An Inside Look at Motorsports
Formula 1 appears to be gaining in popularity in North America right now. The Canadian Grand Prix recorded its biggest ever race day crowd of 121,000 on Sunday, this despite … Read More
UPDATE #5 It looks as if Michael Valiante has finally caught a break. The talented driver from Burnaby, B.C., will be behind the wheel of a Dale Coyne Motorsports car … Read More
The redevelopment of Austria's defunct F1 circuit, the A1-Ring, may now be back on track. It is reported that Red Bull billionaire Dietrich Mateschitz's planned $800m project, canned after the … Read More
We have it on good word that Ron Dennis and his McLaren team will vehemently object to today's FIA proposal to whack most of the needless technology and hence cost … Read More
UPDATE This rumor is downgraded to 'false' today. Ferrari's Michael Schumacher, asked to confirm his plans, particularly after younger brother Ralf told a German newspaper he felt the seven-times world … Read More
Add veteran driver David Coulthard's name to the ever impatient 2005 'silly season'. Red Bull's Christian Horner told Autosport that he would not let a rumor linking the 34-year-old with … Read More
BAR co-owner Honda has thrown water on speculation that it may offer a dual 'works' engine contract to Williams next year. The Japanese marque's race vice president Otmar Szafnauer told … Read More
Hand-in-hand with discussion that the IRL might merge with Champ Car is the issue of the support series. Toyota Atlantic this year has over 20 cars and IPS averages around … Read More
Former World Champion Damon Hill will test a GP2 car at Paul Ricard in France later this month according to a report in Motorsport News. "It is a while since … Read More
2003 Jordan driver Ralph Firman is hoping to resurrect his failed Formula One race career. The Briton, 29, has touched down in Malaysia to steer a Honda NSX in the … Read More
Germany's Nick Heidfeld is pretty such he won't be flicked off F1's fickle merry-go-round at the end of the year. The 28-year-old former Sauber and Jordan driver was signed by … Read More
UPDATE #6 Al Unser III has been confirmed today as driver in the No. 10 Brooks Associates Toyota Atlantic car as a teammate with Andreas Wirth for the rest of … Read More
UPDATE #4 According to Ronnie Bremer, he will be in the HVM car this weekend in Portland as the team has given him more time to find the extra sponsorship. … Read More
UPDATE It is very likely that Midland-Jordan will announce they will be using Mercedes engines in their F1 cars next season. Rumors were going round for a while but Jordan-Midland … Read More
Sources tell us that Champ Car's primary competitor, the IRL, will be the primary benefactor of CBS' 60 Minutes, which will be taping a segment on Danica Patrick scheduled to … Read More
This Portland Oregonian article talks about the fact their Champ Car race is on thin ice. If the fans don't show up in large quantities this year, enough to cover … Read More
Rumor has it that Kimi Raikkonen's management sat down for a chat with Jean Todt in Montreal. McLaren's Finnish driver, winner of three grands prix so far this year, is … Read More
Ferrari may unveil a new-specification V10 engine at Indy. Technical director Ross Brawn admitted that the Maranello based team is 'still to decide.' If the innovation is deemed not ready … Read More
We have it on good word from a Grand-Am insider that the series thought they were going to be racing in Long Beach next year (Saturday) with the IRL (Sunday). … Read More
NASCAR is beginning to formulate its international expansion plans by bringing in drivers one-by-one from foreign countries. We have seen drivers from Mexico, Brazil, Japan and soon Russia getting rides … Read More
Rumor has it that the Nextel Cup Series will change to the Sprint Cup Series in 2007 as the Sprint-NEXTEL merger gets finalized and the company's new name is in … Read More
Jordan F1 team owner Alex Shnaider says that he would like to have a Russian and a Canadian driving for the Midland F1 team in the future. The Toronto-based Russian … Read More
