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The FIA released its provisional schedule for a record-breaking 16-race season on Thursday; however, the 4 June slot was notably left as a “To Be Decided” entry. In response to the omission of an inaugural Dutch E-Prix, the Formula-Eindhoven bid released a statement saying it was ready to fill any gaps on the 2022 calendar.

Formula E and the FIA issued its provisional 12-city, 16-race schedule for next season on Thursday with Cape Town, Vancouver and Seoul all down to host their inaugural rounds. While the 4 June slot has been initially listed for a venue that is “to be decided”, the Netherlands does not feature despite the public optimism

The Milton Keynes-based squad has been much more aggressive with developing its RB16B than title rival Mercedes has with its own car. While Mercedes has had a very limited development programme, with potentially a final upgrade coming for the British Grand Prix, Red Bull has been non-stop in pushing to improve its chassis. It has worked on all

Following a very late change of plan, the Porsche Supercup race has been lost to COVID-19 travel restrictions as many of the teams are based in Germany. Instead, Masters Historic Racing has reacted quickly to organise a pair of races for its Gentlemen Drivers Pre-66 GT series on the Grand Prix circuit over the 16-18

The Toyota GR010 Hybrid, the Glickenhaus 007 LMH and the Alpine A480 will race at the Monza 6 Hours on July 18 with the same minimum weights, energy allocations and power curves as at the Portimao round in June. Toyota’s Le Mans Hypercar and the Alpine LMP1, which formerly raced as the Rebellion R-13, were equally matched

Boyd has been given the nod to fill the final vacancy in United’s #23 Oreca 07-Gibson for this year’s running of the French endurance classic having made his FIA World Endurance Championship debut at Portimao last month. The 30-year-old was drafted in last-minute to join di Resta and Phil Hanson in Portugal after the team’s

Race: 1974 South African GP, KyalamiCar: Brabham BT44 After the 1974 Argentinian and Brazilian Grands Prix, some of us went to South Africa to test – there was a non-points race at Brands Hatch in between, with temperatures 30C less than in South Africa – prior to the GP there. F1: Ranking F1’s best point-less

The Italian-American will drop the French flag on the 62-car field at this year’s double-points round of the World Endurance Championship at 4pm on 21 August. Elkann’s appointment in the honorary starter role by race organiser the Automobile Club de l’Ouest follows the announcement at the end of February that Ferrari will end a 50-year

Accumulating 12 penalty points within a 12-month period obliges the driver concerned to serve an F1 race ban. Points are awarded automatically by the FIA stewards via a “shopping list” of offences on top of any penalties such as a drop of grid places or added race time that the driver receives. Some observers have

Angela Lucas suffered fatal injuries in the incident at the fast Riches right-hander of the Norfolk circuit, around three hours into Sunday’s second C1 contest of the British Automobile Racing Club event. Lucas had made a handful of appearances with the C1 Racing Club, and was sharing the RaceDriver.me car with the scholarship’s winner Alexander

Dixon, a six-time winner at Mid-Ohio, finished fourth in last weekend’s race behind race winner Josef Newgarden (Team Penske), and fellow Ganassi drivers Marcus Ericsson and Palou. Having been jumped in the final round of stops by Palou, Dixon finished 10 seconds behind the Spaniard and was left to defend from the pack of Alexander

It was confirmed earlier today that neither of the Formula 1 or MotoGP Australian GPs will take place this season, with both the events cancelled. That’s courtesy of Australia’s strict closed border policy amid the global health crisis. MotoGP has now confirmed two changes in the wake of the Phillip Island round cancellation. The first

The second race of Formula 1’s Austria double-header proved more eventful than the first – even if the final result bore heavy resemblance to one week earlier. Max Verstappen produced another devastating display at the front, taking his third win on the bounce to extend his drivers’ championship lead and continue to turn the screw

The seven-time WRC champion indicated earlier this that he intended to only contest a part campaign next year and dovetail that with possible circuit racing outings. After winning four of the opening six rallies of the season, Ogier’s performances coupled with uncertainty as to how many rallies he will do next season has sparked suggestions

Russell delivered Williams’ first Q3 appearance in almost three years on Saturday at the Red Bull Ring, and started the race eighth after a grid penalty for Sebastian Vettel. Russell dropped to 12th on the opening lap after being forced to “slam on the brakes to avoid an incident” with Yuki Tsunoda, but remained in

