by GPblog.com Lewis Hamilton has still not signed a new contract with Mercedes and that is causing some speculation. How sharp does Mercedes dare to play this game? According to Eddie Jordan Mercedes cannot do without Lewis. Hamilton has won six world titles in the last eight seasons for Mercedes. Each year Mercedes provides him with the best car, […]
Despite the difficult situation around the world caused by the COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic, as a result of which crossing the borders causes much greater difficulties than usual, the number of participants has not changed substantially compared to last year. The preliminary list includes about forty crews from Russia, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, France, Italy and […]
The FIM and Dorna Sports announced a new platform on the Road to MotoGP™: the FIM MiniGP World Series. Unifying and standardising MiniGP competitions from around the world under the same umbrella, the series aims to create an equal platform for young riders worldwide – and increase their skill and opportunity on the Road to […]
by Ryan Wood Ott Tanak says he won’t appeal a suspended WRC ban, despite claiming it was a “harsh” penalty considering how the stewards handled other infractions during the Rallye Monte Carlo weekend. Tanak suffered two punctures on the Saturday of the opening World Rally Championship round, meaning that with just one spare, he was forced […]
Written by Keith Collantine Mick Schumacher says he feels ready for his Formula 1 debut following his latest test for Ferrari. The 21-year-old Formula 2 champion and Ferrari Driver Academy member tested the team’s 2018-specification SF71H at Fiorano yesterday and will drive the car again today. Schumacher tested for Haas at Yas Marina last month and […]
By Chris Medland | Sam Bloxham/Motorsport Images Formula 1’s managing director of motorsports Ross Brawn will be remaining in his role after discussions with new CEO Stefano Domenicali about his future plans. Brawn was brought into the position as part of a three-man leadership team under Liberty Media, working alongside Chase Carey and Sean Bratches from […]
By Chris Medland McLaren believes it is the only team building a new car for the 2021 Formula 1 season as a result of its switch to Mercedes power units. The FIA opted to delay the introduction of new regulations until 2022 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic last year, freezing many components to ensure costs […]
by GPblog.com | F1 NEWS The new Formula One season is due to start in two months time, but once again we are not getting the season that was planned in advance. FIA president Jean Todt thinks it will be another difficult start to the motorsport season. Monte Carlo Rally Todt attended the Monte Carlo Rally this weekend, going […]
The 2021 Qatar International Rally roars into life at Katara on Friday evening. The ceremonial start podium will be held at 20.15hrs and teams will then tackle two runs and two laps of a purpose-built super special stage from 21.30hrs. Then, ahead of an impressive field of drivers and co-drivers from 12 nations are two […]
McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown has described Fernando Alonso as a “rare breed” and a “very worthy competitor” ahead of the Spaniard’s Formula 1 return with Alpine this season.Alonso last raced in F1 with McLaren, walking away from the sport at the end of the 2018 season after spending four years with the Woking-based team. […]
Nine-time F1 Grand Prix winner Valtteri Bottas has a simple message for the WRC drivers, ahead of next month’s inaugural Arctic Rally Finland, powered by CapitalBox. The 31-year-old Mercedes-AMG Petronas driver was recently in Rovaniemi – the same location for next month’s Arctic Rally Finland – to participate in the Arctic Rally Lapland, finishing sixth […]
Jordan Baja’s promise to return ‘bigger and better’ in 2021 is on track after publishing the supplementary regulations and opening the entry registration for the event scheduled to take place from March 18-20.Following the understandable decision to postpone last year due to the global Covid-19 pandemic, Jordan Motorsport is delighted to announce that it will […]
By: SBS Sport The two-time Dakar Rally winner, Toby Price, has been awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia, “for service to motorsport, particularly to cross country motorcycle racing”. Price is the only Australian to have won the world’s most famous rally and was recognised as a leader in motorsport. “Honoured to be awarded the […]
