| By Gary Anderson | Tuesday, April 29th 2014, 15:18 GMT |
Nissan is confident that its ZEOD RC racer will hit its stated objectives in the Le Mans 24 Hours, including the first all-electric lap of the Circuit de la Sarthe.
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| By Mark Glendenning | Tuesday, April 29th 2014, 15:27 GMT |
Sage Karam has signed a multi-year driver development deal with Chip Ganassi Racing; an arrangement that will begin with the reigning Indy Lights champion entering this year's Indianapolis 500
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| By Edd Straw | Tuesday, April 29th 2014, 15:41 GMT |
Valtteri Bottas believes the Spanish Grand Prix will be key to the Williams team's hopes of continuing its strong start to the Formula 1 season.
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| By Gary Watkins | Monday, April 28th 2014, 14:52 GMT |
Toyota will run its two TS040 HYBRIDs in low-downforce Le Mans configuration in this weekend's Spa World Endurance Championship event.
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| By Charles Bradley and Jonathan Noble | Monday, April 28th 2014, 16:26 GMT |
Alain Prost thinks the engine battle between Renault and Mercedes could be transformed in a few races, opening up the fight for victories in Formula 1
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| By Gary Watkins | Monday, April 28th 2014, 19:26 GMT |
Former Audi factory driver Pierre Kaffer will return to the Risi Competizione Ferrari squad for this weekend's Lagnua Seca round of the United SportsCar Championship.
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| By Mark Glendenning | Sunday, April 27th 2014, 23:35 GMT |
Ryan Hunter-Reay led Marco Andretti across the line for an Andretti Autosport 1-2 in a rain-delayed and shortened IndyCar race at Barber.
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| Sunday, April 27th 2014, 17:45 GMT |
Marc Marquez continued his unbeaten MotoGP run by coming from seventh to first at Termas de Rio Hondo in Argentina.
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| By Mark Glendenning | Sunday, April 27th 2014, 17:49 GMT |
Gabby Chaves secured the win in a processional second race of this weekend's Indy Lights double-header at Barber
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| By Mark Glendenning | Saturday, April 26th 2014, 18:56 GMT |
Cosworth says that it is continuing to make progress with its efforts to return to IndyCar, and that further meetings with potential manufacturer partners could take place as early as next month
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| By Mark Glendenning | Saturday, April 26th 2014, 20:14 GMT |
Will Power edged out James Hinchcliffe to secure pole position for Sunday's IndyCar race at Barber
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| Sunday, April 27th 2014, 02:40 GMT |
Joey Logano came from fourth to snatch a second NASCAR Sprint Cup victory of 2014 in a spectacular finish to Saturday night's Richmond race
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| By Mark Glendenning | Friday, April 25th 2014, 21:06 GMT |
Zach Veach has taken pole position for the first race in this weekend's Indy Lights double-header at Barber
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| By Mark Glendenning | Friday, April 25th 2014, 21:37 GMT |
IndyCar's new engine penalty system has already struck both Chevrolet and Honda, with the two manufacturers having been docked 50 and 30 points respectively for unapproved changes
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| Saturday, April 26th 2014, 02:55 GMT |
Mark Winterbottom closed in on V8 Supercars championship leader Craig Lowndes as he made up for Ford Performance Racing's poor Friday by winning race two at Pukekohe
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| By Jonathan Noble | Thursday, April 24th 2014, 15:20 GMT |
Bernie Ecclestone reiterated his innocence of bribery charges on Thursday as the Formula 1 supremo's high-profile court case in Germany got underway
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| By Mark Glendenning | Thursday, April 24th 2014, 15:40 GMT |
Parker Kligerman is out of a drive following a restructuring within NASCAR Sprint Cup team Swan Racing
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| Friday, April 25th 2014, 02:26 GMT |
Jason Bright took his first V8 Supercars win in 12 months as he triumphed in the opening race of the Pukekohe quadruple-header
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| By Mark Glendenning | Wednesday, April 23rd 2014, 14:48 GMT |
Franck Montagny will return to IndyCar after an extended absence next month to drive a fifth Andretti Autosport entry for the Indianapolis road course race
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| By Gary Watkins | Wednesday, April 23rd 2014, 11:45 GMT |
GP2 driver Jon Lancaster will make his Le Mans 24 Hours debut with the Swiss Race Performance LMP2 team in June
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| By Ben Anderson | Wednesday, April 23rd 2014, 15:33 GMT |
Romain Grosjean says Lotus is now the second best Renault team in Formula 1 after running in the top 10 in the Chinese Grand Prix
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| By Gary Watkins | Tuesday, April 22nd 2014, 14:29 GMT |
Giorgio Pianta, who had a long and varied career as a test driver, motorsport manager and racer, has died at the age of 78.
