Motorsport News
Gasly working on fitness ahead of potential triple headers
Planet F1 - 23 Mar 2020 12:02
Forced to take an extended break as F1 went on hiatus, Pierre Gasly says he is working on his fitness ahead of what could be a hectic run of triple header grands prix. The post Gasly working on fitness ahead of potential...
F1 targets 15-18 races starting "at some point this summer"
Total F1 - 23 Mar 2020 22:10
Formula 1 chief Chase Carey has issued an update on the revised 2020 race calendar as the sport aims to put on 15 to 18 races starting "at some point during this summer" after the coronavirus crisis passes. All major spo...
Vasseur: Condensed season will see costs skyrocket
Total F1 - 23 Mar 2020 14:40
Formula 1 teams are set to face immense financial pressure in the event of a condensed 2020 Formula 1 season , says Alfa Romeo boss Frederic Vasseur. The season, which has been delayed until at least June due to the coro...
McLaren engine switch from Renault to Mercedes will go ahead in 2021
Total F1 - 23 Mar 2020 12:40
McLaren's switch from Renault to Mercedes engines next year will go ahead despite teams having to run the same cars for two years. The coronavirus pandemic has led to a series of rule changes, including a requirement tha...
Gasly working on fitness ahead of potential triple headers
Total F1 - 23 Mar 2020 12:10
Forced to take an extended break as F1 went on hiatus, Pierre Gasly says he is working on his fitness ahead of what could be a hectic run of triple header grands prix. Earlier this month Formula 1 cancelled the Australia...
Haas quitting F1 is 'a possibility' - Grosjean
Total F1 - 23 Mar 2020 10:40
Mar.23 Romain Grosjean admits there is a "possibility" Haas will be closed down after 2020. Team owner Gene Haas and boss Gunther Steiner have been hinting that deliberations are currently taking place over the future of...
Vasseur worried about future of motorsport
Total F1 - 23 Mar 2020 10:40
Mar.23 The latest decisions made by Formula 1 may have saved some of the smaller teams, according to Frederic Vasseur. The Alfa Romeo boss said bringing forward the August summer break to now is right "because I would ha...
Renault wins Bahrain Grand Prix, sort of
Total F1 - 23 Mar 2020 07:30
Renault has claimed the first race win of this season, sort of, with China's Guanyu Zhou taking the chequered flag at F1's Virtual Bahrain GP. With no on-track racing taking place at the moment, and nothing scheduled unt...
Zhou wins frenetic maiden Formula 1 Virtual GP encounter ahead of Vandoorne
Total F1 - 23 Mar 2020 00:40
Guanyu Zhou dominated the inaugural Virtual Grand Prix held at the Sakhir International Circuit in Bahrain, taking the chequered flag 11.7 seconds clear of Mercedes Formula E racer Stoffel Vandoorne. The official F1-orga...
Ocon: Spell out of F1 one of my toughest ever times
Total F1 - 23 Mar 2020 19:10
Esteban Ocon says his absence from the Formula 1 grid in 2019 was "one of the toughest times" he has endured throughout his entire career. After a year on the sidelines, Ocon has returned to racing in F1 this year with R...
Nigel Mansell spins out of 1986 Brazilian GP after collision with Ayrton Senna
Total F1 - 23 Mar 2020 12:40
The 1986 season-opening Brazilian Grand Prix lasted less than one lap for Nigel Mansell following a wheel-touching incident with Ayrton Senna. At the Jacarepagua circuit in Rio de Janeiro, Senna had produced a stunning q...
Zhou wins virtual Bahrain Grand Prix
Total F1 - 23 Mar 2020 03:30
Renault's Chinese test driver Guanyu Zhou won a virtual Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday as Formula 1 sought to entertain fans with esports action in a season stalled by the spreading coronavirus. The first seven rounds of t...
COVID-19: Azerbaijan Grand Prix reported to be cancelled
Total F1 - 23 Mar 2020 01:50
Formula 1's Azerbaijan Grand Prix in June looks set to become the latest casualty of a season that has yet to get started due to the coronavirus outbreak. The race in Baku was originally scheduled for June 7 as the eight...
F1's virtual world delivers racing fillip
Total F1 - 23 Mar 2020 00:20
Formula 1 did stage a Bahrain GP on Sunday - but not as you know it - as the sport offered fans some entertaining Esports escape to fill the current live racing void. On the same day the floodlit race should have taken p...
No May 1-3 Trans Am at Laguna Seca
Racer - 23 Mar 2020 23:37
Tony Parella, CEO and president of the SVRA and majority owner of the Trans Am Company, sent the following letter to all competitors today: (...)
F1 boss expects ‘between 15-18 races' in 2020 season
Total F1 - 23 Mar 2020 23:30
Formula 1 bosses expect 15-18 races in 2020 The 2020 Formula 1 season is expected to include almost all scheduled events despite the opening eight races being either cancelled or postponed. The global COVID-19 pandemic h...
Who was fastest in the Pro Draft Online Challenge #2?
Moto GP - 23 Mar 2020 23:23
The second Online Challenge of the 2020 MotoGP™ eSport Championship's Pro Draft required gamers to master wet conditions in Buriram.
Formula 1 postpones Azerbaijan Grand Prix due to COVID-19
Total F1 - 23 Mar 2020 22:50
The Azerbaijan Grand Prix has been postponed The start of the 2020 Formula 1 season has been further delayed following confirmation that the Azerbaijan Grand Prix has been postponed. The expected news now sees the Canadi...
Kvyat back at Ferrari in 2021? 'You never know what the future holds'
Total F1 - 23 Mar 2020 22:30
Daniil Kvyat's Formula 1 career has its ups and downs. Years ago the Russian drove for the top team of Red Bull Racing, but not much later he was pointed out to his sister team Toro Rosso. Kvyat ended up at Ferrari as a ...
STRAW: What would a 'short format' title add to Hamilton's legacy?
Racer - 23 Mar 2020 22:03
Let's say the worst doesn't happen, and the Formula 1 world championship can eventually get started this year and run to a (...)
Red Bull Racing contracts new talent: Kiefer signs up for 2020
Total F1 - 23 Mar 2020 22:00
Red Bull Racing has once again managed to catch a young talent. This time it's Marcel Kiefer, a German eSporter. Kiefer is a well known name in the world of eSports and will thus be able to defend the colours of the Aust...
F1 still targeting 15-18 races in 2020
ESPN - 23 Mar 2020 21:57
Despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Formula One remains confident it can deliver a 15-to-18-race calendar in 2020, starting at some point during the summer.