| By Sam Tremayne | Monday, December 30th 2013, 11:57 GMT |
Yvan Muller has no doubts that Sebastien Loeb can win races in his first year in the World Touring Car Championship, given how impressive he has been in testing for Citroen.
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| By Jonathan Noble | Monday, December 30th 2013, 11:04 GMT |
Michael Schumacher would not have made it to hospital after his skiing accident if he had not been wearing a helmet, doctors have revealed.
The seven-time world champion remains in a critical condition in a French hospital after hitting his head during a fall on Sunday.
Although he has suffered severe injuries, the medical team looking after the German said during a press conference on Monday that the incident would likely have been fatal if he had not worn head protection.
Professor Jean-Francois Payen from the Grenoble hospital said: "We believe that taking into consideration the very violent shock, his helmet did protect him of course.
"Somebody having this kind of accident without the helmet would not have got to here."
Payen added that judging by the extent of the injuries that Schumacher suffered, it was clear his impact with rocks had not been at slow speed.
"Taking into consideration what we have observed, that despite a helmet he arrived with lesions that were quite severe, the shock must have taken place at high speed."
Professor Stephan Chabardes said that the injuries suggested that Schumacher had hit the rocks with the right hand side of his head.
"I did tell you there were a number of serious lesions, but I am not going to tell you any details," he said.
"The impact was on the right side - he fell on his side.
"At the time of the accident he was agitated, but not responding to questions.
"He did not have a normal neurological reaction."
| By Jonathan Noble and Scott Mitchell | Monday, December 30th 2013, 13:30 GMT |
Triple world champion Niki Lauda says it will be reliability and not speed that will decide the 2014 Formula 1 title battle.
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| Sunday, December 29th 2013, 13:51 GMT |
Seven-time Formula 1 world champion Michael Schumacher is in hospital after suffering a head injury in a skiing accident
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| By David Evans | Sunday, December 29th 2013, 12:58 GMT |
Elfyn Evans is expecting a baptism of fire when he begins his career as a top-line World Rally Championship driver on next month's Monte Carlo Rally
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| By Jonathan Noble | Sunday, December 29th 2013, 22:20 GMT |
Michael Schumacher is in a critical condition in a French hospital as a result of the head injury that he suffered in a skiing accident on Sunday.
A statement issued by Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Grenoble on Sunday evening confirmed that Schumacher's injuries were very serious and that he had undergone emergency surgery.
It described Schumacher's condition as critical and said he was in a coma.
The statement added that Schumacher had suffered from a "head trauma with coma, which required immediate neurosurgical treatment."
The seven-time Formula 1 world champion fell while skiing in the French Alps and hit his head on a rock.
His injuries were sustained while skiing between two of the Meribel resort's toughest pistes.
Medical personnel attended to the 44-year-old, who was wearing a helmet, within minutes and he was airlifted to the nearby Moutiers hospital less than 15 minutes after the accident.
He was later transferred to the Grenoble hospital, which specialises in brain injuries.
| By Jonathan Noble and Matt Beer | Saturday, December 28th 2013, 13:32 GMT |
Red Bull technical chief Adrian Newey admits that the 2013 Formula 1 season fell into his team's hands after Pirelli's mid-season tyre change.
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| By Jonathan Noble and Matt Beer | Saturday, December 28th 2013, 11:33 GMT |
McLaren's poor 2013 Formula 1 season was a result of an unnecessary panic during a fallow period in mid-2012, according to team boss Martin Whitmarsh.
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| By Sam Tremayne | Saturday, December 28th 2013, 12:01 GMT |
Honda says the first year of its new World Touring Car Championship project exceeded all expectations.