The Italian is perhaps best remembered as test driver, his role when he joined the Fiat Group's Abarth competitions department in the mid-1970s.
He helped develop the Fiat 131 Abarth with which Walter Rohrl took the 1980 World Rally Championship drivers' title and Fiat the manufacturers' crown
Pianta's abilities meant he was quickly promoted within the Abarth organisation and he took on more management responsibilities on the Lancia Rallye 037 and Delta S4 Group B progammes.
That led on to him being put in charge of racing activities at Alfa Romeo after it was incorporated into Fiat in 1986.
Former Lancia motorsport boss Cesare Fiorio told AUTOSPORT: "Giorgio was the guy who decided the set-up of all the rally cars.
"You always need a good driver to do that and he was a good driver, but he also had good technical solutions.
"That's why I gave him more responsibility in terms of the organisation of the service of the rally cars."
Pianta went on to have a 10-year career at Alfa Corse.
He oversaw Alfa's DTM triumph with Nicola Larini and the four-wheel-drive 155 V6 TI in 1993 and its early successes in the Super Touring category, including Gabriele Tarquini's triumph in the British Touring Car Championship in 1994.
Pianta left Alfa Romeo suddenly ahead of the end of the 1996 International Touring Car season, but continued to work for the Italian motorsport federation on a consultancy basis.
He started competing in the late 1950s at the wheel of a Fiat 1100 103 touring car and went on to enjoy success in both racing and rallying.
His career took him through, briefly, Formula 2 and Formula 3, included starts in the Le Mans 24 Hours and the Targa Florio and a stint with the Conrero Opel touring car team.
Pianta was also given occasional appearances aboard both factory and privateer Lancia Beta Montecarlo Group 5 sportscars during his time with the Italian manufacturer.
He made a one-off Formula 1 start in the British Aurora series, finishing fifth at Nogaro in 1979 at the wheel of a David Price Racing-run Williams FW06.
| Tuesday, April 22nd 2014, 15:10 GMT |
AUTOSPORT has been involved in the development of a motorsport game for the first time in its history, working with Codemasters Racing on its new title 'Grid Autosport'.
The game, which is released on June 24 in the USA and June 27 in Europe, has been created with the intention of taking the 'Grid' series back towards the classic 'TOCA Touring Cars' racing games.
When the BTCC was king of the racing games
The game will feature several areas of motorsport, ranging from touring cars to endurance racing, single-seaters, street racing and drift events.
Journalists from AUTOSPORT have been involved in the development of the handling model for the cars, with the emphasis being on creating a title that will appeal to racing fans as well as gamers.
"The design philosophy was to create a really focused racing game," said chief games designer James Nicholls.
"We've jettisoned anything that doesn't support the on-track competition and we've chosen a selection of cars and tracks that will give players a range of different racing experiences."
AUTOSPORT's Simon Strang added: "The TOCA games were an office favourite back in the day, so when Codemasters said they wanted to take the series back to its core fanbase we got stuck in to help.
"Many of our guys that helped with the handling are either elite former racers or active amateurs, so Codemasters were able to extract aspects of knowledge and understanding that would otherwise slip by.
