The round-the-clock GT enduro was set to run on 25-27 February, however it will now take place on 13-15 May. The postponement has been prompted by the current outbreak of the Omicron strain of COVID-19 on Australia's east coast, with daily cases currently higher than has been seen at any other point of the pandemic. NSW alone yesterday recorded 92,264 new positive cases, although that ... Keep reading
Since 1997, the winner of the Daytona 500 has been presented with the Harley J. Earl Trophy in Victory Lane, and the winning car is put on display in its race-winning condition for one year at the Motorsports Hall of Fame and Museum adjacent to Daytona International Speedway. However, with the delays in the development of the NASCAR Cup Next Gen car and supply-chain issues for its parts and ... Keep reading
Late last season Budkowski was linked with a possible role at Aston Martin, and the recent departure of team principal Otmar Szafnauer has opened up a potential opportunity at the Silverstone outfit. Szafnauers name has also been mentioned in connection with Alpine in what would be a straight swap of two of F1s key figures. Budkowski joined the then Renault team in 2018 in a surprise ... Keep reading
The 1999 Le Mans 24 Hours was a catalogue of disasters for Mercedes as first Mark Webber (twice) then Peter Dumbreck experienced with terrifying consequences the aerodynamic instability of its CLR. Its remaining car was withdrawn, and Mercedes hasnt been back to Le Mans in an official capacity since. Until now sort of. This weekends final round of the Le Mans Virtual Series, the ... Keep reading
A special F1 Show as the Sky Sports pundits reflect on the aftermath from the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix that sealed Max Verstappen's first World Championship.
The four-time WRX champion clinched the title last year in dramatic circumstances at the Nurburgring when he overturned a 17-point deficit to beat fellow Swedish driver Timmy Hansen on wins countback. Last season Kristoffersson jumped behind the wheel of an Audi S1, with his previous world title triumphs coming in a Volkswagen entry, which he returns to for 2022. The Kristoffersson ... Keep reading
The FIA confirmed in the days following Max Verstappens last-lap title win over Lewis Hamilton that it would be launching a full investigation into the race restart, which was subject to protests by Mercedes. Mercedes opted to end its pursuit of action after the FIA announced its plans to analyse what happened in Abu Dhabi, but said it would actively work with this commission to build a ... Keep reading
The impending sale of the team was first revealed last November, which prompted strong denials by team boss Jonathon Webb via other media outlets. However, as predicted, the team has indeed changed hands which has seen successful drag racer and businessman Xiberras become the new owner of Team Sydney. Autosport understands the deal was put to the Supercars Board as early as December but has ... Keep reading
According to Autosport sister site Motorsport-Total.com, Modlinger has departed his role at Abt - where he has worked since 2018 - to take up his new position with Porsche amid a new management structure at the team. Following the departure of Pascal Zurlinden - Porsche's former head of factory motorsport - last year for personal reasons, the German manufacturer has elected to break down the ... Keep reading
The Jean-Eric Vergne and Adrian Newey-backed outfit endured a fraught maiden season in the all-electric SUV off-road racing championship last year. Two-time W Series champion Jamie Chadwick only contested three of the five rounds as a legacy of calendar clashes. Meanwhile, experienced team-mate Stephane Sarrazin was ousted ahead of the finale in Dorset following a spate of crashes. With ... Keep reading
The Ford squad was forced to curtail its running in France on Wednesday after Breen and co-driver Paul Nagle clipped a bridge, sending the Puma into a spin before rolling down a 15 metre drop off the side of the asphalt road, with the car coming to rest on its roof. Luckily Breen and Nagle escaped the incident unscathed but the crash halted the test and initially threatened to derail the ... Keep reading
Pier Guidi and Calado will be joined for the season-opening round of the IMSA SportsCar Championship by WEC regular team-mate Daniel Serra and Davide Rigon, who lost his seat in the factory AF Corse GTE Pro team last year to Miguel Molina. Giuseppe Risi's Texas-based privateer team has been a regular entrant at Daytona in recent years against the factory teams in GTLM, which has been replaced ... Keep reading
