The 2019 season will see SRO Motorsports Group unite the sprint-format championships formerly known as the Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup, Blancpain GT Series Asia and Pirelli World Challenge GT to form a new global initiative: the Blancpain GT World Challenge. This exciting international endeavour will present GT3 manufacturers, partners and teams with the
Month: November 2019
10:42 PM ET Here we are, the calendar has turned to November, and I’m trying desperately to ignore the holiday decorations in the stores. I mean, I’ve got a solid festive spirit, but it’s still pumpkin spice season, and I cling to those moments. Oh yeah, and there are only two races left in the
McLaren will continue to pay James Hinchcliffe’s salary during the 2020 season after its controversial decision to oust him from its new IndyCar team. Hinchcliffe had an existing contract with the Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports team that McLaren has partnered with to create Arrow McLaren SP for its full-time IndyCar return. After an initial suggestion
The Circuit of the Americas will close this winter for major work to address the bumps that Formula 1 drivers have complained about over the US Grand Prix weekend. There was a mixed reaction to the bumps, with Daniel Ricciardo saying the track was better for its undulations instead of being like a video game.
5:02 PM ET The most stunning part of it all? The one photograph. Don’t get me wrong. There was plenty of stunning to go around on Monday morning. As the American motorsports world boarded various aircraft to return home from Fort Worth, Austin and Las Vegas and the huge late-season NASCAR, Formula One and NHRA
Alex Marquez sealed the 2019 Moto2 world championship by finishing second to Brad Binder and beating his other main rival Tom Luthi in the Malaysian Grand Prix. The Marc VDS rider held his nerve in a tense battle with Binder and Luthi to keep his points gap above the required 24 to add to his
Roger Penske hops his “credibility” will prevent accusations of a conflict of interest following his corporation’s purchase of IndyCar and Indianapolis Motor Speedway owner Hulman and Company. Penske, who has worked with Will Power for the past two seasons with the exception of the Indianapolis road course race and Indianapolis 500, announced on Monday he
Ferrari’s dramatic loss of pace during the United States Grand Prix weekend increased speculation around what might be behind its straightline speed advantage in the 2019 Formula 1 season. Its rivals suspect a technical directive clarification from the FIA about the cars’ fuel-flow meters could have thwarted a trick Ferrari had come up with, and
10:29 AM ET AUSTIN — Lewis Hamilton says he is downplaying the prospect of matching Michael Schumacher’s record of seven championships as it still remains such a far-fetched idea to him. Hamilton is now second on the all-time list of F1 champions having clinched his sixth title at the U.S. Grand Prix. The British driver
Elfyn Evans has been tipped as Ott Tanak’s Toyota World Rally Championhip replacement after the Welshman visited the Finnish squad last week. Autosport revelaed before Rally Spain two weeks ago that Tanak would make a shock switch to Hyundai, leavuing the Toyota Gazoo Racing team with which he sealed the 2019 drivers’ championship for the
Phillip Island could move to the start of the 2021 MotoGP calendar, as promoter Dorna Sports pushes to stage the event in better weather conditions on safety grounds. A run of cold, windy spring conditions during recent Australian Grands Prix has resulted in the October date falling further and further out of favour in the
A subsidiary of the Penske Corporation has purchased the IndyCar Series and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway among other assets from the previous owner, Hulman and Company. The blockbuster purchase has been made by a Penske division named Penske Entertainment Corp, which means Penske’s three-car IndyCar team will compete in a championship that is owned by
Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton says he had “demons” to face during an emotionally-draining title-winning season, influenced by the deaths of Niki Lauda and Anthoine Hubert. Mercedes driver Hamilton clinched his sixth world championship at the United States Grand Prix last weekend, at the end of a year in which the team’s non-executive director
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Eight manufacturers. Five continents. One champion. The world’s only global GT3 championship is back, and it’s bigger and better than ever before!
10:43 AM ET Italian driver Antonio Giovinazzi will remain at Alfa Romeo for the 2020 season, the team confirmed on Sunday. Giovinazzi joined Alfa Romeo at the start of the year and is at the tail end of his first full season in F1. Despite a slow start, a resurgence in form since the August
Maverick Vinales led every lap of MotoGP’s Malaysian Grand Prix to take a dominant win ahead of Marc Marquez and Andrea Dovizioso. The victory was as straightforward as they come for Vinales, the Yamaha rider taking the lead on the opening lap and never looking back. His final margin was three seconds over Marquez, as
Penske Entertainment will assess options for bringing a more adventurous roster of events at Indianapolis Motor Speedway – including a possible IndyCar/NASCAR double-header, endurance racing and the return of Formula 1. It was announced on Monday that the Penske Corporation’s new entity, Penske Entertainment, has purchased IMS, as well as the IndyCar championship and IMS
Antonio Giovinazzi will remain in Formula 1 with Alfa Romeo for second full season alongside Kimi Raikkonen in 2020 after signing a new deal with the team. Giovinazzi had a difficult start to the year, but the Italian’s form improved in the middle of the year – allied to being highly rated by Ferrari after
1:56 PM ET AUSTIN — After securing his sixth world championship on Sunday, Lewis Hamilton stands alone as the second most successful driver in Formula One history. Only Michael Schumacher’s seven world championships and 91 wins outranks him, but at this rate — and with talk of a new contract keeping him at Mercedes beyond
Jenson Button says his SUPER GT season was compromised by Honda’s new 2019 aero package being too “unpredictable” to race, leaving his car short of upgrades to match the competition. Last year’s champions Button and Naoki Yamamoto endured a winless campaign in 2019, finishing eighth in the drivers’ standings with 37 points – less than
Jack Miller was critical of riders attempting forceful overtakes on the inside of Sepang’s final corner in the MotoGP Malaysian Grand Prix, after receiving a heavy hit from Alex Rins. Rins clattered into the side of Miller at the Turn 15 hairpin while trying to take fifth away from the Pramac Ducati, with the Suzuki
Mark Miles, the president of Hulman and Company, believes that Penske’s purchase of Indianapolis Motor Speedway and IndyCar will make US open-wheel racing more attractive to manufacturers and sponsors. Following the announcement that Roger Penske’s new entity, Penske Entertainment, has bought the Speedway, IndyCar and IMS Productions from Hulman and Company on Monday, a media
Kyle Larson says only penalties from NASCAR will stop drivers spinning intentionally, after he accused Bubba Wallace of deliberately causing a caution at Texas that hurt his Cup title hopes. Larson was running fourth when he pitted during a green-flag period in the second half of the race, five laps before Wallace spun his Richard
Max Verstappen’s bid for victory in Formula 1’s 2019 United States Grand Prix was hurt by floor damage he picked up early in the race. Verstappen was Mercedes’ main challenger at Austin, but just missed out on being able to take second place back from Lewis Hamilton on the final lap as yellow flags at
8:49 AM ET Associated Press Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the IndyCar Series have been sold to Penske Entertainment Corp. in a stunning Monday announcement that relinquishes control of the iconic speedway from the Hulman family after 74 years. Tony Hulman bought the dilapidated speedway in 1945 and brought racing back to the corner of 16th
SUPER GT’s 2020-spec GT500 cars made their public debut in a demonstration run ahead of the final round of the season at Motegi on Sunday. The new cars, which conform to the Class One regulations SUPER GT will share with the DTM next year, were first unveiled in September and have since been tested behind