Cal Crutchlow will join Yamaha as its official test rider for the 2021 MotoGP season, the Japanese manufacturer announced on Friday morning. The Brit has been searching for a new berth since losing his factory Honda-backed LCR ride earlier this year to Alex Marquez, with a rumoured switch to Aprilia’s factory squad not coming to…
Fabio Quartararo admits Friday at the MotoGP Valencia Grand Prix was “one of the worst days of the season” after finishing 16th fastest on his Petronas SRT Yamaha. Quartararo’s championship hopes are all but gone following an early crash last weekend in the European GP, with his points deficit to Suzuki’s Joan Mir now standing…
2018 NASCAR Truck Series champion Brett Moffitt will make the move over to the NASCAR Xfinity Series for the 2021 season. Moffitt will leave GMS Racing in the process, joining Our Motorsports for the full NASCAR Xfinity Series schedule. The 28-year-old saw his 2020 season end in disappointment after a late-race caution at Phoenix derailed…
Daniel Hemric will pilot the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Supra full time and compete for the Xfinity Series championship in 2021, the team announced Thursday. “It‘s been quite a roller coaster ride for me over the last few years, but I can‘t say how thankful I am for the opportunity to drive for…
Lewis Hamilton’s contract for the coming years is still not complete. Negotiations seem to depend on what his current team boss, Toto Wolff, is going to do and the amount of money involved. The latest rumour is that there is a three-year deal for GBP £120 million. Nothing is certain yet about Lewis Hamilton’s contract…
Fabio Quartararo distances himself from reports that he asked to return to his 2019-spec Yamaha M1 on the back of inconsistent form that has hampered his 2020 MotoGP title challenge. Quartararo has distanced himself from reports that suggested he has requested a return to the 2019-specification Yamaha M1 in the wake of indifferent form that…
Yamaha MotoGP rider Valentino Rossi has been cleared to race in this weekend’s Valencia Grand Prix after returning a second negative COVID-19 test. Rossi was forced to miss the Aragon double-header last month after catching the virus between the French and Aragon Grands Prix. Having initially tested positive again last Tuesday, Rossi cleared the other…
Ferrari Formula 1 team principal Mattia Binotto will be skipping this weekend’s Turkish Grand Prix in Istanbul and will instead run the team from its base in Maranello. The Ferrari boss had revealed that he had plans to miss some of the remaining races in the current season so as to find out how effecient…
Haas drivers, Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen are now fighting to make their 2021 plans after they found out that Haas won’t be requiring their services beyond the 2020 Formula 1 season. Both drivers confirmed ahead of the Turkish Grand Prix that they are in talks with Indycar teams. Haas had confirmed ahead of the…
Monster Energy Yamaha rider Valentino Rossi has tested positive for Covid-19 yet again just a week after he tested negative. All this is following his layoff from the MotoGP track for two rounds after he tested positive for the virus back in October, he missed the Aragon double header as he caught the virus between…
Lewis Hamilton can seal a record-equalling seventh drivers’ world title on Sunday (Nov 15), position himself to be “best of the best” and set up long-awaited negotiations for a new Mercedes contract at this weekend’s Turkish Grand Prix. The Briton needs only to prevent his Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas outscoring him by eight points to…
Due to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, NASCAR will have one condensed awards show during the off-season to recognize its championships in the Cup, Xfinity and Trucks series.The 2020 Awards Show will be broadcast on Nov. 18 at 8 p.m. ET on NBC Sports Network. The Cup Series awards were originally scheduled to be held in…
Factory Aston Martin driver Alex Lynn will skip the final round of the 2019/20 FIA World Endurance Championship season in Bahrain after testing positive for COVID-19. Following his Le Mans 24 Hours success with Maxime Martin and Harry Tincknell in the #97 Aston Martin Vantage in the GTE Pro class, Lynn was due to return…
Frédéric Vasseur, the Team Principal of the Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN team, says this weekend’s Turkish Grand Prix represents an important milestone for the Hinwil-based team, with the outfit celebrating five-hundred races in Formula 1. The Sauber F1 Team made its debut in Formula 1 at the 1993 South African Grand Prix and scored points…
Ducatti rider Andrea Divizioso has officially announced that he will be taking a sabbatical from MotoGP come 2021. The 15-time MotoGP winner announced during the Austrian MotoGP back in August that he will not be renewing his contract with the Ducatti works team for 2021. The Italian however also admitted that he did not have…
NASCAR driver Josh Reaume was indefinitely suspended Tuesday and will likely have to attend sensitivity training before reinstatement. The 30-year-old, a part-time driver in the Xfinity and Truck series this season, was suspended for a recent post on one of his social media channels, deemed to be in violation of NASCAR’s behavioral policy. NASCAR said…