Marquez was forced to miss the final two rounds of the 2021 season when a concussion suffered in a motocross training incident in November led to a return of the double vision issues he previously had in 2011 after a Moto2 crash. Honda confirmed on Thursday that Marquez's recovery had progressed sufficiently enough for him to return to motorcycle training this week. But speaking after ... Keep reading
Masi was roundly criticised for his handling of the late safety car restart in the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, which resulted in Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton losing the race lead and the world championship to Red Bull rival Max Verstappen on the final lap. Masi permitted the lapped cars between Hamilton and Verstappen to pass the safety car, but kept those behind Verstappen in ... Keep reading
American motorsport marque Andretti was in talks with the owners of Sauber - which operates the Alfa Romeo-branded F1 team - over a possible takeover in the autumn of last year. Andretti already enjoys a presence in IndyCar, Formula E, Supercars and Extreme E, and was looking to extend its reach to F1 by purchasing a majority stake in the Sauber Group. Michael Andretti planned to field ... Keep reading
Its been a minute since weve heard something new about what we originally described as the impossibly gorgeous De Tomaso P72 when it debuted in 2019 at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. This reborn supercar from the 1960s stormed up the hill that year amid agape jaws, and the company behind it, a reborn De Tomaso, promised production of 72 units in the coming years. If you thought ... Keep reading
Nicky Catsburgs choice of the BMW Z4 GT3 as his favourite car should come as little surprise, as it was the machine which launched the BMW factory drivers professional career. The Dutchman had dominated the Megane Trophy in 2010, and gained GT1 experience in Nissan and Corvette machinery in the 2011 world championship, but had to stump up for a parallel programme in a Db Motorsport Z4 in ... Keep reading
Reigning FIA Formula 3 champion Hauger will make the step up to F2 to remain with the team he won the title with, while Daruvala joins the Italian outfit from Carlin, where he finished seventh in 2021. Prema also announced that Jak Crawford will join its F3 line-up alongside fellow rookie Ollie Bearman and Arthur Leclerc the first full line-up to be confirmed for this year. The ... Keep reading
MIAMI, FL - January 14, 2022 - A host of major broadcasters, including Motor Trend in the USA and Eurosport across Europe and Asia, will televise this weekends 24 Hours of Le Mans Virtual Series eRacing Finale Event on January 15 and 16, 2022, bringing the exhilarating combined world of motorsport and esports to millions of homes across the globe. This marks the culmination of this years ... Keep reading
Johnny Herbert, Damon Hill and Martin Brundle debate whether the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was manipulated and whether the ending was the greatest sporting injustice of all time.
Newly-elected FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem has been handed a difficult task in reviewing what happened in the closing stages of the title decider between Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton, and taking action to restore trust among F1 drivers, teams and fans in the governing body. The hints of change within the update from the FIA should offer some encouragement, even if the timeline ... Keep reading
Aston Martin have announced that they will unveil their new AMR22 car for the upcoming Formula 1 season on February 10.
Teased by Toyota last week, the GR GT3 Concept acts as a precursor to what would be the Japanese marque's first full GT3 offering under its own brand. It is not based on any particular existing Toyota model, featuring a much longer front end and more aggressive posture compared to the marque's current top sports model, the GR Supra. While a timeframe for the release of the car was not ... Keep reading
Quentin Lavallee, chief mechanic of the #726 Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 that the PH Sport team had managed to bring back to Dakar Classic, died from injuries sustained in a road accident 234km into the transport section. The incident occurred at 11:30am local time and, according to local authorities, involved the assistance car and a local truck. The Frenchman was only 20 years old. The team's ... Keep reading
Correa made a sensational comeback with the team last season, following the horrific crash at the aborted 2019 Formula 2 round at Spa-Francorchamps which claimed the life of Anthoine Hubert. In that accident, Correa suffered serious injuries to his legs and was placed in an induced coma to aid his recovery from acute respiratory distress syndrome. Following a lengthy period of ... Keep reading