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| Friday, December 27th 2013, 17:29 GMT |
Former Formula 1 designer Sergio Rinland has been recruited as a partner by new Auto GP outfit Puma 3 M-Sport
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| By Edd Straw and Matt Beer | Friday, December 27th 2013, 15:43 GMT |
Daniel Ricciardo believes Formula 1's major rule change for 2014 makes it the ideal time to take on Sebastian Vettel at Red Bull
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| By Jonathan Noble | Friday, December 27th 2013, 17:33 GMT |
Formula 1's owners should prepare for a totally new way of running the sport after commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone steps down from his role, reckons Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo
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| By Aleksander Kabanovsky and Matt Beer | Thursday, December 26th 2013, 14:48 GMT |
Russian Grand Prix organisers have recruited Richard Cregan, chief executive of Abu Dhabi Formula 1 venue Yas Marina, to work on the inaugural Sochi race
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| By David Evans | Thursday, December 26th 2013, 17:11 GMT |
Kris Meeke says he feels immediately at home in the Citroen team ahead of his first full season as a factory World Rally Championship driver
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| By Edd Straw and Glenn Freeman | Thursday, December 26th 2013, 22:21 GMT |
Mercedes has exceeded Williams's expectations in the early stages of their relationship, according to deputy team principal Claire Williams
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| Wednesday, December 25th 2013, 10:16 GMT |
Campos will run a second 2014-specification Chevrolet for Dusan Borkovic in next year's World Touring Car Championship
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| By Aleksander Kabanovsky | Wednesday, December 25th 2013, 09:37 GMT |
Evgeny Novikov will skip the 2014 World Rally Championship season
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| By Jonathan Noble | Wednesday, December 25th 2013, 12:50 GMT |
Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo has slammed Formula 1's reliance on simulators as a 'joke'
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| By Sam Tremayne | Tuesday, December 24th 2013, 14:00 GMT |
Chevrolet's 2014 World Touring Car Championship prospects won't be wrecked by the delayed confirmation of RML's upgrade package, according to project manager Ron Hartvelt
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| By Glenn Freeman | Tuesday, December 24th 2013, 12:47 GMT |
New Sauber signing Adrian Sutil believes that Formula 1's rule changes for 2014 will give smaller teams the chance to achieve "exceptional results" at the start of next season
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| By Edd Straw and Ben Anderson | Tuesday, December 24th 2013, 14:34 GMT |
Red Bull boss Christian Horner believes Daniel Ricciardo will surprise people with his performances when he partners four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel at the team next season
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| By Jonathan Noble and Ben Anderson | Monday, December 23rd 2013, 17:30 GMT |
McLaren boss Martin Whitmarsh says his team needed the "kick up the pants" of a poor season in order to better prepare for its 2014 campaign
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| By Gary Watkins | Monday, December 23rd 2013, 14:26 GMT |
The new boss of Prodrive Motorsport, John Gaw, has targeted an expansion into Formula E and rally raids such as the Dakar
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| By Gary Watkins | Monday, December 23rd 2013, 21:22 GMT |
British Porsche driver Nick Tandy will race in the inaugural United SportsCar Championship next season with the factory CORE Autosport squad
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| By Pablo Elizalde | Sunday, December 22nd 2013, 10:45 GMT |
Briton Sam Bird will join the Starworks Motorsport team for the United SportsCar Championship enduros during the 2014 season.
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| By Jonathan Noble and Kevin Turner | Sunday, December 22nd 2013, 12:30 GMT |
Outgoing Mercedes boss Ross Brawn believes the squad is well placed to make a strong start with Formula 1's new regulations in 2014.
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| By Kevin Turner | Sunday, December 22nd 2013, 14:04 GMT |
British Touring Car champion Andrew Jordan has backed the decision to run the 2014 Oulton Park round on the International circuit.
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| By Edd Straw | Saturday, December 21st 2013, 11:40 GMT |
Sebastian Vettel does not expect the major regulation changes in 2014 to shake up the competitive order dramatically
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| By Sam Tremayne | Saturday, December 21st 2013, 14:29 GMT |
Yvan Muller insists Citroen should not be viewed as favourites for the 2014 World Touring Car Championship despite the headstart it has over rivals
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| By Marcus Simmons | Saturday, December 21st 2013, 15:30 GMT |
British Formula 3 squad Fortec Motorsport could run Formula Renault BARC race winner Sam MacLeod in the series next season
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| By Pablo Elizalde | Friday, December 20th 2013, 17:12 GMT |
Fernando Alonso has no doubts that Kimi Raikkonen will be an important asset to Ferrari when he rejoins the team next year
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| By Matt Beer | Friday, December 20th 2013, 17:11 GMT |
Red Bull has announced that it is promoting Pierre Wache following the departures of two senior technical staff to the Mercedes Formula 1 team.
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| By Edd Straw | Saturday, December 21st 2013, 03:18 GMT |
Esteban Gutierrez will remain with Sauber for a second season in 2014, the team has announced.
