| By Gary Anderson | Thursday, January 30th 2014, 20:30 GMT |
At the end of the third day of winter testing at Jerez, Gary Anderson answered the key questions raised from what we have seen so far
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| By Mark Glendenning | Thursday, January 30th 2014, 19:41 GMT |
This year's NASCAR Sprint Cup will be decided by a winner-takes-all finale as part of a revamped Chase for the Championship, series bosses confirmed on Thursday
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| By Jonathan Noble | Thursday, January 30th 2014, 20:55 GMT |
Renault insists that the problems that have struck its Formula 1 teams are fixable by the next Bahrain test
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| By Sam Tremayne | Wednesday, January 29th 2014, 17:19 GMT |
Nico Rosberg says his sequence of afternoon long runs on Wednesday was an emphatic sign that Mercedes' 2014 Formula 1 preparations are on track
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| By Jonathan Noble | Wednesday, January 29th 2014, 18:27 GMT |
Renault is confident that overnight fixes to its battery energy stores will cure the problems that have blighted its pre-season Formula 1 testing programme
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| By Kevin Turner | Wednesday, January 29th 2014, 18:55 GMT |
Jenson Button believes McLaren's 2014 Formula 1 car does not have the same "issues" that plagued the team last season
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| By Jonathan Noble | Tuesday, January 28th 2014, 18:56 GMT |
Mercedes is confident that efforts taking place overnight at Jerez and its Brackley factory will allow it to resume Formula 1 testing on Wednesday morning following Lewis Hamilton's wing failure
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| By Gary Anderson | Tuesday, January 28th 2014, 17:16 GMT |
Ex-Formula 1 designer Gary Anderson will be providing technical insight for AUTOSPORT throughout the 2014 season
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| By Mark Glendenning | Tuesday, January 28th 2014, 20:59 GMT |
NASCAR team owner Gene Haas insists that he is not underestimating the challenges that he faces in trying to launch a US-based Formula 1 operation
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| By Jonathan Noble | Monday, January 27th 2014, 19:10 GMT |
Marussia's debut of its new Formula 1 car has been delayed because of a last-minute technical glitch, AUTOSPORT has learned
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| By Jonathan Noble | Monday, January 27th 2014, 18:32 GMT |
Formula 1's new generation of ugly noses have no place in the sport, reckons Toro Rosso team boss Franz Tost.
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| By Kevin Turner | Monday, January 27th 2014, 19:55 GMT |
Double British Touring Car champion Alain Menu will return to the series this season, driving a Volkswagen Passat
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| By Peter Mills | Sunday, January 26th 2014, 19:30 GMT |
Auto GP organisers have announced that the series will race alongside the World Touring Car Championship, DTM and European Le Mans Series in 2014
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| By Edd Straw | Sunday, January 26th 2014, 15:38 GMT |
Esteban Gutierrez has set his sights on emerging as the leader of the Sauber Formula 1 team in 2014
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| By Gary Watkins | Sunday, January 26th 2014, 19:51 GMT |
Action Express Racing came out on top in a three-way Chevrolet-powered fight to claim a second Daytona 24 Hours victory with Joao Barbosa, Christian Fittipaldi and Sebastien Bourdais
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| By Gary Watkins | Saturday, January 25th 2014, 22:18 GMT |
The Daytona 24 Hours has been red-flagged shortly before the three-hour mark after a serious incident involving the pole-winning GAINSCO/Bob Stallings entry driven by Memo Gidley.
Gidley was running fourth when he hit the Risi Competizione GT Le Mans class Ferrari of Matteo Malucelli, who is understood to have lost drive.
Gidley and Malucelli were both taken to the local Halifax hospital after being removed from their respective cars.
The safety car was initially deployed and then the race stopped when the extrication of the Gidley began.
The race was led overall by Christian Fittipaldi in the Action Express Coyote-Chevrolet Corvette DP by less than a second when the red flags came out.
| By Gary Watkins | Sunday, January 26th 2014, 00:35 GMT |
The Action Express team led the Daytona 24 Hours at five hours with its lead Coyote-Chevrolet Corvette DP in the hands of Christian Fittipaldi
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| By Gary Watkins | Sunday, January 26th 2014, 02:03 GMT |
Memo Gidley and Matteo Malucelli are "awake and communicating" in hospital after their accident at the end of the third hour of the Daytona 24 Hours
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| Friday, January 24th 2014, 18:05 GMT |
Toro Rosso and Force India both gave their 2014 Formula 1 cars their first runs on track on Friday
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| Friday, January 24th 2014, 17:47 GMT |
Mercedes completed a shakedown test of its 2014 Formula 1 car at Silverstone on Friday.
