An Inside Look at Motorsports
It is suggested that the 'Friday' driver rule may be updated for 2006. With six huge carmakers on the grid – and teams like McLaren, Williams, BMW and BAR-Honda eligible … Read More
The A1 Grand Prix is reported to have invested $500 million to get the series started and the teams are spending far more money than the sponsors could possibly hope … Read More
UPDATE #3 This rumor, originally broke by AutoRacing1.com, is upgraded to 'fact' with today's announcement. 09/23/05 Chris Powell, general manager of Las Vegas Motor Speedway, said Thursday he has talked … Read More
UPDATE The Australian beer company has moved quickly to scotch reports that it is reducing its involvement in Formula 1. Foster's is one of the world's best-known supporters of Formula … Read More
Jordan owner Alex Shnaider, to rename his formula one team 'Midland' next year, has vowed not to sell the Silverstone based squad at least until a new 2008 Concorde Agreement … Read More
Anyone expecting the Indy Racing League to overhaul its engine package for 2007 might be disappointed. There will be few, if any, changes, according to league president Brian Barnhart. The … Read More
UPDATE #10 This rumor is upgraded to 'fact' today. See story on Hot News page. 09/22/05 Michael Waltrip will announce Friday [on Trackside] that he has signed a one-year deal … Read More
Accordingly to columnist Daniel Castro, from "Folha de Sao Paulo", Rio de Janeiro may get an IRL race next season. The project is being architected by Rede Bandeirantes (the Brazilian … Read More
NASCAR spokesman Jim Hunter said Thursday that Mike Helton, the sanctioning organization's president, will tell the drivers prior to Sunday's race at Dover International Speedway that such behavior will no … Read More
Portugal is warming up to race back onto the F1 calendar. A $130 million grand prix circuit, with possible funding support of the government, is reportedly being planned for the … Read More
After 15 races without rain, Brazil seems highly likely to follow Belgium’s pattern of upset weather. Thursday is cloudy and the expected ambient temperature high is 23 degrees Celsius. It … Read More
UPDATE #4 The news that Indianapolis is to host the United States Grand Prix on July 2 has thrown the cat amongst the pigeons amongst the Grand Prix venues in … Read More
Prince Malik ado Ibrahim, a Nigerian who was briefly involved in F1 in the 1990s, when he was announced as a 20% owner of the Arrows F1 team. Alas, Malik … Read More
In an exclusive press conference on Monday held at Shanghai's Garden Hotel, FIA President Max Mosley, looked back on the success of last years inaugural Chinese Grand Prix and expressed … Read More
UPDATE This rumor is now 'fact' with today's USGP announcement – see Hot News page. [Editor's Note: Did Bernie and Tony choose the July 4th weekend date to adversely affect … Read More
UPDATE #2 Here is a list of teams that have expressed interest in competing in the 2006 Champ Car Atlantic Championship. Some interesting names. Quite impressive. More…. 09/21/05 Make that … Read More
Bernie Ecclestone, Formula One's rights manager, gave advice to organizers of the A1 Grand Prix series, a potential rival to the most-watched motor sport. The first A1 race is at … Read More
The door is open. Will anyone representing the Champ Car World Series walk through? With Chevrolet and Toyota on their way out, there's not much good news for the IRL. … Read More
When Indy Racing League President and COO Brian Barnhart announced the 2006 IRL schedule at a luncheon meeting of the Madison Ave. Sports Car Driving and Chowder Society at Sardi’s … Read More
If statistics spoke for themselves, Christian Klien would be a dead-certainty to retain his Red Bull drive next to David Coulthard in 2006. The young Austrian, by the end of … Read More
He might be a bit bored at grands prix, but Vitantonio Liuzzi is just relieved that '06 will be his year in formula one. Red Bull's Italian driver, who had … Read More
UPDATE #2 AutoRacing1.com sources tell us again it's looking likely that 9 of 16 races will be on network TV in 2006, about six on CBS and about three on … Read More
Steve Johnson, Champ Car's new President – "We are in talks with several other teams, so I see that number [number of teams] growing, and growing rapidly. Speaking of growing, … Read More