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| By Gary Watkins | Thursday, December 19th 2013, 17:34 GMT |
Mike Rockenfeller will not dovetail the defence of his DTM crown with a return to the Le Mans 24 Hours in 2014.
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| By Gary Watkins | Thursday, December 19th 2013, 17:44 GMT |
Two-time American Le Mans Series champion team Pickett Racing will remain in top-class US endurance racing to field an LMP2 ORECA-Nissan 03 in the United SportsCar Championship
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| By Gary Watkins | Thursday, December 19th 2013, 18:29 GMT |
Ryan Briscoe has been drafted into Chevrolet's Corvette Racing line-up for the United SportsCar enduros at Daytona and Sebring next year
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| By Edd Straw | Wednesday, December 18th 2013, 13:28 GMT |
Valtteri Bottas expects to learn a lot from new Williams Formula 1 team-mate Felipe Massa in 2014.
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| By Matt Beer | Wednesday, December 18th 2013, 13:05 GMT |
Robert Kubica will contest the 2014 European Rally Championship season-opener in Austria as a warm-up for his World Rally Championship campaign with M-Sport.
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| By Sam Tremayne | Wednesday, December 18th 2013, 17:01 GMT |
Force India team principal Vijay Mallya believes Formula 1 can make a budget cap work from 2015 despite the failure of previous cost control attempts.
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| By Edd Straw | Wednesday, December 18th 2013, 13:28 GMT |
Valtteri Bottas expects to learn a lot from new Williams Formula 1 team-mate Felipe Massa in 2014.
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| By Matt Beer | Wednesday, December 18th 2013, 13:05 GMT |
Robert Kubica will contest the 2014 European Rally Championship season-opener in Austria as a warm-up for his World Rally Championship campaign with M-Sport.
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| By Sam Tremayne | Wednesday, December 18th 2013, 17:01 GMT |
Force India team principal Vijay Mallya believes Formula 1 can make a budget cap work from 2015 despite the failure of previous cost control attempts.
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| By Edd Straw | Tuesday, December 17th 2013, 20:31 GMT |
Ferrari has confirmed that Antonio Spagnolo will be Kimi Raikkonen's race engineer during the 2014 Formula 1 season.
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| By Mark Glendenning | Tuesday, December 17th 2013, 21:57 GMT |
Takuma Sato will remain with AJ Foyt Racing for the 2014 IndyCar season
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| By Mark Glendenning | Tuesday, December 17th 2013, 22:06 GMT |
NASCAR has issued its 2014 rules package to Sprint Cup teams following a collaborative development process
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| By Edd Straw and Pablo Elizalde | Monday, December 16th 2013, 15:23 GMT |
Red Bull boss Christian Horner believes Renault will deliver a competitive Formula 1 engine next year, despite not having the highest budget among suppliers
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| By Sam Tremayne | Monday, December 16th 2013, 15:24 GMT |
MotoGP will increase the severity of its penalty points system from the start of the 2014 season.
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| By Kevin Turner | Monday, December 16th 2013, 16:30 GMT |
The Jack Sears Trophy will be awarded to the Independent driver who gains the most places in the British Touring Car Championship next year.
