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 […]
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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 […]
Robin Frijns passed Loic Duval to claim his maiden DTM win in front of his home crowd at Assen, as Audi dominated proceedings to monopolise the top five spots. Polesitter Duval got away cleanly to retain his lead into Turn 1, with Ferdinand Habsburg moving up to second after rocketing […]
BMW Group India launched the new BMW 3 Series Gran Turismo ‘Shadow Edition’ today. The luxury tourer seamlessly unites elements of sports and comfort for customers who look for both adventure and extravagance. Locally produced at the BMW Plant Chennai, the BMW 3 Series Gran Turismo ‘Shadow Edition’ is available in […]
Since it was introduced 50 years ago, the Mini Miglia series has continued to grow due to its close racing and low costs. This weekend the popular series will be shown to a wider audience as part of the British Touring Car Championship’s support bill, as STEPHEN LICKORISH finds out […]
BRDC Rising Star Ben Tuck took a lights-to-flag victory in the first race of the new GT4-based DTM Trophy championship at Spa-Francorchamps last weekend in a Walkenhorst Motorsport BMW M4. Unlike most GT championships, the ITR-organised DTM support series involves sprint races with a single driver in each car. It […]
An all-new environmentally friendly hydrogen-powered racing series has been unveiled ahead of a projected launch in 2023, featuring “zero-emission” cars and a “revolutionary braking system”. The HYRAZE League will use “environmentally-produced” hydrogen as fuel for its 800bhp fleet of cars, using two hydrogen fuel cells to power four electric motors. […]
Good news for fans of DiRT Rally 2.0 and eSports, as Codemasters and Motorsport Games have announced the second season of the World Series. You won’t have to wait long for it to start either, as it begins with the first qualification rounds going live on August 25th. The season […]
PRESS RELEASE, 18th August: Codemasters (AIM: CDM) and Motorsport Games have today announced that the second season of the popular DiRT Rally 2.0 World Series will begin on Tuesday 25th August with the first qualification rounds going live in–game. The season will culminate in a live showpiece final at the Autosport International Show at the Birmingham NEC on 16th January 2021 where 12 drivers will race for a share of $20,000 prize […]
In association with UK-based race categories are quickly abandoning plans to be at the Zandvoort Historic Grand Prix following the latest UK government rulings on foreign travel. This morning (17 August), both the Historic Sports Car Club and the Historic Grand Prix Cars Association have withdrawn their categories from the […]
by: HOWARD FENDRICH, Associated Press Posted: Aug 15, 2020 / 01:17 PM EDT / Updated: Aug 15, 2020 / 01:17 PM EDT Washington Nationals starting pitcher Stephen Strasburg heads to the dugout after leaving the game during the first inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles, Friday, Aug. […]
New Zealander Simon Evans won the second Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy championship over Brazilian Stock Car driver Sergio Jimenez ahead of the series’ imminent demise. The production-based Formula E support category has been axed after just two seasons of its original three-year deal to trail certain FE events as a result […]
Two back-to-back meetings for the TOCA supports have now taken place – both behind closed-doors. Despite a number of procedural changes and condensed calendar, series and drivers are adapting, and the on-track action is as good as ever says STEPHEN LICKORISH Socially distanced one-by-one podiums. Broad smiles from race winners […]
Tom Gamble and United Autosports continued their winning streak in the 2020 European Le Mans Series. Eighteen-year-old Gamble, joined by the number two car team-mates Rob Wheldon and Wayne Boyd, repeated their class win from pole position as they drove the Ligier JS P320 LMP 3 to victory at Spa-Francorchamps […]
W Series CEO Catherine Bond-Muir says that the all-female single-seater championship is open to racing on its own or alongside other categories should the DTM have to stop after 2020. The new-for-2019 championship raced on the undercard of six DTM races last season and the original plan was to do […]
W Series CEO Catherine Bond-Muir has suggested that she would like the championship to continue as a permanent part of the single-seater ladder even if motorsport becomes much more gender-equal. W Series debuted in 2019 in order to create more opportunities for women in racing by offering fully-funded seats and […]
2013 British Touring Car champion Andrew Jordan made a winning return to a BTCC event at Brands Hatch last weekend, racing a Mini Miglia in one of the support categories. Jordan was due to drive for West Surrey Racing in this year’s BTCC but was unable to drive for the […]
Christopher Bell will move over to Joe Gibbs Racing for the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series season, replacing the departing Erik Jones at the team. Bell, who drove for JGR in the NASCAR Xfinity Series (winning 16 races), has spent his rookie Cup Series campaign with the Gibbs-affiliated Leavine Family Racing, […]
The first ever World Rallycross Esports Series attracted over 1.24 million live views over the six events as reigning FIA World Rallycross champion Timmy Hansen claimed the crown. A three-way partnership between Motorsport Games, Codemasters and the FIA World Rallycross Championship, the World Rallycross Esports Series attracted a number of […]
Formula E chief executive Jamie Reigle has responded to criticism of the all-electric championship from Formula 1’s Chase Carey and Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko by saying he is “flattered”. Speaking to Autosport last year, Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko said Red Bull had no interested in entering FE “because […]