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| By Jonathan Noble | Friday, January 24th 2014, 19:38 GMT |
The sound of a 2014 Formula 1 car at speed has been revealed for the first time by Mercedes
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| By Jonathan Noble | Thursday, January 23rd 2014, 18:46 GMT |
Formula 1 is to make another attempt to ban tyre warmers in 2015
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| By Gary Watkins | Thursday, January 23rd 2014, 19:05 GMT |
The Daytona Prototypes outpaced their LMP2 opposition in the new United SportsCar Championship's top class ahead of qualifying for the Daytona 24 Hours
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| By Gary Watkins | Thursday, January 23rd 2014, 22:48 GMT |
Alex Gurney claimed Daytona 24 Hours pole position for the GAINSCO/Bob Stallings team as the Daytona Prototypes blocked out the first seven positions on the grid
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| By Mark Glendenning | Wednesday, January 22nd 2014, 22:02 GMT |
Justin Wilson will remain with Dale Coyne Racing for the 2014 IndyCar season
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| Wednesday, January 22nd 2014, 17:19 GMT |
This year's World Touring Car Championship will start one week later than planned after the opening Marrakech round was deferred by seven days
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| By Mark Glendenning | Wednesday, January 22nd 2014, 22:22 GMT |
NASCAR has announced a dramatic overhaul of its qualifying system in an attempt to enhance the experience for fans
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| By Mark Glendenning | Tuesday, January 21st 2014, 16:29 GMT |
Justin Allgaier will step up to the NASCAR Sprint Cup this year after securing a full-time deal with Phoenix Racing
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| Tuesday, January 21st 2014, 16:17 GMT |
Andre Negrao will move from Formula Renault 3.5 into GP2 for 2014 with Arden Motorsport.
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| By Jonathan Noble | Tuesday, January 21st 2014, 22:15 GMT |
McLaren will be without a title sponsor when it launches its new Formula 1 car on Friday, the team has confirmed.
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| By Gary Watkins | Monday, January 20th 2014, 18:13 GMT |
The German HTP Motorsport squad and Maximilian Buhk will defend their Blancpain Endurance Series title with Mercedes in 2014
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| By Marcus Simmons | Monday, January 20th 2014, 18:41 GMT |
Ferrari has confirmed that its protege Antonio Fuoco will race in the Formula 3 European Championship this season with Prema Powerteam
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| By Glenn Freeman | Monday, January 20th 2014, 18:27 GMT |
Ferrari protege Raffaele Marciello will graduate from Formula 3 to GP2 in 2014, the Scuderia has announced
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| By Jonathan Ingram and Matt Beer | Sunday, January 19th 2014, 14:31 GMT |
Rookies Kyle Larson and Sage Karam will not jeopardise Ganassi's bid for a sixth Daytona 24 Hours victory, insists team lynchpin Scott Pruett
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| By David Evans | Sunday, January 19th 2014, 14:20 GMT |
Hyundai's Thierry Neuville says his team should still feel positive about the i20's World Rally Championship debut, even though he crashed after just four miles in Monte Carlo
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| Sunday, January 19th 2014, 16:27 GMT |
NASCAR is considering a radical overhaul of its points system that would place far more value on wins, and feature eliminations during the Chase
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| Saturday, January 18th 2014, 16:23 GMT |
Nani Roma won the 2014 Dakar Rally as X-raid Mini team-mate Stephane Peterhansel slowed on the final stage
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| Saturday, January 18th 2014, 19:29 GMT |
Stephane Peterhansel admitted he was "frustrated" to finish second on the 2014 Dakar Rally after handing the lead to X-raid Mini team-mate Nani Roma
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| Saturday, January 18th 2014, 20:53 GMT |
Sebastien Ogier began his World Rally Championship title defence with a hard-fought victory in atrocious conditions on the Monte Carlo Rally
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| Friday, January 17th 2014, 18:42 GMT |
Kimi Raikkonen doubts the 2014 Formula 1 rule changes will make a very big difference for drivers
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| By Jonathan Noble | Friday, January 17th 2014, 18:50 GMT |
McLaren is in a race against time to get its new Formula 1 car ready for the first 2014 test at Jerez
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| By Pablo Elizalde and Matt Beer | Friday, January 17th 2014, 20:09 GMT |
Stephane Peterhansel said he did not disregard any team instructions as he passed X-raid team-mate Nani Roma to reclaim the Dakar Rally lead
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| Thursday, January 16th 2014, 20:20 GMT |
Nani Roma extended his lead in the 2014 Dakar after stage 11, despite seeing fellow Mini driver Orlando Terranova take the stage victory.
