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GP2 Series kicks off with Barcelona test

GP2 Series kicks off with Barcelona test

The 2016 GP2 Series officially kicks off tomorrow with the first test session of the year at the Circuit de Catalunya in Spain. Teams and drivers have gathered for three days, from Wednesday.... Read more

Bumper field set for Phillip Island Historic Formula Ford races

Bumper field set for Phillip Island Historic Formula Ford races

This weekend’s Phillip Island Classic marks the opening race meeting of the year for the Historic Formula Fords – and what a cracker it is shaping up to be. Read more

Paul Ricard promises new thrills for Euroformula Open teams

Paul Ricard promises new thrills for Euroformula Open teams

The Euroformula Open approaches the second stop of the Winter Series, which takes place at Circuit Paul Ricard, the famous F.1 track near Marseille (France). Read more

Third generation GP3 car shows strong reliability in testing

Third generation GP3 car shows strong reliability in testing

It was another fruitful day for the shakedown of the third generation car at Magny-Cours in France. The GP3/16 was once again run on track with all seven teams using just one car.... Read more

Lynn retains Williams test role for 2016

Lynn retains Williams test role for 2016

Williams has confirmed that Alex Lynn will be continuing as the team's development driver for the 2016 Formula One World Championship season, a position he held throughout 2015 alongside his GP2 commitments. Read more

Castroneves sets the pace at Indycar oval test

Castroneves sets the pace at Indycar oval test

Team Penske's Helio Castroneves has topped the timesheets at Indycar's official pre-season hitout at Phoenix Raceway. Read more

Hayek joins Jamun for 2016 MSA Formula season

Hayek joins Jamun for 2016 MSA Formula season

Australian teenager Harry Hayek will race in the Ford EcoBoost powered MSA Formula this season with Jamun Racing. The 17 year-old from Sydney will move to the UK after finishing fourth in the.... Read more

F1 cars set for 'homecoming' at Phillip Island Classic

F1 cars set for 'homecoming' at Phillip Island Classic

This year’s Phillip Island Classic, to be held at the famous Victorian seaside circuit from March 11-13 will be a ‘must see’ for open wheeler enthusiasts, with two famous Formula 1 cars with.... Read more

Aus F4 graduates looking to take on the world in 2016

Aus F4 graduates looking to take on the world in 2016

CAMS Jayco Australian Formula 4 Championship Category Manager Cameron McConville has expressed his delight at seeing five drivers from the 2015 championship make the move overseas. Read more

Rossi abandons F1 dream for Andretti Indycar seat

Rossi abandons F1 dream for Andretti Indycar seat

Alexander Rossi has been named as the fourth driver to compete for Andretti Autosport in the 2016 Verizon IndyCar Series, shifting to the US Series after a brief tilt at F1 stardom. The.... Read more

Ricciardo debuts RB12 during Barcelona testing

Ricciardo debuts RB12 during Barcelona testing

Having spent the first two days of his 2016 season getting acclimatised with his new mount, Aussie F1 star Daniel Ricciardo is optimistic that the Red Bull team have closed the gap to.... Read more

Gen 3 Brabham to compete in Indy 500

Gen 3 Brabham to compete in Indy 500

Matthew Brabham is the only member of his famed racing family to visit Victory Lane at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and in May he hopes to add to his family's legacy during the.... Read more

Renault confirms return of factory F1 team

Renault confirms return of factory F1 team

Following the September announcement of the signing of a Letter of Intent with Lotus, Renault has officially confirmed one of the worst kept secrets in F1 - that they will be returning as.... Read more

Canadian joins Williams as Development Driver

Canadian joins Williams as Development Driver

Williams F1 has announced that Canadian teenager Lance Stroll has joined its Young Driver Development Programme. Read more

Lloyd secures inaugural Australian F4 title.

Lloyd secures inaugural Australian F4 title.