By RACER Staff | GMC has entered a multiyear sponsorship deal with Chip Ganassi Racing for the team’s first electric racing venture in the inaugural Extreme E season in 2021. CGR’s 550-horsepower electric SUV, which features a unique grille, graphics and bodywork, was inspired by the GMC HUMMER EV, the world’s first all-electric supertruck. “I can’t […]
By RACER Staff | The Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by BFGoodrich Tires will kick off its new IMSA partnership this week, Jan. 28-29, with its first-ever Daytona International Speedway event, a season-opening doubleheader. Twenty-seven cars are set to take part in 2021 series Rounds 1 and 2, including three Mazda scholarship recipients, two former champions […]
MotoGP: Peter McLaren Iker Lecuona will be the only KTM MotoGP rider with the same crew chief for the 2021 season. By signing up to the newsletter you agree to receive emails from crash.net that may occasionally include promotional content. KTM may have only made one new rider signing for the 2021 MotoGP season, but three […]
WRITTEN BY: SARA KIMBERLEY Red Bull Advanced Technologies (RBAT) has partnered with ORECA to collaborate on the chassis concept for all future prototypes in the Hydrogen class at the 2024 24 Hours of Le Mans, following a competitive pitch by the Automobile Club de l’Ouest (ASO). The ASO issued the tender for the exclusive supply […]
Reuters Extreme E Former Formula One world champion Jenson Button will race for his own team when the new Extreme E off-road all-electric series begins later this year, the Briton said on Monday. Every team in the series, which aims to raise awareness about climate change by racing in some of the world’s most remote […]
EUROPE WAS LOCKING DOWN AS THE MONTE CARLO RALLY APPROACHED BUT IT MANAGED TO RUN WITH NO CREWS LOST WORDS BY DAVID EVANS, DIRTFISH SENIOR STAFF WRITER Amonth out it wasn’t looking good. A fortnight away and it couldn’t happen, could it? A week away and still, nobody was completely sure the Monte Carlo Rally would […]
DIRTFISH EXAMINES THE PRECEDENTS THAT PROMPTED THE RULE, OTHER RECENT EXAMPLES, AND ASKS IF A SUSPENDED BAN WAS FAIR PHOTOGRAPHY BY HYUNDAI MOTORSPORT WORDS BY DIRTFISH MEDIA Ott Tänak’s suspended one-round ban from the 2021 World Rally Championship sparked plenty of debate across social media. There was an overwhelming feeling that this was incredibly unjust; that the […]
Pepson Plastics Kawasaki Motul Racing ready to paint Cross Country green Kawasaki South Africa returns to the South African National Cross Country Motorcycle Championship in 2021 following a lengthy sabbatical. Pepson Plastics Kawasaki Motul Racing will enter a full nine-machine team in this year’s championship. “We are proud to confirm that Kawasaki Motorcycles South Africa […]
Red-Lined Motorsport Adventures is partnering with former WRC driver and Dakar Rookie of the Year, Conrad Rautenbach for the 2021 South African Cross Country Championship. “We are delighted to confirm that Conrad Rautenbach is partnering with Red-Lined for the 2021 South African Cross Country Series,” team boss Terence Marsh confirmed in Johannesburg on Monday.“ A veteran […]
Sébastien Ogier celebrated a 50th world rally win with a record eighth victory at Rallye Monte-Carlo on Sunday afternoon. The Frenchman mastered snow and ice on the final leg in the mountains above Monaco to head a Toyota Yaris 1-2. He finished the four-day event 32.6sec clear of team-mate Elfyn Evans to win the rally […]
Sébastien Ogier took a huge step towards securing a historic eighth Rallye Monte-Carlo win on Saturday after recapturing the lead to head a clean sweep of the podium places for Toyota Gazoo Racing. After losing top spot due to a flat tyre yesterday afternoon, Ogier regained the initiative from Elfyn Evans with a stunning drive […]
Elfyn Evans led Rallye Monte-Carlo after Friday’s second leg – but the Welshman was under severe pressure from angry world champion Sébastien Ogier.Evans held a 7.4sec advantage over his Toyota Yaris team-mate, but Ogier is looming large in Evans’ rear mirror after a stunning recovery from a puncture which cost him the lead. With the […]
By: Daniel Herrero Marc Marquez Picture: Instagram Marc Marquez is back in training following the third operation on his broken right arm. The six-time premier class champion was most recently in for surgery on December 3, after which there was an extended silence from Honda. That was until the six-week check-up, at which time it […]
By Andrew Benson Chief F1 writer BBC Jenson Button has joined the Williams team as a senior adviser. The move takes Button back to the team that gave him his Formula 1 debut in 2000, before he went on to become 2009 world champion and win 15 grands prix. Button, 40, said Williams’ role in […]