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| By David Evans | Thursday, January 16th 2014, 20:58 GMT |
Citroen driver Kris Meeke insists he will not be tempted in to pushing harder in an attempt to wrest the lead of the Monte Carlo Rally, despite a strong opening day.
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| Thursday, January 16th 2014, 21:24 GMT |
Stephane Peterhansel admitted that his hopes of victory in the 2014 Dakar were over after his Mini team called off the fight for the lead.
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| By Jonathan Noble | Tuesday, January 14th 2014, 17:44 GMT |
Formula 1's leading drivers admit they have no idea how grands prix will shake out this season because of the radical regulation changes.
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| By Sam Tremayne | Tuesday, January 14th 2014, 15:32 GMT |
Former British Superbike champion Leon Camier is set to move into MotoGP next year with Ioda.
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| Tuesday, January 14th 2014, 19:16 GMT |
Stephane Peterhansel edged closer to the lead of the Dakar after winning the ninth stage of the rally on Tuesday.
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| By Edd Straw | Monday, January 13th 2014, 19:14 GMT |
Kimi Raikkonen has started simulator work ahead of his return to Ferrari for the 2014 Formula 1 season
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| By Mark Glendenning | Monday, January 13th 2014, 19:34 GMT |
Andretti Autosport's interests will expand to include a Global Rallycross entry in 2014, representing Volkswagen
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| Monday, January 13th 2014, 20:28 GMT |
Nasser Al-Attiyah won his first stage of the 2014 Dakar rally as overall leader Nani Roma lost time to nearest rival Stephane Peterhansel on stage eight
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| By Matt Beer | Sunday, January 12th 2014, 14:35 GMT |
Formula 1 racer turned commentator Martin Brundle believes the pay driver situation in the world championship is becoming "uncomfortable".
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| Sunday, January 12th 2014, 19:13 GMT |
Superstars series racer Tonio Liuzzi claimed victory in Felipe Massa's annual International Challenge of the Stars karting event.
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| Sunday, January 12th 2014, 20:58 GMT |
Carlos Sainz cruised to a comfortable win in today's seventh stage of the 2014 Dakar Rally.
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| By Sam Tremayne | Saturday, January 11th 2014, 14:41 GMT |
Tom Kristensen believes efforts to improve safety at Le Mans must always be balanced by 'respect' for the circuit and its traditions
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| By Sam Tremayne | Saturday, January 11th 2014, 13:17 GMT |
Citroen has completed a five-day test of its 2014 World Touring Car Championship C-Elysee in Abu Dhabi
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| By Glenn Freeman | Saturday, January 11th 2014, 14:52 GMT |
McLaren test driver Gary Paffett believes Formula 1 rookie Kevin Magnussen has the speed to push Jenson Button in the same way Lewis Hamilton used to at the team
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| Friday, January 10th 2014, 21:43 GMT |
Nani Roma maintained his Dakar Rally lead as the event reached its halfway point, but his X-raid Mini team-mate Stephane Peterhansel's comeback charge is progressing
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| By Jonathan Noble | Friday, January 10th 2014, 18:01 GMT |
Formula 1's drivers have now been issued with their permanent race numbers, after the FIA confirmed the entry list for the 2014 season on Friday
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| By David Evans | Friday, January 10th 2014, 18:15 GMT |
Two stages of next week's Monte Carlo Rally will be shown live on British television after the World Rally Championship signed a new deal with BT Sport
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| Thursday, January 9th 2014, 15:58 GMT |
Former Formula 1 driver Eddie Irvine has been sentenced to six months in prison over a brawl in a night club in Italy
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| By Kevin Turner | Thursday, January 9th 2014, 16:31 GMT |
Ollie Jackson will switch from Speedworks to drive a second Welch Proton in the 2014 British Touring Car Championship
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| Thursday, January 9th 2014, 19:25 GMT |
Nani Roma retook the lead of the Dakar rally after a commanding victory in stage five, on a day marked by the problems encountered by the top drivers.
