| By Mark Glendenning | Friday, May 30th 2014, 20:31 GMT |
Simon Pagenaud topped the times in the second of Friday's practice sessions for this weekend's IndyCar races on Belle Isle in Detroit
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| Friday, May 30th 2014, 21:00 GMT |
Brad Keselowski took a dominant NASCAR Sprint Cup pole as records were broken in qualifying for Sunday's Dover International Speedway round
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| By Mark Glendenning | Friday, May 30th 2014, 22:33 GMT |
Richard Westbrook used his final flying lap to give Corvette a hometown pole position for Saturday's United SportsCar race on the Belle Isle street circuit in Detroit
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| By Ben Anderson | Thursday, May 29th 2014, 14:38 GMT |
Kevin Magnussen is struggling to deal with the fact McLaren's Formula 1 car is not capable of winning races, suffering from what Eric Boullier calls "rookie syndrome".
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| Thursday, May 29th 2014, 13:51 GMT |
Franck Montagny will race in the inaugural Formula E series with the Andretti Autosport team, the American squad announced on Thursday
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| By David Evans | Thursday, May 29th 2014, 16:24 GMT |
Peugeot Sport director Bruno Famin has ruled out a return to the World Rally Championship any time soon, saying World Rallycross offers better value.
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| By Ben Anderson | Wednesday, May 28th 2014, 14:53 GMT |
Eric Boullier agrees that McLaren needs to "rethink" its approach to become successful again in Formula 1, following recent criticism of the Woking team by its former driver Alain Prost
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| Wednesday, May 28th 2014, 14:40 GMT |
Ed Jones will miss the next three rounds of the Formula 3 European Championship as he continues to recovery from an injury he sustained during the Pau Grand Prix earlier this month
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| By Glenn Freeman | Wednesday, May 28th 2014, 16:51 GMT |
French racer Matthieu Vaxiviere will miss the next two Formula Renault 3.5 rounds and the Le Mans 24 Hours as a result of a back injury sustained in Monaco.
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| Tuesday, May 27th 2014, 16:15 GMT |
Reigning GP2 champion Fabio Leimer says he is still aiming to race in Formula 1 after completing his test at the wheel of the Pirelli test car on Tuesday
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| Tuesday, May 27th 2014, 19:10 GMT |
Caterham Formula 1 boss Tony Fernandes has insisted the team's parent company is not for sale
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| Tuesday, May 27th 2014, 19:28 GMT |
Mercedes DTM racer Pascal Wehrlein has been involved in an incident while with Formula 1 driver Nico Rosberg at a promotional event that left two people injured
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| By Mark Glendenning | Monday, May 26th 2014, 15:12 GMT |
Michael Andretti says that he is open to working with Kurt Busch again in the future following the NASCAR star's outstanding performance in the Indianapolis 500.
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| By Ben Anderson | Monday, May 26th 2014, 15:40 GMT |
Kimi Raikkonen says he is still not fully comfortable with Ferrari's current Formula 1 car, after his troubled start to the season continued at the Monaco Grand Prix.
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| By Gary Watkins | Monday, May 26th 2014, 15:50 GMT |
Two-time Formula 1 world champion Fernando Alonso will give the start at next month's Le Mans 24 Hours.
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| Monday, May 26th 2014, 02:53 GMT |
Jimmie Johnson claimed his first NASCAR Sprint Cup win of 2014 in the Charlotte 600 after a race-long battle with Kevin Harvick and Matt Kenseth
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| By Mark Glendenning | Sunday, May 25th 2014, 19:51 GMT |
Ryan Hunter-Reay triumphed in a thrilling late-race duel with Helio Castroneves to win the Indianapolis 500
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| By Jonathan Noble | Saturday, May 24th 2014, 17:50 GMT |
Mercedes motorsport boss Toto Wolff insists there was nothing suspicious about Nico Rosberg's wild steering movements on the entry to Mirabeau during the controversial end to Monaco Grand Prix qualifying
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| By Ben Anderson | Saturday, May 24th 2014, 18:05 GMT |
Toro Rosso's Formula 1 rookie Daniil Kvyat says he was "lucky" to continue qualifying for the Monaco Grand Prix, after striking the barrier in Q1
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| By Mark Glendenning | Friday, May 23rd 2014, 20:32 GMT |
Chase Austin suffered a fractured wrist in a crash during the Indy Lights Freedom 100 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Friday
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| By Mark Glendenning | Friday, May 23rd 2014, 16:38 GMT |
Tony Kanaan led Scott Dixon to a Chip Ganassi Racing 1-2 on Carb Day at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the final major practice session before the Indy 500 on Sunday.