After dominating the season from the outset, Jordan Lloyd from Toowoomba has taken an unassailable lead in the inaugural CAMS Jayco Australian Formula 4 Championship with one round remaining. Read more

Force India doubles their Mexican driver numbers for 2016

Force India doubles their Mexican driver numbers for 2016

Sahara Force India has announced the signing of Mexican racer, Alfonso Celis, as a development driver. The 19-year-old will get his first experience of Formula One power behind the wheel of the VJM08.... Read more

Rosenqvist Doubles Up in Macau

Rosenqvist Doubles Up in Macau

Felix Rosenqvist comprehensively triumphed at this year's Macau Grand Prix, becoming only the second back-to-back Macau Grand Prix winner in the Formula 3 era. Rosenqvist triumphed over best-placed Macau rookie, Monegasque driver Charles Leclerc.... Read more

Susie Wolff to hang up helmet after ROC

Susie Wolff to hang up helmet after ROC

Williams has confirmed that following four years as development and test driver, Susie Wolff will retire from competitive motorsport at the end of the 2015 season. Since being appointed as Development Driver in April.... Read more

Baptista clinches Euroformula Open Series

Baptista clinches Euroformula Open Series

The 2015 Euroformula Open title was decided in the season finale today at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Konstantin Tereschenko (Campos Racing) was in “attack mode” as title fight was near its conclusion but.... Read more

Hamilton wins in Austin - secures third Driver's Championship

Hamilton wins in Austin - secures third Driver's Championship

It may have been a mixed up timetable in Austin, with qualifying held on Sunday morning due to torrential storms on Saturday, but once the action got underway it was non-stop in Sunday’s.... Read more

Randle beats Lloyd to Gold Coast pole

Randle beats Lloyd to Gold Coast pole

The Gold Coast round came alive today with unexpected mishaps in Practice and an engrossing shootout between Formula 4’s most dominant drivers. Read more

de Vries takes maiden win in WSR season  finale

de Vries takes maiden win in WSR season finale

Winner of the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0, Nyck de Vries (DAMS) has taken his first victory in the season finale of the Formula Renault 3.5 Series. Read more

Rosenqvist the master in Hockenheim

Rosenqvist the master in Hockenheim

FIA Formula 3 European Champion Felix Rosenqvist (Prema Powerteam) concluded his most successful Formula 3 season to date with another victory. Read more

Stoffel Vandoorne; F1's next big thing?

Stoffel Vandoorne; F1's next big thing?

Stoffel Vandoorne has long been touted as F1's next big thing. He's sewn up this year's GP2 Series with two rounds left to run, he's test driver for McLaren Honda and he's looking.... Read more

Vandoorne's title, Richie's victory in Sochi

Vandoorne's title, Richie's victory in Sochi

Richie Stanaway soaked up race long pressure, and a late attack for the lead, to win the sprint race in Sochi from Rio Haryanto and Raffaele Marciello, while just off the podium McLaren.... Read more

Another victory for Hamilton, Perez on the podium in Russia

Another victory for Hamilton, Perez on the podium in Russia

Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton eased to victory in Sochi on Sunday, his pole-sitting team mate Nico Rosberg having retired from the lead with throttle problems on lap 7. Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel took the runner-up.... Read more

Two point advantage to Ghiotto with two events to run in GP3 Series

Two point advantage to Ghiotto with two events to run in GP3 Series

The GP3 Series heads for its penultimate round with a mere two points seperating the title contenders after two action-packed races at Sochi. Read more

Norris secures British FIA F4 series at Brands Hatch

Norris secures British FIA F4 series at Brands Hatch

15-year-old Lando Norris clinched the MSA Formula (FIA Formula 4 Champion of Great Britain) title on the weekend, securing the crown after a season-long battle with his Carlin teammate Colton Herta and Arden's.... Read more

Ghiotto aiming to extend series lead in Russia

Ghiotto aiming to extend series lead in Russia

Following a four week break, the GP3 Series returns for Round 7 of the 2015 season at the Sochi Autodrom. This marks the Series’ second visit to Russia. Last year the Russian track.... Read more

German F4 Champion to make F3 debut with Artline

German F4 Champion to make F3 debut with Artline

2015 ADAC Formula 4 champion Marvin Dienst will make his first appearance in the FIA European Formula 3 Championship in the season finale at Hockenheim after joining up with the fledgling Artline Engineering outfit. Read more

Vandoorne, Rossi to resume rivalry in Russia

Vandoorne, Rossi to resume rivalry in Russia

After a four week break, the action resumes this week as the GP2 paddock sets up camp at the Sochi Autodrom for the ninth round of the 2015 series. Read more

Prema Powerteam to make GP2 debut in 2016

Prema Powerteam to make GP2 debut in 2016

GP2 organisers have confirmed that Prema have reached an agreement to takeover the GP2 entry of the Lazarus team. This will be effective at the end of the 2015 season with the new.... Read more