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| By Sam Tremayne | Sunday, December 15th 2013, 14:15 GMT |
Sergio Perez insists Formula 1's decision to award double-points for the final round from next season will not devalue the sport or its champions
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| By Mark Glendenning | Sunday, December 15th 2013, 13:23 GMT |
Tony Kanaan says his installation as the new driver of Ganassi's #10 entry has the full backing of the car's former occupant, Dario Franchitti
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| By Kevin Turner | Sunday, December 15th 2013, 14:08 GMT |
Race-winning British Touring Car Championship squad Motorbase is hoping to develop a satellite operation after doing a deal with AmD
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| By Jonathan Noble and Sam Tremayne | Saturday, December 14th 2013, 14:59 GMT |
Formula 1's current financial structure is "terribly flawed" and undermines its sporting credibility, according to Sauber team principal Monisha Kaltenborn
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| By Mark Glendenning | Saturday, December 14th 2013, 12:28 GMT |
Chip Ganassi says that Ryan Briscoe was the best possible fit for the vacant spot in his 2014 IndyCar line-up after Tony Kanaan was promoted to replace Dario Franchitti
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| By Peter Mills | Saturday, December 14th 2013, 16:26 GMT |
Auto GP will stage a pre-season test at the Ricardo Tormo circuit in Valencia on March 26-27 of next year
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| By Glenn Freeman | Friday, December 13th 2013, 16:41 GMT |
The Caterham Formula 1 team's junior programme has ceased its involvement with Arden's Formula Renault 3.5 squad for the 2014 season
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| By Mark Glendenning | Friday, December 13th 2013, 21:38 GMT |
Jack Harvey has joined the multiple championship-winning Schmidt Peterson Motorsports for the 2014 Indy Lights season
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| By Gary Watkins | Friday, December 13th 2013, 21:47 GMT |
DTM legend Bernd Schneider notched up his sixth victory of the season in an international enduro in the Gulf 12 Hours in Abu Dhabi
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| By Sam Tremayne | Wednesday, December 11th 2013, 16:31 GMT |
Sebastian Vettel and new Ferrari team-mates Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen will sit out Formula 1's forthcoming Pirelli tyre test in Bahrain
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| By Kevin Turner | Wednesday, December 11th 2013, 17:57 GMT |
Oulton Park's round of the British Touring Car Championship will switch from the Island layout to the International circuit for 2014
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| By Mark Glendenning | Wednesday, December 11th 2013, 18:07 GMT |
Richard Childress Racing will revive iconic #3 made famous by Dale Earnhardt in next year's NASCAR Sprint Cup
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| By Marcus Simmons | Monday, December 9th 2013, 18:45 GMT |
The new Mercedes Formula 3 engine had its first public run at Jerez on Monday
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| By David Evans | Monday, December 9th 2013, 19:12 GMT |
Citroen has confirmed Kris Meeke and Mads Ostberg will lead its 2014 World Rally Championship assault
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| By Edd Straw | Monday, December 9th 2013, 18:59 GMT |
Comment: Formula 1 rules changes
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| By Edd Straw and Matt Beer | Sunday, December 8th 2013, 13:21 GMT |
Esteban Gutierrez has admitted he was surprised his 2013 Sauber team-mate Nico Hulkenberg was not picked up by a top Formula 1 squad
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| By Kevin Turner | Sunday, December 8th 2013, 16:35 GMT |
Honda British Touring Car Championship team boss Steve Neal believes the switch to an estate car will not damage the squad's 2014 chances
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| By David Evans | Sunday, December 8th 2013, 17:10 GMT |
Sebastien Ogier's dominant 2013 World Rally Championship season will not earn him preferential treatment next year, according to his Volkswagen team-mate Jari-Matti Latvala
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| By Edd Straw and Matt Beer | Saturday, December 7th 2013, 16:10 GMT |
Daniel Ricciardo is certain he can prove he is not just a one-lap specialist when he drives for Red Bull in the 2014 Formula 1 season
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| By Mark Glendenning | Saturday, December 7th 2013, 14:51 GMT |
Ganassi is close to finalising the identity of Dario Franchitti's replacement in its #10 IndyCar and expects an announcement before Christmas
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| By Gary Watkins | Saturday, December 7th 2013, 17:15 GMT |
Philippe Favre, who has died at the age of 51 in a skiing accident, was a race winner in British Formula 3 before graduating to Formula 3000 and going on to become a factory Honda sportscar driver.
The Swiss started racing in French Formula Ford 1600 in 1984 after a short karting career and shifted over to Britain to continue in FF1600 the following season.
A second year in Britain in 1986 yielded the runner-up spot in both the RAC FF1600 championship and the prestigious end-of-season Formula Ford Festival at Brands Hatch with the Manadient Van Diemen team.
Two years in the British F3 Championship in 1987-88, which included a victory with the works Reynard R+D team at Donington Park in his debut season, were the springboard to F3000.
Favre claimed pole position and second place on his maiden event in the final stepping stone to Formula 1 at Silverstone in 1989, but he was never able to recapture that form over the remainder of a truncated season with the GA Motorsport Lola squad.
He continued in F3000 with part-seasons in Japan with Team Noji and Leyton House in 1990 and then briefly raced in Indy Lights in the US, before being picked up by the Kremer Racing Honda sportscar team.
Favre made two starts in the Le Mans 24 Hours in its NSX GT cars in 1994-95 before racing a factory-run Venturi 600LM in the BPR Global Endurance GT Series.