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| By Mark Glendenning | Friday, May 23rd 2014, 17:42 GMT |
Gabby Chaves only led a few inches of the Indy Lights Freedom 100 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, but it was enough to secure the win and get the Colombian's title bid back on track.
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| By Mark Glendenning | Thursday, May 22nd 2014, 22:55 GMT |
Just two weeks after his pole-to-flag Indy Lights win on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course, Luiz Razia secured pole position for Friday's Freedom 100 on the famed oval
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| By Mark Glendenning | Thursday, May 22nd 2014, 22:41 GMT |
The new Dallara IL-15 Indy Lights chassis was unveiled to the public for the first time at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Thursday
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| Friday, May 23rd 2014, 00:39 GMT |
Jimmie Johnson took his first NASCAR Sprint Cup pole position of the year during qualifying for Sunday's Charlotte 600
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| By Jonathan Noble | Wednesday, May 21st 2014, 17:29 GMT |
Red Bull will have to change the design of the front camera pods on its Formula 1 car from this weekend's Monaco Grand Prix following a clarification from the FIA
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| By Jonathan Noble | Wednesday, May 21st 2014, 17:59 GMT |
Jenson Button has predicted that major track resurfacing in Monte Carlo is going to make life extra hard for Formula 1 drivers at this weekend's Monaco Grand Prix
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| By Jonathan Noble | Wednesday, May 21st 2014, 18:45 GMT |
Sebastian Vettel thinks Mercedes' current Formula 1 dominance is greater than his Red Bull team has ever had - although he hopes Monaco proves his outfit is closing the gap
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| By Jonathan Noble | Tuesday, May 20th 2014, 15:43 GMT |
Renault fears that some of its Formula 1 drivers are on course to face grid penalties later this year because of early season reliability niggles.
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| By Marcus Simmons | Tuesday, May 20th 2014, 16:32 GMT |
Formula Renault Eurocup driver Egor Orudzhev will make his Formula 3 debut in this weekend's British round at Silverstone.
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| By Mark Glendenning | Tuesday, May 20th 2014, 18:25 GMT |
Honda's IndyCar project leader is optimistic that Ford will reconsider comments made last week in which the American manufacturer ruled out any IndyCar programme in the foreseeable future
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| By Mark Glendenning | Sunday, May 18th 2014, 19:49 GMT |
Ed Carpenter will start from pole position for next weekend's Indianapolis 500 after triumphing in the final day of qualifying on Sunday
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| Sunday, May 18th 2014, 16:28 GMT |
Jota Sport put its massive Silverstone crash behind it by winning an engrossing European Le Mans Series race at Imola with Simon Dolan, Filipe Albuquerque and Harry Tincknell
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| Monday, May 19th 2014, 01:27 GMT |
Sir Jack Brabham, the three-time Formula 1 world champion, has died at the age of 88.
A statement from the Brabham family said that the Australian passed away peacefully at his home on the Gold Coast on Monday morning.
Brabham was the first man to win an F1 title in a car of his own making, as he established the Brabham team in the early 1960s after winning his first two F1 titles with Cooper.
It was with Cooper that he had made his F1 debut in 1955, having begun his career in midget racing and hillclimbs in Australia at the start of the decade.
After initially focusing on the team's sportscar and Formula 2 efforts around sporadic grand prix outings, he became a full-time F1 driver in 1958.
His maiden victory came in Monaco at the start of the following season, and kicked off two ultra-successful years that brought him both the 1959 and '60 world championship titles.
He created the Brabham team for 1962, initially running a Lotus while the first of his design partner Ron Tauranac's creations was completed.
It would be his initial team-mate Dan Gurney who took the Brabham team's first wins, but in 1966 a run of four mid-season victories set Brabham up for his third and final F1 crown, this time in his own car - a so far unique achievement. The Brabham team also won constructors' titles in both 1966 and '67.