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| By Kevin Turner | Wednesday, January 8th 2014, 18:55 GMT |
British Touring Car race winner Sam Tordoff will continue with the works MG squad alongside Jason Plato this year
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| By Mark Glendenning | Wednesday, January 8th 2014, 17:31 GMT |
Rusty Wallace, the 1989 NASCAR Sprint Cup champion, will make a brief return to the cockpit when he drives Brad Keselowski's #2 Penske Ford at Daytona on Thursday
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| Wednesday, January 8th 2014, 20:07 GMT |
Former World Rally champion Carlos Sainz moved into the lead of the Dakar Rally after winning Wednesday's fourth stage of the event.
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| By Sam Tremayne | Tuesday, January 7th 2014, 16:56 GMT |
Mike Earle has reformed ex-Formula 1 team Onyx Racing and will embark upon the first of a five-year World Touring Car Championship programme in 2014
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| By Glenn Freeman | Tuesday, January 7th 2014, 20:45 GMT |
Caterham Formula 1 junior racer Will Stevens will stay with Strakka Racing for the 2014 Formula Renault 3.5 season
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| Tuesday, January 7th 2014, 21:05 GMT |
Nani Roma ended up in the Dakar Rally lead as the event's three biggest names all hit trouble on Tuesday's third stage
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| Monday, January 6th 2014, 20:15 GMT |
Stephane Peterhansel moved into the 2014 Dakar Rally lead by winning Monday's stage
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| By Mark Glendenning | Monday, January 6th 2014, 18:36 GMT |
Luiz Razia will have his first taste of an Indy Lights car this week when he joins the multiple championship-winning Schmidt Peterson Motorsports for a two-day test at Sebring
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| By Mark Glendenning | Monday, January 6th 2014, 20:39 GMT |
Sam Hornish Jr will run a part-time NASCAR Nationwide Series campaign with Joe Gibbs Racing in 2014, sharing a car with Kyle Busch
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| Sunday, January 5th 2014, 20:13 GMT |
Carlos Sousa claimed an early lead as the 2014 Dakar Rally got underway with Sunday's run from Rosario to San Luis
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| Sunday, January 5th 2014, 15:54 GMT |
Robert Kubica snatched the biggest win of his rallying career so far with an incredible final stage on the Janner Rally
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| By Jonathan Ingram | Sunday, January 5th 2014, 22:50 GMT |
The Corvette DP continued to dominate on the final day of Daytona 24 Hours testing as Richard Westbrook went quickest for Spirit of Daytona
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| Saturday, January 4th 2014, 12:12 GMT |
Michael Schumacher's management has urged that speculative reports about the seven-time Formula 1 world champion's condition should be disregarded.
Schumacher remains in a critical but stable condition in an induced coma in a Grenoble hospital having suffered severe head injuries in a skiing accident last Sunday.
His manager Sabine Kehm issued a statement on Saturday morning underlining that information regarding Schumacher's health would only be issued via the hospital or herself, following reports that attributed comments to ex-F1 driver Philippe Streiff.
"Michael's condition remains critical but stable," said Kehm's statement.
"We would like to clearly stress that any information regarding Michael's health not coming from the doctors treating him or from his management must be treated as invalid and pure speculation.
"In consultation with the doctors treating Michael, it is not expected there there will be any press conference before Monday."
Kehm also addressed reports that police were examining footage from a helmet camera worn by Schumacher during the skiing trip on which the accident happened.
"Michael's helmet camera was voluntarily given to the investigating authorities by the family," she said.
"That this should have been done against the wishes of the family is untrue.
"We ask you to respect the continued privacy of the family."
On Friday evening Robert Kubica, who suffered life-threatening injuries of his own in his February 2011 rally crash, expressed his concern about press intrusion affecting Schumacher's family.
"I was in a similar situation and I know media can play quite a hard game in a very difficult period for him, his family and close friends," said Kubica.