Favre made a return to front-line sportscar racing with Lister in the FIA GT Championship in 2000 (pictured), claiming podiums at the Hungaroring and Brno.
He also raced a Lucchini in the FIA Sportscar Championship and the Le Mans Endurance Series in 2003-05 together with Christophe Ricard.
Ricard was among the drivers Favre worked with through the track day events company he established in 2002. More recently he tutored GT driver Henri Moser.
| By Edd Straw and Pablo Elizalde | Friday, December 6th 2013, 16:26 GMT |
Pirelli says it will try to reduce the marbles produced by its tyres in the 2014 Formula 1 season following suggestions from drivers
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| By Edd Straw and Pablo Elizalde | Friday, December 6th 2013, 15:56 GMT |
Pastor Maldonado believes his 2013 Formula 1 season performance was his best yet, despite struggling at the back of the field with Williams
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| By Gary Watkins | Friday, December 6th 2013, 18:09 GMT |
Zolder has replaced Navarra on the 2014 Blancpain Sprint Series calendar
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| By David Evans | Thursday, December 5th 2013, 16:39 GMT |
Toyota's return to the World Rally Championship has taken a step closer with the news that it will build a Yaris World Rally Car next year
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| By Jonathan Noble and Pablo Elizalde | Thursday, December 5th 2013, 17:37 GMT |
Jules Bianchi feels he will be much better prepared for the start of the 2014 Formula 1 season given the progress he made in his rookie year
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| By Pablo Elizalde | Thursday, December 5th 2013, 17:53 GMT |
Antonio Felix de Costa admitted he was surprised by the speed of BMW's DTM car after trying the M3 for the first time at Jerez
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| By Gary Watkins | Wednesday, December 4th 2013, 17:06 GMT |
An end-of-season FIA World Cup shootout fought out by top teams from international series running to GT3 rules around the world has been proposed
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| By Edd Straw and Matt Beer | Wednesday, December 4th 2013, 17:18 GMT |
Sauber does not believe its strong end to the 2013 Formula 1 season cost it any ground in 2014 preparations
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| By Andrew van Leeuwen | Wednesday, December 4th 2013, 17:48 GMT |
The next generation of the Superstars International Series, re-branded as the SuperTouringSeries, will be officially launched at next year's AUTOSPORT International Show in Birmingham.
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| By David Evans | Tuesday, December 3rd 2013, 17:54 GMT |
Dani Sordo will be confirmed as a Hyundai World Rally Championship driver for the 2014-opening Monte Carlo event next week
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| By Jonathan Noble | Tuesday, December 3rd 2013, 16:58 GMT |
Sebastian Vettel has revealed that he spoke to FIA president Jean Todt to clear up why he was punished for performing donuts after the Indian Grand Prix
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| By Sam Tremayne | Tuesday, December 3rd 2013, 18:05 GMT |
Nico Hulkenberg insists Force India is not a stop gap option for his Formula 1 career.
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| By Pablo Elizalde | Monday, December 2nd 2013, 17:10 GMT |
MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez has undergone successful surgery to improve breathing through his nose.
The Honda rider had surgery to correct his nasal bridge, as a deviated septum was producing a respiratory obstruction preventing him from breathing properly.
Marquez will now have to rest and be inactive for one week.
The Spaniard clinched the MotoGP title in his first season in the category, becoming the first man to do so in 35 years.
Marquez picked up his world champion's trophy at the FIM Gala in Monte Carlo on Sunday night.
| By Kevin Turner | Monday, December 2nd 2013, 17:46 GMT |
British Touring Car title-winning squad Eurotech will run Martin Depper in one of its Honda Civics next season.
Eurotech took the overall drivers' championship with Andrew Jordan this season, as well as both Independents' titles.
Jordan will defend his crown in the Civic hatchback, but former team-mate Jeff Smith has now sold his car to Depper, who drove a Forster Motorsport BMW 320si in the 2010 BTCC.
Team boss Mike Jordan ran Depper in the car at Donington Park last week and believes he can improve on his difficult debut season.
"He tested the Honda to get a feel for the NGTC car," said Jordan Sr.
"He drove really well. He's a nice guy and listened to what we suggested.
"If he can carry that approach into next season I think he could do well."