Brabham retired at the end of the 1970 season, which he had begun with a 14th and final GP win at Kyalami, selling the team at the same time.
While his eponymous squad went on to further title successes with Nelson Piquet under Bernie Ecclestone's ownership, Brabham was able to watch his three sons Geoff, Gary and David embark on highly successful motorsport careers in their own right.
Grandsons Matthew and Sam have also commenced single-seater racing careers in recent seasons.
"It's a very sad day for all of us," said David Brabham. "My father passed away peacefully at home at the age of 88 this morning.
"He lived an incredible life, achieving more than anyone would ever dream of and he will continue to live on through the astounding legacy he leaves behind."
A full obituary will follow and further coverage of Sir Jack Brabham's life and career will follow
| By Mark Glendenning | Sunday, May 18th 2014, 01:46 GMT |
Ed Carpenter took a step towards a second consecutive Indianapolis 500 pole after setting the top speed on Saturday's opening day of qualifying
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| By Andrew van Leeuwen | Saturday, May 17th 2014, 20:20 GMT |
Miguel Molina has been stripped of his pole position for the second DTM race of the season at Oschersleben
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| Sunday, May 18th 2014, 03:29 GMT |
Jamie McMurray took Ganassi's first NASCAR victory of 2014 by winning the non-championship $1 million All-Star race at Charlotte Motor Speedway
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| By Mark Glendenning | Friday, May 16th 2014, 22:59 GMT |
Rain and hail reduced 'Fast Friday', the final Indianapolis 500 practice before qualifying, to less than 20 minutes of running, but Ed Carpenter still managed to crack the 230mph barrier
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| By Charles Bradley | Friday, May 16th 2014, 18:59 GMT |
Portugal's Bernardo Sousa inherited the lead of Rally Azores on Friday evening after long-time leader Craig Breen was forced to retire and his Peugeot team-mate Kevin Abbring hit power steering problems
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| Saturday, May 17th 2014, 00:03 GMT |
Clint Bowyer and AJ Allmendinger earned their places in NASCAR's All-Star race by finishing first and second in Friday evening's Showdown qualifying race at Charlotte Motor Speedway
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| Thursday, May 15th 2014, 16:09 GMT |
Marc Marquez says he does not care who his 2015 Honda MotoGP team-mate is now that he has secured his new deal
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| By Charles Bradley | Thursday, May 15th 2014, 19:10 GMT |
European Rally Championship star Craig Breen leads Rally Azores after the opening three stages, but skirted with disaster after bringing his Peugeot 208 T16 back to service with its left-front corner's bodywork missing on Thursday afternoon
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| By Mark Glendenning | Thursday, May 15th 2014, 19:53 GMT |
James Hinchcliffe will make an immediate return to the cockpit after being given clearance to drive in Indianapolis 500 practice by IndyCar's medical team
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| Wednesday, May 14th 2014, 19:54 GMT |
The prototype 'megaphone' exhaust tailpipe tried by Mercedes in Formula 1 testing at Barcelona made no difference to the 2014 car sound, reckons Nico Rosberg
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| By Mark Glendenning | Wednesday, May 14th 2014, 19:01 GMT |
Chevrolet intends to contest penalties imposed by IndyCar in the wake of the series' inaugural race on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course last weekend
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| By Mark Glendenning | Thursday, May 15th 2014, 03:20 GMT |
Poor weather continued to stifle practice for the Indianapolis 500, with rain severely limiting IndyCar track time on the fourth day of running on Wednesday
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| Tuesday, May 13th 2014, 16:35 GMT |
Max Chilton's Marussia set the fastest time on day one of this week's two-day Formula 1 test at Barcelona.
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| By Mark Glendenning | Tuesday, May 13th 2014, 20:43 GMT |
EJ Viso was fastest on a severely curtailed third day of practice for the Indianapolis 500, with drivers getting just an hour's worth of total green flag time before the session was ended by thunderstorms.
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| By Jonathan Noble | Tuesday, May 13th 2014, 21:01 GMT |
The FIA has drafted in a team of sound experts to help it ensure that changes to make Formula 1's car noisier are successful, AUTOSPORT can reveal.
