(Reuters) – Yamaha’s Valentino Rossi has urged riders who make their way up to the premier class to exercise caution when fighting for track positions to avoid a repeat of the horror collision that halted the Austrian Grand Prix on Sunday. The red flag came ou... More »
(Reuters) – Korean automaker Hyundai Motor Co (005380.KS) is creating a family of electric vehicles it will sell under the Ioniq brand as part of its drive to become the world’s third-largest seller of EVs by 2025, the company said on Sunday. Hyundai said the ... More »
SEOUL (Reuters) – Hyundai Motor Co (005380.KS) stock jumped as much as 10.2% on Monday to its highest price since May 2018, after the automaker said it would create a family of Ioniq-brand electric vehicles (EVs) as it aims to become the third-largest EV maker... More »
(Reuters) – Six times world champion Lewis Hamilton criticised Formula One’s leaders after what he called a “rushed” anti-racism gesture by some drivers before the start of Sunday’s Hungarian Grand Prix. Hamilton, who won from pole position to take the champio... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – Racing Point accused Formula One rivals Renault on Monday of making a “misconceived and poorly informed” protest against them at the Styrian Grand Prix and said they were confident of winning. Stewards said on Sunday that the protest was adm... More »
(Reuters) – Six times Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton praised his Mercedes team for taking a stance against racism but said after winning Sunday’s Styrian Grand Prix that Ferrari and others should do more. The Briton took a knee with 11 drivers befor... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – McLaren’s Formula One future was never in doubt despite a cash crisis brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic and now resolved by a fresh injection of funds, team principal Andreas Seidl said on Tuesday. The National Bank of Bahrain announced on... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – Russian Sergey Sirotkin will be on standby in Austria this weekend after Renault announced on Tuesday they had retained him as their Formula One reserve driver. The role has come into the spotlight more as the sport finally starts its season... More »
(Reuters) – NASCAR has launched an investigation after a noose was found in a garage stall at Talladega belonging to Bubba Wallace, the only Black driver competing in its top Cup series. “Late this afternoon, NASCAR was made aware that a noose was found in the... More »
NASCAR recently banned the Confederate flag from its racetracks but the organization has no control over the skies. Prior to Sunday’s scheduled GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama, a small plane flew above the track with a banner of the Confederate... More »
It took him more than seven hours to get it, but Denny Hamlin became the NASCAR Cup Series’ first three-race winner of the 2020 season when he drove to a dominating victory in Sunday’s Dixie Vodka 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Hamlin won the first two stage... More »
(Reuters) – Former world champion Jenson Button says he is shocked Sebastian Vettel will not drive for Ferrari next season and that it would be “madness” if the team had pushed him out. Ferrari said last week that four-times world champion Vettel would leave t... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – Mercedes technical director James Allison spoke on Sunday of his gratitude to the Formula One world champions and team boss Toto Wolff for their ‘gamble’ on a grieving man four years ago. The Briton said he had been “something of a wreck” af... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – Stirling Moss, the British racing driver who ranked as an all-time Formula One great despite never winning the world championship, died on Sunday aged 90 after a long illness. “He died as he lived, looking wonderful,” his wife Susie told the... More »
(Reuters) – Ford Motor Co (F.N) said on Friday Chief Executive Officer Jim Hackett’s total compensation fell to $17.4 million in 2019 from $17.8 million in 2018. The ratio of Hackett’s annual compensation to the median of the annual compensation of all employe... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – Alex Marquez celebrated a first MotoGP win — even if only virtually — in a ‘#StayAtHomeGP’ esports race featuring 10 top riders including older brother and six-time world champion Marc. Due to the coronavirus pandemic that has brought live s... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – Formula One drivers Max Verstappen and Lando Norris were racing on Sunday but, with the season-opening Australian Grand Prix canceled due to the coronavirus, it was against invisible opponents on virtual racetracks. The world of esports came... More »
SEOUL (Reuters) – Hyundai Motor (005380.KS) reported its lowest monthly global sales in a decade in February as the coronavirus outbreak hurt demand, in what is the first major indicator of damage to the broader auto sector from the epidemic. It turned in a pr... More »
(Reuters) – Team by team analysis of Sunday’s season-ending Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix (listed in championship order): – MERCEDES (Lewis Hamilton 1, Valtteri Bottas 4) Hamilton’s 11th win of the season, fifth in Abu Dhabi and 84th of his career. He start... More »