"I wish him all the best and definitely keep fingers crossed he will recover and everything will be fine."
| By Jonathan Noble | Saturday, January 4th 2014, 11:03 GMT |
Formula 1 risks becoming engulfed by a spending arms race between the manufacturer teams amid increased pressure to succeed under the new regulations, fears Caterham boss Cyril Abiteboul
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| Saturday, January 4th 2014, 19:48 GMT |
Robert Kubica ended a hard-fought opening day of the Janner Rally leading the European Rally Championship season-opener
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| By David Evans | Friday, January 3rd 2014, 22:30 GMT |
Craig Breen and Pontus Tidemand have both bagged a Ford Fiesta RS WRC for the second round of the 2014 World Rally Championship in Sweden
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| By David Evans | Friday, January 3rd 2014, 22:41 GMT |
The FIA has announced Citroen Racing as the supplier of cars to this year's Junior World Rally Championship
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| By Jonathan Ingram | Friday, January 3rd 2014, 23:23 GMT |
The Corvette DP of Action Express Racing driven by Christian Fittipaldi set the quickest lap on the first day of the three-day test for the Daytona 24 Hours
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| By Gary Watkins | Thursday, January 2nd 2014, 17:00 GMT |
British sportscar stars Oliver Jarvis and James Walker are teaming up in an Audi R8 for this month's Daytona 24 Hours.
Factory Audi driver Jarvis and Walker, a race winner in LMP2 in last year's World Endurance Championship, will join forces in one of the German manufacturer's GT Daytona class contenders entered by the Fall-Line Motorsports squad for the United SportsCar Championship opener on January 25/26.
The British duo will share the R8 LMS together with experienced US sportscar pairing of Charles Putnam and Charles Espenlaub, who will contest the full season in the car.
Jarvis, who won the Grand-Am GT class at Daytona last year with Alex Job Racing, said: "It looks like Fall-Line is a strong team and I have good team-mates.
"Audi wasn't expecting much last year, but ended up winning the race. Now everyone expects them to win the race, but it is probably going to be even tougher with 10 or so strong cars that can all do the job.
"It will be good to share a car with James, although my overriding memory about him is the both of us sitting in the gravel at Turn 1 at Donington Park after tangling while we were battling for the lead. I can't remember if it happened in Formula Ford or Formula 3."
Walker, who was a race winner in the GTE Pro class of the European Le Mans Series (formerly the LMS) in 2011 and '12, explained that the deal to drive one of five Audis on the entry for Daytona came out of the blue.
"I actually found out about it on Christmas Day, but it is good to begin the season in a strong car," he said.
"It's great to be partnering Olly at Daytona: with his Audi experience he's the perfect team-mate and I'm sure I'll be able to learn a lot about this year's Audi R8 LMS from him."
Jarvis and Walker will both take part in the official, three-day pre-Daytona test, which starts on Friday.
Illinois-based Fall-Line graduated to the GT ranks of Grand-Am, which has merged with the American Le Mans Series to create the USC for 2014, at mid-season last year from the feeder Continental Tire Challenge series.
Jarvis's full programme with Audi for 2014 has yet to be announced, but it looks certain that he will again be part of its LMP1 roster for the Le Mans 24 Hours and the Spa WEC rounds.
| By Gary Watkins | Thursday, January 2nd 2014, 19:51 GMT |
Alex Brundle is set to make his Daytona 24 Hours debut with American Le Mans Series champions Muscle Milk/Pickett Racing later this month.
The 23-year-old Briton, who was runner-up in the LMP2 class in last year's World Endurance Championship, will take part in this weekend's official Daytona test with the team.
He is scheduled to contest the United SportsCar Championship opener on January 25/26 in its ORECA-Nissan 03 alongside team regulars Klaus Graf and Lucas Luhr.
Brundle, whose father Martin won Daytona with Jaguar in 1988, told AUTOSPORT: "I'm here at the test [which begins tomorrow, Friday] with Muscle Milk and the plan is for me to do the race, so it is a great way to start 2014.
"The whole thing is down the input of Nissan [with which Brundle has links going back to 2012] and Darren Cox [the manufacturer's global motorsport boss], so I have to say thanks to them for getting me this great opportunity."
"I'm very excited to be here and to get the chance to learn about the US scene from Klaus and Lucas."
The Muscle Milk entry is one of six LMP2 machines that will go up against 10 uprated Daytona Prototypes and the solo DeltaWing the USC's Prototype class.
DID YOU KNOW?
Martin Brundle won the Daytona 24 Hours on his debut in the race with the new TWR Inc squad.
He describes the race aboard the winning Jaguar XJR-9 as the "hardest race of my career".
| By Pablo Elizalde | Thursday, January 2nd 2014, 21:09 GMT |
Arthur Pic has become the first driver to be signed for the Campos Racing team for its return to the GP2 series this year.