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| By Mark Glendenning | Saturday, May 10th 2014, 22:50 GMT |
A gamble on strategy by the Schmidt Peterson Motorsport was rewarded with a victory for Simon Pagenaud in the first IndyCar race on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course
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| By Mark Glendenning | Sunday, May 11th 2014, 01:52 GMT |
James Hinchcliffe will need to undergo additional medical evaluations before being cleared to practice for the Indianapolis 500 after suffering concussion in Saturday's IndyCar race on the track's road course
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| Sunday, May 11th 2014, 03:39 GMT |
Jeff Gordon claimed his first NASCAR Sprint Cup victory of 2014 by overcoming Kevin Harvick in Saturday night's Kansas Speedway race
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| By Mark Glendenning | Friday, May 9th 2014, 19:52 GMT |
Sebastian Saavedra capitalised on a mistake by Ryan Hunter-Reay to secure a surprise pole position for Saturday's inaugural IndyCar race on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course
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| Friday, May 9th 2014, 19:31 GMT |
Jari-Matti Latvala pulled out a 17-second lead over Volkswagen team-mate Sebastien Ogier by the end of a tough first day of Rally Argentina
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| Saturday, May 10th 2014, 00:13 GMT |
Kevin Havick stole the show with a new lap record in NASCAR Sprint Cup qualifying at Kansas Speedway
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| By Mark Glendenning | Thursday, May 8th 2014, 19:43 GMT |
Scott Dixon ended the opening day of practice for this weekend's inaugural IndyCar race on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course with the fastest time
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| Thursday, May 8th 2014, 18:13 GMT |
Oscar Tunjo will take over from Oliver Webb in the Pons Formula Renault 3.5 team from the Spa round later this month
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| Thursday, May 8th 2014, 20:01 GMT |
Sebastien Ogier established an early Rally Argentina lead by winning Thursday's Parque Tematico superspecial
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| By David Evans | Wednesday, May 7th 2014, 15:59 GMT |
Citroen World Rally Championship driver Kris Meeke says his latest test has restored his confidence and brought a performance breakthrough with his DS3 WRC
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| By Ben Anderson | Wednesday, May 7th 2014, 16:24 GMT |
Jenson Button fears it will be the second half of the season before anyone can realistically carry the fight to Mercedes in the Formula 1 world championship
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| Wednesday, May 7th 2014, 16:37 GMT |
Tio Ellinas will make his GP2 debut with MP Motorsport at Barcelona this weekend, replacing Jon Lancaster
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| By Ben Anderson | Tuesday, May 6th 2014, 15:22 GMT |
Lewis Hamilton says he is focused on doing better at circuits on which he has generally been weaker than Mercedes Formula 1 team-mate Nico Rosberg
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| Tuesday, May 6th 2014, 16:02 GMT |
Dani Pedrosa underwent surgery on Tuesday after beginning to develop compartment syndrome - or arm pump - during recent MotoGP races
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| By Kevin Turner | Tuesday, May 6th 2014, 18:31 GMT |
Thruxton operators have moved to defend the circuit after the high-speed crashes suffered at its British Touring Car Championship round last weekend
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| By Mark Glendenning | Monday, May 5th 2014, 16:10 GMT |
IndyCar is investigating the possibility of racing at NOLA Motorsports Park just outside New Orleans, with reports suggesting that the venue could join the schedule as early as next year.
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| By Scott Mitchell | Monday, May 5th 2014, 16:40 GMT |
Matt Rao claimed his first British Formula 3 victory in the final Rockingham race after the previously dominant Sam MacLeod crashed out on the first lap
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| Monday, May 5th 2014, 16:47 GMT |
Marc Marquez continued his MotoGP dominance by topping the times in the post-Spanish Grand Prix test at Jerez on Monday
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| By Kevin Turner | Sunday, May 4th 2014, 17:07 GMT |
Colin Turkington won a dramatic reversed-grid British Touring Car Championship race at Thruxton.