AUTOSPORT understands Smith is unlikely to be racing in the BTCC next year as he focuses on his business commitments.
| By Sam Tremayne | Sunday, December 1st 2013, 23:40 GMT |
Sebastian Vettel has been named International Racing Driver of the Year for the fourth consecutive year at the AUTOSPORT Awards in London.
Vettel broke all manner of records in an emphatic 2013 campaign, becoming the youngest ever quadruple Formula 1 world champion and the first driver in history to win nine straight races in one season.
He also equalled seven-time F1 champion Michael Schumacher's record of 13 wins in a single year.
Opinion: Give Vettel the credit he is due
Vettel collected his award from Sir Stirling Moss.
"It is still very special for me walking down those steps; it is absolutely humbling," Vettel said.
"It has been four years coming here to a room full of motorsport people, I wouldn't mind another four.
"I know how much work goes into achieving that, and I get to pick this nice trophy up at the end every time.
"I think there is always a threat that if you have such a run as we have had you get used to it; that you fall into the expectation and so when you start second, third or fourth or you don't win it's a disappointment.
"It shouldn't be: finishing second doesn't mean you had a bad race, it depends how it unfolded. You can still be very proud of what you get out of the day.
"That's why it is important to appreciate the run we have had; you never know how long it will last."
Vettel's journey to title number four
Vettel started 2013 as the heavy title favourite and lived up to the billing early on, capturing pole for the first two grands prix and triumphing in Malaysia to take an early lead in the championship.
Further victories in Bahrain, Canada, on home soil in Germany and in Belgium helped him extend that advantage, and by F1's summer break he was 48 points clear of the field.
While that early form was impressive, his 2013 run-in was breathtaking: six poles, two further front-row starts, and eight victories constituted an unprecedented streak in F1 and helped him to a fourth straight crown.
| By Sam Tremayne | Sunday, December 1st 2013, 23:52 GMT |
Formula Renault NEC champion Matt Parry won a Formula 1 test with McLaren after being named the 25th winner of the McLaren AUTOSPORT BRDC Award.
Parry, who also gets £100,000, full membership of the British Racing Drivers' Club, and an Arai GP-6 RC carbon helmet, was revealed as the winner at the 2013 AUTOSPORT Awards in London on Sunday night.
The 19-year-old Briton was presented with the Award by McLaren managing director Jonathan Neale, BRDC president Derek Warwick and AUTOSPORT publishing director Peter Higham.
How the Award winner is chosen
"It's fantastic," Parry said. "Absolutely amazing - I don't know what to say.
"I feel I did the best I could [in the shootout] and obviously the last couple of months I've been thinking about what I can do better, and I just thought I couldn't have.
"It's massive. From here we're hoping to do Formula Renault Eurocup with Fortec again, they've been fantastic for me."
Parry beat Formula Renault NEC runner-up Jack Aitken, BRDC Formula 4 champion Jake Hughes and his rivals Seb Morris and Charlie Robertson, and Formula Renault BARC champion Chris Middlehurst to the prize.
The six drivers were put through a rigorous two-day test which included driving a Formula 2 machine, a DTM Mercedes and a McLaren MP4-12C GT3 at Silverstone last month.
Former recipients of the award include 2009 F1 world champion Jenson Button, nine-time grand prix winner David Coulthard and three-time IndyCar champion Dario Franchitti.
Parry in AUTOSPORT's Stars of Tomorrow - May 2013
Parry, a member of Caterham Racing Academy and the 2012 Intersteps champion, stormed to this year's FRenault NEC title with Fortec Motorsport.
He took a double pole for the first round of the season at Hockenheim, and then claimed a clean sweep of victories in the next two rounds at the Nurburgring and Silverstone.
Parry won again at Spa and took his ninth podium of the campaign at Assen, beating fellow finalist Aitken to the title by 59 points.
He also made selected appearances in the Formula Renault Eurocup and Formula Renault ALPS, in which he claimed a podium at the first attempt at Imola.
| By Kevin Turner | Sunday, December 1st 2013, 23:56 GMT |
Matt Parry is only 19, but he has already taken two car racing titles and has connections with a Formula 1 team. And now he's added the McLaren AUTOSPORT BRDC Award to his CV.
After an impressive karting career, which included the Super 1 National Rotax Max Junior title, Parry stepped up to the British Formula Ford Championship in 2011.