The 22-year-old Frenchman, the younger brother of Formula 1 driver Charles, will make his GP2 debut after competing in Formula Renault 3.5 for the past three seasons.
Pic, racing with the new AV Formula team, finished the 2013 championship in eighth position.
He has also won races and currently lies second in this season's MRF Racing series, which concludes in Chennai on February 14-16.
"We followed him closely and his future looks brilliant," said team boss Adrian Campos.
"I am sure that he will bring us great joy in terms of competitiveness. We are also working to make him feel immediately at home."
Campos returns to GP2 after taking over the Addax team entry. The Alzira-based Spanish squad competed in GP2 in its inaugural season in 2005 and stayed until 2008.
| By Hal Ridge | Wednesday, January 1st 2014, 13:45 GMT |
Former touring car star Tommy Rustad will contest the 2014 FIA European Rallycross Championship at the wheel of a Volvo C30.
The Norwegian drove in two European championship events last season and will focus all of his attention on rallycross this year.
"We have the budget to do six races in 2014, so we will do the five European championship rounds and also Holjes in Sweden," said Rustad. "I am really looking forward to it, and of course my goal is to win the championship.
"I think the European championship will be very competitive, just like the world championship will be too, so we will have to work hard."
One of the most experienced all-rounders on the rallycross grid, Rustad has clear ideas about where he needs to improve ahead of the coming season.
"I need to be much better off the start-line," he said. "When we make a good start we can be fastest. Once the car is rebuilt we will start testing as soon as we can.
"We need to see if we can change settings on the car, or if I need to change my own style."
Rustad drove a Renault Laguna to the BTCC Independents' crown in 1998, before moving to Swedish and European Touring Cars. He raced a full European rallycross season in 2006, finishing third.
He contested the British rounds of the FIA World Touring Car Championship at Brands Hatch in 2009, driving a works, bio-ethanol powered Volvo C30, but retired from both races.
| By Gary Watkins | Wednesday, January 1st 2014, 12:53 GMT |
DTM champion Mike Rockenfeller will bid for a second victory in the Daytona 24 Hours with the Spirit of Daytona Corvette squad later this month.
The Audi driver has switched from the Action Express squad, with which he won the event in 2010 and contested last year's race, to drive the Spirit of Daytona squad's solo Corvette-bodied Coyote-Chevrolet Daytona Prototype in the inaugural United SportsCar Championship round on January 25/26.
The 30-year-old will share the car with team regular Richard Westbrook and Spirit of Daytona returnee Michael Valiante in a deal that is set to encompass the Sebring 12 Hours and Petit Le Mans USC enduros in March and October respectively.
Rockenfeller, who won the Le Mans 24 Hours with Audi in 2010, said: "It's always good to go back to Daytona and it looks like I should be doing three races with Spirit of Daytona in 2014, which is even better."
The German had been in talks to race for Action Express again this year before Sebastien Bourdais signed to join Christian Fittipaldi and Joao Barbosa in its lead Coyote.
Valiante is returning to Spirit of Daytona for the full USC season in 2014 after taking a victory in the four races he contested alongside Westbrook with the team in 2012.
The Canadian takes the place of Ricky Taylor, who is going back to the family Wayne Taylor Racing squad to partner brother Jordan for the full season.
Team owner Troy Flis said: "Michael did a great job for us in 2012 and we are really excited for him to be back with us full time this year. He and Westy work really well together."
Rockenfeller will not be returning to Le Mans in 2014 with Audi in order for him to concentrate on the defence of his DTM crown.
| By Gary Watkins | Wednesday, January 1st 2014, 14:53 GMT |
French sportscar star Olivier Pla will remain with the OAK Racing team for a third full season in 2014.
Pla, 32, has re-signed for the team that he joined for the final races of 2011, although his programme for the coming season has yet to be determined beyond taking part in this weekend's official Daytona 24 Hours test in its Morgan-Nissan LMP2.
Pla, who finished second in the LMP2 points in last year's World Endurance Championship, said: "OAK has a lot of ambition, Jacques [Nicolet, the team owner] is very motivated for the future and I have built up a very good relationship with the team."
Pla explained that he expected to contest a mixed programme of events in both the United SportsCar Championship in America, of which Daytona is the opening round, and the WEC in either LMP1 or P2 or both.
"I am waiting to see what kind of programme I will have and expect to have some news soon," he added.
OAK has yet to confirm its plans for 2014 beyond its one-car assault on the USC.