Inaugral British F4 Champion to be decided this weekend

Inaugral British F4 Champion to be decided this weekend

They have been exchanging the lead of the Ford EcoBoost-powered MSA Formula Championship all season long, and next weekend at Brands Hatch Lando Norris and Ricky Collard will go head to head to determine which of them.... Read more

Baptista in the box seat as Euroformula Open heads towards final round

Baptista in the box seat as Euroformula Open heads towards final round

There was plenty of excitement for Euroformula Open fans at Monza over the weekend. After an exciting Race 1 on Saturday, Sunday's race was equally impressive. Nearing the end of a hard fought.... Read more

Grosjean to race for Haas in 2016

Grosjean to race for Haas in 2016

When Haas F1 Team makes its debut in the FIA Formula 1 World Championship in 2016, it will do so with an experienced racer in Romain Grosjean.  Read more

GP3 Series announces eligible teams for next three seasons

GP3 Series announces eligible teams for next three seasons

GP3 Series organisers are pleased to announce the teams that have been selected to compete in the 2016-2018 seasons. Six current GP3 teams will continue since Arden International, ART Grand Prix, Campos Racing.... Read more

Rowland secures FR3.5 Series Title at Le Mans

Rowland secures FR3.5 Series Title at Le Mans

Rookie Egor Orudzhev took his second victory of the season in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series but his victory was overshadowed by Oliver Rowland, who scored the points he needed to clinch the.... Read more

Rosenqvist secures FIA F3 Euro crown, Cassidy finishes on the podium

Rosenqvist secures FIA F3 Euro crown, Cassidy finishes on the podium

Following his third win at the 3.629 kilometres long Nürburgring sprint circuit and his twelfth victory of the season, Felix Rosenqvist (Prema Powerteam) was able to cheer really loudly: the 23-year-old is the.... Read more

Hamilton cruises to Suzuka victory, equals Senna's win tally

Hamilton cruises to Suzuka victory, equals Senna's win tally

After passing pole-sitting team mate Nico Rosberg into the first corner, Lewis Hamilton never looked back in Sunday’s 2015 Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix, equalling the late Ayrton Senna's tally of 41 Grands.... Read more

New chassis and engine manufacturers for USA Formula 4

New chassis and engine manufacturers for USA Formula 4

Formula 4 will kick off in the USA in 2016 with an all-new chassis and engine combination for the US version of the worldwide junior single-seater class. Read more

Estonian holding off Aussie trio in FMCS

Estonian holding off Aussie trio in FMCS

Martin Rump has extended his winning streak to seven as the Estonian mastered yet another track – this time the 4.3 km Zhuhai International Circuit – and extended his lead in the Formula.... Read more

Maldonado confirmed at Lotus for 2016

Maldonado confirmed at Lotus for 2016

While the future make-up of the team itself remains in question, Lotus F1 Team has confirmed the continuation of its existing contract with Venezualan driver Pastor Maldonado for the 2016 season. Maldonado will.... Read more

Giovanazzi dominant at Zandvoort.

Giovanazzi dominant at Zandvoort.

Antonio Giovinazzi took a dominant victory at Zandvoort today to take the 2015 Kumho Tyres Zandvoort Masters of Formula Three title. Giovinazzi was followed home by Carlin teammate George Russell.  Read more

Ricciardo back on the podium as Vettel takes Singapore GP win

Ricciardo back on the podium as Vettel takes Singapore GP win

Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel claimed his third victory of the season - and his fourth in Singapore - after controlling an incident-packed race at Marina Bay on Sunday. In a Grand Prix punctuated by.... Read more

Trio of Aussies chasing victory in Zhuhai

Trio of Aussies chasing victory in Zhuhai

The Formula Masters China Series is set for an epic championship showdown as Asia’s finest fledging talents take on the Zhuhai International Circuit for the penultimate round of the 2015 season this weekend. Read more

Barnicoat the victor in Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup

Barnicoat the victor in Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup

2014 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC champion, Ben Barnicoat (Fortec Motorsports) scored his first pole position and victory in the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0, becoming the eighth different winner in the category this year. Read more

Strakka Racing takes One-Two finish at Nurburgring

Strakka Racing takes One-Two finish at Nurburgring

Unpredictable rain, a tyre gambles and some bold passing moves summed up race two of the weekend for the Formula Renault 3.5 Series at the Nürburgring. Read more

