Rob Collard said winning the British GT championship was vindication of his decision to switch from the British Touring Car Championship after coming close to retiring from motorsport in 2019. The veteran 52-year-old and Barwell Motorsport Lamborghini team-mate Sandy Mitchell took their second win of the season in the title-deciding round at Silverstone to seal
Month: November 2020
Three-time Indy 500 winner Helio Castroneves will join the Meyer Shank Racing team for a part-time season in the 2021 IndyCar Series. Castroneves’ deal with MSR is understood to be for six IndyCar races – including Long Beach, Barber Motorsports Park, the Indy 500, the new-for-2021 second race on the IMS road course in August,
Andreas Mikkelsen has reiterated his desire to find a path back to the World Rally Championship for the final round of the season next month in Italy. A three-time winner in the series, Mikkelsen has been without a drive in the WRC’s top division since he was released by Hyundai at the end of last
The 2009 Formula 1 world champion finished 14th on his GT3 debut in a McLaren 720S GT3 he shared with his Jenson Team Rocket RJN co-owner Chris Buncombe, with both left mystified on Saturday by problems with getting the tyres up to temperature that left them only 18th fastest. The team changed the dampers overnight
Jenson Button says he would do more testing if he were to return to GT3 racing in future after a tough debut weekend in the British GT championship at Silverstone. The 2009 Formula 1 world champion finished 14th on his GT3 debut in a McLaren 720S GT3 he shared with his Jenson Team Rocket RJN
Elliott’s #9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet had been due to start on pole position, but the machine failed the pre-race technical inspection twice, which under NASCAR rules mandates falling to the rear on the formation laps. But Elliott, son of 1988 Cup champion Bill, quickly carved through the pack around the one-mile short track, rising into
Chase Elliott recovered from a pre-race penalty to dominate the NASCAR Cup Series finale at Phoenix and clinch his first Cup drivers’ title. Elliott’s #9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet had been due to start on pole position, but the machine failed the pre-race technical inspection twice, which under NASCAR rules mandates falling to the rear on
Collard and Mitchell qualified on pole for the three-hour season finale, giving the Lamborghini Huracan drivers the best possible chance of overhauling the six-point lead carried into the event by RAM Racing Mercedes of Sam De Haan and Patrick Kujala, which started third. Collard held the lead at the start as a cautious De Haan
Barwell Motorsport pair Rob Collard and Sandy Mitchell wrapped up the British GT title with victory in the deciding round at Silverstone as Jenson Button finished 14th on his debut. Collard and Mitchell qualified on pole for the three-hour season finale, giving the Lamborghini Huracan drivers the best possible chance of overhauling the six-point lead
Andreas Mikkelsen recorded a comfortable victory at Rally Hungary and believes the performance should go a long way to silencing those who doubt him. On his first competitive outing in almost a year, the Norwegian led the European Rally Championship tarmac event for all but one stage to finish over 90 seconds clear of top
NASCAR will officially close its 2020 season on Sunday with the season finale of the Cup Series at Phoenix Raceway. When that race is over, NASCAR will have run the entire number of races it had originally planned for its three national series this year – Cup, Xfinity and Trucks. PREVIEW: The major players in
NASCAR president Steve Phelps says it is an “extraordinary achievement” that all three of its categories have been able to complete a full season in 2020, despite the coronavirus pandemic. NASCAR will officially close its 2020 season on Sunday with the season finale of the Cup Series at Phoenix Raceway. When that race is over,
Ryan Hunter-Reay, the 2012 IndyCar champion and 2014 Indy 500 winner, will soon be confirmed as remaining with Andretti Autosport next season, Autosport understands. Andretti Autosport’s contract with both Hunter-Reay and title sponsor DHL was up for renewal at season’s end and, with the 2020-21 ‘silly season’ proving to be one of considerable upheaval, speculation
As the world’s attention has been drawn towards Phoenix this week looking for any inkling as to which way the results of that race in the state of Arizona will go, there is also the small matter of the NASCAR Cup Series weekend finale. While some are hoping for a handful of electoral votes to
“We need to just take points when we can and if we have an opportunity to take more, then we should. With everything that’s going on with COVID, you never know when all of a sudden there’s going to be a lockdown, the championship’s not going to finish and it gets called as it is.”
British GT faced an anxious wait to see whether its championship decider could go ahead this weekend. Now that it has been given the green light, a familiar predicament rears its head, says JAMES NEWBOLD. Is it better to be the hunter, or hunted? “We need to just take points when we can and if
Kevin Harvick’s career-best NASCAR Cup season still has one more race, but it won’t include a chance at a second championship having been knocked out of title contention at Martinsville. Coming off a subpar finish at Texas Motor Speedway the previous weekend, Harvick entered last Sunday’s race at Martinsville Speedway with a 42-point cushion over
Alex Palou says he’s feels “super lucky” to sign with Chip Ganassi Racing for the 2021 IndyCar Series after just one season in the category. The Spaniard spurned the opportunity of a second season in Japan’s Super Formula championship – after winning a race, rookie of the year title and almost clinching the title in
Former Hyundai WRC driver Hayden Paddon has warned rallying runs the risk of being “left behind” the longer it takes to embrace less polluting renewable energies. Paddon made the comments at the official unveiling of his new electric car at Hyundai Motors in New Zealand, a project that has taken only eighteen months and just
The three-hour race was placed in doubt by the UK government announcing a four-week national lockdown, which is set to commence on Friday, but it was given the green light following a meeting between Motorsport UK and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on Monday which resulted in British GT being granted ‘elite’
This weekend’s British GT finale at Silverstone will boast a season-high grid of 38 cars, including 20 GT3s, boosted by a plethora of new and returning entries. The three-hour race was placed in doubt by the UK government announcing a four-week national lockdown, which is set to commence on Friday, but it was given the
Reigning World Rally Champion Ott Tanak believes the series faces the threat of being mothballed in 2021 unless organisers can establish how to run events safely during the coronavirus pandemic. Only five of the rallies that made up the original World Rally Championship calendar for this year went ahead as planned, with these far outweighed
Formula E champion Antonio Felix da Costa said he was impressed by his first test of an IndyCar at Barber Motorsports Park and was “curious” to contest a race. The Portuguese appeared as the sole representative for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing and completed 75 laps, logging the 12th fastest time in the 21-car test ahead
NASCAR legend Jimmie Johnson says he’s still carving huge chunks from his lap times at Barber Motorsports Park as he gets up to speed in IndyCar. Seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Johnson will take part in the 13 road and street races in the 2021 IndyCar campaign for Chip Ganassi Racing. While Johnson’s initial test
Chase Elliott booked his place in the NASCAR Cup playoffs final with victory at Phoenix, as regular season champion Kevin Harvick was eliminated in a thrilling conclusion to the race. Elliott will be joined in the Phoenix finale by 2018 champion Joey Logano, 2012 title-winner Brad Keselowski and 2010 runner-up and triple Daytona 500 champion
Amid rising coronavirus cases, it was confirmed on Saturday that a second lockdown will commence on 5 November, two days before British GT’s season finale, with the outright GT3 and GT4 championships both finely poised. The three-hour Silverstone 500 is set to feature the biggest field of the season, with upwards of 30 cars expected
British GT championship organiser SRO is “hopeful” of being able to stage its final round at Silverstone next weekend, despite the UK government announcing a four-week national lockdown from Thursday. Amid rising coronavirus cases, it was confirmed on Saturday that a second lockdown will commence on 5 November, two days before British GT’s season finale,