Elliott took command of the race on lap 46 of the 62-lap race, as Kyle Busch passed Aric Almirola on a restart and Elliott then cleared Busch in Turn 12 to grab the lead for the final time. On lap 59, Christopher Bell got around Busch to move into second but couldn’t mount a serious

Verstappen’s advantage was so great that he had enough time to pit for a second time and put the fastest lap bonus point target out of sight for the rest, while Bottas benefitted from being allowed by Hamilton in a Mercedes team order and Norris got by too to claim a podium despite picking up

Mercedes announced on Saturday that seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton had signed a new two-year contract, keeping him with the team until the end of the 2023 season. It leaves one free seat at Mercedes for 2022, with Bottas out of contract and facing competition from Mercedes junior George Russell to be Hamilton’s team-mate next

The reigning BRDC British F3 champion was transferred to Universitatsklinikum Graz Hospital following an incident during Saturday’s second race at the Austrian venue. FIA F3 Championship organisers have since confirmed the American has suffered a fracture and dislocation of his left thumb, which has forced him out of the remaining race of the weekend. It

Verstappen came out on top after the one-hour qualifying session, with title rival Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes only managing fourth position. Read Also: Austrian Grand Prix qualifying results: Verstappen on pole from Norris What happened in Q1? Verstappen set the Q1 benchmark at 1m04.249s, a quarter of a second ahead of Hamilton. Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes)

Africa’s return to the WRC calendar threw an unusual curveball at the M-Sport Ford squad, who were forced to largely run their operation from their UK base as COVID-19 travel restrictions meant only a handful of staff could be on the ground in Kenya. PLUS: How WRC’s new Safari adventure ended with a familiar tale In

The two-time IndyCar champion was a quarter second ahead of Arrow McLaren SP’s Pato O’Ward with an average speed of 120.870mph around the 2.258-mile course. Eight-hundredths slower than O’Ward was Jack Harvey for Meyer Shank Racing, the hometown team, with Alexander Rossi leading the Andretti Autosport contingent. Local hero Graham Rahal was fifth fastest for

After Verstappen followed his dominant Styrian GP victory with first place in first practice for this weekend’s repeat event at the Red Bull Ring, he finished third and 0.217s behind Hamilton in Friday’s second one-hour practice session, which was hit by light rain in the closing stages. At the start, the pack headed out on

The Chinese-flagged team currently operates out of two facilities in the UK, using both the workshop of its predecessor NEXT EV in Donington Park – where all Formula E teams were located at the inception of the championship – as well as its own innovation centre in Oxford. But following the conclusion of the 2020/21

The Italian is continuing to undergo treatment for the serious head and facial injuries he suffered after colliding with a truck last June. Daniela Zanardi, in an interview for BMW, said that her husband was undergoing a rehabilitation programme which included multimodal and pharmacological stimulations. “I would like to tell all those people who are

Leclerc broke his front wing on Gasly’s left-rear tyre as he moved towards his AlphaTauri rival during a fight for position out of the opening corner of the Red Bull Ring race. While Leclerc was able to pit for a replacement front wing and eventually recovered to finish seventh, the damage to Gasly’s car eventually

One of the star cars of the 17-18 July weekend at the famous Worcestershire hillclimb course will be the Subaru Impreza in which Burns won the 2000 Safari Rally, and it will be driven by Paul Howarth – who worked closely with Burns during his career at Prodrive. The car has not run in public

The Nashville-based company will acquire all assets of CGR immediately following the 2021 season, after discussions began between Trackhouse team owner Justin Marks and Ganassi roughly two months ago. Marks founded Trackhouse Racing last year and entered Cup Series competition with a one-car operation for the 2021 season in which Daniel Suarez has impressed and

Vatanen is set to drive the car he shared with David Richards up the famous Goodwood Hill as Prodrive celebrates four decades of motorsport at the 8-11 July event. The iconic Rothmans-liveried Escort has undergone a two-year restoration and will enjoy its first run out at Goodwood as Vatanen and Prodrive chairman Richards are reunited

It is understood that T3 Motorsport is planning to field an additional car for Lamborghini junior Maximilian Paul alongside its full season entries for Esteban Muth and Esmee Hawkey. This comes amid the backdrop of T3 receiving the delivery of its third GT3-spec Huracan, with the German outfit having switched from Bentley and Audi machinery