Caitlin Wood to make Formula 4 debut

Caitlin Wood to make Formula 4 debut

Eighteen-year-old Caitlin Wood is set to make her CAMS Jayco Australian Formula 4 debut this weekend during Round 4 at Sandown Raceway, becoming the first female to race in the fledgling series. Read more

Prema Powerteam the class of the field at Portimao

Prema Powerteam the class of the field at Portimao

The Prema Poweteam outfit were the class fo the field all weekend long during the ninth round of the FIA Formula 3 European Series at Portimao with Felix Rosenqvist taking away two victories.... Read more

Hamilton cruises to victory amid tyre pressure investigations

Hamilton cruises to victory amid tyre pressure investigations

A post-race investigation due to a tyre-pressure issue was about as close as anybody came to derailing Lewis Hamilton's Monza weekend, with the Brit taking a commanding victory at the 'Temple of Speed.... Read more

Leading trio share victories at Rockingham

Leading trio share victories at Rockingham

Ricky Collard and Colton Herta joined Lando Norris on the top step of the MSA Formula Rockingham podium, Collard keeping alive his championship hopes with a decisive win in the reverse-grid race Sunday.... Read more

Baptista shows class at Spa

Baptista shows class at Spa

 The Belgian Euroformula Open venue came to an end at Spa-Francorchamps today. Sunday´s race brought new excitement and a new leader in the drivers´ championship. Read more

Bernstorff and Kirchofer share the GP3 spoils at Monza

Bernstorff and Kirchofer share the GP3 spoils at Monza

German Marvin Kirchhöfer posted his third win of the season after Koiranen GP’s Jimmy Eriksson, who had led almost the entire race suffered technical gremlins on the penultimate lap of the race. Read more

Evans takes Monza victory, Stanaway fourth.

Evans takes Monza victory, Stanaway fourth.

Mitch Evans stole victory from Arthur Pic on the final lap following a race long battle for the win of this morning's sprint race in Monza: the New Zealander broke his rival's heart.... Read more

Williams retain current driver pairing for 2016

Williams retain current driver pairing for 2016

Williams Martini Racing has announced that it will retain its current driver combination of Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas for a third season. Read more

Euroformula Open heads to Spa after Summer break

Euroformula Open heads to Spa after Summer break

The summer break is over for F3 teams in the Euroformula Open with the series heading to Belgium for the next round of the championship at one of the most evocative and historic.... Read more

Hulkenberg extends contract with Sahara Force India

Hulkenberg extends contract with Sahara Force India

Reigning Le Mans 24 Hour winner Nico Hulkenberg has signed a two year contract with Force India, meaning that the German will race in the team’s colours until at least the end of.... Read more

Dixon wins fourth Indycar title on count back

Dixon wins fourth Indycar title on count back

Even with a double points round beckoning, Kiwi Scott Dixon enetred the season finale at Sonoma Raceway as an outside chance to secure a fourth series crown. Read more

Power to start from pole in Indycar title decider

Power to start from pole in Indycar title decider

Reigning Verizon IndyCar Series champion Will Power reset his year-old track record in the Firestone Fast Six to earn the Verizon P1 Award and pace four of the six championship contenders who will.... Read more

Oliver Rowland to sample RB8 at Silverstone

Oliver Rowland to sample RB8 at Silverstone

Oliver Rowland is getting a cool reward for leading the Formula Renault 3.5 Series standings after nine races. The Briton, who also made an appearance in GP2 at Spa last weekend will get.... Read more

Justin Wilson Succumbs to Injuries

Justin Wilson Succumbs to Injuries

Justin Wilson, who enjoyed success in multiple motorsports series during a two-decade professional career, has passed away from a head injury sustained in the Verizon IndyCar Series race Aug. 23 at Pocono Raceway.... Read more

Hunter-Ray takes win as Montoya extends series lead

Hunter-Ray takes win as Montoya extends series lead

Ryan Hunter-Reay led a 1-2 American finish ahead of Josef Newgarden in the ABC Supply 500 at Pocono Raceway, and Juan Pablo Montoya's third-place finish extended his championship points lead heading into the.... Read more

Randle takes first F4 round win at SMSP

Randle takes first F4 round win at SMSP

DREAM Motorsport’s Thomas Randle has secured his and the team’s first round victory at Sydney Motorsport Park in a thrilling display of open wheel racing. Read more

