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Start of F1 season delayed by coronavirus for second year in a row

Start of F1 season delayed by coronavirus

For the second year running, the coronavirus has forced changes to the beginning of the Formula One season.
Published 12 January 2021
Singer reveals All-Terrain Competition Study, a rally-ready 911

Singer reveals All-Terrain Competition Study

L.A. restomod outfit Singer has revealed its All-Terrain Competition Study (ACS), a Dakar-ready, high-stanced modification of a Porsche 911. 
Published 07 January 2021
Carlos Sainz Blackface

Carlos Sainz Karting embroiled in racism scandal

Rally legend Carlos Sainz has become entangled in a racism scandal due to the use of blackface in a video posted by his karting business.
Published 05 January 2021
Lewis Hamilton's Extreme E X44 team signs drivers Sebastien Loeb and Cristina Gutiérrez

Lewis Hamilton's electric off-road team gets Loeb

Rallying legend Sébastien Loeb will share driving duties with Dakar Rally pro Cristina Gutiérrez in Lewis Hamilton's Extreme E team next year.
Published 11 December 2020
Winning World Rally Championship may not revive interest in rallying, says Elfyn Evans

Winning WRC may not revive the sport, says Evans

Elfyn Evans, who this Sunday could become the first British WRC champing in 19 years, says lifting the title may not be enough to revive interest
Published 04 December 2020
Daniel Ricciardo "disgusted" by treatment of Romain Grosjean F1 crash footage

Ricciardo disgusted by use of Grosjean footage

Racing driver Daniel Ricciardo has expressed his "disgust" at Formula One for its repeated use of footage of Romain Grosjean's F1 crash.
Published 30 November 2020
Lewis Hamilton equals Michael Schumacher’s seven F1 world championships

Lewis Hamilton equals Schumacher’s seven F1 titles

Lewis Hamilton has equalled Michael Schumacher’s record seven Formula One world championship drivers’ titles after a stunning victory at the 2020
Published 15 November 2020
BRM to recreate legendary Type 15 for 70th anniversary

BRM to recreate legendary Type 15 for anniversary

Historic F1 team BRM will celebrate its 70th birthday by constructing three 16-cylinder race cars based on the legendary Type 15 Mk1 BRM V16.
Published 04 November 2020
Extreme E delays beginning of season and replaces Nepal event

Extreme E delays start of first season to March

Upcoming electric off-road sport Extreme E has announced today that its inaugural season will begin in March 2021, rather than January as hoped.
Published 27 October 2020
Lewis Hamilton's five best Formula One wins

Lewis Hamilton's five best Formula One wins

Yesterday, Lewis Hamilton broke the record for the biggest number of race wins in Formula One history. Here five highlights from his 92 wins.
Published 26 October 2020
Lewis Hamilton has now won more F1 races than any driver in history

Lewis Hamilton claims F1 win record

Lewis Hamilton has added another record to his glittering career in Formula One: the highest number of race wins of all time.
Published 25 October 2020
Nico Rosberg to enter team into Extreme E

Nico Rosberg enters team into Extreme E

Former Formula One World Champion Nico Rosberg will enter a team into Extreme E, the upcoming sister sport to Formula E.
Published 22 October 2020