ABU DHABI (Reuters) – Formula One fans gave Nico Hulkenberg a ‘Driver of the Day’ send-off on Sunday as the Renault driver bowed out with a 12th-place finish in the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. By the 32-year-old’s own admission it was an unspectacular ... More »
ABU DHABI (Reuters) – Six times world champion Lewis Hamilton did not deny meeting Ferrari chairman John Elkann when asked on Sunday about speculation linking the Mercedes driver with a move to the Italian team in 2021. The 34-year-old Briton will be out of co... More »
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Max Verstappen won a thrilling Brazilian Formula One Grand Prix for Red Bull on Sunday after the Ferraris collided and Mercedes’ six-times world champion Lewis Hamilton was demoted from third to seventh. In a race of safety cars and surpr... More »
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Team by team analysis of Sunday’s Brazilian Grand Prix, penultimate race of the 21-round Formula One season (listed in championship order): – MERCEDES (Lewis Hamilton 7, Valtteri Bottas retired) Hamilton finished third on track but collec... More »
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Former champions McLaren marked a breakthrough on their long road back up the Formula One pecking order with a first top- three race result since 2014 at the Brazilian Grand Prix on Sunday. Even if Spaniard Carlos Sainz did not actually s... More »
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Ferrari reminded Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc of their responsibilities to the team after they put each other out of Sunday’s Brazilian Grand Prix, the penultimate race of the Formula One season. The collision between the pair, on... More »
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Valtteri Bottas won the battle but Lewis Hamilton won the war, securing his sixth Formula One world championship on Sunday, despite finishing second to his Mercedes team mate at the U.S. Grand Prix. Bottas, the last man with a chance ... More »
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – In his moment of triumph on Sunday, an emotional Lewis Hamilton reflected on loss, demons and the personal growth that led him to a sixth Formula One drivers’ title. As his Mercedes team celebrated, Hamilton’s comments after the race ... More »
FORT WORTH, Texas – After another disaster on the race track, Chase Elliott has a crystal clear vision of his only path to a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series championship. On Lap 9 of Sunday’s AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway, Elliott’s No. 9 Hendrick Mot... More »
KANSAS CITY, Kan. – Brad Keselowski thought his playoff run would continue when he came to pit road for fresh tires before the first of two overtimes in Sunday’s Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway. Keselowski would have been fine, but he had a wreck out o... More »
SEOUL (Reuters) – Hyundai Motor Group said on Tuesday that it plans to invest 41 trillion won ($34.65 billion) in mobility technology and strategic investments by 2025, as South Korea’s top automaker accelerates its attempts to catch up in the self-driving car... More »
Martin Truex Jr. did not arrive at Las Vegas Motor Speedway for Sunday night’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series opening race of the 10-event, 16-driver Playoffs on a hot streak. But Truex sure left Vegas with some heat under his hood as he passed Kevin Harvick... More »
FRANKFURT/BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Great Wall Motor (601633.SS)(2333.HK) may consider building car manufacturing facilities in the European Union once its sales there hit 50,000 units a year, its chairman said, as part of a push to seek growth in overseas m... More »
Nineteenth wasn’t what Jimmie Johnson wanted in his first race with Cliff Daniels as his crew chief, but solid runs in the first two stages of Sunday’s GoBowling at The Glen were enough to lift the seven-time Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series champion into a ti... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – Valtteri Bottas says he will be looking at the ‘man in the mirror’ to find a way to beat Mercedes team mate Lewis Hamilton after falling further behind the runaway Formula One leader in Britain. The Finn was fastest in Friday practice and st... More »
SONOMA, Calif. – In the last 11 laps of Sunday’s Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway, Matt DiBenedetto passed seven-time Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson for fifth place and 2014 Champion Kevin Harvick for fourth. When the race ended... More »
INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) – Simon Pagenaud steered clear of trouble on the track and in the pits, then out-duelled Alexander Rossi in a final lap shootout to win the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday and give team owner Roger Penske a second consecutive victory in the “... More »
INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) – Roger Penske had heard the ‘scuttlebutt’ and surely Simon Pagenaud must have heard the whispers that his job was on the line in the run up to Sunday’s Indianapolis 500. The Frenchman put an emphatic end to the rumors, sending a clear m... More »
