2018

Full WSS FP1 results from Donington Park

Full free practice (1) results for the sixth round of the 2018 World Supersport championship at Donington Park, Great Britain. Wet session 1. Lucas Mahias FRA GRT Yamaha YZF-R6 1m 44.775s

Complete Feature Race results for round four of the FIA Formula 2 Championship at the Circuit de Monaco in Monte Carlo. FIA Formula 2 - Monaco Feature Race Results

Artem Markelov recorded his second Formula 2 victory of 2018 by taking advantage of a frantic Monaco feature race that saw erstwhile leaders Alexander Albon and Nyck de Vries collide in the pit lane.

Full WorldSBK FP1 results from Donington Park Jonathan Rea tops the opening practice session for Kawasaki at Donington Park in rainy and murky conditions.

Full free practice results (1) for the sixth round of the 2018 World Superbike Championship at Donington Park, Great Britain. Wet session 1. Jonathan Rea GBR Kawasaki Racing ZX-10RR 1m 44.229s

Baku will continue to play host to Formula 1 for at least two more years despite speculation it could be replaced by Miami for 2019, with the Azerbaijan Grand Prix promoters working to revise the terms of the existing contract for a longer-term deal.

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff says there’s no pressure on securing Lewis Hamilton’s Formula 1 future despite ongoing negotiations becoming stalled by the team’s focus on the current campaign.

The Sachsenring MotoGP event faces an uncertain future after issuing a statement confirming that the ADAC - which owns the rights to the German Motorcycle Grand Prix - has terminated its agreement with the circuit.

Formula 1 tyre supplier Pirelli is considering simplifying the names of its tyre compounds to Hard, Medium and Soft for each of its three available choices per race next season.

Sebastian Vettel brushed off the FIA’s scrutiny of the energy recovery system (ERS) on Ferrari’s Formula 1 car during practice for the Monaco Grand Prix on Thursday, saying external concerns about it had been overblown.

With a round-up of all the additional news and notes from the paddock in Monaco on Thursday, Crash.net F1 Editor Luke Smith brings you his notebook.

Fernando Alonso says it was frustrating to miss the majority of the opening free practice session in Monaco with a brake issue which has hampered his programme for McLaren.

Lewis Hamilton says he is encouraged by Mercedes’ showing during Monaco Grand Prix practice and is confident his Formula 1 team can avoid a repeat of its 2017 struggles.

Valtteri Bottas feels Mercedes can still fight for pole position in Monaco despite bracing for “the most challenging qualifying we’ll face so far this year”.

Chaz Davies is eager to continue Aruba.it Racing Ducati’s progress at Donington Park having improved year-on-year at his home round for the Italian manufacturer as a maiden win remains elusive.

Kris Meeke has been axed from Citroen’s World Rally Championship line-up for the rest of the 2018 season due to “an excessively high number of crashes”.

Daniel Ricciardo admits he is expecting Formula 1 rivals Ferrari and Mercedes to close the gap to Red Bull in qualifying for this weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix. 

MotoGP will 'probably' keep downforce fairings for 2019, but wing attachments will be subject to stricter regulations and must be used in the same configuration at all times. This is likely to result in each rider having one 'wing' fairing and one normal fairing available.

Kimi Raikkonen doubts Red Bull’s impressive Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix practice pace is definitive and reckons it could be a different story come qualifying on Saturday. 

Alex Lowes is confident Pata Yamaha can shrink the performance gap back down on its front-running rivals in World Superbikes at Donington Park with the track playing to the YZF-R1’s strengths.

Sebastian Vettel sees no reason why Ferrari cannot take the fight to Red Bull through the remainder of the Monaco Formula 1 race weekend despite trailing Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen in both FP1 and FP2 on Thursday.

Leon Camier says he must take his injury comeback “session by session” at Donington Park as he tackles his World Superbike return from broken ribs for Red Bull Honda.

Max Verstappen believes Red Bull is in a genuine fight for pole position at this weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix after the team dominated Thursday practice.