"While you want the cars to feel authentic, you don't necessarily want to spend hours mastering it, and we hope that the balance is struck right for the players of the game."
| Tuesday, April 22nd 2014, 15:23 GMT |
Ex-Lotus Formula 1 junior Richie Stanaway will return to full-time single-seater racing this year with Status Grand Prix in GP3.
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| By Ben Anderson | Monday, April 21st 2014, 16:43 GMT |
The Mercedes Formula 1 team reckons that Nico Rosberg was fortunate to finish the Chinese Grand Prix following his first corner contact with Valtteri Bottas
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| By Gary Watkins | Monday, April 21st 2014, 14:58 GMT |
Mark Webber has heralded Porsche's podium in the Silverstone World Endurance Championship opener at the weekend as "massive step" for the German manufacturer on its return to top-flight sportscar racing
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| By David Evans | Monday, April 21st 2014, 15:24 GMT |
Peugeot will face a race against time to solve teething troubles that forced the retirement of both factory 208 T16s on last week's Circuit of Ireland
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| By Kevin Turner | Sunday, April 20th 2014, 17:11 GMT |
Gordon Shedden gave the Honda Civic Tourer its first British Touring Car Championship victory with a last corner effort in the Donington Park finale
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| By Peter Mills | Sunday, April 20th 2014, 16:28 GMT |
Citroen's Jose Maria Lopez produced a fearless, attacking drive from last on the grid to take a sensational second victory of the World Touring Car Championship season at Paul Ricard
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| By Gary Watkins | Sunday, April 20th 2014, 16:54 GMT |
Toyota claimed first blood in the new era of the World Endurance Championship with a dominant one-two finish at Silverstone
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| By David Evans | Saturday, April 19th 2014, 17:00 GMT |
Finland's Esapekka Lappi moved to the top of the European Rally Championship standings with a commanding win on the Circuit of Ireland
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| By Peter Mills | Saturday, April 19th 2014, 18:01 GMT |
Citroen's provisional front row qualifiers Sebastien Loeb and Jose Maria Lopez have had their qualifying times cancelled at Paul Ricard's second round of the World Touring Car Championship
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| By Gary Watkins | Saturday, April 19th 2014, 18:57 GMT |
Tristan Gommendy came from behind to seal victory in the opening round of the European Le Mans Series at Silverstone with TDS Racing team-mates Pierre Thiriet and Ludovic Badey
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| By Marcus Simmons | Friday, April 18th 2014, 17:44 GMT |
Lotus F1 Junior Esteban Ocon took a brace of pole positions in the second qualifying session for this weekend's Formula 3 European Championship opener at Silverstone.
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| By David Evans | Friday, April 18th 2014, 19:12 GMT |
Rising Finnish star Esapekka Lappi rocked the Irish establishment with a stunning opening day to lead the European Rally Championship's Circuit of Ireland
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| By James Roberts | Saturday, April 19th 2014, 04:04 GMT |
Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo recorded the fastest time in a wet practice session on Saturday morning ahead of qualifying for the Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix
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| By David Evans | Thursday, April 17th 2014, 19:58 GMT |
Irishman Robert Barrable set the fastest time on the qualifying stage of the Circuit of Ireland Rally, round four of the European Rally Championship
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| Thursday, April 17th 2014, 20:20 GMT |
Robert Wickens ended BMW's domination of the final DTM pre-season test at Hockenheim as he topped the times for Mercedes on Thursday
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| By James Roberts | Friday, April 18th 2014, 03:36 GMT |
Fernando Alonso set the early pace for the Ferrari Formula 1 team in the opening practice session for this weekend's Chinese Grand Prix
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| By Jonathan Noble | Wednesday, April 16th 2014, 16:10 GMT |
Force India has vowed to keep up the pressure for Formula 1's governance to be reformed, as it believes the current structure is unacceptable
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| Wednesday, April 16th 2014, 17:14 GMT |
Joey Hand kept BMW on top of the time sheets as the final pre-season DTM test continued at Hockenheim
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| By Mark Glendenning | Wednesday, April 16th 2014, 20:54 GMT |
KV/AFS Racing driver Sebastian Saavedra has been fined and placed on probation for a full-course yellow infraction at last weekend's IndyCar race at Long Beach
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| By Gary Watkins | Tuesday, April 15th 2014, 15:40 GMT |
Audi has expressed frustration at changes to the LMP1 fuel allocations ahead of this weekend's World Endurance Championship opener at Silverstone
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| By Hal Ridge | Tuesday, April 15th 2014, 16:11 GMT |
Andrew Jordan tested the Ford Fiesta RX Supercar that he will use in the AUTOSPORT WorldRX of Great Britain at Lydden.
