available in French with the launch of an online version of AUTOSPORT France.
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| By Jonathan Noble | Thursday, April 3rd 2014, 15:56 GMT |
Kimi Raikkonen believes Ferrari has big gains to come that will help it get on terms with Formula 1 pacesetter Mercedes
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| By David Evans | Wednesday, April 2nd 2014, 13:25 GMT |
European Rally Championship leader Craig Breen says his Acropolis Rally win is the biggest achievement of his career, exceeding his World Rally Championship Academy and Super 2000 WRC titles.
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| Wednesday, April 2nd 2014, 14:46 GMT |
GP2 race winner Jon Lancaster, series returnee Conor Daly and sometime Formula 2 driver Axcil Jefferies have secured the final seats on the GP2 grid for this weekend's Bahrain season-opener.
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| By Dieter Rencken & Jonathan Noble | Wednesday, April 2nd 2014, 14:59 GMT |
McLaren's Eric Boullier says there are no grounds to be upset with Formula 1 rookie Kevin Magnussen over his costly clash with Kimi Raikkonen in the Malaysian Grand Prix.
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| By Jonathan Noble | Tuesday, April 1st 2014, 15:36 GMT |
Red Bull says that the FIA cannot dispute that there are problems with Formula 1's fuel sensors, following another failure for the team in the Malaysian Grand Prix.
Just a fortnight after Daniel Ricciardo was disqualified from the season opener in Australia for breaching F1's fuel-flow limit, the Australian's fuel sensor broke completely at Sepang on Sunday.
It meant the team had to rely on its own fuel-rail data readings to show its compliance with the regulations, although unlike in Australia this time the FIA accepted this course of action.
Red Bull boss Christian Horner said the ongoing issues his team has faced are frustrating.
"It failed prior to the race," he said. "We informed the FIA about it and we asked the FIA if we could revive it on the grid by effectively power cycling the car.
"We did that at the start of the race but it didn't come back to life. So, the sensor didn't work the whole race.
"I think it clearly demonstrates that there are issues with these sensors."
While rival teams have not encountered the kind of troubles that Red Bull is facing, Horner said that there is no explanation as to why his outfit was suffering more than others.
"I've no idea why," he said. "Obviously we have a lot of data here to go away and look at.
"Theoretically there should not be a reason, but we need to look and understand it. Everyone else is happy with the sensor apparently.
"But Toro Rosso had two failures earlier in the weekend, and there have been other issues up and down the pitlane.
"They are the only ones we know about. But it certainly isn't unique to Red Bull."
| By Marcus Simmons | Tuesday, April 1st 2014, 13:41 GMT |
British Formula 3 International Series team Carlin has confirmed its first driver for the 2014 campaign.
Chinese racer Peter Li Zhi Cong, who contested one British F3 round at Brands Hatch last year, will undertake a full season in one of the squad's Dallara-Volkswagen F308s.
Li has a background in Asian single-seater racing, and in 2013 won the region's GT series as well as contesting the Asian Porsche Carrera Cup.
"I'm pleased to be back with Carlin full time for the 2014 season," he said.
"I enjoyed my time testing and competing with them last year at Brands Hatch and I can't wait to start racing this year.
"I haven't raced at many of the tracks, but I'm confident that we can put some good work in on the simulator, enjoy a solid year together and learn as much as possible."
Carlin hopes to have at least two cars out for the British F3 season opener at Rockingham on May 4/5.
Team boss Trevor Carlin said: "It's an extremely relevant championship for young drivers looking to learn their craft and progress through the motorsport ranks.
"We're pleased to be competing again in such a great championship and look forward to the season kicking off in May."
| By Ben Anderson | Tuesday, April 1st 2014, 13:43 GMT |
Kimi Raikkonen is pinning his hopes of an upturn in form in Formula 1 on a set of new parts expected for this weekend's Bahrain Grand Prix.
The Finn has struggled with the front end of his Ferrari in the first two races of the season.
He showed improved form through practice and qualifying for round two in Malaysia last weekend, before contact early in the race from Kevin Magnussen's McLaren ruined his chances.
Alonso not expecting Bahrain progress
Raikkonen says Ferrari is bringing new parts to his car for this weekend's Bahrain Grand Prix and he is hopeful they will finally allow him to drive the F14 T in the way he would like.
"The car was very similar to the last race, but the circuit layout worked a bit better for our overall situation," said Raikkonen of his performance in Malaysia.
"For the next race we should get some new parts and be happier with the front end and drive a bit more how I want.
"The front end should feel a bit nicer after that, but we have to wait and see how we do on Friday and go from there.
"From the [pre-season] test [in Bahrain] I know there were some difficulties with the handling, but hopefully with some new parts we can sort that out and be even happier with the car than we were here.
"I think we have a pretty good understanding of what we want to do and where we want to go to make the feeling better and we can go much faster if we make that happen.
"The good thing is we did much better here [in Malaysia]. Obviously the results didn't show that but it's nice we're going in the right direction."
