6:49 AM ET Formula One will discuss a delay to the radical overhaul of its rules slated for 2021 due to the disruption caused by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. F1 has already had to react to the coronavirus pandemic in drastic fashion — it has delayed the start of its season indefinitely and has brought
The Grand Prix Association of Long Beach has confirmed that after exhaustive efforts to reschedule the 46th Acura GP of Long Beach for 2020, it will now not be possible. As recently as yesterday, Jim Michaelian, president and CEO of GPALB had been investigating all options for alternative calendar dates in 2020, trying to find
McLaren has confirmed that the seven Formula 1 team personnel who were given coronavirus tests while in quarantine in Australia have been given the all-clear. In the wake of a McLaren staff member being confirmed as having contracted the virus, the outfit withdrew from the season opening grand prix in Melbourne last weekend. A further
3:52 PM ET ESPN News Services The IndyCar race in Long Beach, California, won’t be held this year. Officials with the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach said Wednesday they pursued the possibility of rescheduling the popular race to a later date, but “trying to reassemble all the elements that have made the Long Beach
Maverick Vinales says Jorge Lorenzo’s Barcelona MotoGP wildcard will be “important” for Yamaha to allow it to properly test new parts, and hopes the three-time champion will do further races. Yamaha announced earlier in the month that Lorenzo will make his MotoGP race comeback at his home Catalan Grand Prix (currently slated for June), just
NASCAR has launched an invitational Esports series to replace its postponed real-life rounds, with reigning NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Busch among its confirmed drivers. The series was initially going to run its coming rounds at Atlanta and Homestead-Miami behind closed doors, before deciding to fully postpone both events due to the coronavirus pandemic. NASCAR
Formula 1 has agreed to bring forward the summer shutdown in a bid to help free up the August break in case racing can resume. With the current grand prix season on hold because of the coronavirus pandemic, F1’s chiefs are looking at the possibility of holding some races in August in a bid to
1:12 PM ET The famous 24-hour race at Le Mans has been postponed from June 13-14 to September 19-20 due to the coronavirus pandemic. The organiser of the race, the Automobile Club de l’Ouest (ACO), confirmed the news on Wednesday, adding to the long list of high-profile sporting events that have been postponed in recent
Check out the sights and sounds from the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at the 2016 Petit Le Mans, Round 4 of the Tequila Patrón North American Endurance Cup.
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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,
The organisers of races at Long Beach are still aiming to find a slot in the IndyCar schedule for 2020 which could also double up as an IMSA round. The Long Beach round’s traditional April slot means it has fallen victim to the coronavirus pandemic that has led to America’s increasingly stringent regulations and advisements
Mercedes has backed away from its involvement with the group of teams complaining about the FIA’s secret agreement with Ferrari over its 2019 Formula 1 engine, Autosport has learned. In the wake of motor racing’s governing body announcing that it had reached a private settlement with Ferrari over suspicions its engine was illegal, all the
Carlos Sainz has offered “big hugs” to his McLaren Formula 1 team members stuck in quarantine in Melbourne following last weekend’s cancelled Australian Grand Prix. The Spaniard’s McLaren team was at the centre of a coronavirus scare in Melbourne last weekend when a team member was found to have contracted it. That prompted the outfit
7:17 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NASCAR has suspended its season until May as part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recommendation to postpone gatherings for the next eight weeks because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The decision came after at least two Monday conference calls between the sanctioning body and its
Renault has not ruled out Sebastian Vettel as a 2021 Formula 1 option if it loses Daniel Ricciardo, but suggests its preference would be to go for a youngster instead. The French car manufacturer’s contract with Ricciardo runs out at the end of this year, and the Australian has already been strongly linked with a
8:24 AM ET With the spread of coronavirus wiping out the first part of the 2020 season, Formula One Management, the FIA and team bosses will spend the coming weeks and months trying to salvage what’s left of the calendar. With F1 on hold indefinitely in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, Nate Saunders, Alexis
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Take a lap around Daytona International Speedway with Jörg Bergmeister in the No. 912 Porsche North America Porsche 911 RSR.
NASCAR has extended its postponement of races due to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus through 3 May. NASCAR had originally intended to ru its Atlanta and Homstead events this week behind closed doors in a bid to avoid calendar disruption while adhering to safety guidelines on quelling the spread of COVID-19. However, the series
McLaren racing director Andrea Stella and other key figures from the team are voluntarily remaining in Melbourne for the next two weeks in support of colleagues in quarantine for coronavirus. After a McLaren team member was confirmed as having contracted the virus, another 14 members of the squad were put into self isolation as a
6:20 AM ET The McLaren team member who contracted the coronavirus on the eve of the Australian Grand Prix is “recovering well” and is now free of symptoms, team boss Zak Brown has confirmed. Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix was cancelled after news broke that a McLaren team member had tested positive for Covid-19 on the
A member of Pirelli’s Formula 1 operations has tested positive for coronavirus following tests conducted by Australian authorities. In the wake of the Australian Grand Prix being cancelled following a McLaren team member testing positive for COVID-19, several other staff members from the paddock were put in to self-isolation after displaying symptoms of the virus.
7:30 AM ET Formula One drivers Max Verstappen and Lando Norris were racing on Sunday but, with the season-opening Australian Grand Prix cancelled due to the coronavirus, it was against invisible opponents on virtual racetracks. The world of esports came to the rescue in the absence of a race in Melbourne or indeed of any
Hyundai driver Thierry Neuville believes that the proposed World Rally Championship’s technical regulations for 2022 will make it “less interesting” and water down the driving appeal of the series. When they are presented to the FIA’s World Motorsport Council in June this year, the proposals will see increasing reliance on off-the-shelf components and a reduction
Reigning MotoGP champion Marc Marquez and Honda have the most to gain from the coronavirus-induced delay to the start of the 2020 season, believes Ducati general manager Gigi Dall’Igna. The worsening COVID-19 pandemic has put the start of the 2020 campaign on hold, with the season opener at Qatar taking place only for Moto2 and
IndyCar and Indianapolis Motor Speedway are aiming to ensure the 2020 edition of the Indy 500 goes ahead as planned despite current advice from healthcare representatives regarding the coronavirus pandemic. On the eve of the season-opening race St. Petersburg, IndyCar cancelled the event along with the next three rounds on the calendar at Barber Motorsports
Red Bull was poised to protest Mercedes at the Australian Grand Prix if it had run with its Dual Axis Steering (DAS) system, Autosport has learned. Mercedes caused a stir at pre-season testing when it unleashed the concept that alters the toe angle of the front wheels through drivers pushing and pulling the steering wheel,
11:47 AM ET A team member of F1 tyre supplier Pirelli has tested positive for coronavirus after traveling to Melbourne for the now-cancelled Australian Grand Prix, the Italian company has confirmed. It is the second case of coronavirus in the F1 paddock – a McLaren team member contracted coronavirus last Thursday, prompting the British team
A look behind the scenes previewing this weekend’s 63rd Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Fueled by Fresh From Florida.