Yamaha has confirmed five MotoGP team members, including team manager Massimo Meregalli, have been ruled out of the Valencia double-header due to COVID-19-forced quarantine. Maverick Vinales confirmed earlier on Friday at the European Grand Prix that one of his team members had tested positive for COVID-19, and he himself was awaiting the results of a
Month: November 2020
As the world’s attention has been drawn towards Phoenix this week looking for any inkling as to which way the results of that race in the state of Arizona will go, there is also the small matter of the NASCAR Cup Series weekend finale. While some are hoping for a handful of electoral votes to
9:30 AM ET ESPN Betting Insiders The NASCAR playoffs reach their conclusion on Sunday with the Series Finale 500 at Phoenix Raceway (3 p.m. ET). Chase Elliott won last week’s Xfinity 500 at Martinsville. Regular-season champion and nine-race winner Kevin Harvick was eliminated on a failed last-lap pass for position. With his victory, Elliott joined
Formula 1 teams are split on whether or not two-day race weekend formats should be pursued in the future following its trial for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. F1 condensed the race weekend at Imola into just two days of running to ease the logistical pressure following the Portuguese Grand Prix one week earlier. It
Valentino Rossi has been cleared to return to MotoGP action at the European Grand Prix from Saturday after passing his second COVID-19 test in 24 hours. The nine-time grand prix motorcycle world champion was forced to miss the Aragon double-header last month after testing positive for the virus at home in Italy ahead of the
11:22 AM ET Associated Press Bubba Wallace‘s “knees were trembling” when he cast his ballot in his first presidential election. NASCAR’s only Black full-time driver didn’t watch the news before this summer, one of national unrest over politics and racial justice issues. He tuned in and quickly became an unwitting national activist. Wallace successfully called
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Daniil Kvyat says trusting Charles Leclerc would not do anything stupid helped him commit to his spectacular Formula 1 overtake around the outside of the Ferrari at Piratella last weekend. The Russian executed a brilliant restart after the late safety car period at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, making full use of his soft tyres
KTM rookie Brad Binder says his tough recent run in MotoGP has made him realise the “strange point of the year” was actually his Czech Grand Prix victory. The 2019 Moto2 runner-up stunned at Brno in August when he dominated the Czech GP by 5.3 seconds to claim his and KTM’s first victory in MotoGP
Formula 1 will visit Saudi Arabia for the first time in 2021 after plans for a nighttime street race in Jeddah were officially announced on Thursday. F1 officially confirmed a deal to stage a grand prix in Saudi Arabia as part of a “long-term partnership” with the Saudi Automobile and Motorcycle Federation. The 2021 race
Valentino Rossi may compete in the MotoGP European Grand Prix pending the results of a second COVID test in Valencia, having tested negative on Thursday at home. Rossi tested positive for the virus ahead of the Aragon GP and was forced out of the two rounds at the Spanish venue. He underwent another test on
4:29 AM ET Honda protege Yuki Tsunoda, who is in the frame for an AlphaTauri race seat next season, had his first Formula One test at Imola on Wednesday and completed more than a race distance. The 20-year-old Formula Two racer covered 352km in a 2018 Toro Rosso car at the Italian track, enough to
Formula 1 CEO Chase Carey says Honda’s withdrawal from the championship was driven by economics but he remains optimistic the 2026 engine rules will appeal to new manufacturers. Honda will end its official efforts in F1 at the end of 2021, although its technology may yet be retained by Red Bull and AlphaTauri. In announcing
Aleix Espargaro has doubts about Jorge Lorenzo’s commitment and “desire” as a competent MotoGP test rider for Aprilia, and says his level is “not enough” currently to develop the RS-GP. Last week, three-time MotoGP world champion Lorenzo confirmed to Spanish outlet AS an Aprilia test rider role is an option for 2021, with Autosport reports
British GT faced an anxious wait to see whether its championship decider could go ahead this weekend. Now that it has been given the green light, a familiar predicament rears its head, says JAMES NEWBOLD. Is it better to be the hunter, or hunted? “We need to just take points when we can and if
