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
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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
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
Dr. Rose Mattioli, co-founder of Pocono Raceway and matriarch of the Mattioli family that still owns and operates the track, died on Monday at the age of 92. Together with her late husband Dr. Joseph ‘Doc’ Mattioli, who died aged 86 in 2012, Rose co-founded the 2.5-mile oval known as ‘the Tricky Triangle’ in 1968.
The Arrow McLaren SP IndyCar Series team has revealed the colours of Fernando Alonso’s challenger for the delayed 2020 Indianapolis 500 in August. The two-time Formula 1 world champion and double 24 Hours of Le Mans winner will be making his third attempt at the Indy 500, as he continues his bid to become only
Circuit of the Americas boss Bobby Epstein says it’s too early to make a call on whether his track will host a Formula 1 grand prix this year. The US GP is still theoretically on the calendar in its original 25 October date, and will potentially form part of a run of up to four
11:14 AM ET Ferrari is bracing itself for a slow start to the 2020 Formula One season after its poor performance in pre-season testing prompted a rethink of the car’s development that will not bear fruit before the third round in Hungary. As a result, Ferrari will run the same specification of car it used
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Jorge Lorenzo has rubbished rumours linking him with a return to Ducati in 2021, but admits he feels he’s still “capable” of winning the MotoGP title with the “right tools”. Three-time premier class world champion Lorenzo retired from racing at the end of the 2019 campaign following a miserable debut season on the factory Honda,
McLaren insists that there was never a risk of the team being unable to continue in Formula 1 next year, despite the financial difficulties it has faced over recent weeks. With the McLaren Group’s income having been hit hard by a stop in road car sales and a lack of racing action, it went to
9:01 AM ET McLaren’s Formula One future was never in doubt despite a cash crisis brought on by the coronavirus pandemic and now resolved by a fresh injection of funds, team principal Andreas Seidl said on Tuesday. The National Bank of Bahrain announced on Monday a £150 million financing facility for the McLaren Group, which
Defending British GT championship-winning outfit TF Sport has been forced to withdraw both its GT3 Aston Martin Vantages due to factors resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Four-time series champion Jonny Adam was due to share with 2014 runner-up Ahmad al-Harthy in one car, while Adam’s co-champion last year Graham Davidson was due to share another
On this day in 2013, Valentino Rossi clambered onto the top step of the Assen podium to celebrate his first win in over two years. Truly banishing the demons of his Ducati nadir, it would be the catalyst for much more in the ensuing years Following four fallow years with a new frontman in Blaze
Jimmie Johnson will get his first test in an IndyCar next week when he drives a Chip Ganassi Racing-Honda around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s road course. The test comes as the IndyCar Series prepares for the second round of its 2020 season, the GMR Grand Prix of Indianapolis to be held this weekend on the
OPINION: Mercedes has revealed it will run a black livery for the 2020 Formula 1 season as a show of support for the Black Lives Matter push for racial equality. In doing so, it is taking Lewis Hamilton’s desire for change to the “top” in more ways than one “Bernie is out of the sport
11:10 AM ET Three months after the Australian Grand Prix was cancelled, Formula One is finally ready to start the 2020 season. 2 Related The coronavirus pandemic has completely changed F1’s short- and long-term future, with a raft of rule changes agreed in F1’s elongated off-season, including the decision to delay the big rule change
The withdrawal of TF Sport and multiple champion Jonny Adam from British GT improves the prospects of its rivals, but underscores that the championship hasn’t got away from COVID-19 completely unscathed Imagine if Mercedes took a year out of Formula 1 on the eve of the season and Lewis Hamilton was unable to defend his
Jorge Lorenzo arrived at Valencia in 2013 as the outsider for that year’s MotoGP world title. Ultimately coming up short against Marc Marquez, the way the Yamaha star rode that race was a work of art, Oriol Puigdemont remembers The final round of the 2013 season at Valencia saw Marc Marquez crowned as the youngest
Jimmie Johnson will get his first test in an IndyCar next week when he drives a Chip Ganassi Racing-Honda around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s road course. The test comes as the IndyCar Series prepares for the second round of its 2020 season, the GMR Grand Prix of Indianapolis to be held this weekend on the
Fans have been warned by the police to stay away from Silverstone when it hosts its two Formula 1 races in August, as their presence could jeopardise both events. With F1 beginning its season with closed door events that spectators are banned from, there are concerns that supporters may still try to get close to
2:19 PM ET Associated Press SIENA, Italy — Italian auto racing champion turned Paralympic gold medalist Alex Zanardi underwent a second brain surgery on Monday, 10 days after an emergency operation following a crash on his handbike. The latest surgery lasted 2+ hours, after which Zanardi was returned to the intensive care unit in a
The TUDOR United SportsCar Championship returns to action at Road Atlanta for the Petit Le Mans powered by Mazda, Round 12 of the 2015 season.