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| Tuesday, April 15th 2014, 17:20 GMT |
Marco Wittmann stayed on top of the times on the second day of the DTM pre-season test at the Hockenheim circuit.
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| By Andrew van Leeuwen | Monday, April 14th 2014, 17:20 GMT |
Marco Wittmann topped the first day of the final DTM pre-season test at Hockenheim on Monday
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| By Kevin Turner | Monday, April 14th 2014, 15:58 GMT |
Returning British Touring Car champion Fabrizio Giovanardi believes improvements to his Ford Focus will allow him to move up the field at the Donington Park round this weekend
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| By Ben Anderson | Monday, April 14th 2014, 18:45 GMT |
NASCAR team boss Gene Haas is eying a tie-up with renowned single-seater constructor Dallara to build a car for his entry into the 2015 Formula 1 world championship.
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| Sunday, April 13th 2014, 19:56 GMT |
Marc Marquez led a dominant Honda one-two in an Austin MotoGP race that proved a disaster for the works Yamahas
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| By Gary Watkins | Sunday, April 13th 2014, 18:57 GMT |
Two-time Le Mans 24 Hours winners Andre Lotterer, Marcel Fassler and Benoit Treluyer will attempt to add victory in the Spa 24 Hours to their tally of successes together
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| By Mark Glendenning | Sunday, April 13th 2014, 23:17 GMT |
Ed Carpenter Racing's decision to hire Mike Conway for IndyCar's road and street rounds was rewarded as the Briton survived an extraordinary race to claim his second Long Beach win
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| Sunday, April 13th 2014, 00:03 GMT |
Ganassi's Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas withstood near-relentless pressure to win the Long Beach United SportsCar round
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| By Mark Glendenning | Saturday, April 12th 2014, 21:34 GMT |
Last-gasp flying laps from Ryan Hunter-Reay and James Hinchcliffe secured an all-Andretti Autosport front row for Sunday's IndyCar race at Long Beach
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| Sunday, April 13th 2014, 03:17 GMT |
Kevin Harvick became the first repeat winner of the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup season by taking a dominant victory in the night race at Darlington
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| Friday, April 11th 2014, 23:27 GMT |
Kevin Harvick claimed pole position for Saturday night's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race with a last-gasp lap at Darlington Raceway
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| By Mark Glendenning | Friday, April 11th 2014, 21:47 GMT |
Simon Pagenaud topped the times in an extraordinarily tight second IndyCar practice session at Long Beach, where the top 19 cars were covered by 1.0s
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| By Mark Glendenning | Saturday, April 12th 2014, 01:35 GMT |
Scott Pruett survived a late scare from Oswaldo Negri to secure pole for this weekend's USC race on the streets of Long Beach
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| By Jonathan Noble | Thursday, April 10th 2014, 15:10 GMT |
Sergio Perez has revealed that he came close to quitting Formula 1 last year after losing his place at McLaren.
