Mar 28, 2020 ESPN News Services Roger Penske insists his commitment to Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the IndyCar Series remains steadfast as the world waits for the coronavirus pandemic to end. The American industrialist, who turned his racing hobby into a business empire, agreed last fall to become just the fourth owner of national landmark
Formula 1 is famous for its attention to detail, millimetric-precision and quest for improvements, so naturally it’s a sport in which records are king. While the hybrid era ushered in a series of record-smashing cars, there are some records that have stood – and look as if they will continue to stand – the test
6:04 PM ET Associated Press The walk to the starting grid for Tony Kanaan began in his Indianapolis kitchen, through the foyer, past the trophy case, up the stairs, down the hall, through the master bedroom, master bathroom and finally into the closet. That’s where the former Indianapolis 500 winner tucked away Saturday to participate
Carlos Sainz Jr. says there is no problem with Netflix dramatising rivalries and battles in Formula 1 as the Drive to Survive series continues to boost the series’ popularity. The second series of Drive to Survive came out at the end of February, following a number of drivers and teams with unprecedented behind-the-scenes access through
11:53 PM ET Laine Clark Supercars great Mark Skaife admits the 2020 season may not resume until at least late July but says a full schedule can be completed with back-to-back, two-day meets – even if it has to run into next year. Supercars CEO Sean Seamer has pencilled in a June return at Winton
Formula 1’s brave new turbo hybrid era finally delivered in brilliant fashion at the 2014 Bahrain Grand Prix – which was the subject of F1’s rewind broadcast today. Here, with the help of the Autosport.com Archive, we take a look back at the stories of the race, and the bigger pictures that were bubbling away
6:32 PM ET Formula One could shorten grand prix weekends and race into January if that helps salvage a season ravaged by the coronavirus, according to Ferrari boss Mattia Binotto. The opening race in Australia on March 15 was canceled and the showcase Monaco Grand Prix in May has also been scrapped – the first
Johann Zarco believes Ducati can “give me time” to prove himself on the year-old Avintia-run Desmosedici and show he deserves a factory MotoGP seat with the marque in 2021. The double Moto2 world champion has signed directly with Ducati for 2020 to ride a GP19 in Avintia colours, with the team now becoming an official
Formula 1 teams are open to the idea of a ‘super season’ that runs into January 2021 and includes two-day grands prix, says Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto. The coronavaris pandemic has forced F1 to put a hold on the 2020 campaign, with the first eight races currently postponed or cancelled. The first scheduled race
7:32 AM ET Bernie Ecclestone holds little hope of Formula One racing this season due to the coronavirus pandemic and said he would have declared it game over already. The 89-year-old former F1 supremo, speaking to Reuters from the seclusion of his locked-down farm in Brazil, also saw no chance of the British Grand Prix
Valentino Rossi admits the forced hiatus for MotoGP due to the coronavirus pandemic has “messed up the plan” he had for deciding his future beyond the 2020 season. The 41-year-old nine-time grand prix motorcycle world champion did not commit to a contract extension with Yamaha at the start of the year as he wanted to
While managing to successfully defend a Formula 1 world title is an incredibly difficult task, Lewis Hamilton has managed that feat in the past two seasons. However, more often than not in F1’s history, a driver has failed to defend their title – and, on some occasions, has missed the mark spectacularly through various circumstances.
