Shanghai 6 Hours: Fernando Alonso says rivals 'much faster' than Toyota

via All news - Autosport http://bit.ly/2Fqc37C Fernando Alonso believes that the non-hybrid LMP1 cars in the FIA World Endurance Championship are now "much faster" than the hitherto dominant Toyotas. https://ift.tt/VKL5Ii http://bit.ly/2wex2Ew https://ift.tt/VKL5Ii

Valencia MotoGP: Maverick Vinales ends pole drought in thrilling session

via All news - Autosport http://bit.ly/2DIQmhz Yamaha MotoGP rider Maverick Vinales fought through Q1 to take pole position in a scintillating final qualifying session of the 2018 season in Valencia. https://ift.tt/VKL5Ii http://bit.ly/2wex2Ew https://ift.tt/VKL5Ii

Ryan Hardwick climbs from third to win at Vallelunga

via All news - Autosport http://bit.ly/2KbI426 American Ryan Hardwick came from third on the grid to take a superb victory in the first Lamborghini World Finals race for the Super Trofeo AM category at Vallelunga on Saturday afternoon. https://ift.tt/VKL5Ii http://bit.ly/2wex2Ew https://ift.tt/VKL5Ii

Pietro Fittipaldi will help Haas simulator weakness - Romain Grosjean

via All news - Autosport http://bit.ly/2DJHh8j Signing Pietro Fittipaldi will help the Haas Formula 1 team address a weakness with its simulator use, reckons the team's race driver Romain Grosjean. https://ift.tt/VKL5Ii http://bit.ly/2wex2Ew https://ift.tt/VKL5Ii

Maverick Vinales says desire to 'change everything' behind number change

via All news - Autosport http://bit.ly/2DpvNpv Yamaha MotoGP rider Maverick Vinales says his decision to choose a new race number was because of his desire to "change everything" after his "two worst years in the world championship". https://ift.tt/VKL5Ii http://bit.ly/2wex2Ew https://ift.tt/VKL5Ii

Dempsey-Proton stripped of 2018/19 points over data loggers breach

via All news - Autosport http://bit.ly/2Q1T0EP The Dempsey-Proton FIA World Endurance Championship team has been stripped of all the points it has earned in 2018/19 superseason for an offence relating to the manipulation of its cars' data loggers. https://ift.tt/VKL5Ii http://bit.ly/2wex2Ew https://ift.tt/VKL5Ii

Altoe and Zampieri on pole for Lamborghini World Finals Pro races

via All news - Autosport http://bit.ly/2OJcJVf Giacomo Altoe will start on pole position at Vallelunga for race one of the Lamborghini World Finals in the Super Trofeo Pro class category https://ift.tt/VKL5Ii http://bit.ly/2wex2Ew https://ift.tt/VKL5Ii

Shanghai 6 Hours: Toyota always planned extra qualifying runs

via All news - Autosport http://bit.ly/2OMvsiE Toyota always intended to go for extra qualifying runs at this weekend's Shanghai World Endurance Championship round because it knew it faced a challenge for pole from the LMP1 privateers. https://ift.tt/VKL5Ii http://bit.ly/2wex2Ew https://ift.tt/VKL5Ii

Honda weighing up F1 practice run for Button's team-mate Yamamoto

via All news - Autosport http://bit.ly/2DtcoEf Honda is weighing up giving Japanese driver Naoki Yamamoto a free practice run in Formula 1 next season after his 2018 Super GT and Super Formula title success https://ift.tt/VKL5Ii http://bit.ly/2wex2Ew https://ift.tt/VKL5Ii

Guan Yu Zhou relieved to walk away from last-lap Macau F3 crash

via All news - Autosport http://bit.ly/2qQFEgo Ferrari junior Guan Yu Zhou says he is relieved to have walked away from the final-lap shunt that cost him fifth place in the Macau Grand Prix qualification race https://ift.tt/VKL5Ii http://bit.ly/2wex2Ew https://ift.tt/VKL5Ii

