An Inside Look at Motorsports
Ford Motor Co. is delaying plans to build a new, low-cost assembly plant in North America and may abandon the plan entirely, Ford Americas President Mark Fields said Tuesday. Plans … Read More
UPDATE This rumor is upgraded to 'fact' today as in fact the McDonald's Champ Car Ad for Bourdais does appear on the back page of the sports section of today's … Read More
UPDATE A reader writes, Dear AutoRacing1.com, I don’t believe Dan Davis for a second. It is embarrassingly obvious he is leveraging the schedule as a way out of Champ Car. … Read More
(GMM) He may not turn a single wheel in anger, but retired seven time world champion Michael Schumacher will earn as much as twelve times more in 2007 than McLaren … Read More
UPDATE This rumor is upgraded to 'fact' today. Not only did the race promoter announce a title sponsor for the race today, but ticket sales to corporate sponsors are going … Read More
UPDATE #2 This rumor is upgraded to 'fact' with today's announcement. 12/10/06 Las Vegas will get its first taste of the Vegas Grand Prix Monday, when Champ Car drivers Alex … Read More
Word is that negotiations are underway for all Champ Car races to be televised in South Africa. It would be the first time that the Series would be broadcast live … Read More
(GMM) Dutch hopeful Giedo van der Garde could join the F1 circus in 2007, according to reports. The 21-year-old, whose seat in the F3 Euroseries this year was partly funded … Read More
(GMM) 2006 McLaren sponsor 'Emirates' will reportedly not return to the Formula One grid next year. British specialist magazine 'BusinessF1' writes that the airline's sponsorship of McLaren this year was … Read More
UPDATE This rumor is upgraded to 'fact' for Champ Car standing starts in 2007. Per our latest article on the new rules for 2007, the 2007 Champ Car makes provisions … Read More
According to Swedish publication AutoMotorSport , Rickard Rydell is poised to return to sports cars next year. Rydell, who has driven for Prodrive in the past with its Ferrari 550 … Read More
A lot has been said about allowing Honda or another manufacturer back into Champ Car to compete against Ford for the fear of running costs up and ruining the series … Read More
The hugely popular V8 Supercars are in danger of being lost to the Surfers Paradise Indy because of a nasty wrangle over TV and race rights. A bitter showdown is … Read More
Most of Ford Motor Co.'s white-collar workers will get buyout offers by the end of next week. The massive effort will start Monday and involve mostly individual meetings between thousands … Read More
HANGZHOU, China – Wanxiang, China's largest car-parts maker and one of its most acquisitive companies, is in talks with Ford to buy assets from the U.S. carmaker's troubled components arm. … Read More
The WRC is trying to steal Valentino Rossi from MotoGP. WRC commercial boss, David Richards, is keen to get the Italian to defect to the FIA World Rally Championship in … Read More
In today’s Orlando Sentinel Dale Earnhardt Jr "decries" that the Busch series awards went to all Cup drivers and the up-and-coming drivers are nowhere to be seen. 31 of 33 … Read More
According to AutoRacing1.com sources Dutchman Jos Verstappen will test for Forsythe Racing next week and we hear he does have some sponsorship money. He will test with other drivers (6 … Read More
UPDATE This Hot News item is a press release put out by the FIA that specifically identifies the plan for turbo engines again in F1 and the "use of exhaust … Read More
Michael Andretti still isn't ready to announce the fourth Indy-car driver for Andretti Green Racing, much less the fifth. But both are in the works. Andretti said this week he … Read More
Even as buyouts are pushing UAW membership below 500,000 — one-third its historic peak — Wall Street analysts said Thursday that General Motors Corp. is looking to further reduce its … Read More
(GMM) According to F1's sole supplier Bridgestone, the much-discussed 'red tire rule' could still be imposed for the 2007 season. The Japanese marque's Hisao Suganuma is quoted by a Spanish … Read More
(GMM) Spyker team principal Colin Kolles has added further intrigue to speculation of a possible return to formula one for twice world champion Mika Hakkinen. Hakkinen, the 38-year-old Finn who … Read More