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| Sunday, May 4th 2014, 20:47 GMT |
Denny Hamlin took victory in a Talladega NASCAR Sprint Cup race that ended under caution
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| Monday, May 5th 2014, 00:16 GMT |
Extreme Speed's Johannes van Overbeek and Ed Brown took the first win for LMP2 machinery in the United SportsCar Championship at Laguna Seca
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| Sunday, May 4th 2014, 01:42 GMT |
Johannes van Overbeek stole the show in a fantastic United SportsCar qualifying battle at Laguna Seca, taking the first pole for an LMP2 car
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| By Hal Ridge | Saturday, May 3rd 2014, 18:24 GMT |
Timur Timerzyanov has been reinstated in the results table at the first World Rallycross Championship round after his heat two disqualification was overturned by the stewards
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| By Gary Watkins | Saturday, May 3rd 2014, 18:47 GMT |
Toyota drivers Nicolas Lapierre, Sebastien Buemi and Anthony Davidson made it two wins from two starts in this year's World Endurance Championship at Spa
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| By Andrew van Leeuwen | Friday, May 2nd 2014, 17:14 GMT |
Lucas Auer will start the first Formula 3 European Championship race at Hockenheim from pole position
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| Friday, May 2nd 2014, 17:11 GMT |
Cal Crutchlow believes he will have no problems completing the Jerez MotoGP weekend after his injured hand proved manageable in Friday practice
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| By Gary Watkins | Friday, May 2nd 2014, 19:46 GMT |
Marc Lieb snatched pole position for Porsche ahead of Saturday's Spa round of the World Endurance Championship in a frenetic session held on a drying track
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| By Marcus Simmons | Thursday, May 1st 2014, 16:51 GMT |
Ex-GP3 racer Alice Powell will contest the opening British Formula 3 round at Rockingham this weekend, bringing the field up to just seven cars.
The 21-year-old will join China's Peter Li Zhi Cong in Carlin's line-up of Dallara-Volkswagen F308s.
Powell raced in the lower-level F3 Cup series last year, in which she finished runner-up.
She will have to miss qualifying as she is competing in a trial for the Team GB skeleton team.
"As always you wait for something to come along and then two buses come at once!" said Powell.
"It will be a hectic weekend but I'm really excited. I've always wanted to race in British Formula 3 ever since I did Formula Renault, so to get the opportunity to do it now and with the reigning champions is really good."
Powell's one-off deal means she completes a disappointing field, consisting of Powell and Li (Carlin), Martin Cao, Matt Rao and Sam MacLeod (all Fortec Motorsport), and Andy Chang and Camren Kaminsky (both Double R Racing).
This represents a difficult start for the refocused British F3, after teams elected to base the series on current and 2008-11 chassis, all powered by old-spec engines.
They hoped to admit pre-2008 cars, and also allow those using engines conforming to the new FIA regulations but without scoring points.
But an FIA letter, received by the MSA, British motorsport's governing body, on March 7, stated that cars conforming to current chassis and engine regulations 'should form the basis of the championship', while allowing that 'a concession for 2014 and 2015 will be given to ASNs that wish to also include non-current cars on their grids, provided all cars comply with the relevant FIA regulations of the day'.
The letter also said that 'only cars from the 2008 and 2012 generations may be used'.
It stated that this was a result of decisions made at the World Motor Sport Council on December 4.
While it removes any prospect of pre-2008 cars appearing in British F3 races, it opens up the possibility of F3 European Championship-spec cars competing in races and scoring points - but the Rockingham opener clashes with a European round at Hockenheim.
AUTOSPORT SAYS...
What a shame that such a small field has been attracted for the British F3 opener at Rockingham.
Following one week on from the German F3 kick-off at Oschersleben - which attracted a mere 10 cars - it appears that the category at a national level is on the ropes.
But it won't necessarily stay like this all season. Alex Lynn and Harry Tincknell are planning cameo returns at Thruxton, Performance Racing is hoping to get drivers, and Double R Racing's plans for a third car at Rockingham only took a dive because the team couldn't get an engine in time.
It's going to be an up-and-down year, but hopefully venues such as Silverstone and Spa can pull in more competitors.
What hasn't helped is the changing guidelines on what is or isn't eligible for an F3 competition.
You can soon read an in-depth AUTOSPORT interview with FIA Single Seater Commission president Gerhard Berger.
The Austrian is adamant that the rules on new engines having to be eligible for points, and pre-2008 cars being barred (on safety grounds) were discussed during 2013 Commission meetings - at which an MSA representative was present - in the lead-up to the World Council decision in December.
