| By Gary Watkins | Friday, August 30th 2013, 20:48 GMT |
Toyota emerged fastest from the opening two sessions of free practice at Interlagos for round four of the World Endurance Championship
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| Friday, August 30th 2013, 20:58 GMT |
European Rally Championship leader Jan Kopecky claimed the early advantage on home ground as he topped Friday night's superspecial in Zlin
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| By Andrew van de Burgt | Friday, August 30th 2013, 22:02 GMT |
Klaus Graf will start on pole position for Saturday's American Le Mans Series race in Baltimore
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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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| Wednesday, August 28th 2013, 16:14 GMT |
Former Simtek Formula 1 driver Domenico Schiattarella will complete the Superstars International Series season in a Solaris Chevrolet
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| Tuesday, August 27th 2013, 12:07 GMT |
McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh believes Kimi Raikkonen is "determined" to leave Lotus, and has hinted his outfit could be tempted to sign the Finn
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| By Jonathan Noble | Tuesday, August 27th 2013, 15:24 GMT |
Red Bull insists it is in no rush to confirm that Daniel Ricciardo has secured a 2014 Formula 1 seat with the team, as it still wants to see what other options are available
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| Tuesday, August 27th 2013, 16:15 GMT |
Andreas Mikkelsen will compete with Paul Nagle as his new co-driver in the World Rally Championship's Rally Australia next month
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| By Matt James | Sunday, August 25th 2013, 18:20 GMT |
Colin Turkington, the winner of two British Touring Car Championship races at Knockhill this weekend, has been kicked out of his fourth placed finish in race three
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| By Mark Glendenning | Monday, August 26th 2013, 00:08 GMT |
Will Power ended a 16-month winless streak with his victory in a controversial IndyCar race at Sonoma
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| By Mark Glendenning | Saturday, August 24th 2013, 19:06 GMT |
Dario Franchitti finished comfortably on top in the third IndyCar practice session at Sonoma
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| By Mark Glendenning | Saturday, August 24th 2013, 23:20 GMT |
Dario Franchitti will lead an all-Ganassi front row on the starting grid for IndyCar's race at Sonoma after triumphing in qualifying
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| By Andrew van de Burgt | Sunday, August 25th 2013, 03:07 GMT |
Matt Kenseth held off Kasey Kahne in a barnstorming finish to take victory in the NASCAR Sprint Cup night race at Bristol
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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 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 Jonathan Noble | Tuesday, August 20th 2013, 17:49 GMT |
Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali says a world championship fightback, and not his 2014 Formula 1 driver line-up, is all he cares about right now
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| By Matt Beer | Monday, August 19th 2013, 18:47 GMT |
Tony Stewart has been ruled out of the rest of the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup season due to his broken leg and will be replaced by veteran Mark Martin
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| By Matt Beer | Monday, August 19th 2013, 19:04 GMT |
Ducati test rider Michele Pirro has been recalled to the Pramac team for this weekend's Czech Grand Prix following Ben Spies' latest injury.
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| Monday, August 19th 2013, 21:00 GMT |
MotoGP has announced that it will return to Brazil in 2014 with a new event at the Brasilia circuit
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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 David Evans | Thursday, August 15th 2013, 15:59 GMT |
FIA rally director Jarmo Mahonen says he will not shy away from unpopular decisions to make the fastest drivers run first on the road on gravel WRC rounds next season.
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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 David Evans | Wednesday, August 14th 2013, 16:04 GMT |
M-Sport will fight to keep Thierry Neuville in its World Rally Championship line-up next season, despite interest in the Belgian from Citroen and Hyundai.
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| By Mark Glendenning | Wednesday, August 14th 2013, 16:32 GMT |
Lucas Luhr believes that he gained a lot from his first outing in an IndyCar yesterday, despite his running time being limited by a mechanical problem.
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| By Marcus Simmons | Sunday, August 11th 2013, 17:48 GMT |
Will Buller and Nicholas Latifi have had their time penalties rescinded from the second race of the British Formula 3 International Series weekend at Brands Hatch
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| By Connell Sanders Jr | Sunday, August 11th 2013, 20:29 GMT |
Kyle Busch hung on ahead of Brad Keselowski to win the Watkins Glen NASCAR Sprint Cup race and make amends for their last-lap clash a year ago
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| By Scott Mitchell | Sunday, August 11th 2013, 22:14 GMT |
Lucas Luhr and Klaus Graf made it five American Le Mans Series wins in a row as Pickett Racing dominated at Road America, while the SRT Viper claimed a maiden GT wi
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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 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 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 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 Mark Glendenning | Friday, August 9th 2013, 16:46 GMT |
Alex Tagliani will team up with Grand-Am GT co-champion Jeff Segal for next weekend's Grand-Am round at Kansas.
