Encouraged by the success of the Blancpain Endurance Series, world-renowned Swiss watch manufacture Blancpain and the SRO Motorsports Group decide at the end of 2013 to extend their partnership to the Sprint series, previously promoted as the FIA GT Series, offering teams and drivers the opportunity to compete for an overall Blancpain GT Series title,
Month: March 2020
Six-time champion Sebastien Ogier took his first win in the World Rally Championship as a Toyota driver on this weekend’s truncated Rally Mexico. Ogier delivered a commanding performance to join fellow Frenchman Sebastien Loeb as the only six-time winners of the event, elevating him to the top of the championship table, eight points clear of
Coronavirus has caused sporting events around the world to be postponed and cancelled, with Formula 1, Formula E and MotoGP among them. Other series have also paused races in response to coronavirus, as large public gatherings will inevitably increase the risk of transmission between hosts. As situations react to the ever-changing effect that the COVID-19
11:04 PM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — It may have taken longer than anyone ever expected, or had hoped, but in the end the correct call was made with Formula One, the FIA and the Australian Grand Prix Corporation coming together to cancel the season-opening Australian Grand Prix amid the coronavirus pandemic. 1 Related Doubt was
The World Rally Championship’s Rally Mexico event will end this evening to allow participants to get home as travel restrictions mount worldwide to slow the spread of the coronavirus. The FIA announced the early termination of the third date of the 2020 WRC in view of the increased precautionary measures being introduced to protect the
Australian Grand Prix chief Andrew Westacott will discuss the possibility of rescheduling the race for later in the year with Formula 1 following its cancellation. Officials from the FIA, F1 and the Australian Grand Prix Corporation called off the race on Friday just two hours before the planned start of practice, after the first case
4:22 AM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — Full refunds will be offered to all Australian Grand Prix ticket holders after the season-opening race was cancelled in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Formula One, the FIA and the Australian Grand Prix Corporation (AGPC) reached the verdict on Friday morning, announcing the decision to call off the
IndyCar CEO Mark Miles says that the series is focused on being “absolutely ready with the normal schedule” for the Month of May at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Following the IndyCar Series’ announcement that the first four rounds of the 2020 season had been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, the current plan is to
Red Bull boss Christian Horner says Formula 1 considered putting the paddock in ‘lockdown’ in attempts to continue with the Australian Grand Prix, but did not get the teams’ support. In the wake of a McLaren team member contracting coronavirus, the Woking-based outfit withdrew from the season opener in Melbourne. That move prompted late-night talks
4:32 AM ET The first race of the new Formula One season has been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. On Thursday, a member of the McLaren F1 team tested positive for COVID-19, leading to a decision from F1 and the FIA to call off this weekend’s Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne. The following day,
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Toyota World Rally Championship driver Sebastien Ogier leads M-Sport’s Teemu Suninen by 12 seconds after Friday’s Rally Mexico stages. Having assumed the lead on the second stage of the morning loop, Ogier quietly got on with the job of building a cushion while rest of the front-runners struggled. The Frenchman’s Toyota team-mate, championship leader Elfyn
Formula 1 has confirmed that scrapping the summer shutdown will be one of the best ways of getting enough races in this year. The coronavirus pandemic has forced F1 to abandon the opening four races of the season, and it is not expecting to resume until May at the earliest. However, the likelihood is that
7:12 AM ET Formula One has postponed its upcoming races in Bahrain and Vietnam a day after it was forced to cancel its season opening Australian Grand Prix. 1 Related The decision has been made “to ensure health and safety of staff, participants and fans”. F1 expects to start the season at end of May,
Six-time World Rally Champion Sebastien Ogier put his stamp on this week’s Rally Mexico with an assured first loop of stages in the mountains outside Guanajuato. Having admitted to being preoccupied by the threat of Coronavirus ahead of the event, Ogier delivered on his promise to banish such thoughts on the first full day and
IndyCar has cancelled the first four rounds of the 2020 season, including this weekend’s race at St. Petersburg, as the coronavirus outbreak continues to spread. Although Sunday’s event on the streets of St. Petersburg was set to go ahead, albeit behind closed doors, IndyCar has subsequently decided to take its season opener off of the
NASCAR has postponed the Atlanta round due to take place this weekend and the next round at Homestead-Miami amid the ensuring coronavirus pandemic. It was announced earlier in the week that NASCAR would be holding the two events behind closed doors to minimise any potential virus transmission among the public in attendance. However, given the
The cancellation of the 2020 Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix due to the coronavirus pandemic proved to be a chaotic and farcical episode. The outbreak of COVID-19 has played havoc with the motorsport world, with numerous series forced to cancel and postpone races. F1 fully intended to carry on with the Australian GP, but not
11:51 AM ET IndyCar has called off its season opener in St. Petersburg, Florida, with the series announcing that all races through April have been canceled. Friday’s announcement covers the first four races of the 2020 season. The next scheduled race is the GMR Grand Prix on the road course at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on
Joint World Rally Championship leader Thierry Neuville stunned a capacity crowd in Guanajuato to take the overnight lead at the start of the 2020 Rally Mexico. On his first pass through the short opening stage layout, Neuville’s time of 59.1 seconds put him 0.4s in front of the driver with whom he shares the top
Formula 1 has announced Bahrain and Vietnam Grands Prix have been postponed as a result of the coronavirus outbreak. Following the cancellation of the season-opening Australian Grand Prix, F1 confirmed the second and third rounds of the 2020 campaign will be called off as well. No new date has been announced for the races, and
7:27 AM ET Formula One will call off the Bahrain and Vietnamese Grands Prix after the cancellation of Sunday’s Australian season-opener due to the coronavirus outbreak, multiple F1 sources told Reuters on Friday. Bahrain was supposed to follow Australia’s March 15 race seven days later with organisers already deciding the race would be held behind
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The World Rally Championship has announced that next month’s Rally Argentina has been postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak. Deferring the date of the rally, originally scheduled to take place on 23-26 April, comes at the direction of the Cordoba provincial government in accordance with new measures implemented by the government of the Argentine Republic
The IndyCar Grand Prix of Long Beach will not run as scheduled, due to the City of Long Beach prohibiting all large-scale events through April 30, due to the coronavirus. The Long Beach race, which is due to be the third event of the 2020 campaign, was set to run from 17-19 April. There is
A further 14 McLaren Formula 1 employees have entered a two-week quarantine after coming into close contact with the individual who tested positive for coronavirus at the Australian Grand Prix. McLaren announced on Thursday evening that one of its crew had tested positive for COVID-19, prompting the team to withdraw from the Albert Park event.
2:30 AM ET After several weeks of concern and 12 hours of complete confusion, the Australian Grand Prix was cancelled shortly after 10 A.M on Friday. Six hours earlier it had been clear the race would not go ahead as planned, yet, in a farcical turn of events, fans were allowed to arrive and queue
Rally Mexico organisers say the third World Rally Championship round of 2020 will go ahead as planned despite coronavirus fears, as the event is “fully aligned with national guidelines”. To date, Mexico has been fortunate enough to see just a dozen reported cases of COVID-19 among its population of almost 129 million – none of
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