Hamilton extends series lead with Belgian GP win

Hamilton extends series lead with Belgian GP win

A superbly controlled drive saw Lewis Hamilton beat Mercedes team mate Nico Rosberg to win Sunday’s 2015 Formula 1 Shell Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps. The hard-charging Lotus of Romain Grosjean took third.... Read more

Ghiotto extends GP3 Series lead at Spa

Ghiotto extends GP3 Series lead at Spa

Esteban Ocon may have been disappointed to have missed out on pole position by just a tenth of a second, but he was left feeling even worse after the first GP3 race at.... Read more

Rossi takes first win of 2015 at Spa, Mitch Evans on the podium

Rossi takes first win of 2015 at Spa, Mitch Evans on the podium

Alexander Rossi has claimed his first win of the year in the Sunday sprint race at the Spa Francorchamps circuit, dominating his rivals after taking the lead on the first lap and controlling.... Read more

Norris, Fielding and Collard share the spoils at Knockhill

Norris, Fielding and Collard share the spoils at Knockhill

Another dramatic weekend of British MSA Formula racing in Scotland netted race wins for Lando Norris, Sennan Fielding and Ricky Collard, with the sizeable Knockhill BTCC crowd wowed by a series of incidents.... Read more

Cassidy earns Euro F3 recall with Prema Powerteam

Cassidy earns Euro F3 recall with Prema Powerteam

Quick Kiwi Nick Cassidy has been drafted into the Prema Powerteam outfit for the next two rounds of the FIA F3 European Championship at Portimao and at the Nürburgring. Read more

Raikkonen re-signing narrows options in F1 driver market

Raikkonen re-signing narrows options in F1 driver market

One of the biggest tipping points of the Formula 1 silly season has been removed, with Scuderia Ferrari re-signing Kimi Raikkonen for the 2016 season. Read more

Rowe pounding the pavements to continue racing dream

Rowe pounding the pavements to continue racing dream

Karratha’s Nick Rowe is living the dream racing three different motor sport categories, but of course this comes at a cost. Read more

Hill continues Formula Ford Series domination at QR

Hill continues Formula Ford Series domination at QR

Cameron Hill continues to lead the Australian Formula Ford Championship on completion of Round 5 at Queensland Raceway. Read more

Mitchell hoping for home-track advantage at Knockhill

Mitchell hoping for home-track advantage at Knockhill

  Fifteen-year-old Sandy Mitchell will fulfil an ambition next weekend (22/23 Aug) when he races at Knockhill, the track where he was inspired to pursue a career in motor sport. Forfar-based Sandy was just three when.... Read more

Indycar drops Fontana from 2016 schedule

Indycar drops Fontana from 2016 schedule

INDYCAR has announced that Auto Club Speedway, the 2-mile oval in Fontana, Calif., will not return to the Verizon IndyCar Series schedule in 2016.  Read more

Rump Conquers Kuala Lumpur Street Circuit

Rump Conquers Kuala Lumpur Street Circuit

Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG driver Martin Rump (19) extended his win streak to four as the Estonian conquered the new Kuala Lumpur Street Circuit to win Race 10 of the Formula Masters.... Read more

Collins extends lead as Spalding secures National Class crown

Collins extends lead as Spalding secures National Class crown

Jon Collins has extended his lead in the Australian Formula 3 Championship following a commanding feature race victory at Queensland Raceway on Sunday. Read more

Herta on top at Snetterton as Collard aims to maintain series lead

Herta on top at Snetterton as Collard aims to maintain series lead

Championship leader Ricky Collard battled back from adversity at Snetterton today in practice for the weekend’s rounds of the Ford EcoBoost-powered MSA Formula Championship. Nineteen-year-old Collard suffered a brake problem in the day’s.... Read more

Mid-Ohio INDYCAR Broadcast Draws Largest NBCSN Audience Ever

Mid-Ohio INDYCAR Broadcast Draws Largest NBCSN Audience Ever

NBCSN’s same-day telecast Aug. 2 of the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio drew an average viewership of 666,000, making it the most-watched Verizon IndyCar Series race on the network since NBC Sports Group.... Read more

Brabham to get more Indycar miles at Sonoma

Brabham to get more Indycar miles at Sonoma

Seven Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires drivers, including Australia's Matthew Brabham, will share a test day in Verizon IndyCar Series cars with Verizon IndyCar Series drivers Aug. 13 on the 2.385-mile, 12-turn.... Read more

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