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| Thursday, April 10th 2014, 15:43 GMT |
Nick Yelloly posted the quickest time on the opening day of the second GP3 test for 2014 at the Jerez circuit
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| Thursday, April 10th 2014, 17:31 GMT |
Colin Edwards will retire from motorcycle racing at the end of the 2014 MotoGP season
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| Wednesday, April 9th 2014, 20:55 GMT |
Max Verstappen topped the final day of pre-season European Formula 3 Championship testing at Zeltweg on Wednesday
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| Wednesday, April 9th 2014, 15:33 GMT |
Mercedes was again the team to beat in Bahrain, as Lewis Hamilton topped the timesheets on the final day of the first Formula 1 in-season test of 2014
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| Wednesday, April 9th 2014, 15:48 GMT |
Former Lotus Formula 1 reserve driver and 2012 GP2 champion Davide Valsecchi will return to racing in the International GT Open series this year
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| Tuesday, April 8th 2014, 19:15 GMT |
Hyundai has granted Dani Sordo's request to be part of the team's Rally Argentina line-up, with Juho Hanninen moving aside for the next round of the 2014 World Rally Championship
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| Tuesday, April 8th 2014, 19:29 GMT |
Felix Serralles put European Formula 3 Championship newcomer West-Tec on top of the times as the second pre-season test began at Zeltweg on Tuesday
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| By Mark Glendenning | Tuesday, April 8th 2014, 19:46 GMT |
Former HPD technical director Roger Griffiths has joined Andretti Autosport as the team's director of motorsport development
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| By Gary Watkins | Monday, April 7th 2014, 16:10 GMT |
Banned Risi Ferrari driver Matteo Malucelli will be replaced by Dane Cameron for this weekend's Long Beach United SportsCar Championship round
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| By Peter Mills | Monday, April 7th 2014, 17:46 GMT |
Campos GP2 driver Kimiya Sato will renew his relationship with Euronova Racing in Auto GP alongside his primary campaign this season
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| Monday, April 7th 2014, 20:19 GMT |
Joey Logano shrugged off a late yellow and pit scramble to claim victory in the rain-delayed Texas Motor Speedway NASCAR Sprint Cup race
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| By Edd Straw and Scott Mitchell | Sunday, April 6th 2014, 20:12 GMT |
Daniel Ricciardo believes Red Bull can be proud of its performance in the Bahrain Grand Prix after claiming the best result of his Formula 1 career on Sunday.
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| By Jonathan Noble | Sunday, April 6th 2014, 20:20 GMT |
Mercedes says not allowing Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg to race each other wheel-to-wheel in the Bahrain Grand Prix would have been the wrong thing for Formula 1.
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| By Jonathan Noble | Saturday, April 5th 2014, 19:49 GMT |
Mercedes think it 'absurd' that rival teams even think there is a need to tweak Formula 1's regulations just two races into its new era.
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| Saturday, April 5th 2014, 20:34 GMT |
Tony Stewart surged to pole for the Texas NASCAR Sprint Cup race with a run late in qualifying.
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| By Jonathan Noble | Saturday, April 5th 2014, 20:41 GMT |
Lewis Hamilton reckons a car balance that has moved away from his liking was key to Nico Rosberg beating him to pole position for the Bahrain Grand Prix.
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| By Pablo Elizalde | Friday, April 4th 2014, 18:59 GMT |
Jenson Button has admitted that the gap to Formula 1 pacesetter Mercedes is even bigger than he expected after Friday's free practice ahead of the Bahrain Grand Prix
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| By Ben Anderson | Friday, April 4th 2014, 19:28 GMT |
The FIA has reprimanded Nico Rosberg for impeding Sergio Perez during the second Formula 1 free practice session for the Bahrain Grand Prix on Friday
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| By Jonathan Noble | Friday, April 4th 2014, 20:52 GMT |
Formula 1 drivers have been told that modifications will be made to Sakhir's Turn 4 kerbing after incidents involving Kimi Raikkonen and Pastor Maldonado during Bahrain Grand Prix free practice.
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| By Ben Anderson | Thursday, April 3rd 2014, 16:45 GMT |
Daniel Ricciardo says Red Bull may have to wait until May's Spanish Grand Prix before it can take the fight to 2014 Formula 1 pacesetter Mercedes.
