ORECA Abandons Hypercar Plans
Hugues de Chaunac ORECA has abandoned plans to build a Le Mans Hypercar and it will wait to see the specification that emerges after yesterday's convergence plan announced between ACO … Read More
Second rider dies from Dakar crash
Edwin Straver Dutch motorcycle rider Edwin Straver has been confirmed as the second fatality from this year’s Dakar Rally. Straver’s life support (assisted respiration) was turned off and he died … Read More
Another manufacturer quits DTM, will BMW be next?
BMW battles Aston Martin in 2019. Motorsport director Jens Marquardt says BMW will “analyze a changed situation" in the DTM following the announcement that R-Motorsport will leave the series after … Read More
Weekend TV Times
All times Eastern Saturday, January 25, 2020 Location TV Times Network Rolex 24 Start Daytona 1:30pm – 2:30pm (Live) NBC Rolex 24 Race Daytona 2:00pm – 6:00pm (Live) NBCSN AMA … Read More
Kobayashi tops final Rolex 24 Practice Results
Kamui Kobayashi The No. 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac of Kamui Kobayashi was fastest in the final night practice session for the Rolex 24 at Daytona Friday morning, a session … Read More
Riley Motorsports Takes Daytona Win, Mercedes 1-2-3
The winning Riley Motorsports Mercedes GT4 Brian Fahie/AR1.com Daytona Beach. Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Customer Racing teams Riley Motorsports and Winward Racing combined to give the Mercedes-AMG GT4 its first podium sweep … Read More
Watch WRC Champion Tanak Fly Off The Road At 180km/h And Crash In Monte Carlo Rally
World Rally champion Ott Tanak and co-driver Martin Jarveoja miraculously walked away from a horrible crash on their Hyundai debut at the 2020 Monte Carlo Rally. The Hyundai i20 Coupe … Read More
ACO AND IMSA Forge Future Of Endurance Racing
Jim France and Pierre Fillon The Automobile Club de l’Ouest (ACO) and North America’s sanctioning body for endurance racing, the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA), have today announced that agreement … Read More
Jack Roush Earns 2020 Phil Hill award
Jack Roush Jack Roush, racer, former Ford engineer, college physics teacher, and current CEO of a number of engineering-related companies, was honored by the RRDC with the 2020 Phil Hill … Read More
Alonso will win this year’s Indy 500
Alonso will be back at Indy with Andretti in 2020 (strong rumor) and Andrew Maitland is betting Alonso will drink the milk on May 24th It must be a little … Read More
Season 2 of Netflix’s excellent “Formula One: Drive to Survive” series starts Feb. 28
This year Ferrari and Mercedes are included Formula One fans have a lot to look forward to in the coming weeks. In addition to the 2020 season debut on March … Read More
F1 defends pay TV deals’ shrinking audiences
Pay TV drives F1 viewership down, bringing less value to sponsors (GMM) It is an "oversimplification" to say that Formula 1 is suffering because of the move away from free-to-air … Read More
Mercedes able to replace Hamilton – Wolff
In a sport (F1) that is 99% car and 1% driver, Wolff knows it's easy to replace the 1% (GMM) Mercedes will be able to attract a good replacement if … Read More
Red Bull ‘tough environment’ for Sainz Jr. – Brown
Sainz Jr. has zero pressure at McLaren – the car is too slow to win so there are no expectations to do so (GMM) Red Bull was a "tough" environment … Read More
Sports minister eyes F1 return for Argentina
Michael Schumacher winning the last F1 race in Argentina in 1998 (GMM) Argentina's new sports and tourism minister wants Formula 1 to return to Buenos Aires. Matias Lammens, who was … Read More
2021 F1 contract talks now in ‘final stages’ – Carey
Chase Carey (GMM) F1 is now in the "final stages" of negotiating new commercial agreements binding the teams to the sport beyond 2020. That is the news from Chase Carey, … Read More
F1 made Vergne feel like ‘a robot’
Jean-Eric Vergne (GMM) Jean-Eric Vergne does not sound keen on a potential return to Formula 1. His former boss, Red Bull's Dr Helmut Marko, this week all but ruled out … Read More
Sim racing ‘great preparation’ for 2020 – Verstappen
This generation should be called the eSport generation (GMM) Max Verstappen says racing on his driving simulator at home "keeps the calluses on my hands" throughout the winter season. The … Read More
Hamilton better than Senna, Schumacher – Barrichello
Barrichello (L) was destroyed by Schumacher and hence has an axe to grind. He never raced against Hamilton to know. (GMM) Lewis Hamilton may already be "even greater" than F1 … Read More
MotoGP confirms 2020 calendar
Qatar opened the 2019 season with this photo finish An unchanged 2020 MotoGP calendar has been confirmed following publication of the draft calendar last August. The 20 event schedule will … Read More