It proved a tough baptism and the man himself now admits he underestimated the challenge. Occasional flashes of pace were as good as it got as his Fluid Motorsport-run works Van Diemen was overwhelmed by the Mygale hordes. Parry could only manage eighth in the standings.
He rallied though and bounced back to clinch the 2012 InterSteps Championship with Fortec, winning more than half the races in the series for ex-Formula BMW machines.
Along the way Parry was picked up by Caterham's driver development programme, which later became the Caterham Racing Academy.
With the F1 team's support, Parry stepped into Europe as part of Fortec's multi-car Formula Renault NEC attack for 2013.
He made a great start, with five wins in the first nine races. Things did not go his way thereafter, but Parry still took the title comfortably from Fortec team-mate Jack Aitken.
That was enough to get him selected as one of the six finalists for the prestigious McLaren AUTOSPORT BRDC Award.
After two days of running at Silverstone in Formula 2, Mercedes DTM and McLaren GT machinery - not to mention fitness, simulation and interview tests - Parry emerged to win £100,000, a McLaren F1 test, BRDC membership and an Arai GP-6 RC carbon helmet.
Parry's plans are not yet confirmed for 2014, but a campaign in the Formula Renault Eurocup, in which fellow Award winner Oliver Rowland was runner-up this season, seems likely.
| By Gary Watkins | Saturday, November 30th 2013, 18:24 GMT |
Toyota claimed its first World Endurance Championship victory of the season in a full-distance race in Bahrain.
The Japanese manufacturer followed up on its win the rain-shorted Fuji round in October with a victory in the season finale for Sebastien Buemi, Stephane Sarrazin and Anthony Davidson.
Toyota was never headed over the course of the Bahrain 6 Hours and the winning TS030 HYBRID crossed the line 70s ahead of the second-placed Audi R18 e-tron quattro shared by Benoit Treluyer, Marcel Fassler and Andre Lotterer.
Buemi, who had to contend with a vibration during the final stages of the event, said: "We are delighted. We came into the season expecting more victories, but we only got one and a half, so it is good to end the season on a high."
The winning Toyota took the lead from its sister car, which was shared by Nicolas Lapierre, Alex Wurz and Kazuki Nakajima, early in the second hour when the first-named was at the wheel.
Sarrazin and Wurz, who took over the two TS030s at the second round of stops, were separated by just half a second when the chasing car pulled off the circuit with engine failure late in the second hour.
That left Loic Duval approximately 15s behind Sarrazin, which remained more or less constant before the Audi stopped out on the track when the car lost drive shortly before the halfway mark.
Fassler took up the chase of the remaining Toyota, but an attempt to double stint the Audi's tyres resulted in the Swiss driver's deficit to the leader nearly doubling.
A drive-through penalty for overtaking under yellow flags subsequently ended the challenge of Fassler and his team-mates.
The retirement of two factory cars and the lone privateer LMP1 from Rebellion Racing with engine failure promoted LMP2 winners John Martin, Mike Conway and Roman Rusinov to third place overall.
Their G-Drive/Delta-ADR ORECA-Nissan 03 could not match the similar car of AF/Pecom early on, but was already established in the lead when their rival hit problems.
Fourth place for the OAK Racing Morgan-Nissan LMP2 shared by Bertrand Baguette, Martin Plowman and Ricardo Gonzalez was enough to win them the FIA Endurance Trophy for LMP2 drivers.
Gianmaria Bruni and Toni Vilander triumphed in GTE Pro for the AF Corse Ferrari team (pictured), which won Bruni the World Cup title.
The Italian, who was split from season-long team-mate Giancarolo Fisichella for this race, was on course for the title when the Aston Martin Vantage GTE of erstwhile championship leaders Darren Turner and Stefan Mucke retired in the fourth hour with engine failure.
Aston Martin did, however, take class victory and the drivers' title in GTE Am.
Nicki Thiim, Christoffer Nygaard and Kristian Poulsen took a third win of the season, but fourth position gave Jamie Campbell-Walter and Stuart Hall, who were rejoined by car owner Roald Goethe for this race, the end-of-season crown.
8Star Motorsports won the teams' title in GTE Am courtesy of second place in class for Davide Rigon, Rui Aguas and Enzo Potolicchio.