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| By Mark Glendenning | Thursday, April 3rd 2014, 16:53 GMT |
NASCAR is considering a reduction in horsepower as the next step in its ongoing quest to improve the quality of its racing, although the timescale for the change remains unclear
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| Thursday, April 3rd 2014, 17:59 GMT |
Sebastien Ogier began the Rally of Portugal on top as he set the quickest time on Thursday evening's superspecial
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| By David Evans | Wednesday, April 2nd 2014, 16:18 GMT |
The recce for this week's Rally of Portugal had to be altered following heavy rain on the stages inland from the Algarve
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| By Gary Watkins | Wednesday, April 2nd 2014, 17:01 GMT |
Sportscar newcomer Nathanael Berthon topped the times at the end of the official European Le Mans Series test at Paul Ricard
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| Wednesday, April 2nd 2014, 20:21 GMT |
Christian Vietoris put Mercedes on top as the Hungaroring DTM test continued on Wednesday
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| By Ben Anderson | Tuesday, April 1st 2014, 13:43 GMT |
Kimi Raikkonen is pinning his hopes of an upturn in form in Formula 1 on a set of new parts expected for this weekend's Bahrain Grand Prix.
The Finn has struggled with the front end of his Ferrari in the first two races of the season.
He showed improved form through practice and qualifying for round two in Malaysia last weekend, before contact early in the race from Kevin Magnussen's McLaren ruined his chances.
Alonso not expecting Bahrain progress
Raikkonen says Ferrari is bringing new parts to his car for this weekend's Bahrain Grand Prix and he is hopeful they will finally allow him to drive the F14 T in the way he would like.
"The car was very similar to the last race, but the circuit layout worked a bit better for our overall situation," said Raikkonen of his performance in Malaysia.
"For the next race we should get some new parts and be happier with the front end and drive a bit more how I want.
"The front end should feel a bit nicer after that, but we have to wait and see how we do on Friday and go from there.
"From the [pre-season] test [in Bahrain] I know there were some difficulties with the handling, but hopefully with some new parts we can sort that out and be even happier with the car than we were here.
"I think we have a pretty good understanding of what we want to do and where we want to go to make the feeling better and we can go much faster if we make that happen.
"The good thing is we did much better here [in Malaysia]. Obviously the results didn't show that but it's nice we're going in the right direction."
| By Jonathan Noble | Tuesday, April 1st 2014, 15:36 GMT |
Red Bull says that the FIA cannot dispute that there are problems with Formula 1's fuel sensors, following another failure for the team in the Malaysian Grand Prix.
Just a fortnight after Daniel Ricciardo was disqualified from the season opener in Australia for breaching F1's fuel-flow limit, the Australian's fuel sensor broke completely at Sepang on Sunday.
It meant the team had to rely on its own fuel-rail data readings to show its compliance with the regulations, although unlike in Australia this time the FIA accepted this course of action.
Red Bull boss Christian Horner said the ongoing issues his team has faced are frustrating.
"It failed prior to the race," he said. "We informed the FIA about it and we asked the FIA if we could revive it on the grid by effectively power cycling the car.
"We did that at the start of the race but it didn't come back to life. So, the sensor didn't work the whole race.
"I think it clearly demonstrates that there are issues with these sensors."
While rival teams have not encountered the kind of troubles that Red Bull is facing, Horner said that there is no explanation as to why his outfit was suffering more than others.
"I've no idea why," he said. "Obviously we have a lot of data here to go away and look at.
"Theoretically there should not be a reason, but we need to look and understand it. Everyone else is happy with the sensor apparently.
"But Toro Rosso had two failures earlier in the weekend, and there have been other issues up and down the pitlane.
"They are the only ones we know about. But it certainly isn't unique to Red Bull."
| By Peter Mills | Tuesday, April 1st 2014, 21:45 GMT |
Series returnee Tamas Pal Kiss broke the unofficial Auto GP lap record at Valencia on the series' opening day of collective testing of 2014.
