Juri Vips is set to make his FIA Formula 2 debut with the DAMS team in place of the injured Sean Gelael at Spa-Francorchamps next weekend. Gelael suffered a back injury, sustaining a broken D4 vertebra in an impact with a kerb on the last lap of the F2 feature […]
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Welcome to The Grid, R&T’s quick roundup of the auto industry and motorsports news you should know this morning. © Nissan – YouTube Plus, Tesla plans to raise an additional $5 billion, and Formula 1 investigating wheel tether failures. New Nissan Z “Proto” to Debut September 15th As part of […]
Wow! Kody Swanson has been striving for years to gain an opportunity to compete in the Indianapolis 500. Now 32, from Kingsburg in California’s Central Valley, Swanson is a five-time USAC Silver Crown Series champion. This evening at Lucas Oil Raceway, a 0.686-mile oval situated only 15 minutes or so […]
Sophia Floersch will make her LMP2 race debut in this month’s European Le Mans Series race at Paul Ricard and will miss the Spa FIA Formula 3 series round. Floersch was the only named driver in the Richard Mille Racing Oreca 07 on the entry list for the Paul Ricard […]
One-time Formula Nippon champion Joao Paulo de Oliveira has revealed he was denied a maiden appearance in the 2020 Le Mans 24 Hours for ByKolles by Japanese COVID-19 travel restrictions. The long-time Nissan SUPER GT driver tested the ByKolles ENSO CLM P1/01 last year and was slated to be part […]
The Algarve circuit in Portugal has been confirmed as the final round of the 2020 MotoGP season, with the track hoping to be able to host fans. Last week MotoGP promoters Dorna Sports announced the three remaining flyaway races on the provisional schedule in Malaysia, Thailand and Argentina had been […]
The Algarve circuit in Portugal has been confirmed as the final round of the 2020 MotoGP season, with the track hoping to be able to host fans. Last week MotoGP promoters Dorna Sports announced the three remaining flyaway races on the provisional schedule in Malaysia, Thailand and Argentina had been […]
© LAT Images Binder: Debut win after three races MotoGP Czech Grand Prix winner Brad Binder says his dream of scoring a premier class victory coming in just his third race is “scary”. Binder stunned on Sunday at Brno by charging to the front of the Czech GP on lap […]
MotoGP Czech Grand Prix winner Brad Binder says his dream of scoring a premier class victory coming in just his third race is “scary”. Binder stunned on Sunday at Brno by charging to the front of the Czech GP on lap 13 to dominate by 5.2 seconds to score his […]
Citroen works rally driver Mads Ostberg will make his rallycross debut in the Holjes World Rallycross Championship season opener on 22-23 August, racing in the new electric Projekt E category. Ostberg, whose sole outright World Rally Championship victory came on Rally Portugal in 2012, has been contesting the WRC-2 division […]
Former factory BMW driver Tom Blomqvist will make his Le Mans 24 Hours debut next month with the HubAuto Corsa team in the GTE Am class. Blomqvist will be joined by HubAuto Corsa regular Marcos Gomes and team owner Morris Chen at the wheel of a Ferrari 488 GTE, effectively […]
DTM champion Bruno Spengler will make his debut in the Le Mans 24 Hours this September with the ByKolles LMP1 team. The Canadian driver becomes the second confirmed driver at the wheel of ByKolles’ ENSO CLM P1/01-Gibson, which originally was not granted an entry for the postponed French classic before […]