Breakdown of communication? Whatever. Suffice to say, a few months ago British F3 teams would likely have kicked up a fuss about trying to find an equalising measure for the new engines against the old (there is a 1.5-2-second difference on the Silverstone GP circuit), but now they'll be welcoming any European-spec interlopers with open arms to get the numbers up.
After all, the odd race for a driver with a new-spec engine isn't going to overly affect the overall championship.
| By Mark Glendenning | Thursday, May 1st 2014, 20:42 GMT |
Pippa Mann will reunite with Dale Coyne Racing to drive the team's third entry in this month's Indianapolis 500.
The Brit, who made four starts with DCR last year, will pilot the team's #63 car, and will carry an all-pink helmet and car livery in recognition of leading breast cancer organisation Susan G. Komen.
Her entry will be engineered by Brandon Fry, who previously worked with Mann during her Indy debut in 2011.
"Dale Coyne Racing has an amazing crew coming on board to staff the #63 car, and I can't thank Dale and the team enough for their support of this project, and for all the hard work they have also put into this behind the scenes," said Mann.
"We will be out there not only racing for position, and competing in a classic racing sense against our competitors on track, but we will also be out there racing for the cure."
Mann has not raced since her outing with Coyne at Fontana last year.
Her best result at Indy was a 20th in 2011 with Conquest, while her highest finish from her six IndyCar starts was 15th at Pocono last July.
| By Ben Anderson | Thursday, May 1st 2014, 15:47 GMT |
Force India is revelling in beating ex-technical partner McLaren in this season's Formula 1 constructors' title race, according to deputy team principal Bob Fernley.
Vijay Mallya's squad led McLaren for the first half of last year's battle, until its competitiveness faded following Pirelli's decision to tweak its tyre compounds in the face of repeated blowouts.
Force India currently lies third in the 2014 constructors' championship, 11 points ahead of McLaren, which has failed to score in the last two races.
Fernley reckons it will be difficult for Force India to raise its level to that of frontrunner Mercedes, or Red Bull, but he is hopeful the Silverstone-based outfit can continue to fight Ferrari and remain ahead of McLaren across the rest of the campaign.
"Lotus are struggling at the minute and are not where they want to be and McLaren would be our next competitor and they're struggling too. I'm not in the slightest bit sad about that - may their problems not be too insignificant!" Fernley told AUTOSPORT.
"It would be hard for us to compete with Red Bull and Mercedes. It's not going to be easy for us to [continue to] compete with Ferrari, but for as long as we can, we will."
Nico Hulkenberg fought Ferrari's Fernando Alonso in each of the first two races and Fernley said this represented a "major step" for Force India, despite the fact Hulkenberg finished a distant sixth to Alonso's third in China.
"If you look at our historical results we tend to be a bit up and down, whereas now we're absolutely consistent across the circuits," Fernley added.
"If you look at Ferrari, they're probably the exact opposite to us: Bahrain was an Achilles' heel for them and in China they fit in much better.
"It's just the DNA of the designs in some cases.
"If you look at Australia and Malaysia, Nico and Fernando were battling all the way through, so you get that bit in the middle as well.
"We come out of this [early part of the season] feeling quite pleased."
| By Jonathan Noble | Wednesday, April 30th 2014, 15:56 GMT |
Perceptions of Ayrton Senna as arguably Formula 1's greatest driver are not just the result of his life being cut short in its prime, says his former boss Ron Dennis.
The Brazilian's status has continued to grow ever since he was killed at Imola in 1994, with the F1 world's outpouring of emotion on the 20th anniversary of that weekend showing how highly he is still regarded.
But while Senna's death has helped immortalise his legend, Dennis says that the three-time world champion's talent and human qualities are just as important in explaining why he is still worshipped.
When asked why he believed so many people consider Senna to have been the greatest, Dennis said: "I think because he was so good for all the period he was on the planet.
"I can see no positives in the fact that he had an accident and lost his life, but what you didn't see is any decline.
"You remember he was just unbelievably competitive and then boom, he is not there. So what do you remember?
"I have never thought, 'I wonder what Ayrton would look like if he was here today.'
"But above all, he was great. He had good human values. He was very principled.