MONACO (Reuters) – Lewis Hamilton withstood lap after lap of intense pressure on worn tires to win a nail-biting Monaco Grand Prix on Sunday in a triumphant tribute to his Mercedes team’s late Formula One great Niki Lauda. The Briton, who now has 77 career win... More »
MONACO (Reuters) – Mexican Sergio Perez expressed his relief after narrowly avoiding two marshals who ran across the track ahead of him during a safety car period in Sunday’s Monaco Grand Prix. The Racing Point driver posted a video on Twitter showing him leav... More »
BARCELONA (Reuters) – Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton hailed history in the making in Spain on Sunday as his Mercedes team celebrated the best-ever start to a season with a fifth one-two finish in as many races. The 34-year-old Briton’s 76th career t... More »
(Reuters) – A group of U.S. states is investigating Hyundai Motor Co and Kia Motors Corp for potential unfair and deceptive acts related to reports of hundreds of vehicle fires, Connecticut Attorney General William Tong said on Monday. The South Korean automak... More »
The King has been joined by Rowdy. Kyle Busch, whose self-applied nickname is Rowdy, collected his 200th NASCAR victory on Sunday, when he won the Auto Club 400 Monster Energy Cup Series race at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif. The only other driver to wi... More »
Kyle Busch easily could have laid claim to being the top Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series driver not driving a Team Penske Ford through the first three races of the 2019 season. Following Sunday’s victory at ISM Raceway near Phoenix, Busch can now lay claim to... More »
LAS VEGAS – It was Lap 129 of Sunday’s Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and Kyle Busch had his car dialed in. In the wake of Friday’s victory in the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series and Saturday’s win in the NASCAR Xfinity Series race, a three-even... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – Canadian Nicholas Latifi will be a reserve driver for Williams next season, the Formula One team announced on Monday. The 23-year-old was previously test and reserve driver for Force India, who now have Canadian owners and have been renamed ... More »
HOCKENHEIM, Germany (Reuters) – Formula One will have a draft 2019 calendar by the end of August but there could be only 20 races, with Germany out of contract and a proposed round in Miami still in the embryonic stages. F1 commercial manager Sean Bratches ass... More »
Without doubt, Clint Bowyer will look at Sunday’s Overton’s 400 at Chicagoland Speedway as a race that got away. Bowyer had driven from his fifth-place starting position to the front of the field before the first round of green-flag pit stops. But when he brou... More »
Like two boxers in the final round of a closely contested slugfest, Kyle Busch and Kyle Larson traded hard shots on the last lap of Sunday’s Overton’s 400 at Chicagoland Speedway. Moments later, it was Kyle Busch who was still standing — with his car parked on... More »
(Reuters) – Volkswagen has shown off the sporty side of its electric technology by setting an all-time record in the annual Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in Colorado. Former Le Mans winner Romain Dumas took the I.D. R Pikes Peak prototype up in a time of... More »
(Reuters) – Hometown favorite Ed Carpenter won pole for next week’s Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, topping 230 miles per hour to help restrict Danica Patrick to a third-row start for the final race of her career. Carpenter, a local resident and the penultimate qu... More »
MILAN (Reuters) – Ferrari boss Sergio Marchionne, who has warned that his glamour team could walk away from Formula One after 2020, said on Thursday he was encouraged by a “change in attitude” from the sport’s owners as they map out F1’s future. Speaking to an... More »
BAKU (Reuters) – Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton has accused Ferrari title rival Sebastian Vettel of failing to play by the rules when leading behind the safety car in Sunday’s chaotic Azerbaijan Grand Prix. The Mercedes driver told reporters he would seek... More »
BAKU (Reuters) – Lewis Hamilton celebrated one of the luckiest wins of his career on Sunday after a crash-strewn and chaotic Azerbaijan Grand Prix that catapulted him into the lead of the Formula One world championship. The surprise victory, after team mate Va... More »
BAKU (Reuters) – Max Verstappen says he will drive faster but with more self-control after his costly collision with Ferrari’s Formula One championship leader Sebastian Vettel in China. The 20-year-old Red Bull driver blew a potential victory with a rash attem... More »
(Reuters) – Australian Formula One driver Daniel Ricciardo has never been known for ‘biting his lip’ when it comes to expressing his opinion, but one of the few times he did he ended up having minor surgery. The 28-year-old won the China Grand Prix two weeks a... More »
SEOUL (Reuters) – Hyundai Motor (005380.KS) said it will cancel $890 million worth of treasury shares, its first stock cancellation in 14 years – a plan that comes amid heavy shareholder pressure to improve returns, restructure and bounce back from dismal earn... More »
