2019

When Jorge Lorenzo joined MotoGP with Yamaha in 2008, it was as team-mate to five-time champion Valentino Rossi 'in the peak of his career'. Fast forward to 2019 and Lorenzo finds himself joining Repsol Honda as team-mate to reigning five-time champion Marc Marquez.

Oliver Jarvis led Mazda to pole position for the Rolex 24 at Daytona on Thursday with a new track record at Daytona International Speedway.

Top 15 classification after SS2 at Rallye Monte Carlo

Top 15 classification after SS2 at Rallye Monte-Carlo, the first round of the 2019 World Rally Championship. 1. Ott Tanak EST Toyota Yaris Gazoo Racing 26m 33.0s 2. Sebastien Ogier FRA Citroen C3 WRC +9.1s

Full results from qualifying for the Rolex 24 at Daytona, the opening round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season at Daytona International Speedway. (bold denotes class pole) PROTOTYPE QUALIFYING

2016 world champion Nico Rosberg believes Formula 1 will have no choice but to switch to electric "at some point” in the future. 

Unofficial times from day two of the Jerez World Superbike test

Moriwaki-Althea Honda are not in testing action at Jerez. BMW WorldSBK Team only used transponders for the final hour of track action. 1. Stefan Bradl GER HRC MotoGP Test Team 1m 39.152s 60 laps*

Michael Dunlop will stick with Tyco BMW for the 2019 International Road Racing season in the Superbike class.

Max Fewtrell says the “awesome” thought of landing a future Formula 1 drive with Renault keeps him motivated to succeed in 2019.

Top 15 shakedown results at Rallye Monte-Carlo

- Ex-F1 driver Eddie Irvine has called four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel “overrated" and a “one-trick pony” ( BBC Sport ) 

In tribute to the late, great Nicky Hayden, who passed away in 2017, the number 69 is to be retired from Grand Prix racing at April's US MotoGP round in Austin, Texas.

Top 15 Shakedown results at Rallye Monte-Carlo, the first round of the 2019 World Rally Championship. 1. Kris Meeke GBR Toyota Yaris Gazoo Racing 1m 56.8s 2. Sebastien Ogier FRA Citroen C3 WRC 1m 56.9s

Jean-Dominique Senard has been selected as the new chairman of Groupe Renault with Thierry Bollore appointed Chief Executive Officer in a revised senior management structure following the resignation of Carlos Ghosn.

Renault believes the fact Red Bull did not allow Daniel Ricciardo to test with his new Formula 1 team in Abu Dhabi shows “people are afraid of us”.

A vital vote on an EU insurance law change has excluded motorsport from compulsory motor insurance, preventing a potential crisis in the sport. 

Eugene Laverty is aiming to gauge the performance level of the new Ducati V4 R with his Team Go Eleven squad after a successful debut test day.

Carlos Ghosn has resigned as chairman and chief executive of Renault, according to French finance minister Bruno Le Maire.

Jorge Lorenzo is hopeful of being close to full fitness by the time the 2019 MotoGP season rolls around on March 10th after a “very stupid” training crash fractured his left scaphoid and threw his preseason plans up in the air.

Jorge Lorenzo became the latest in a long time of famous MotoGP riders to wear Repsol Honda colours as he joined reigning champion Marc Marquez on stage for the team's 2019 launch in Madrid.

Unofficial World Superbike test times from Wednesday

Ahead of his first MotoGP outing of 2019 Marc Marquez has admitted the recent surgery performed on an injured left shoulder was “more complicated than expected” and revealed doctors’ prognosis of a recovery time is as long as four months.

The Moriwaki-Althea Honda team are not in testing action at Jerez while no times were recorded for the BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team. 1. Alex Lowes GBR Pata Yamaha 1m 40.442s 77 laps