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FIA announces expanded 15 disciplines for 2020 Motorsport Games

The FIA has announced a total of 15 disciplines for the 2020 Motorsport Games which will be held in France this year in Marseille and Paul Ricard. The FIA Motorsport Games will undertake a significant...
FIA, F1

FIA reveals track changes for F1 Aus GP, DRS zones remains same

The FIA has revealed certain changes at Albert Park Circuit for F1 Australian GP as the DRS zones remains the same for 2020 from 2019. Amid the gloom of COVID-19, the 2020 F1 season kicks-off...
Jakarta, Formula E

Formula E postpones inaugural Jakarta race due to COVID-19

The FIA Formula E Championship has decided to postpone the first race in Indonesia (Jakarta) due to the outbreak of COVID-19. Formula E has been forced to cancel its third race as Jakarta will not...
Renault, DP World

Renault names DP World as title partner, reveals F1 2020 livery

Renault F1 Team unveiled the 2020 livery in Melbourne ahead of Australian GP as they announced DP World as its new title partner. Renault became the final F1 team to unveil its 2020 livery in...
Guenther Steiner, Haas

Steiner reckons tyre management for Haas in right direction for F1 2020

Guenther Steiner feels that the tyre management for Haas F1 Team is going in the right direction for 2020 with VF-20 after the troubles in 2019. As teams up and down the F1 paddock assess...
MotoGP

MotoGP pushes Americas GP to November, changes Valencia GP date

The Dorna, IRTA and FIM has confirmed another date change on the 2020 MotoGP calendar as the supposed Round 1, the Americas GP, is pushed to November. After cancellation of Qatar GP and postponement of...
F1, Aramco

F1 signs deal with Aramco, will be title sponsor of Spain, Hungary and US

F1 adds Saudi Arabia's Aramco in its global portfolio of sponsors with a new deal as it also becomes a title sponsor of Spanish GP, Hungarian GP and US GP. Saudi Arabia's Aramco joins DHL,...
Bahrain GP, F1

Mixed tyre choice by teams/drivers for F1 Bahrain GP

Pirelli Motorsport has revealed the tyre choice of teams and drivers for F1 Bahrain GP as teams/drivers have a mixed choice for the grand prix. As known, Pirelli is bringing C2 (hard), C3 (medium) and...
Lewis Hamilton, F1

Video: Hamilton visits WIRES camp whom he donated ahead of Aus GP

Mercedes F1 driver Lewis Hamilton visited the WIRES camp - the organisation he donated to - near Sydney ahead of this weekend's Australian GP. When fire raged on in Australia, killing the environment and affecting...
F1, COVID-19

F1 has taken steps to safeguard personnel amid COVID-19 outbreak

F1 has finally released a statement where it talks about the steps taken to safeguard its personnel amid COVID-19 outbreak. After the successful end of the 2020 F1 pre-season test at Barcelona, it has been...
Fernando Alonso, Indy500

Alonso not worried with experience lack at Arrow McLaren for Indy500

Fernando Alonso says he is not too worried by the lack of experience at Arrow McLaren SP for IndyCar's Indy500 with Patricio O'Ward and Oliver Askew at his side. Between the three Arrow McLaren SP...
McLaren, Daisuke Hasegawa

McLaren names Hasegawa Senior VP as Buzz & Co joins F1 team

McLaren Racing announced Daisuke Hasegawa as its new Consultant Senior Vice President as Buzz & Co's joins the F1 team. Ahead of the start of the 2020 F1 season, McLaren has announced a new multi-year...
Daniel Ricciardo, F1

Ricciardo talks efforts to check kerbs issue, says dirty air worse than 2019

Daniel Ricciardo opens up on the efforts made by Renault on the kerbs issue the team faced as he adds that dirty air is probably on worse side than F1 2019. In past years, one...
Sergio Sette Camara, F1

Camara re-joins Red Bull family as reserve alongside Buemi for F1 2020

Sergio Sette Camara has re-joined the Red Bull family as he is named its new reserve driver alongside Sebastien Buemi for the 2020 F1 season. A day after announcing his departure from McLaren from its...
Sergio Sette Camara, F1

Camara announces departure from McLaren F1 role

Brazilian racer Sergio Sette Camara has announced his departure from his development driver role with McLaren F1 team. Ex-Formula 2 driver Camara has announced his departure from his role at McLaren as a development driver....
Ferrari, F1