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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 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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| Thursday, August 8th 2013, 16:16 GMT |
Stefan Bradl is confident the progress he showed during MotoGP's USA Grand Prix at Laguna Seca was no aberration.
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| By Kevin Turner | Thursday, August 8th 2013, 16:18 GMT |
British Touring Car racer Jack Goff will miss the next round at Knockhill
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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 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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| Wednesday, August 7th 2013, 15:54 GMT |
Suzuki has been able to pinpoint the direction of its future MotoGP development following its two-day test at Motegi, test team manager Davide Brivio said.
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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 Mark Glendenning | Tuesday, August 6th 2013, 15:50 GMT |
Luca Filippi appears set to get more opportunities with Bryan Herta Autosport before the end of the season as the team works to evaluate drivers for a possible two-car operation next year
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| By Sam Tremayne | Tuesday, August 6th 2013, 16:54 GMT |
Citroen dropped its firmest hint yet that Yvan Muller is in line for a 2014 World Touring Car Championship drive after releasing a promotional video showing him testing the new C-Elysee
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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 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 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 Mark Glendenning | Sunday, August 4th 2013, 21:40 GMT |
Charlie Kimball capitalised on a perfect strategy from his Ganassi pitwall to secure the first IndyCar win of his career at Mid-Ohio
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| By Connell Sanders Jr | Sunday, August 4th 2013, 20:37 GMT |
Kasey Kahne defeated Hendrick team-mate Jeff Gordon in a late battle for NASCAR Sprint Cup victory at Pocono
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| Sunday, August 4th 2013, 23:02 GMT |
Toomas Heikkinen claimed his second X Games Rallycross gold medal of the season with victory in a wild Los Angeles finale
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| By Mark Glendenning | Friday, August 2nd 2013, 21:17 GMT |
IndyCar has made three significant tweaks to its rulebook ahead of this weekend's race at Mid-Ohio
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| By Aleksander Kabanovsky | Thursday, August 1st 2013, 16:16 GMT |
Russia has missed the deadline to submit its application to the FIA to hold a Formula 1 race in 2014.
Although work is ongoing at the Sochi venue, and organisers announced last week that they had pencilled in an October 19 date, doubts have been cast on the event amid a dispute they are having with the Russian Automobile Federation (RAF).
According to correspondence distributed by the RAF on Tuesday, it had until July 31 to formally submit to motor racing's governing body an official application for its country to host the Formula 1 race next year.
But the RAF refused to lodge the necessary paperwork by that date because of financial disputes between itself and Sochi's promoters.
The only avenue left open for the Russian GP now is if the RAF can prove that there was a 'force majeure' reason for it to miss the July 31 deadline.
A statement issued by the RAF said: "The application to the FIA for submitting the Russian Grand Prix to the 2014 Formula 1 calendar was not sent in proper time as JSC Omega (Promoter) didn't fulfil the necessary conditions.
"That is: [it] didn't sign a contract with the Russian Grand Prix organiser, didn't sign a deal for an application submission and also didn't pay a fee to the FIA for including an event on the FIA F1 calendar.
"RAF informs that it is ready to include the Russian Grand Prix on to the FIA calendar under force-majeure conditions, permissible by the FIA, as soon as the promoter fulfils all the necessary formalities."
One of the areas of dispute is of marshalling personnel at the Russian Grand Prix, with the RAF having started its own project with the FIA Institute, in partnership with Australia's CAMS, to prepare safety personnel.
It has made it clear that it wants support from the Russian GP promoters to fund this ongoing programme.
Sergey Ivanov, CEO of RAF, said: "The F1 grand prix of Sochi gave a huge boost to develop the system of staff preparation.
"Until the end of 2012, we received grants from the FIA to organise seminars as well as do other work. Now we need to continue that programme and broaden it, which requires additional funding for the RAF."
Other areas of dispute include the commercial and intellectual property rights to the grand prix, as well as the length of the contract between the RAF and the race promoters.
