Petronas SRT MotoGP rider Fabio Quartararo will face an FIM hearing during the Spanish Grand Prix weekend for allegedly breaching private testing rules. On Thursday morning, MotoGP governing body the FIM issued a statement noting it had received a complaint that a rider and team had breached private testing rules. Rules state private testing for
Month: July 2020
Racing Point’s Sergio Perez has “no doubt” the soon-to-be rebranded Aston Martin team can challenge Formula 1’s leading squads in the future thanks to the championship’s new cost cap rules. No team other than Mercedes, Ferrari or Red Bull has won an F1 race since the turbo hybrid era began in 2014, with an unofficial
10:44 AM ET Kimi Raikkonen says his son, Robin, has already started outpacing him in go-karts after the pair took to the track during lockdown. 1 Related Formula One returns this weekend after a four-month break due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and drivers have been taking to the track in everything from go-karts to
A first glimpse of the new Formula 1 emerged on Wednesday as teams began work at the Red Bull Ring ahead of the Austrian Grand Prix. Following a 110-day gap since the F1 season was shut down on the Friday of the Australian GP, teams are now back at work in the paddock getting prepared
12:31 PM ET Formula One’s return to racing in Austria this weekend will get underway with new protocols in place aimed at reducing the chance of a coronavirus outbreak in the paddock. But while the stringent measures should ensure positive cases do not spread, as long as Covid-19 is still in transmission there remains a
McLaren Formula 1 chief Andreas Seidl is confident new protocols in place for this weekend’s Austrian Grand Prix should prevent a repeat of the team’s race withdrawal in Australia. McLaren pulled out of the planned 2020 season-opening Australian Grand Prix on the Thursday night before the race after one of its team members tested positive
5:05 PM ET Associated Press The start of the outdoor motocross season is being delayed for a second time because of a spike in cases of the coronavirus. Supercross was able to complete its season by holding the final 10 races at the University of Utah’s Rice-Eccles Stadium over a span of three weeks last
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,
Tech3 MotoGP team boss Herve Poncharal says it’s not “completely crazy” for the KTM satellite to be in contention for podium or top five finishes in the condensed 2020 season. The coronavirus pandemic has forced the 2020 MotoGP season to be shortened to 13 rounds, although spaces have been left for flyaway races in November
Christian Horner says Red Bull is emerging from the coronavirus lockdowns and starting the 2020 Formula 1 campaign “the best we’ve been prepared” since 2013, the team’s most-recent title-winning season. The first two races of 2020 will take place at Red Bull’s home track – the Red Bull Ring – where Max Verstappen has triumphed
6:29 AM ET Former Williams driver Sergey Sirotkin has been confirmed as Renault’s reserve driver for the upcoming 2020 season. 1 Related Sirotkin was Renault’s reserve driver in 2017 and 2019, but the role has greater significance this year due to the potential for race drivers sitting out of sessions due to positive coronavirus tests.
Ferrari will “recalibrate” the entire upgrade programme for its 2020 Formula 1 car, and is set to introduce a full revamp of the SF1000 at the Hungarian Grand Prix. In pre-season testing, Ferrari’s latest car appeared to have a number of fundamental issues, with a performance shortfall with its power unit combining with a car
1:41 AM ET Not wanting to disenfranchise many of its ticket holders, Iowa’s Knoxville Raceway and the Marion County Fair Board announced Tuesday that the Knoxville Nationals, the biggest event in sprint car racing, has been canceled. The 60th running of the event is now scheduled for Aug. 11-14, 2021. The Nationals annually draw more