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Formula One’s planned Chinese joint venture will have its own marketing, licensing and media rights arms dedicated to growing the sport’s presence in the vast but still nascent market, commercial managing director Sean Bratches has said. “... More »
BEIJING/LONDON (Reuters) – Formula One is in talks with potential Chinese partners to set up a new local venture, four sources have told Reuters, which would help it push deeper into the huge but still nascent China market. Liberty Media Corp (FWONA.O), which ... More »
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton edged out Kimi Raikkonen at the top of the timesheets as Ferrari ended the opening day of practice for Sunday’s Chinese Grand Prix hot on pacesetter Mercedes’ heels. The Briton lapped the 5.4 km Sh... More »
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Ferrari have reviewed their pitstop procedures after an incident at the Bahrain Grand Prix left a mechanic with a broken leg, team principal Maurizio Arrivabene said on Friday. Francesco Cigarini suffered a fractured shinbone and fibula on... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – For the second race in a row, Sebastian Vettel celebrated on Sunday while Formula One world champions Mercedes and Lewis Hamilton rued the one that got away. By winning in Bahrain, after his season-opening success in Australia, the German be... More »
TOKYO (Reuters) – Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) and Suzuki Motor Corp (7269.T) agreed on Thursday to produce cars for each other in India as Toyota aims to increase its market share in the world’s fifth-largest passenger car market. The agreement follows an R&D t... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – Formula One world champions Mercedes have found the computer bug that cost Lewis Hamilton victory at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix and taken steps to ensure it does not happen again. Trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin s... More »
FILE PHOTO : Sebastien Ogier of France talks to journalists during the shakedown of Rally Sweden, in Torsby, Sweden February 09, 2017. TT News Agency/Micke Fransson/REUTERS (Reuters) – Championship leader Sebastien Ogier’s M-Sport team have appealed after the ... More »
(Reuters) – Sebastien Ogier regained the lead in the world rally championship on Sunday with victory in Mexico for the M-Sport Ford team. The five-times world champion finished one minute 13.6 seconds ahead of Spain’s Hyundai driver Dani Sordo with Britain’s K... More »
FILE PHOTO: SAIC Motor Corp’s logos are pictured at its booth during the Auto China 2016 auto show in Beijing, China April 26, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Chinese car maker SAIC Motor Corp Ltd and German chipmaker Infineon Tec... More »
F1 Formula One – Formula One Test Session – Circuit de Barcelona Catalunya, Montmelo, Spain – February 26, 2018 Brendon Hartley of Toro Rosso during testing REUTERS/Albert Gea BARCELONA (Reuters) – Toro Rosso began their new Formula One partnership with Honda ... More »
FILE PHOTO: Honda MotoGP rider Marc Marquez of Spain rides his bike during the second qualifying session ahead of the Valencia Motorcycle Grand Prix at the Ricardo Tormo racetrack in Cheste, near Valencia, Spain, November 6, 2015. REUTERS/Heino Kalis. Picture ... More »
A Ford worker inspects paint work on the body of a Ford Expedition SUV at FordÕs Kentucky Truck Plant as the No. 2 U.S. automaker ramps up production of two large SUV models in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S., February 9, 2018. REUTERS/Nick Carey LOUISVILLE (Reuter... More »
FILE PHOTO – Key Safety Systems Chief Executive Officer Jason Luo listens to a question during an interview with Reuters in Tokyo, Japan October 5, 2016. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo BEIJING (Reuters) – Ford Motor Co said its China chief, Jason Luo, has stepp... More »
Bill Ford, executive chairman of the Ford Motor Company and Jim Hackett (R), President and CEO, present the 2019 Ford Ranger during the Ford press preview at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., January 14, 2018. REUTERS/Rebec... More »
FILE PHOTO: Hyundai Motor’s new fuel cell SUV is seen during a media event in Seoul, South Korea August 17, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s Hyundai Motor (005380.KS) said it is considering building a car plant in Southeast ... More »
Dakar Rally – 2018 Peru-Bolivia-Argentina Dakar rally – 40th Dakar Edition stage three, Pisco to San Juan de Marcona – January 8, 2018. Stephane Peterhansel of France and copilot Jean Paul Cottret of France drive their Peugeot. REUTERS/Andres Stapff (Reuters) ... More »
Dakar Rally – 2018 Peru-Bolivia-Argentina Dakar rally – 40th Dakar Edition stage four, San Juan de Marcona to San Juan de Marcona – January 9, 2018. Britain’s Sam Sunderland receives medical care after suffering an accident while driving his KTM. REUTERS/Andre... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – Red Bull junior driver Dan Ticktum put McLaren in an awkward position on Sunday after winning a coveted award that includes a Formula One test drive and simulator role with the Woking-based team. Macau Formula Three Grand Prix winner Ticktum... More »
