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,
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As MotoGP’s July start at Jerez draws ever closer, last week promoters Dorna Sports revealed the full revised calendar for the coronavirus-delayed 2020 season. Dorna has put together a sensible 13-round calendar all based in Europe, with Jerez, Red Bull Ring, Misano, Aragon and Valencia holding two events. The door has been left ajar for
Denny Hamlin fended off a late charge from Chase Elliott to record his third win of the season in the heavily delayed NASCAR Cup Series race at Homestead. Lightning in the area of the 1.5-mile Homestead circuit forced a two-hour suspension of the race after just five laps of green-flag running, and subsequent lightning strikes
Shanghai Sports Bureau boss Xu Bin has said the city government has not made any decision on whether to host two Formula 1 races this year despite having a proposal on the table. Following the announcement of the opening eight races on the first part of the revised 2020 calendar, F1 is pushing to finalise
Mark Webber reckons Sebastian Vettel will take a year out of Formula 1 in 2021, after his former Red Bull team-mate leaves the Ferrari squad. Last month, Ferrari announced that Vettel would be leaving at the end of the season, bringing the four-time world champion’s six-season spell at Maranello to an end. This has left
4:18 PM ET Williams driver George Russell took his fourth successive virtual Formula One victory on Sunday in the last race before the real season starts in Austria next month. 1 Related With Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc absent, the Briton had already ‘won’ a fun series designed to fill the gap left by the Australian opener
Future factory Yamaha MotoGP rider Fabio Quartararo says reigning world champion Marc Marquez has forced the entire championship to train harder, and has prompted the Frenchman to rethink his approach. Marquez stepped up to MotoGP in 2013 as reigning Moto2 champion, and has since won the title six times in the last seven years and
Ryan Blaney and Joey Logano have backed Bubba Wallace’s efforts in publicising the Black Lives Matter movement , and say he should be “proud” to highlight racial issues via NASCAR. Wallace – the only African American in NASCAR’s top level – ran a #BlackLivesMatter scheme on his Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet at Martinsville on Wednesday
Antonio Giovinazzi says next year was not the right time for him to step up to Ferrari in Formula 1, having been overlooked by the team as Sebastian Vettel’s replacement. Alfa Romeo’s Giovinazzi is the most recent member of the Ferrari Driver Academy to graduate to F1, joining the field full-time last year. But the
12:33 PM ET Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc is keen to try a real Le Mans 24 Hours after contesting the virtual version of the famous endurance motor race. Leclerc was driving in the GTE class in a Ferrari 488 but his race was ruined by server issues, which at one point left his car upside
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The Algarve circuit in Portugal has revealed it is in “strong negotiations” with Formula 1 over holding races this year on a revised calendar as replacement for cancelled flyaway events. Friday’s formal confirmation of the cancellations of the Azerbaijan, Singapore and Japanese Grands Prix – with more long haul events set to join the list
Jun 11, 2020 Ferrari has set up a joint initiative with motorsport’s governing body, the FIA, to find the next female racing star. 1 Related As part of a four-year deal, the Ferrari Driver Academy (FDA) will partner with the FIA’s Girls on Track — Rising Stars programme with the aim of finding female racers
Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas believes he is now “more complete as a driver” and at his physical peak following the delayed start to the 2020 Formula 1 season. As the COVID-19 pandemic forced the opening 10 events of the year to be cancelled, the new season will get underway on 5 July in Austria –
Jun 11, 2020 Formula One is still considering holding races at venues not on the original 2020 calendar and is also toying with the idea of using an alternative layout in Bahrain should a second race be held at the circuit. 1 Related The first eight races of the revised calendar were announced earlier this
The 2011 Canadian Grand Prix is one of modern Formula 1’s most famous races, with Jenson Button’s winning after a last-lap pass on Sebastian Vettel. But was the Brit’s last-to-first victory a wet-weather masterclass – or just lucky? When counting down the greatest races in recent Formula 1 history, the chaotic Canadian Grand Prix is
Jun 12, 2020 Races in Singapore, Azerbaijan and Japan will not take place this year, Formula One has confirmed as it continues to target a calendar of between 15 and 18 events. 1 Related The Singapore and Azerbaijan Grands Prix were both in doubt due to the long lead time needed to prepare the street
Renault is to test a 2018 Formula 1 car at the Red Bull Ring next week in a bid to get itself ready for the season opener at the Austrian venue next month. Daniel Ricciardo and Esteban Ocon will drive one day each at the test, which takes place on 16-17 June, with Ricciardo driving
4:03 AM ET Formula One drivers can forget about podium celebrations this season under new rules to protect them from the COVID-19 pandemic. The pre-race drivers’ parade will also be scrapped, but the fans won’t be there anyway, and there will be no standing together for the national anthem or trophies handed over directly by
Formula 1 managing director of motorsports Ross Brawn has revealed details of how grand prix weekend procedures have been adjusted to deal with COVID-19 once racing restarts in Austria next month. The FIA, F1 and the teams have been working through all aspects of the race weekend in order to ensure compliance with new guidelines
10:47 AM ET Renault will complete a private two-day test at the Red Bull Ring in Austria next week as it prepares for Formula One’s return to racing on July 5. 1 Related A number of teams have scheduled track time to allow their drivers and team members to get back up to speed ahead
Dutch-born Egbert ‘Eppie’ Wietzes, whose two Formula 1 race starts were seven years apart at Ontario’s Mosport Park, has died at the age of 82. One of his adopted country’s most enduring and versatile racers – his family had emigrated from Assen when he was 12 – Wietzes’ driving career spanned 30 years, from 1958
6:38 PM ET Associated Press GRAHAM, N.C. — A North Carolina judge on Thursday ordered a small stock-car track to halt racing after state health officials declared large weekend crowds at recent races violated an executive order by Gov. Roy Cooper designed to halt the spread of COVID-19. Superior Court Judge Tom Lambeth said he
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The ASO has announced the Dakar Rally will run entirely in Saudi Arabia for a second successive year in 2021, but on a route that is “100% new”. The Dakar moved from South America to the Middle East last year, marking the start of the third chapter in the illustrious history of the rally-raid. Saudi
Felix Rosenqvist has attributed his breakthrough oval performance at IndyCar’s season opener to a visit he made to see three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dario Franchitti over the winter break. Rosenqvist was running in second place behind his Chip Ganassi Racing team-mate Scott Dixon in last weekend’s belated IndyCar opener at the Texas Motor Speedway, before
MotoGP has unveiled a 13-round European calendar for the coronavirus-delayed 2020 season, with options for overseas races at the end of the year tentatively outlined. The outbreak of coronavirus has forced the current MotoGP campaign into a hiatus dating back to the aborted Qatar Grand Prix at the start of March, with all rounds since
Martin Truex Jr recovered from a pitlane infringement penalty to dominate the NASCAR Cup Series race at Martinsville and score his first victory of the 2020 season. Truex’s Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Camry was sent to the back of the field, after he incorrectly cut across the line marking when drivers have to commit to
Hans Mezger, the architect of a line of successful racing engines at Porsche including the TAG-badged Formula 1 twin-turbo V6, has died at the age of 90. Mezger oversaw development of the flat-12 that powered the Porsche 917 to a pair of Le Mans 24 Hours victories in 1970 and ’71 and the flat-sixes for
8:35 AM ET Valtteri Bottas says he has been told not to worry about Sebastian Vettel taking his place at Mercedes next year. 1 Related Bottas has driven for Mercedes since the start of 2017 but, like teammate Lewis Hamilton, is out of contract with the reigning champions at the end of this season. Team