We’ve seen several ways so far of resurrecting a dormant car brand. There’s been the continuation build, like at Alvis, with period vehicles created from new-old-stock or parts created from original blueprints. We’ve seen brands wrap modern technology in historically-themed bodywork, as with the new Hispano-Suiza, or put that technology […]
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Nissan went all-in on IMSA sports car racing in the late 1980s and early ’90s, competing in the top GTP class for prototypes and campaigning the Z31-generation 300ZX in the GTO class. The 300ZX started racing in 1989, and one of the cars from that first season is for sale […]
• South African rider Brad Binder is competing in his first season in MotoGP. • The KTM rookie won his first race at the third attempt and is currently fourth in the riders’ standings. • This weekend’s race is the San Marino Grand Prix in Misano. South African MotoGP rider […]
Lewis Hamilton has formed a team to compete in the Extreme E Series, the environmentally conscious series that will race 550-horsepower electric SUVs next year. The circuit will compete around the world in five locations threatened by climate change. Hamilton’s team will be X44, a reference to the six-time Formula One […]
© LAT Images Williams family depature news a The Williams Formula 1 race team preparing for the 2020 Italian Grand Prix found the news that the Williams family would step away from the squad “surprising” and a “shock”. The announcement that Frank and Claire Williams will end their involvement with […]
Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton has launched his own motorsport team – X44 – which will contest the maiden Extreme E season in a major coup for the electric off-road series. The move marks Hamilton’s first role in team ownership, with the squad’s X44 name referencing the #44 race […]
Formula 1 is set to revisit running reversed grid sprint races at select race weekends in the wake of Sunday’s dramatic Italian Grand Prix at Monza. AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly scored a shock victory after Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton received a penalty and the other usual frontrunners hit trouble. Gasly was joined […]
Ferrari is set to use a one-off Formula 1 livery to celebrate its 1,000th race at this weekend’s Tuscan Grand Prix. Ferrari will become the first F1 team to have raced in 1,000 rounds of the world championship on Sunday, and is set to honour the landmark with a retro […]
Kevin Harvick won the opening round of the 2020 NASCAR Cup playoffs at Darlington as long-time race leaders Martin Truex Jr. and Chase Elliott hit the wall late on. Truex had picked up both stage victories, though lost the race lead to Denny Hamlin at the start of the final […]
AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly won a dramatic and disrupted 2020 Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix ahead of Carlos Sainz Jr, with early leader Lewis Hamilton penalised for a safety car infraction. Sainz chased Gasly relentlessly over the second half of the race at Monza, which was red flagged when Charles Leclerc […]
Fabio Quartararo says his MotoGP Styrian Grand Prix won’t be a case of “surviving” for damage limitation, after qualifying in 10th for the second Red Bull Ring race. The championship leader struggled to eighth place in last week’s Austrian Grand Prix due to a braking issue, and was only seventh […]
Earl Bamber believes the new Corvette C8.R is “definitely beatable” in the IMSA Sportscar Championship this year despite Porsche’s struggles in the series this season. The Pratt & Miller-built C8.R replaced Corvette’s long-in-the-tooth C7.R this year and has won all three GTLM races since IMSA’s resumption from the COVID-19 pandemic […]
MADISON, Ill. (AP) — Josef Newgarden raced to his second IndyCar victory of the season Sunday, holding off rookie Pato O’Ward before a late caution ended the race at World Wide Technology Raceway under the yellow flag. It’s the second IndyCar race to finish under caution in one week. Takuma […]
Ed Carpenter Racing rookie Rinus VeeKay hailed Sunday’s IndyCar race at Gateway as “one of the best races I have ever driven” en route to a hard-fought fourth place finish. VeeKay, who leads the rookie standings, climbed from 14th to sixth in Saturday’s race one, at a track in which […]
Reigning IndyCar champion Josef Newgarden believes he can still beat Scott Dixon to the 2020 title, but says he needs to “reverse the trend” of his season so far. Team Penske driver Newgarden scored the 16th win of his career and second of the 2020 season on Sunday at Gateway, […]
Chase Elliott secured his second victory of the season in the first ever NASCAR Cup Series race on the Daytona road course, fending off Denny Hamlin after a late restart. Elliott’s #9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet had worked his way into a 10-second lead over the pack after the race was […]
Reigning IndyCar champion Josef Newgarden recorded his second victory of season for Team Penske under caution in the second race of the double-header at Gateway. Newgarden gained the lead from team-mate Will Power through the third and final pitstop cycle on lap 152 after the Australian was briefly held up […]
After an embarrassing 20min delay caused by the track sweeper leaking oil over the track, the cars got rolling with Dario Franchitti driving the Honda two-seater, and former MLB outfielder for the St. Louis Cardinals Kerry Robinson as his passenger. There were six laps under yellow to help blast any […]
The Tuscan Grand Prix will be the first Formula 1 race open to fans in 2020 after Mugello confirmed the spectator levels permitted for next month’s event. F1 has staged all of its races through 2020 so far behind closed doors as part of the COVID-19 event protocols, with reduced […]
The IndyCar race in Madison, Ill., lost a lot of its big names before the field even reach the starting line, including three of Andretti Autosport’s five entries. Alexander Rossi, Simon Pagenaud, Marco Andretti, Zach Veach, Oliver Askew and Ed Carpenter all got caught up in a pileup near the […]