Formula 1 has been formally told it will not be granted an exemption to the British government’s requirements for all travellers arriving in the country to be put in quarantine. The news means the British Grand Prix will almost certainly be unable to go ahead on the July date it had originally been looking at.
Month: May 2020
1:15 AM ET Associated Press The World of Outlaws raced in front of live fans — though attendance was capped because of the coronavirus pandemic — for the first time in months at a Sprint Car event in Peveley, Missouri. The Outlaws returned for a race run without fans last week at Knoxville Raceway in
On the anniversary of his untimely death in 2017, Autosport sat down with two former team-mates – Dani Pedrosa and Michael van der Mark – to remember 2006 MotoGP world champion Nicky Hayden and the qualities which made him a motorsport hero The high-pressure nature of professional sport and the personal sacrifices that must be
Chase Elliott says he has accepted Kyle Busch’s apology and concedes that the reigning NASCAR Cup series champion didn’t wreck him “on purpose” in Wednesday’s Cup race at Darlington. On NASCAR’s second race back in action following the coronavirus postponements, Elliott had just passed Busch for second place in the closing stages, but as Busch
Formula 1 teams have approved a radical set of rule changes aimed at securing the future of the sport in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, Autosport has learned. Following weeks of discussions between teams, the FIA and F1 bosses about potential changes aimed at cutting costs and improving the show, the ‘New Deal’ proposals
4:58 PM ET The British Grand Prix looks unlikely to go ahead in July after the British government announced it will not give sports such as Formula One an exemption from new quarantine rules as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Anyone arriving in Britain from June 8 will have to enter a 14-day period
The Suzuka 10 Hours round of the Intercontinental GT Challenge in August is the latest casualty of the COVID-19 crisis. What would have been the second round of the IGTC after February’s Bathurst 12 Hours has been cancelled. The move announced by IGTC promoter the Stephane Ratel Organisation on Friday said that circuit owner the
The boss of M-Sport’s World Rally Championship programme says work on a new 2022 car is currently progressing “very well” despite most of his workforce being furloughed. With the WRC on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Richard Millener confirmed the free time is being used to fast-track elements of the project, although it has
Joan Mir insists that he longer sees himself as Suzuki’s number two rider after completing his rookie MotoGP season last year. Moto2 graduate Mir concluded his first campaign in the premier class 12th overall with less than half the points tally of teammate Alex Rins, albeit missing two races in the wake of a heavy
One-time NASCAR Cup champion Dale Jarrett believes the late clash between Kyle Busch and Chase Elliott at Darlington on Wednesday would have sparked “ugly” scenes without the COVID-19 situation. NASCAR’s return to the track took a twist when two of its biggest stars clashed on track, with Elliott giving Busch a one-fingered salute after contact
Ross Brawn believes Formula 1 will be in a “great place” in six months, and says holding onto good memories is key to staying motivated for its comeback. The sport’s managing director of motorsport has faced a challenging period trying to help plot a path for F1’s recovery, with the season having been put on
Check out the sights and sounds from the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at Daytona International Speedway.
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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
Marcus Ericsson believes the rivalries emerging from the incidents in IndyCar’s iRacing series finale could continue into the start of the real-world season next month. Ex-Formula 1 driver Ericsson, who moved to IndyCar last season after making 97 grand prix starts, was one of a number of drivers involved in clashes in the final round
Charles Leclerc could be set for a starring role in a remake of the controversial driving short movie ‘C’etait un Rendezvous’, with filming set to take place this weekend. According to reports in the French media, the roads of Monaco will be shut for several hours on Sunday morning to allow Leclerc to help film
10:11 AM ET Singer-songwriter Luis Fonsi, who broke all-time streaming records with his 2017 hit ‘Despacito’, is joining the Formula One fast stream for a virtual Monaco Grand Prix on Sunday. The Miami-based Puerto Rican will line up in Racing Point colours in a field with eight regular F1 drivers, including Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc who
The rescheduled Spa 24 Hours blue riband round of the GT World Challenge Europe in October will go ahead with or without spectators, series boss Stephane Ratel has vowed. Ratel made the claim after confirming that the two Italian rounds due to kick off the revised GTWCE schedule announced last week will take place behind
The return of Richmond Raceway to the IndyCar Series calendar has been pushed back to 2021 while the Toronto street race has also lost its date on the 2020 schedule. The 0.75-mile Richmond oval was due to stage an IndyCar race for the first time since 2009 on June 27, but despite the return of
Denny Hamlin employed a clever strategy to win his second NASCAR Cup Series race of the season at Darlington in a race cut short by rain on Wednesday night. In the second race of NASCAR’s return following the coronavirus pandemic-induced hiatus – the first Wednesday NASCAR race since Richard Petty’s 200th victory at Daytona on
Autosport has launched a special seven-part series attempting to answer the question of what the line-up of the greatest Formula 1 team would look like. A panel made up of 18 of the Motorsport Network’s F1 experts from across the globe all voted for the individuals they believed were the absolute best in their respective
4:21 PM ET Associated Press IndyCar has made more revisions to its schedule because of the coronavirus pandemic. The open-wheel series, which is slated to finally begin June 6 at Texas Motor Speedway, said Thursday that the June 27 race in Richmond, Virginia, and the street course race in Toronto on July 12 have been
Toyota Gazoo Racing has pulled out of this year’s Nurburgring 24 Hours due to the coronavirus pandemic, but has vowed to return to the race in 2021. Toyota has been competing on the Nordschleife since 2007 and had already announced plans to compete in this year’s event with a Lexus LC in the SP-PRO class.
Reigning World Rally champion Ott Tanak believes his start with the Hyundai team has been better than expected, despite a serious crash and his 24-point deficit to leader Sebastien Ogier. Tanak ended Ogier’s run of six world titles with Toyota last year, but decided to join Hyundai alongside Thierry Neuville for 2020. That move allowed
Jorge Lorenzo reckons that Yamaha stablemate Valentino Rossi could start to win MotoGP races again if the seven-time premier class title winner gets a bike he is comfortable with. Rossi is about to embark on his 21st season in the premier class and his 15th for Yamaha and, although he hasn’t won a race since
Kyle Busch concedes his error triggered the collision with Chase Elliott to wreck his rival’s race as they battled for second place in the closing laps of Wednesday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Darlington Raceway. NASCAR’s second race since its return to action from the coronavirus postponements – the first Wednesday NASCAR race since Richard
Austin’s senior public health official says large scale events are unlikely to take place in the Texan city before the end of the year, casting further doubt on Formula 1’s United States Grand Prix. Austin is now operating to Stage 3 of its reopening plan after an initial lockdown, which allows groups of up to
May 19, 2020 McLaren’s Lando Norris is enjoying an antisocial life in isolation as his “worst nightmare” is interacting with large groups of people or strangers. 1 Related The laid-back Norris quickly become one of F1’s most popular drivers in 2019, a campaign which saw him named rookie of the year. The introverted 20-year-old is
Stephane Ratel believes the current coronavirus crisis is not only reshaping the 2020 season but also the direction of technology, with a future of electric and customer racing on the horizon. With all motorsport having been hit by postponements during the coronavirus pandemic, while NASCAR became the first series to make a tentative return behind
Autosport has launched a special seven-part series attempting to answer the question of what the line-up of the greatest Formula 1 team look like. Now that the team has a race engineer and a chief designer in place, the search is now on to find F1’s greatest sporting director. Despite not having a direct input
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