1:38 PM ET Associated Press Seven-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson has joined the field for IndyCar’s inaugural online race as he contemplates driving in that series following his retirement from full-time stock car racing. IndyCar has followed NASCAR, IMSA and Formula One in setting up a virtual racing series to give fans content during the
Honda team manager Alberto Puig has hit back at claims by Ducati boss Gigi Dall’Igna that the delayed start to the season will benefit HRC and Marc Marquez. The start of the 2020 MotoGP season will be pushed back even further following the cancellation of the Jerez round, meaning that the French Grand Prix stands
With the break in Formula 1 and other motorsports, numerous categories are filling up the gap with their own Esports events. Last weekend played host to two big Esports events in the world of motorsport – but can it ever replace the real thing, or should we always think of Esports as complimentary to ‘real’
2:09 PM ET Formula One’s seven UK-based teams have joined forces to manufacture the medical devices needed to help treat coronavirus patients in the UK. Collectively known as ‘Project Pitlane’, the seven teams — Haas, McLaren, Mercedes, Racing Point, Red Bull, Renault and Williams — are working with F1 to coordinate a response to the
Honda team manager Alberto Puig has hit back at claims by Ducati boss Gigi Dall’Igna that the delayed start to the season will benefit HRC and Marc Marquez. The start of the 2020 MotoGP season will be pushed back even further following the cancellation of the Jerez round, meaning that the French Grand Prix stands
IndyCar CEO Mark Miles is hopeful that the double-header weekend in Detroit can happen as scheduled on May 29-31 despite the current acceleration of coronavirus cases in the US. Miles says that, with eight weeks to go until the event, he remains “optimistic” it will go ahead. He said: “We’re talking to all our promoters
AlphaTauri boss Franz Tost says that the coronavirus pandemic has saved Formula 1 teams money in 2020, as they no longer have to conduct “double development” programmes for 2021. In response to the outbreak of coronavirus, which has paused the F1 calendar until late June at the earliest, the brand new rules primed for 2021
4:30 AM ET Ed Jackson This year’s Supercars championship could run into January if that’s what it takes to crown a winner. The series is suspended due to the coronavirus outbreak with only the season-opening Adelaide 500 completed. Supercars chief executive Sean Seamer is however still confident there is enough space in the back end
Ferrari wasted a year “going nowhere” with Kimi Raikkonen in 2018 and should have promoted Charles Leclerc earlier, reckons former Formula 1 title winning team boss Flavio Briatore. Leclerc was promoted to Ferrari for his sophomore campaign last year, and won two races on his way to beating his vastly experience four-time world champion team-mate
3:20 AM ET Oliver Caffrey Instead of living out his IndyCar dream, two-time defending Supercars champion Scott McLaughlin will be racing online in May. The Ford flyer was due to make his American debut in Indianapolis on May 9 for Team Penske. But the coronavirus pandemic has affected another world sports event, with the IndyCar
The 2020 MotoGP season is currently on an enforced hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic, with the first five races now pushed out of their original slots. MotoGP promoters Dorna Sports and governing body the FIM have been proactive during this time, with a provisional calendar already published, while various plans have been mooted on
The 2020 edition of the Indianapolis 500 will now be postponed to August 23, as IndyCar continues to push back events amid the ensuing coronavirus pandemic. IndyCar’s blue-riband event will move from its original date of May 24, while the Grand Prix of Indianapolis – which takes place on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s road course
NASCAR will have to “look outside the box” when it comes to rescheduling its 2020 calendar, believes Kevin Harvick. The 2020 NASCAR Cup season is on hold until at least May due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, with its recent races at Homstead and Atlanta ultimately scrapped after they were due to run behind closed
McLaren has confirmed that all of its Formula 1 team members who remained in Australia because of coronavirus concerns have now safely returned home. In the wake of a McLaren employee testing positive for coronavirus at the Australian Grand Prix, a further 16 team personnel were put in to quarantine for two weeks to ensure
1:26 PM ET Associated Press The Indianapolis 500 scheduled for May 24 has been postponed until August because of the coronavirus pandemic and won’t run on Memorial Day weekend for the first time since 1946. The race will instead be held Aug. 23. The Indianapolis 500 began in 1911 but did not run in 1917,
M-Sport World Rally Championship driver Esapekka Lappi admits he was “surprised” that six-time champion Sebastien Ogier elected to continue after losing the 2019 title to Ott Tanak. Ogier had rejoined the Citroen team last season after two years driving M-Sport’s Ford Fiesta WRC car, but Tanak’s breakthrough title ended Ogier’s streak of six titles in
The MotoGP Spanish Grand Prix at Jerez due to run at the start of May has been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic, becoming the fifth race to be scrapped. The COVID-19 outbreak is now centred on Europe, with Formula 1 recently postponing its Dutch and Spanish GPs, while cancelling Monaco altogether. MotoGP had its
Haas has confirmed Pietro Fittipaldi and Louis Deletraz will serve as its official test and reserve drivers through the 2020 Formula 1 season. Fittipaldi and Deletraz both made their F1 test debuts with Haas at the end of 2018, and were affiliated to the team last year in support of race drivers Romain Grosjean and