Aleksander Kabanovsky is editor of AUTOSPORT's Russian site
| By Gary Watkins | Thursday, August 1st 2013, 16:04 GMT |
The grid for new Asian Le Mans Series will grow over the remainder of the season from the 11 cars entered for this weekend's championship opener at the Inje Speedium in South Korea, according to the series boss.
Mark Thomas admitted disappointment with the entry for the first of this year's four Asian LMS races, but insisted that more cars would arrive before the end of the season.
"Of course we would have liked more, but the most important thing is that we are here and the race is on," he told AUTOSPORT from Inje. "Now we have proved that the series is real, other entrants can start contemplating us as a viable option.
"I am not going to flash out big numbers and say we are going to have lots more cars at subsequent rounds, but we are going to grow steadily and organically."
Eight to 10 GT300 cars from the Super GT Series will join the Asian LMS grid for what will also be a round of their championship at Fuji next month.
The grid for Sunday's has been boosted by the addition of three cars to the provisional entry list revealed last month.
The AAI team, a regular in the Asian GT Series, has upped its entry from one to two GTC class McLaren MP4-12Cs, while there will also be two Lamborghini Super Trofeo one-make racers on the grid.
Thomas revealed that uncertainty over the South Korea race due to management problems at the circuit last week put off a couple of potential entrants from Japan.
The entry at Inje, which was originally to be called Autopia, is led by two Morgan-Nissan LMP2s run by the works OAK Racing and Chinese KCMG squads.
Sixteen-year-old Malaysian Akash Nandy, who competed in the Toyota Racing Series earlier this year, will race the KCMG car together with former Japanese Formula 3 racer Gary Thompson and sometime Indy Lights driver James Winslow.
Ho-Pin-Tun, who raced in GP2 for three seasons, leads the line-up in the OAK car.
There are five GT3 cars, one GT300 and the two Lambos running in the GTC division and a solo GTE class Ferrari 458 Italia entered by former Le Mans 24 Hours class-winning team Taisan Racing.
| By Scott Mitchell | Thursday, August 1st 2013, 18:14 GMT |
Thierry Neuville capped an impressive opening day of Rally Finland by winning the Super Special Stage and earning himself breathing space at the top of the leaderboard.
The M-Sport Ford driver shared the lead with Volkswagen's Sebastien Ogier and twice with Citroen's Mikko Hirvonen, but moved himself 5.2s clear of the championship leader after SS6.
Hirvonen had replaced Ogier as the joint leader after victory on SS4, but suffered a disastrous SS5. With the cars being sent out in groups of four for a rain-affected second Himos leg, Hirvonen - the last of the leaders to run, 30s after the rest - blamed deteriorating stage conditions as he lost 20s and dropped to fifth.
Ogier also struggled to match Neuville's pace on the fifth stage, slipping behind the Belgian's team-mate Mads Ostberg - though he did manage to reclaim the position on SS6.
The Norwegian's SS5 victory had brought him to just 2.5s behind Neuville, but a sluggish run on the Super Special cost him time, and left him 8.9s adrift.
Hirvonen also regained a position on the Super Special, at the expense of Juho Hanninen. He is now just 0.5s ahead of Kris Meeke, who rounded out his first day in the DS3 in sixth place.
Jari-Matti Latvala's day ended early after the completion of SS4. The Finn's Polo was damaged after hitting a rock on SS2 and, despite hobbling through the third and fourth runs, he withdrew before the start of the day's penultimate stage.
Jari Ketomaa's domination of WRC2 continued in the R5 Fiesta. He boosted his lead to 24s, with Robert Kubica leading the chase. The Pole had overtaken Elfyn Evans earlier in the evening.
The second day begins with SS7 on Friday morning at 06:48 GMT.
Pos Driver Car Time/Gap 1. Thierry Neuville M-Sport Ford 25m33.3s 2. Sebastien Ogier VW +5.2s 3. Mads Ostberg M-Sport Ford +8.9s 4. Mikko Hirvonen Citroen +13.8s 5. Juho Hanninen Hanninen Ford +17.0s 6. Kris Meeke Citroen +17.5s 7. Evgeny Novikov M-Sport Ford +20.9s 8. Andreas Mikkelsen VW +23.4s 9. Dani Sordo Citroen +37.1s 10. Jarkko Nikara Prodrive Mini +47.7s