"I remember of course the race in Suzuka [in 1990], where he and [Alain] Prost collided at the first corner.
"I looked at all the traces, the brake and the throttle pedals, and you didn't need to be Einstein to work out what happened. He came back to the pits and I said, 'I am disappointed in you'.
"He got it. He didn't have to say any more. It was one of his rare moments of weakness."
This week's AUTOSPORT magazine - available online and in shops from Thursday May 1 - is an Imola 1994 special, commemorating 20 years since the deaths of Ayrton Senna and Roland Ratzenberger:
The Imola grid looks back
The drivers from the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix recall their experiences from one of motorsport's darkest weekends.
Senna's legacy in Brazil
Brazilian correspondent Lito Cavalcanti investigates how Senna changed Brazil, and how he is still remembered.
Prost on Senna
Senna's great rival talks about how their rift healed in the final months of Ayrton's life.
Berger on Senna
Senna's former McLaren team-mate on how the duo became good friends.
Ratzenberger remembered
Adam Cooper looks back at the Austrian's pursuit of his F1 dream, which ended so tragically at Imola.
Brabham on Simtek
David Brabham reveals he feels lucky to have got out of the 1994 San Marino GP alive.
Analysis: how Imola 1994 changed F1
Edd Straw assesses the way Formula 1 reacted to the deaths of Senna and Ratzenberger.
| Wednesday, April 30th 2014, 16:13 GMT |
The first batch of Formula E's Spark-Renault cars is on target to be delivered to teams on May 15.
The 10 teams that have signed up for the FIA's new electric single-seater championship will each receive their first Spark-Renault SRT_01E in just over a fortnight, with official testing beginning on July 3-4 at the series' Donington Park base.
Frederic Vasseur, head of the Spark firm that has designed the car for the initial series, confirmed that the scheduled delivery date of May 15 would be met.
"I think we'll work over the weekend for sure, but we'll be OK," he told AUTOSPORT.
The final test of the initial programme before teams become involved took place last week at Monteblanco in Spain, where Ho-Pin Tung drove alongside Jonathan Cochet and Antoine Leclerc.
Vasseur said testing had gone extremely smoothly, with an upgraded version of the car first tested by ex-Formula 1 driver Jarno Trulli showing good pace.
"We've done something like 4000kms of testing, which is something like three seasons of the Formula E championship, with no big issues," he said.
"We took a big step forward in the performance of the battery when Trulli tested the car with version two of the engine and battery.
"It's an exciting challenge and all the partners around the table have been really motivated by the project."
VIDEO: HO-PIN TUNG'S FORMULA E TEST
| By Jonathan Noble and Gary Watkins | Wednesday, April 30th 2014, 16:15 GMT |
Azerbaijan claims that it has signed a deal that will result in it hosting Formula 1's European Grand Prix in 2016.
The country's capital Baku has been linked with F1 for several months, but local political chiefs now suggest a contract has been agreed with Bernie Ecclestone to hold a street race in two years' time, a year after the former Soviet republic hosts the inaugural European Games.
Azad Rahimov, Azerbaijan's Minister of Youth and Sports, was quoted as saying by the Inside the Games website that an official announcement confirming the race will be made imminently.
"We have signed the deal with Bernie Ecclestone and will announce it officially with an event in Baku shortly," he said.
Baku has hosted Azerbaijan's first international motor races over the past two years: the non-championship Baku City Challenge took place on a 1.33-mile street circuit in 2012 and last year it held the FIA GT Series finale on a new 2.72-mile layout.
The city is scheduled to host the final round of this year's Blancpain Sprint Series, which takes over from FIA GTs, this November.
It has yet to emerge whether the grand prix would run on the streets of Baku or on an all-new F1 facility near the city.
AUTOSPORT SAYS...
Gary Watkins, sportscar correspondent
@gazzasportscars
Baku would need to come up with a completely new circuit for Formula 1.
Neither of the tracks laid out on the streets of the Azerbaijan capital for its end-of-season GT races in 2012 and '13 could form the basis of an F1 venue.
The point-and-squirt circuit used in year was under a mile and a half in length and offered little challenge, while last season's 2.72-mile track was only homologated to FIA grade 3 and would be unsuitable for anything much faster than a GT3 car.