It is unclear if the Le Mans-based team will field a works LMP2 entry after Nicolet declared in September that he wanted to leave the secondary prototype division to its customers.
It has since been announced that Onroak Automotive, OAK's sister company that builds the cars, is working on an P2 coupe design that will carry the badges of the famous Ligier marque.
OAK's plans for its new LMP1 coupe also remain in a state of flux because it has yet to agree an engine deal for the car.
Roman Rusinov a four-time P2 class winner in last year's WEC with the G-Drive/Delta-ADR squad, will also drive the OAK Morgan at the three-day Daytona test, which begins on Friday.
New OAK team manager Philippe Dumas, the architect of Hexis Racing's GT successes, explained that this was more with an eye to a possible link-up in the WEC than a full USC campaign.
"Roman will do the test to find out a little bit more about the team and the engineers; we are looking towards the WEC," he said.
Colombian Gustavo Yacaman, who contested last year's Grand-Am series with Michael Shank Racing, will also take part in the Daytona test with OAK as a possible lead-in to a full USC programme.
Dumas explained that other possibles for the USC car were Martin Plowman, who was part of the OAK's title-winning WEC line-up in 2013, and IndyCar regular EJ Viso.
| Tuesday, December 31st 2013, 14:19 GMT |
The rebranded SuperTouringSeries, formerly Superstars, has delayed the introduced of its new 'League of Teams' format until 2015.
The series had planned to launch the new initiative, which effectively makes the teams stakeholders in the championship, in 2014.
But despite attracting interest from leading outfits such as Triple Eight, Carlin and Fortec Motorsport, it feels there has been insufficient time to make the plan work effectively.
Daniel Audetto, the CEO of the new company running SuperTouringSeries, PARE said: "Given the tight schedule and the upcoming release of new models which will replace the current ones in the upper range of the market, the majority of the teams have confirmed the intention to participate in the championship next season.
"Therefore, the start of the 'League' will be postponed to 2015."
PARE is examining whether it is feasible to run the championship in 2014 without the league format.
It is in discussion with the teams to assess how many cars it could expect on the grid.
| Tuesday, December 31st 2013, 13:22 GMT |
Michael Schumacher was not skiing at high speed when he fell and hit a rock, according to his official spokesperson Sabine Kehm.
Although Kehm was not present at the ski trip in Meribel, after speaking to other members of Schumacher's skiing party, she believes that the accident on Sunday happened at low speed.
"Michael and the group have been skiing on normal slopes," she said
"In between red and blue slopes there was an area and they went into that.
"He helped a friend who had fallen and went into deep snow, hit a rock and was catapulted into the air and landed head down.
"It was extreme bad luck, not because he was at speed."
Schumacher remains in an induced coma in Grenoble hospital, although there has been a slight improvement in his condition overnight.
The surgeons who have attended to him believe that had he not been wearing a ski helmet he would not have survived the fall.
| By Edd Straw | Tuesday, December 31st 2013, 16:09 GMT |
Jenson Button is not interested in racing in sportscars once his Formula 1 career is over.
The Briton's ex-F1 rival Mark Webber has left the world champion Red Bull team to front Porsche's LMP1 return, and has already tested its new 919 hybrid.
But while the 33-year-old's current McLaren deal expires at the end of this season, Button has revealed that racing at Le Mans does not appeal to him.
"Le Mans never really ticked the boxes for me," he said.
"You are racing with cars that are so much slower, in different categories, and dodging cars throughout the whole race is not something that I have ever got that excited about.
"Maybe I will when I drive one of them and drive at Le Mans, because I'd love to drive around the Le Mans circuit in a sportscar, but it's just having different categories racing together that I am not keen on.
"But each to their own as obviously a lot of people do love it."
Button insists that he does not feel he is coming close to the end of his career. But he believes that when he does stop, he will find some competitive sport to compete in.
"I want to compete," said Button. "When I do leave the sport in the future I will have another target, which a lot of people don't have.
"I think that's the biggest issue for a lot of people that do decide to leave the sport; after a year, they miss it massively.
"You have got to make sure that everything is right and while you still love the sport, you should never think about leaving it.
"I don't see the end of my career. Even in this position [struggling with McLaren in 2013], I enjoy racing.
Did you know...
Only four F1 world champions have also won the Le Mans 24 Hours.
They are: Mike Hawthorn (1955), Phil Hill (1958, '61, '62), Jochen Rindt (1965, pictured) and Graham Hill (1972).
