Formula 1 CEO Chase Carey says teams pulling out because of ill personnel, or even a driver getting infected with coronavirus, will not stop races from going ahead when the season resumes. F1 has announced its plan for the 2020 season to get underway at the Austrian Grand Prix on 5 July, with an eight-event
Month: June 2020
May 31, 2020 A Formula One proposal for an experimental reverse-grid qualifying race when Austria hosts two grands prix in July looks unlikely to be accepted due to opposition from champions Mercedes. Spielberg’s Red Bull Ring is due to start the season on July 5 with a second race there, also without spectators, a week
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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
Danilo Petrucci has confirmed that he will no longer be a Ducati MotoGP rider as of next season, following Jack Miller’s promotion to the factory team. Miller was given the nod for a 2021 Ducati factory seat last week, and while his teammate’s identity remains unconfirmed, it appears highly likely that Andrea Dovizioso will stay
The proposal to run 30-minute reversed grid Formula 1 qualifying races on the second weekend of double-header events has stalled and looks unlikely to progress any further. The subject was discussed in last Friday’s online meeting of team principals and F1 and FIA bosses. Although there was clear support from a majority of teams, including
5:09 AM ET Formula One has announced the first eight dates of its rescheduled calendar as the sport aims to return to racing on July 5 in Austria. 1 Related The first ten races of the original 2020 calendar were either cancelled or postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic, forcing F1 to reschedule as many
Valentino Rossi admits being in a coronavirus lockdown for the past two months has given him a more relaxed perspective on retirement as he deliberates his MotoGP future beyond 2020. The 41-year-old nine-times grand prix motorcycle world champion has lost his place at the works Yamaha squad for 2021 to last year’s rookie sensation Fabio
Scott Dixon says he wishes the IndyCar Series hadn’t been so radical with the regulation of tyre usage ahead of this weekend’s 2020 opener at Texas Motor Speedway. IndyCar officials have introduced a 35-lap limit for tyres this Saturday’s Genesys 300, to mitigate the fact that Firestone will be bringing the same compound and construction
As Autosport launches the latest episode in its Race of My Life podcast series, we take a look back at David Couthard’s choice for the race of his life – the 2000 French Grand Prix Race: 2000 French GP, Magny-Cours Car: McLaren MP4-15 Although I won grands prix at Silverstone, Monaco and Spa, the reason
4:42 PM ET Reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton has called out the “white dominated” world of Formula One for its silence amid the ongoing protests around the death of George Floyd. Floyd, who is black, died in police custody in Minnesota after a white police officer kneeled on his neck for more than eight minutes.
The World Rally Championship has pledged to wait until the last minute before cancelling any of its remaining rallies and remains confident of hosting at least four more events before the end of the year. The WRC was able to complete its opening three rounds in Monaco, Sweden and Mexico before the worsening coronavirus pandemic
Ducati will bring in a fresh perspective to its 2021 MotoGP line-up after it signed Jack Miller on a one-year deal last week. Miller has been part of the Ducati stable since 2018 and has proven to be a valuable asset for the Italian marque in the development of the Desmosedici, upon which last year
Monza has extended its deal to host the Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix, according to the mayor of Monza, to see its contract include the 2025 season. During the build-u to last year’s race F1 confirmed a new five-year contract with organiser Automobile Club d’Italia that covered the 2020-24 seasons. The timing of the new
6:03 AM ET Formula One is set to host two races behind closed doors at Silverstone this summer after the British government gave assurances that F1’s travelling staff would be able to gain exemptions from U.K. quarantine rules. 1 Related F1 will need to submit plans of the measures it will take to combat the
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MotoGP has announced that the 2020 Japanese Grand Prix at Motegi has been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, with all overseas races on hold until mid-November. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced MotoGP to go on hiatus since the beginning of March, when it was only able to run the Moto2 and Moto3 races in
One of the last Toyota Formula 1 cars is one of the star items in a COVID-19 online charity auction that has been put together by the FIA. Teams and drivers have provided some impressive lots for the #RaceAgainstCovid auction, which will be organised by RM Sotheby’s and held in aid of International Federation of
11:54 PM ET Australian Formula One driver Daniel Ricciardo has urged society to grow up and move away from the “toxic” and “disgraceful” racism many are subjected to on a daily basis. The comments come as protests and rioting ramps up in the United States following the death of George Floyd. The Minnesota man, who
Brad Keselowski inherited victory in the NASCAR Cup Series race at Bristol as leaders Joey Logano and Chase Elliott took each other out with two laps to go. After a caution period instigated by long-time leader Denny Hamlin spinning on tyre marbles ended with five laps of a scheduled 500 to run, Elliott’s Hendrick Motorsports
Lewis Hamilton has criticised his Formula 1 peers for “staying silent” amid the ongoing global protests against racial injustice. Protests and rallies have been held across the world in recent days following the murder of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, by police in the US state of Minneapolis on 25 May. Numerous prominent sporting
8:04 PM ET Associated Press BRISTOL, Tenn. — Brad Keselowski inherited his second win of the season when Chase Elliott and Joey Logano collided as they raced for the victory Sunday at Bristol Motor Speedway. Keselowski was in third with a lap and a turn remaining when he lucked into his second victory in three