Esteban Ocon has described his rally debut as “an amazing experience” he hopes to repeat in the future On his first official outing as an Alpine F1 driver, the Frenchman drove the A110S sports car, sporting his 31 race number, across the first two stages of the Rallye Monte-Carlo. Starting 70 minutes before the official […]
Max Verstappen has described competing in Formula 1 as being “kind of a hobby” but insists he takes his on-track duties seriously. Verstappen heads into what will be his seventh season in F1 this year, and with a new team-mate in Sergio Perez as Red Bull aim to finally challenge Mercedes. While the Dutch driver would naturally love to […]
Botswana Daily News (Gaborone) By Tebogo Lephogole Motor sport has shown significance growth through the performance of Ross Branch during the just ended Dakar Rally 2021. James Alexander is another Motswana who participated in the Dakar Rally with Branch. Speaking in an interview on Tuesday in Gaborone, Botswana Motor Sports head of federation of […]
Sébastien Ogier won all three Friday morning speed tests at Rallye Monte-Carlo to charge into the lead of this opening round of the FIA World Rally Championship. With the brake problem that hindered him yesterday resolved, the Frenchman was imperious through the mountain special stages west of Gap, returning to service with a 11.3sec advantage […]
Ott Tänak won Thursday afternoon’s opening two speed tests to claim the early lead at Rallye Monte-Carlo. The Estonian crashed heavily in the FIA World Rally Championship’s season-opener 12 months ago, but there were no mistakes today as he ended the short opening leg with a 3.3sec advantage over Kalle Rovanperä. Tänak, driving a Hyundai […]
THURSDAY RECAP Ott Tänak took a brace of stage victories to lead Rallye Monte-Carlo at the end of Thursday. It’s close, though, with Kalle Rovanperä breathing down his neck. Teemu Suninen was the first casualty of the rally. The Finn had been setting a scorching pace through the first stage when he ran wide, hit […]
Toyota Gazoo Racing’s new team principal is more than confident in his drivers’ abilities to deliver the goods at this weekend’s WRC Rallye Monte-Carlo (21 – 24 January). The Latvala name is synonymous with rallying and understandably so. With an eye-watering 209 WRC starts to his name, Jari-Matti knows just what it takes to be […]
by Ryan Wood Veloce Racing has confirmed its Extreme E line-up for the inaugural season, with Stéphane Sarrazin partnering Jamie Chadwick. Sarrazin has enjoyed a long and diverse career in motorsport. Perhaps best-known for his sportscar racing exploits – with six podium finishes in the legendary Le Mans 24 Hours, two Le Mans Series titles and […]
by Ryan Wood New Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali has said Lewis Hamilton won’t say whether or not he will re-sign with Mercedes for the 2021 season, as speculation mounts over why the decision is being drawn out. Hamilton is currently out of contract and his Mercedes seat remains the only unconfirmed position on the grid. […]
Lewis Larkam | crash.net Alpine F1 driver Esteban Ocon will demo the Alpine A110S sports car on the first two stages of this year’s Monte Carlo Rally. By signing up to the newsletter you agree to receive emails from crash.net that may occasionally include promotional content Alpine Formula 1 driver Esteban Ocon will demo the Alpine A110S […]
ERR NEWS The new World Rally Championship (WRC) season will take off in Monte Carlo at 3.08 p.m. Estonian time on Thursday. Estonian driver Ott Tänak (Hyundai) said his goal is to capture the season title and that last year’s complications have only made his team better. “Our approach is always to get the maximum […]
BY HAZEL SOUTHWELL | thedrive.com He’s had to undergo multiple brain surgeries since his horrific hand-cycling crash last summer. Two-time CART champion, Paralympic gold medalist, and former F1 driver Alex Zanardi has reportedly spoken to his family following a successful, “awake” surgery, reports the Italian news outlet Autosprint. Zanardi suffered a serious hand-cycling crash during a race in […]
by Suliman Mulhem | formula1news.co.uk Ex-F1 driver Romain Grosjean will compete in IndyCar in 2021, Formula1News.co.uk understands. Romain Grosjean’s F1 career was cut short after he suffered a horror crash on the opening lap of the Bahrain Grand Prix which prevented him from contesting the final two grand prix of 2020. However, the Frenchman is looking […]