Pal Kiss's fastest lap of 1m21.480s was two seconds under the Valencia Auto GP lap record set by recent Rapax GP2 signing Adrian Quaife-Hobbs in 2012.
Former GP3 race winner Pal Kiss is benefitting from more orderly preparations to his season than in 2013. The Hungarian was left on the sidelines through lack of finance, before finally securing a late deal to join Auto GP for round three of the championship at the Hungaroring.
Campos GP2 driver Kimiya Sato claimed second on the timesheets for MLR71, run by his former team Euronova Racing. Former grand prix driver Taki Inoue, who is assisting the 2012 Auto GP title contender, revealed that Sato is participating in the test to assist the team and its new drivers, and for the same reason will compete in Auto GP this year in parallel to GP2.
Regular 2013 frontrunner Kevin Giovesi finished third for newcomers Puma 3 M-Sport, who enjoy a technical partnership with former Durango GP2 team boss Ivone Pinton's Eurotech concern.
Belgian Sam Dejonghe ended the day top rookie and a promising fourth fastest for Virtuosi UK. Team-mate Andrea Roda, who returns to the Norfolk team for a second season, claimed third quickest in the morning session behind Super Nova International's Michela Cerruti and Sato.
Reigning champions Super Nova also fielded Markus Pommer and Gianmarco Raimondo. Former FIA Formula 2 race winner Pommer was confident of further progress on the final day of testing on Wednesday, after experiencing a small issue with his pedals during his fastest lap.
Canadian Raimondo's running was limited to a shakedown at the close of play, in preparation for a more intense programme on Wednesday.
At Euronova, Sato will hand driving duties over to former team-mate Yoshitaka Kuroda on Wednesday. Salvatore Deplano, a late addition to the test, will drive the MLR71 entry.
| Monday, March 31st 2014, 16:30 GMT |
Miguel Molina topped the first day of DTM testing at the Hungaroring circuit as the 2014 pre-season kicked off officially on Monday.
A total of 11 cars from the three manufacturers competing in the series were in action at the Hungarian track for the test, a month away from the first race of the season.
Molina set the benchmark with a best time of 1m37.792s in the Audi RS 5 as the manufacturer locked out the top four positions.
"It's just great to be back behind the wheel, after the long off-season," said Molina. "Audi Sport did a great job developing the new Audi RS 5 DTM: the new car feels great right from the start and the Hungaroring seems to suit it well."
Molina was followed by Jamie Green, Adrian Tambay and reigning champion Mike Rockenfeller, who finished over a second behind the Spanish driver.
Bruno Spengler was the quickest of the non-Audi driver in fifth for BMW.
Ex-Formula 1 driver Paul di Resta was fastest of the Mercedes drivers, but the Scot was down in ninth position as the Stuttgart marque finished at the bottom of the times with its three drivers.
DTM rookie Vitaly Petrov was slowest, three tenths of a second behind Briton Gary Paffett.
Maxime Martin was the quickest of the newcomers in sixth, while fellow rookie Antonio Felix da Costa was seventh in the Red Bull-backed BMW M4.
The session was shorter than scheduled because of problems with the track surface, which meant teams had to call it a day two hours earlier than planned.
Teams will be allowed an extra hour of running on both Tuesday and Wednesday to make up for the issue.
Pos Driver Team/Car Time Gap 1. Miguel Molina Abt Audi 1m37.792s 2. Jamie Green Rosberg Audi 1m38.200s +0.408s 3. Adrien Tambay Abt Audi 1m38.518s +0.726s 4. Mike Rockenfeller Phoenix Audi 1m38.842s +1.050s 5. Bruno Spengler Schnitzer BMW 1m39.242s +1.450s 6. Maxime Martin RMG BMW 1m39.549s +1.757s 7. Antonio Felix da Costa MTEK BMW 1m39.666s +1.874s 8. Joey Hand RBM BMW 1m39.679s +1.887s 9. Paul di Resta HWA Mercedes 1m40.383s +2.591s 10. Gary Paffett HWA Mercedes 1m40.434s +2.642s 11. Vitaly Petrov HWA Mercedes 1m40.741s +2.949s
| By Gary Watkins | Monday, March 31st 2014, 17:15 GMT |
Former Marussia Formula 1 Friday tester Rodolfo Gonzalez will take his first steps in sportscar racing this year with the Murphy Prototypes LMP2 squad.