Ferrari will adhere Government decision, Australian GP travel on schedule

Scuderia Ferrari has released a statement whereby they state that they will adhere to the Italian Government's decision but adds F1 Australian GP is on schedule. The Italian Government is to take strict measures to...
Josef Newgarden, IndyCar

Newgarden talks rivals for 2020 IndyCar season, discusses young drivers

Reigning IndyCar champion Josef Newgarden talks about the rivals he may have in the 2020 season, while he adds on the younger crop coming in too. In the 2019 title fight, Team Penske's Newgarden faced...
Romain Grosjean, F1

Grosjean Q&A: 2020/2021 seasons, F1 career, karting, future & more

Haas F1 Team's Romain Grosjean sat down with FormulaRapida.net to speak about 2020 and 2021, his F1 career, karting association plus future. Grosjean here opens up about his feelings during the F1 winter testing for...
Bahrain GP, F1

F1 Bahrain GP goes ahead but will be a closed door event

The organisers of the F1 Bahrain GP has announced that the 2020 event will be a closed door event with only participants allowed to enter the circuit. As the COVID-19 outbreak continues to play havoc...
MotoGP, F1

New measures from Italian Government puts F1 and MotoGP in alert

The Italian Government is to initiate new measures in fight against COVID-19 outbreak which could affect F1 and MotoGP. With the COVID-19 outbreak already on a high in Italy, the Government has now asked for...
Porsche, Zandvoort

Video: Zandvoort sees first crash of Porsche 991 GT3 amid renovation

The Circuit Zandvoort has seen its first crash amid ongoing renovations for F1 Dutch GP, to be held in May, as a Porsche 991 rolls over. The Zandvoort circuit was re-opened earlier this week when...
Pierre Gasly

Gasly discusses immediate rivals of F1 2020, AT01 performance

Pierre Gasly here discusses about his immediate rivals being Racing Point and Renault for 2020 F1 season, while he adds on the performance of AlphaTauri AT01 so far. While the front of the F1 grid...
Mattia Binotto, Sebastian Vettel

Binotto lauds ‘leader’ Vettel as he talks of ingredients Ferrari has to win

Mattia Binotto talks about 'leader' Sebastian Vettel as the German discusses the ingredients Ferrari has to win F1 championships despite setbacks. Vettel has always been one of the most talked about drivers' in F1, be...
F1

FIA shares in-depth details of new F1 Cost Cap which will start from 2021

The FIA has shared an in-depth detail ranging from inclusions, exclusions, punishments and more of the new Cost Cap to be implemented in F1 from 2021 onward. After announcing a Budget/Cost Cap when the 2021...
FIA, F1

FIA approves weight/helmet changes for F1 2020, clarifies new 2021 bits

The FIA has approved the weight change as it scraps helmet rule for 2020 F1 season, while it also clarifies certain 2021 technical rules. The FIA announced new decisions of the World Motor Sport Council...
Formula E, Rome ePrix

Formula E puts off Rome ePrix due to COVID-19 restrictions

The FIA Formula E Championship has confirmed the cancellation of Rome ePrix due to the COVID-19 restrictions put in place in Italy. After Formula E were forced to cancel Sanya ePrix in March, the all-electric...
Dorna Sports, MotoGP

Dorna join hands with Facebook for exclusive MotoGP content

Dorna Sports has join hands with social media giants Facebook for exclusive MotoGP content on its platform for the 2020 season. While already having Tata Communications as its connectivity partner, MotoGP now has Facebook Watch...
Carlos Sainz, MCL35

Sainz discusses progress of MCL35 and tyres performance for F1 2020

Carlos Sainz talks about the progress made by McLaren with MCL35 and also discusses the tyre performance ahead of the 2020 F1 season start. McLaren MCL35 has been one of the least talked-about cars on...
Valtteri Bottas, DAS

Bottas says Mercedes still learning where DAS can be advantageous

Valtteri Bottas says Mercedes is still learning its new Dual Axis Steering (DAS) system as to where it can be advantageous for the team in 2020 F1 season. The very moment that Lewis Hamilton used...
Bahrain GP, F1

Bahrain GP issues new advisory for safe F1 race amid COVID-19 fears

The organisers of the Bahrain GP have issued a new advisory whereby they are halting ticket sales as they aim for a safe F1 race amid COVID-19 fears. F1 seems the only sport which is...