General admission for Sunday’s IndyCar season-opening Grand Prix of St. Petersburg has been banned due to coronavirus, but the race will go ahead. While Penske Entertainment CEO Mark Miles told Autosport last weekend that he didn’t expect the ’20 IndyCar calendar to be affected by what has since been classified by the World Health Organization
Month: March 2020
Just three Formula 1 teams remained willing to race in the Australian Grand Prix had the event not been officially cancelled this morning. The running of the 2020 F1 season-opener in Melbourne was thrown into doubt on Thursday when the McLaren team announced its withdrawal from the weekend when one of its crew tested positive
6:46 PM ET Oliver Caffrey The Supercars’ schedule “remains unchanged” despite fans being barred from attending the Australian Formula One Grand Prix in Melbourne because of the coronavirus. Four races are planned this weekend for the second round of the Supercars’ season, but the ongoing health crisis has left the Albert Park event in jeopardy.
General admission for Sunday’s IndyCar season-opening Grand Prix of St. Petersburg has been banned and the race is under threat due to the coronavirus outbreak. While Penske Entertainment CEO Mark Miles told Autosport last weekend that he didn’t expect the ’20 IndyCar calendar to be affected by what has since been classified by the World
The March 20-22 NASCAR race weekend at the Homestead-Miami Speedway has been postponed for the time being due to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). On Thursday morning, Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez issued a statement suspending several upcoming large public gatherings, including next weekend’s races at Homestead-Miami Speedway. However, NASCAR can still hold
Australian Grand Prix promoters are “in discussions” with the FIA, Formula 1 and the state of Victoria regarding the “broader implications” of a McLaren team member testing positive for coronavirus. A statement from the Australian Grand Prix Corporation, attributed to its CEO Andrew Westacott, revealed that eight F1 personnel have been tested for COVID-19 following
7:24 AM ET McLaren has withdrawn from this weekend’s Australian Grand Prix after one of its team members contracted coronavirus. The British team tested a member of staff for the flu-like virus on Thursday and confirmed the result had been positive. McLaren says the team member immediately entered self-isolation as soon as they showed symptoms
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Dorna Sports CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta says it’s possible a replacement for the cancelled Qatar MotoGP race could take place earlier than the new 19 April season start in Argentina. Dorna had to cancel the Qatar race owing to tighter quarantine restrictions being imposed on Italian travellers, though Moto2 and Moto3 went ahead due to both
World champion Lewis Hamilton says it is “shocking” that Formula 1 has gone ahead with the Australian Grand Prix amid the global coronavirus pandemic. While governments around the world are imposing lockdowns in their countries with a host of travel bans in place, Hamilton says he is baffled over why the season opener has gone
3:01 AM ET Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — Six-time world champion Lewis Hamilton has questioned the wisdom of staging the season-opening Formula One Grand Prix while other sports are canceling events because of the spreading coronavirus. “I am really very surprised we’re here … it’s shocking we’re all sitting in this room. So many fans
The FIM and Dorna Sports have announced that MotoGP’s Argentine Grand Prix has been postponed a day after it was confirmed as the new season-opener. The outbreak of coronavirus and ever-tightening travel restrictions led to MotoGP having to cancel its original season-opener in Qatar, with Thailand and Austin subsequently postponed in the following week as
As the outbreak of COVID-19 continues to envelop the world, more sporting events – and particularly – motorsport are being hit hard by the fallout from the situation. Since the Chinese Formula 1 Grand Prix was postponed, MotoGP has lost the first four rounds of its 2020 season to travel restrictions and the countrywide quarantine
3:25 PM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — After what felt like a long off-season since the season finale in Abu Dhabi in December, Formula One finally returns to Australia this week, albeit amid a flood of coronavirus related concerns. However, drivers have one more season to impress their bosses, since many are out of contract at
The Ducati MotoGP team is still planning to conduct a two-day private test in Valencia at the end of March despite the entirety of Italy being under coronavirus quarantine. After a partial lockdown on numerous provinces affecting 16 million people was put into force, the Italian government extended that quarantine to cover the entire country
The Andretti Autosport trailer carrying Colton Herta’s car to the opening round of the 2020 IndyCar Series at St. Petersburg has caught fire in Florida. The trailer was barely 20 minutes from the paddock in downtown St. Petersburg when the incident occurred in the early hours of Wednesday morning. According to local broadcaster Bay News
Renault says its new title sponsorship deal with Dubai logistics company DP World boosts its prospects of staying in Formula 1 for the long term. The new multi-year deal was announced ahead of the Australian Grand Prix, with the team tweaking its yellow-and-black livery for 2020 as a result of the tie-up. With Renault’s board
4:28 AM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — At least three members of the Formula One paddock have been tested for coronavirus and have entered self-isolation on the eve of the season-opening Australian Grand Prix. Concerns over the spread of the coronavirus have led to teams taking extra precautions on arrival in Melbourne for this weekend’s race.
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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
Autograph sessions will be replaced by Q&A interviews during the Australian Grand Prix weekend in a bid to limit interaction between Formula 1 drivers and fans. The Australian Grand Prix Corporation has confirmed there will be changes to driver-related events, including signing sessions being changed to live interviews. The famous Melbourne Walk , where fans
2:46 AM ET Laine Clark After James Courtney’s shock departure, Team Sydney have confirmed Alex Davison will replace the former Supercars champion for the rest of the 2020 season. The news came barely 24 hours before qualifying starts for this weekend’s Melbourne 400, the Supercars’ second round held in conjunction with the Australian Grand Prix
Multiple British Touring Car Championship race winner Rob Collard will make the switch to endurance racing this season and compete in the British GT Championship with Barwell Motorsport. The 51-year-old will move away from the BTCC which he has competed in since 2000 – claiming the Independent’s Cup in 2003 – having raced predominately with
The MotoGP 2020 calendar has undergone a further revision prompted by the threat of coronavirus, with Austin ceding season opener status to Argentina and the finale moving a week later. An amended calendar was initially presented to the public on March 5, with Austin’s Grand Prix of the Americas becoming the first premier-class race on
Ex-Formula 1 racer Felipe Nasr will join Carlin for Sunday’s St. Petersburg IndyCar race, while Conor Daly has been signed to sub for Max Chilton in four oval races. Nasr, who impressed the Carlin team in a truncated wet/dry test session at Circuit of The Americas last month, having also driven in the Sebring test
Formula 1 has announced a multi-year partnership deal with Saudi Arabian state energy and chemicals giant Aramco, as talks continue over the possibility of a Saudi GP. The company is the first global partner that F1’s owners Liberty Media has signed since it took over the management of the organisation at the start of 2017.
6:09 AM ET Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix marks the start of a new Formula One season. Here we round up the most pressing issues ahead of the opening race, look at the pecking order going into the opening race and point out what else there is to keep an eye on during the 2020 campaign.
Reigning NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Busch says he must be “a hell of a lot better” to challenge for 2020 honours after a mixed start to his title defence. Busch dropped to 27th in the series standings after the season’s first two races but has rallied back to 12th with finishes of second and
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