9:37 AM ET Saudi Arabia will host a Formula One Grand Prix in November next year following confirmation of plans to hold a night race on the streets of Jeddah. The Saudi Automobile and Motorcycle Federation (SAMF) said the race represents the start of a “long-term partnership” with the sport. Limited details about the Jeddah
Coming to an unfamiliar, highly technical circuit at an odd time of year was naturally tough, but the team fought hard to finish the weekend with a vital 10 points. Join McLaren Plus, our fan engagement programme which brings McLaren fans closer to the team with the most inclusive, rewarding and open-to-all fan programmes in
Lewis Hamilton says winning the Formula 1 constructors’ championship with Mercedes is “almost more exciting” than individual success in the drivers’ title race. Mercedes wrapped up a seventh consecutive constructors’ championship at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix on Sunday, breaking Ferrari’s record of six titles in a row. The team moved into an unassailable lead
Yamaha has named World Superbike rider Garrett Gerloff as Valentino Rossi’s standby replacement for the MotoGP European Grand Prix, after the latter failed a recent COVID-19 test. Rossi was forced to miss the Aragon double-header last month after testing positive for COVID-19 following the French GP. Yamaha has revealed Rossi underwent a COVID test on
Red Bull junior Yuki Tsunoda found the added power and physicality of a Formula 1 car to be the biggest surprises during his maiden test at Imola on Wednesday. Red Bull junior and Formula 2 racer Tsunoda took another step towards a potential F1 drive in 2021 by completing his first F1 test for AlphaTauri
MotoGP is gearing up for its frantic three-race finale to the 2020 season, starting with the first leg of a Valencia double-header, the European Grand Prix. The traditional venue for the MotoGP finale will host back to back races before the series heads to Portimao for the final round of the shaken-up calendar caused by
Kevin Harvick’s career-best NASCAR Cup season still has one more race, but it won’t include a chance at a second championship having been knocked out of title contention at Martinsville. Coming off a subpar finish at Texas Motor Speedway the previous weekend, Harvick entered last Sunday’s race at Martinsville Speedway with a 42-point cushion over
Alex Palou says he’s feels “super lucky” to sign with Chip Ganassi Racing for the 2021 IndyCar Series after just one season in the category. The Spaniard spurned the opportunity of a second season in Japan’s Super Formula championship – after winning a race, rookie of the year title and almost clinching the title in
AlphaTauri Formula 1 team boss Franz Tost insists good strategy, not luck, was the key to Daniil Kvyat’s late charge up to fourth place in the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. The Russian was running in eighth place when Red Bull driver Max Verstappen suffered the puncture and subsequent spin that triggered a late safety car
Yamaha has lined up World Superbike rider Garrett Gerloff as a replacement for Valentino Rossi should he be unable to race in the MotoGP European Grand Prix due to COVID-19. Rossi missed the Aragon double-header after catching the virus and failed a COVID-19 test on Tuesday, forcing Yamaha to line up a replacement should he
This weekend’s British GT finale at Silverstone will boast a season-high grid of 38 cars, including 20 GT3s, boosted by a plethora of new and returning entries. The three-hour race was placed in doubt by the UK government announcing a four-week national lockdown, which is set to commence on Friday, but it was given the
Former Hyundai WRC driver Hayden Paddon has warned rallying runs the risk of being “left behind” the longer it takes to embrace less polluting renewable energies. Paddon made the comments at the official unveiling of his new electric car at Hyundai Motors in New Zealand, a project that has taken only eighteen months and just
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Red Bull says it needs to work with Alex Albon to “build” up his confidence for the Turkish Grand Prix, after another disappointing Formula 1 outing at Imola last weekend. Albon is battling to prove to Red Bull that he deserves a seat in F1 next year, with the outfit weighing up whether to stick
5:09 AM ET Six times world champion Lewis Hamilton led Formula One drivers past and present in consoling George Russell after a costly error in Sunday’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. 1 Related The Williams driver had been heading for a long-awaited first top 10 finish when he speared off the track at Imola and into