| 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.
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."
| By Jonathan Noble | Monday, March 31st 2014, 13:29 GMT |
Red Bull insists it will never censor its drivers, after Sebastian Vettel's criticism of Formula 1's new engines caused controversy in Malaysia.
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