Leon Haslam says getting the new Honda CBR1000RR-R up to speed in the World Superbike championship will be “a big challenge” but has faith in HRC’s resources and ambitions for 2020.
Michael Ruben Rinaldi has switched to the Team Go Eleven Ducati squad for the 2020 World Superbike championship after losing his ride at Barni Ducati to Leon Camier.
Honda boss Alberto Puig feels Marc Marquez’s shot at victory in the Malaysian MotoGP was lost when he conceded too much time stuck behind Jack Miller during the opening laps at Sepang.
Maverick Vinales says sticking with a consistent base package with his Monster Yamaha and finding improvements through refinements plus the impact of Fabio Quartararo have resulted in his late season surge highlighted by victory at the Malaysian MotoGP.
Williams will make no announcement regarding its final driver line-up for 2020 until the end of the current season, deputy team chief Claire Williams has confirmed.
Nico Hulkenberg has ruled out taking up a reserve or simulator role with a Formula 1 team for the 2020 season, as well as calling links to BMW’s DTM team “fake news”.
Lewis Hamilton believes that 2019 has been his strongest season so far in Formula 1 after capturing his sixth drivers’ world championship, but vowed there was “still more to master” in the remainder of his career.
Christian Iddon will replace World Superbike-bound and 2019 Bennetts British Superbike champion Scott Redding alongside Josh Brookes at the Paul Bird Motorsport Ducati squad for 2020.
Formula 1 motorsport boss Ross Brawn says he does not wish to “speculate” about the latest FIA technical directive following scrutiny over Ferrari’s power unit.
McLaren Formula 1 team principal Andreas Seidl says his side is “working very hard” to improve its pit stop reliability ahead of the final two rounds of the 2019 season.
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff says his team returned to its “old form” at the United States Grand Prix, which he believes acts as the highlight from its championship-winning 2019 Formula 1 season.
Haas Formula 1 boss Guenther Steiner concedes his side has been forced to resort to approach each race with a “damage-limitation” mindset due to its performance struggles.
There were plenty of positives for Franco Morbidelli to take from the latest MotoGP encounter at Sepang, namely upstaging pre-race favourite Fabio Quartararo and claiming a seventh top-six finish of 2019.
Lewis Hamilton has Micheal Schumacher’s all-time Formula 1 record within his sights after sealing his sixth world title at the United States Grand Prix.
Formula 1 motorsport boss Ross Brawn believes Lewis Hamilton has now established himself as the “strongest” driver of the last 15 years after winning his sixth world title.
Alfa Romeo Racing has announced that Antonio Giovinazzi will continue to race with the team for a second year in 2020, marking an unchanged Formula 1 line-up for the Swiss-based squad.
Newly-announced Indianapolis Motor Speedway owner Roger Penske wants the circuit to evaluate a potential return of Formula 1 as part of its considerations for future racing activities.