Results - 199 laps: Pos Cl Drivers Team/Car Time/Gap 1. P1 Davidson/Buemi/Sarrazin Toyota 6h01m15.303s 2. P1 Lotterer/Treluyer/Fassler Audi +1m10.585s 3. P2 Rusinov/Martin/Conway Delta-ADR ORECA-Nissan +15 laps 4. P2 Pla/Heinemeier Hansson/Brundle OAK Morgan-Nissan +15 laps 5. P2 Wirdheim/Reip/Lancaster Greaves Zytek-Nissan +15 laps 6. P2 Baguette/Gonzalez/Plowman OAK Morgan-Nissan +17 laps 7. P2 Nicolet/Ihara/Cheng OAK Morgan-Nissan +19 laps 8. P2 Giroix/Kerr/Dolby Delta-ADR ORECA-Nissan +21 laps 9. GTE P Bruni/Vilander AF Ferrari +24 laps 10. GTE P Bergmeister/Pilet Manthey Porsche +24 laps 11. GTE P Kobayashi/Fisichella AF Ferrari +25 laps 12. GTE P Lieb/Lietz Manthey Porsche +25 laps 13. GTE A Nygaard/Poulsen/Thiim Aston Martin +26 laps 14. P2 Perez Companc/Minassian/Kaffer Pecom ORECA-Nissan +27 laps 15. GTE A Potolicchio/Aguas/Rigon 8Star Ferrari +27 laps 16. GTE A Perrodo/Collard/Griffin AF Ferrari +27 laps 17. GTE A Bornhauser/Canal/Rees Larbre Corvette +28 laps 18. GTE A Hall/Goethe/Campbell-Walter Aston Martin +30 laps 19. GTE A Narac/Vernay/Palttala Imsa Porsche +37 laps Retirements: GTE P Lamy/Senna/Stanaway Aston Martin 145 laps GTE P Turner/Mucke Aston Martin 109 laps P1 Kristensen/Duval/McNish Audi 93 laps GTE A Ried/Roda/Ruberti Proton Porsche 86 laps GTE A Krohn/Jonsson/Mediani Krohn Ferrari 83 laps P1 Wurz/Lapierre/Nakajima Toyota 64 laps P1 Belicchi/Beche/Prost Rebellion Lola-Toyota 44 laps P2 Holzer/Kraihamer/Charouz Lotus 5 laps P2 Weeda/Liuzzi/Auer Lotus 0 laps
| By David Evans | Saturday, November 30th 2013, 14:53 GMT |
Former Citroen driver Francois Duval is in the running for a return to the team in the World Rally Championship next season.
The Belgian, who scored his only world rally victory with Citroen in 2005 (pictured), is one of six drivers under consideration for a 2014 seat with the French outfit.
Team boss Yves Matton said: "I'm already well advanced [in selecting drivers].
"You don't need to convince me of his [Duval's] talent, but I do not know of any rally driver who came back with success after so many years absence. Maybe Francois is the exception.
"Anyway, I'm interested to discuss with him. He can call me. I want to see if he's motivated before we would give it a test."
Duval said he would be interested in a full-time return to the WRC for the first time since 2010 would appeal to him if it was with the right team.
"There's a bit of a lack of good drivers in the WRC and I'm still young," said the 33-year-old.
"The idea is to drive with Citroen. I don't see myself coming back to driving with one of the cars that are lower down the scale.
"I'm not interested in doing one-shots anymore, when you come in with no experience and don't know the car or the rally."
| Saturday, November 30th 2013, 17:50 GMT |
Former grand prix motorcycle racer Doriano Romboni has been killed in a Supermoto accident in Italy.
The 125cc and 250cc race winner, who raced in the top 500cc class from 1996-98, was taking part in the 'Sic Supermoto Day' in memory of the late Marco Simoncelli at the Latina circuit in Italy.
Romboni was struck by another rider after crashing during one of the practice sessions for the event on Saturday.
The 44-year-old was taken to the Santa Maria Goretti hospital in the Latina area, but he succumbed to his injuries from the incident.
Romboni managed to finish fourth in the 125cc and 250cc world championships during his career, taking wins at both levels before graduating to the 500cc class with Aprilia for 1996.
However, his time at the top level was not as successful as the Italian manufacturer struggled, and he took a best finish of third in the 1997 Dutch TT at Assen.
