On Monday morning, 23XI Racing announced five major sponsors as “founding partners” for its inaugural NASCAR Cup Series campaign in 2021. DoorDash, McDonald’s, Columbia Sportswear, Dr Pepper and Root Insurance will support Bubba Wallace and the No. 23 Toyota next season. 23XI Racing, co-owned by NBA legend Michael Jordan and Cup Series star Denny Hamlin,…
At the end of another stunning season, the riders with the most pole positions in each class(MotoGP, Moto2 and Moto3) this season were presented with the coveted TISSOT Pole of Poles award at the Autodromo Internacional do Algarve. Awarded by the Official Timekeeper of MotoGP™, TISSOT, the incredible limited edition 2020 prizes were handed to…
Petronas Yamaha Sepang Racing Team (SRT) will be taking part in two winter season tests in February and March before facing the 2021 MotoGP World Championship in Losail International Circuit, Doha, Qatar from March 26 to 28 2021. Team principal, Datuk Razlan Razali said the two winter season tests are at Sepang International Circuit from…
Formula 1 has revealed the entry fees teams will have to pay to race in the 2021 season, with champions Mercedes unsurprisingly at the top of the list.A system that sees F1 teams required to make a payment to the sport’s governing body, the FIA, in order to race next season, teams are required to…
Romain Grosjean is set to undergo surgery in the wake of his horror and fiery crash in Bahrain. The Frenchman missed the final two grands prix of his Formula 1 career as a result of the burns to his hands. “I could almost live normally with my right hand already,” Grosjean, 34, told RTL. “The…
Formula One and the FIA jointly announced that three people tested positive in the last seven-day period, which was the ultimate test period of the 2020 F1 season. Since the coronavirus-delayed 2020 F1 season kicked off in Austria on July 5, the sport has done a tremendous job to ensure that the safety of drivers,…
The Young Driver Test in Abu Dhabi has started and after driving about two hours it is Fernando Alonso who leads the test for ‘rookies’. Sebastien Buemi had a nasty moment for Red Bull Racing. After the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, the Formula 1 teams have not quite finished the F1 season. In Abu Dhabi…
The 2020 Formula 1 season is over after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, but not every driver has finished Formula 1 yet. In Abu Dhabi, the Young Driver Test will be completed on Tuesday, although not every driver is so ‘young’. Read here who will take part in this test. At the end of the…
The 2020 Formula 1 season concluded on Sunday in Abu Dhabi with Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen besting the Mercedes team to take his second win of the season. All eyes are now on the Austrian team, which is yet to confirm their driver lineup for the 2021 campaign. Verstappen’s father Jos remained coy when…
Red Bull Racing has closed the 2020 Formula 1 season in style. Not only was Max Verstappen the fastest of the whole weekend, but the Red Bull pit stop team was also the fastest in Abu Dhabi. If there is one part in which Red Bull excels, it is the pit stops. Ever since Red…
Lewis Hamilton is keen for new contract talks with Mercedes to be wrapped up by Christmas after his positive Covid-19 test delayed proceedings. The seven-time world champion secured his most recent title at the Turkish Grand Prix in November to equal Michael Schumacher’s record, while he broke the German’s record for most Grand Prix wins…
Sebastian Vettel says he will “treasure” his final day as a Ferrari race driver after an emotional Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The four-time world champion was given a guard of honour out of his garage on the way to the grid and presented with a trophy post-race to commemorate his 14 wins for the Scuderia….
Gresini Racing has announced it will cease to operate Aprilia’s factory MotoGP entry from 2022 onwards, and will instead race in the premier class as an independent. The news is consistent with long-standing rumours that Aprilia was looking to take its MotoGP operation more in house. Aprilia has been a quasi-independent entry due to its…
Formula 1’s official video game developer Codemasters is set to be bought by Electronic Arts in a deal worth $1.2 billion.The British-based Codemasters company, which uses Motorsport Games for its Esports activities around the DiRT Rally franchise, had recently been linked with a takeover deal by American video game publisher Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. But…
Rumors about a switch Red Bull Racing for Sergio Perez are getting stronger. Not only Movistar but also Sky Sports reported on Sunday that negotiations between the Mexican and the Milton Keynes-based racing team have started. “We are expecting an announcement maybe in the next coming week that Sergio Perez has joined the team,” Kravitz…
Formula 1 paddock rumours seem to have confirmed our source in Formula 1 – Perez will be joining Red Bull sooner rather than later. The Mexican has impressed the Red Bull Racing bosses, most notably Christian Horner and Helmut Marko, and it is they who has persuaded Red Bull owner Dietrich Mateschitz to not stay…