The Venezuelan, who took part in nine Friday free practice sessions with Marussia last year, will drive the Anglo-Irish Murphy team's ORECA-Nissan 03 at the Le Mans 24 Hours and in the five-round European Le Mans Series.
Gonzalez will drive alongside multiple World Endurance Championship LMP2 class winner Tor Graves, who raced for the Delta-ADR P2 team in 2012-13.
Team boss Greg Murphy said: "I raced against Rodolfo in Formula Ford in the early noughties and have been after him for a while.
"I think he will do a good job, and with Tor, I think we have the makings of a line-up that could be up there."
Murphy is looking for a gold or platinum-rated to driver to race alongside Gonzalez and Graves, who are both listed as silver.
The team will try-out both GP2 race winner Nathaniel Berthon and former Indy Lights frontrunner Dillon Battistini at the official ELMS test, which starts at Paul Ricard on Tuesday.
Karun Chandhok, who raced for Murphy at Le Mans last year, will also take part in the test with the team and is in the frame for a drive at the 24 Hours.
Greaves Motorsport is also testing some newcomers at Ricard in its pair of Zytek-Nissan Z11SNs.
IMSA Lights racer Matt McMurry, son of US sportscar stalwart Chris, will take part in the test after being signed up as part of the driver development programme launched by Dyson Racing, whose boss Chris Dyson is driving for Greaves in the ELMS this season.
Sixteen-year-old McMurry is bidding to become eclipse Ricardo Rodriguez's record as the youngest driver to take part in the 24 Hours at Le Mans.
Radical drivers Tony Wells and James Littlejohn will also drive for Greaves at Ricard.
| By Peter Mills | Monday, March 31st 2014, 19:26 GMT |
Auto GP has secured a field of 14 cars for its first 2014 pre-season test at Valencia on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Reigning champion team Super Nova will run Canadian Gianmarco Raimondo and German Markus Pommer alongside its already confirmed 2014 signing Michela Cerruti at the test.
Prior to participating in four GP2 races for Trident last year, Raimondo was runner-up in the 2012 European Formula 3 Open championship.
Sometime Formula 2 man Pommer, who had secured a GP3 seat with Russian Time before the team's restructuring forced a change of plan, returns to single-seaters after contesting last year's Porsche Supercup.
Fellow Norfolk team Virtuosi UK will field cars for Slovakian Richard Gonda and Belgian Sam Dejonghe, who starred in the Indian-based MRF series over the close season.
Andrea Roda has agreed terms with Virtuosi to continue for a second season in the category, and the Italian is also set to test.
Zele Racing completed its roster of drivers earlier than several of its competitors. Series returnees Tamas Pal Kiss and race winner Sergio Campana are set to complete the season, however, the latter will miss Tuesday's Valencia test owing to clashing commitment. The Italian's place is to be filled by compatriot Antonio Spavone.
Campana's fellow 2013 Auto GP title contender Kimiya Sato will sample MLR71 by Euronova machinery alongside team owner Michele La Rosa.
Sato returns to the Auto GP paddock after competitive showings in recent GP2 tests for Campos, which has signed him for the 2014 season.
Gentleman racer Giuseppe Cipriani's Ibiza Racing Team will field Turin-based Auto GP regular Francesco Dracone.
Series newcomer Puma 3 M-Sport's freshly revealed line-up of Kevin Giovesi and Loris Spinelli complete the testing entries.