Formula One – Abu Dhabi Grand Prix – Yas Marina circuit, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates – November 26, 2017 Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas celebrates with the trophy after winning the race REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed ABU DHABI (Reuters) – Valtteri Bottas won the Abu ... More »
Formula One – F1 – Abu Dhabi Grand Prix – Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates – November 26, 2017. British Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes AMG GP crosses the finish line. REUTERS/Valdrin Xhemaj/Pool ABU DHABI (Reuters) – Lewis Ham... More »
Formula One F1 – Brazilian Grand Prix 2017 – Sao Paulo, Brazil – November 12, 2017 McLaren’s Fernando Alonso ahead of the Brazilian Grand Prix REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino ABU DHABI (Reuters) – Double world champion Fernando Alonso has become the first Formula One... More »
FILE PHOTO: Britain Formula One – F1 – British Grand Prix 2016 – Silverstone, England, Britain, July 8, 2016. The halo safety device on Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel’s car during practice. Action Images via Reuters / Andrew Boyers / Livepic / File Photo ABU DHABI... More »
Formula One F1 – Japanese Grand Prix 2017 – Suzuka Circuit, Japan – October 7, 2017. Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton of Britain celebrates pole position in qualifying next to Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel of Germany. REUTERS/Toru Hanai ABU DHABI (Reuters) – Formula One’... More »
(Reuters) – A canceled Formula One tire test meant McLaren reserve Lando Norris effectively flew all the way from Britain to Brazil this week just to take a bath. The 18-year-old, racing in this weekend’s Macau F3 race, told reporters he was soaking in the bat... More »
German fashion brand Hugo Boss will end its motorsport tie-up with Formula One from next year to move into Formula E, Chief Executive Mark Langer told German weekly Focus. More »
An ecstatic Lewis Hamilton became Britain's first four-times Formula One world champion on Sunday after fighting back from last place following an opening-lap collision with arch-rival Sebastian Vettel at the Mexican Grand Prix. More »
Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel congratulated Mercedes rival Lewis Hamilton on joining him as a four times Formula One world champion on Sunday and vowed that next season would be different. More »
Max Verstappen might have cause to thank the Formula One stewards, even if only as a backhanded compliment, for giving him plenty to get stirred up about ahead of Sunday's Mexican Grand Prix. More »
Lewis Hamilton turned a nightmare into a dream on Sunday with his worst race of the season ending with a fourth Formula One world championship. More »
Wall Street may love the shares of Silicon Valley electric carmaker Tesla Inc, but Americans love big, fuel-thirsty trucks like Ford Motor Co's bestselling F-Series pickups and are paying ever higher prices to buy them. More »
Brendon Hartley was relaxed about his Formula One debut with Toro Rosso in Texas last weekend but the pressure is rising now it has turned into an extended run with a 2018 race seat up for grabs. More »
Max Verstappen made a public apology for his criticism of a Formula One steward on Thursday after the sport's governing body made clear they were awaiting his response. More »
Mercedes won the Formula One constructors' title for the fourth year in a row on Sunday but Lewis Hamilton was made to wait despite cruising to a U.S. Grand Prix victory at one of his favorite circuits. More »
Team by team analysis of Sunday's U.S. Grand Prix (listed in championship order): More »
Lewis Hamilton can hear the fat lady clearing her throat, even if Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel managed to prevent her from singing after Sunday's U.S. Grand Prix. More »
Mercedes joined a select group of teams to have won the Formula One constructors' championship for four years in a row on Sunday and recognized it as their toughest title yet. More »
The Red Bull-owned Toro Rosso Formula One team could be facing yet another driver change amid uncertainty about Pierre Gasly's availability for next week's U.S. Grand Prix. More »
Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel pulled out a late flier around the Suzuka Circuit to set the pace ahead of Formula One title rival Lewis Hamilton in Friday's first practice session for the Japanese Grand Prix. More »
Lewis Hamilton says there will be no easing off the throttle even if he does not have to win another race after Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix to secure a fourth Formula One title. More »
The United Auto Workers is talking with Ford Motor Co (F.N) about ways to avoid layoffs as the No. 2 U.S. automaker builds more electric vehicles, a senior union official told Reuters on Thursday. More »
Australian MotoGP rider Jack Miller will miss this month's Japanese Grand Prix at Motegi after breaking his right leg in a training accident, his Marc VDS Honda team said on Monday. More »
Ferrari will make changes to improve the quality of components after both of the Formula One team's cars suffered engine failures in Malaysia at the weekend, chairman Sergio Marchionne said on Monday. More »
Formula One title rivals Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel should both be wary of resurgent Red Bull after Max Verstappen's victory in Malaysia at the weekend. More »
