An Inside Look at Motorsports
UPDATE This rumor is upgraded to 'fact' today. Valentino Rossi will definitely not switch to formula one next year, according to breaking news. The flamboyant MotoGP champion had been linked … Read More
UPDATE #2 (GMM) Super Aguri sub Franck Montagny has confirmed reports that he will race beyond Sunday's Monaco GP. The Frenchman, who recently replaced the team's axed race driver Yuji … Read More
UPDATE This rumor is now upgraded to 'fact' today. Ferrari today announced that it has reached a sponsorship agreement with Telecom Italian Group, a leading telecommunications, media and internet company. … Read More
(GMM) Bernie Ecclestone was 'unfair' to criticize Fernando Alonso for not doing enough as world champion. That is the belief of formula one's title winner of ten years ago, England's … Read More
UPDATE #3 (GMM) Roman Abramovich is reportedly breathing new life into plans for a grand prix in Russia. The Russian billionaire, owner of football club Chelsea, is 'close to clinching' … Read More
UPDATE There is talk in France that Sebastien Bourdais might come back from the United States next year to drive for the Renault F1 team – if the team does … Read More
(GMM) David Coulthard could know his future on the F1 grid within weeks, the veteran Scot has revealed. Red Bull's 35-year-old lead driver, although rumored to also be on Toyota's … Read More
UPDATE #3 Hearing that Gerald Forsythe, who owns 50% of the rights to the Monterrey race, may consider renting the track to NASCAR should the Champ Car night race never … Read More
UPDATE #2 While the cars in the Nextel All-Star Challenge had the smaller fuel cells in them Saturday night, the true test of the change will come in the May … Read More
It's taken a while for word to leak out, but the big Daytona 500 trick this season – which NASCAR discovered but made no announcement about – concerned engines "sucking … Read More
Australia's Channel 10 has lost the deal to televise the V8 Supercar series to Channel 7. This could make things difficult at the Grand Prix as Channel 10 has the … Read More
(GMM) A new race could be added to F1's calendar of the future — the 'Mediterranean grand prix'. While F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone has now ruled out a touted spectator-less … Read More
(GMM) Michael Schumacher is reportedly threatening to quit formula one if Bridgestone do not develop tires specifically for him in 2007. British tabloid 'The Sunday People' is questionably claiming that … Read More
UPDATE The Germain Motor Co. is on the fast track in NASCAR, and not all of it deals with drivers Todd Bodine and Ted Musgrave ranking first and second in … Read More
Toyota's Marty Gaunt has turned the lights on over at Roger Penske's old shop, hired about 40 people for NASCAR's newest team, and is now looking for a couple of … Read More
Dale Jarrett may not make it through the season with Robert Yates racing after officially signing a deal to drive for Michael Waltrip and Toyota next year. If the former … Read More
If Champ Car and the IRL merge, what will happen to the Houston Champ Car race at Reliant Stadium? There is an IRL race at Texas Motor Speedway that is … Read More
Jimmy Kite, a five-time Indianapolis 500 starter, and Tyce Carlson, a two-time Indianapolis 500 starter, are both at the Speedway today in hopes of landing a ride for the "500." … Read More
Word from Mid-Ohio is that Honda has plans to move up to LMP1 in ALMS in 2008. We hear that Michael Andretti, Roger Penske, Adrian Fernandez and Bobby Rahal are … Read More
(GMM) Next year, Anthony Davidson could finally earn a spot on the formula one grid. British magazine F1 Racing reports that the long-time Honda test driver, who has raced in … Read More
Before Dale Jarrett accepted Michael Waltrip's offer to run Toyotas on the Nextel Cup tour next season, Jarrett considered a ride with Chevrolet's Richard Childress, in a fourth Childress car, … Read More
One of four proposed new Chevrolet NASCAR Cup engines – which have been under top-secret development by the Rick Hendrick, Joe Gibbs, Childress and DEI camps – has already finished … Read More
(GMM) Dubai is still in the running for a grand prix. That is the claim of Middle Eastern rally driver Mohammad bin Sulayem, who now doubles as president of the … Read More
UPDATE #2 We are now downgrading this rumor to 'false' as both Kalkhoven and George deny the merger might be off in this Indy Star article. Both sound reasonably optimistic … Read More