Toyota tells Latvala to play rear-gunner to boost Tanak's title hopes

via All news - Autosport http://bit.ly/2QPI4Yd Toyota has told Jari-Matti Latvala to play rear-gunner for Ott Tanak on the final day of Rally Australia to reduce pressure on the leader and World Rally Championship title contender https://ift.tt/VKL5Ii http://bit.ly/2wex2Ew https://ift.tt/VKL5Ii

Lauck and Ockey top Lamborghini World Finals Saturday qualifying

via All news - Autosport http://bit.ly/2K9LnHd Manuel Lauck and Damon Ockey set the pace in the two Saturday morning qualifying sessions for the Lamborghini World Finals at Vallelunga https://ift.tt/VKL5Ii http://bit.ly/2wex2Ew https://ift.tt/VKL5Ii

Valencia MotoGP: Petrucci fastest in practice three as Rossi crashes

via All news - Autosport http://bit.ly/2FtppA4 Pramac Ducati's Danilo Petrucci topped the Saturday morning MotoGP practice at Valencia, as Valentino Rossi crashed and was resigned to Q1 alongside Maverick Vinales and Jorge Lorenzo https://ift.tt/VKL5Ii http://bit.ly/2wex2Ew https://ift.tt/VKL5Ii

Ticktum was worried about Eriksson's pace in Macau qualifying race

via All news - Autosport http://bit.ly/2Q1Eflu Macau Grand Prix qualification race winner Dan Ticktum says he was worried about the threat from Motopark team-mate Joel Eriksson on his way to victory https://ift.tt/VKL5Ii http://bit.ly/2wex2Ew https://ift.tt/VKL5Ii

The latest tweaks to Mercedes' F1 wheel spacer design

via All news - Autosport http://bit.ly/2Bdrjkc Mercedes has not raced with its controversial wheel spacer design for the past few Formula 1 races, but it has not stopped developing the idea as the latest updates used in Brazil show https://ift.tt/VKL5Ii http://bit.ly/2wex2Ew https://ift.tt/VKL5Ii

'Politeness' to Whincup sparked Supercars team order controversy

via All news - Autosport http://bit.ly/2PASjTs The boss of Supercars team Triple Eight Roland Dane says an eagerness to be 'polite' to Jamie Whincup sparked the controversy over a misconceived team orders regulation https://ift.tt/VKL5Ii http://bit.ly/2wex2Ew https://ift.tt/VKL5Ii

Shanghai WEC: Toyota lockout front row but face privateer pressure

via All news - Autosport http://bit.ly/2Tmfi2R Toyota edged the best of the LMP1 privateers to lockout the front row in qualifying for the Shanghai round of the World Endurance Championship https://ift.tt/VKL5Ii http://bit.ly/2wex2Ew https://ift.tt/VKL5Ii

WRC Rally Australia: Rain on superspecial shakes up leading battle

via All news - Autosport http://bit.ly/2qRbGZZ Rain on Rally Australia's Coffs Harbour superspecial stage has helped Hyundai World Rally Championship driver Hayden Paddon close in on Jari-Matti Latvala for second behind leader Ott Tanak https://ift.tt/VKL5Ii http://bit.ly/2wex2Ew https://ift.tt/VKL5Ii

WTCR Macau: Jean-Karl Vernay beats Muller and Huff in first race

via All news - Autosport http://bit.ly/2zZmMjv Jean-Karl Vernay won the opening race of the World Touring Car Cup's Macau Guia race weekend, beating Yvan Muller and Rob Huff in a gripping fight for victory https://ift.tt/VKL5Ii http://bit.ly/2wex2Ew https://ift.tt/VKL5Ii

Macau GT World Cup: Farfus beats Mercedes trio in qualification race

via All news - Autosport http://bit.ly/2RZloou Schnitzer BMW driver Augusto Farfus won the FIA GT World Cup qualification race to bag pole position for Sunday's main event https://ift.tt/VKL5Ii http://bit.ly/2wex2Ew https://ift.tt/VKL5Ii