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Hong Kong has lost its latest major sporting event amid the ongoing unrest in the country, with Formula E dropping its round from the 2019-20 calendar in favour of a return to Marrakesh, Morocco
Business Motorsport

Formula One has moved to play down talk of new teams joining the motorsport series in 2021 after it emerged that Monaco-based MIM Group is backing plans for a new outfit that would be based in Spain
Events Motorsport

The World Rally Championship has announced that Japan, Kenya and New Zealand will return to its calendar in 2020, replacing events in Australia, Corsica and Spain
Marketing Formula One

McLaren Racing’s new managing director of sales and marketing Mark Waller is promising more consumer-facing brand partnerships and a “much more aggressive” approach to digital and social media from the m…
Sponsorship Motorsport

Extreme E has signed up LuisaViaRoma as its Official Fashion Partner. The new electric SUV off-road racing series has agreed a four-year deal with the luxury Italian fashion retailer
Media Motorsport

Australian commercial broadcaster Seven is said to be in advanced talks over a rights deal for fledgling motor-racing series TCR Australia and S5000
Events Motorsport

The Formula E electric car-racing series has confirmed today (Friday) that it will race in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta for the first time in 2020
Media Motorsport

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Malaysian pay-television broadcaster Astro will broadcast live coverage of the inaugural 'Races of Malaysia' motorsports event this December under a new media rights agreement with Eurosport Events

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Sponsorship deal values in Formula E are catching up with Formula One according to Robin Fenwick, founder of specialist motorsport agency Right Formula. Matthew Glendinning reports.
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Mark Waller joined McLaren Racing in May from the NFL, becoming the British motorsport team's managing director of sales and marketing. He's relishing his new role, and sees opportunities to drive the business forward in adding consumer-facing sponsors, creating more digital content, and expanding the team's already impressive esports programme.
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The North American auto industry’s increasing gravitation toward crossover sport utility vehicles, trucks, and electric vehicles has lessened the natural link between the “stock car” element of auto racing, making the sport now a more fertile sponsorship area for brands in other product sectors.
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Technology

Formula One is likely to implement virtual advertising more widely in its global broadcast feed following its sponsorship and data rights partnership with ISG. But the sport needs to be careful not to fall foul of broadcast regulations concerning product placement. Ben Cronin reports
Media Motorsport

Channel 4 will continue to be the free-to-air home of Formula One in the UK after agreeing a multi-year extension to its deal with the motor-racing championship’s rights-holder, pay-television broadcaster S…
Governance Motorsport

Jamie Reigle, executive vice-president of business operations at NFL American football franchise the Los Angeles Rams, has today (Monday) been appointed as the new chief executive of electric car-racing…
Sponsorship Motorsport

Electric car-racing series Formula E will exceed revenues of €200m ($219.4m) when it lodges its accounts for the 2018-19 period and will report a profit for the first time since its launch in 2014.
Governance Motorsport

Australian businessman Paul Little has been named chairman of the Australian Grand Prix Corporation, replacing John Harnden, who will become chief executive of the Melbourne and Olympic Parks Trust
Events Motorsport

The Italian Grand Prix has secured its long-term future on the Formula One calendar through a five-year contract extension, while the Monza circuit has also landed a race deal with the DTM German touring…
Events Motorsport

The Vietnam Motorsports Association has begun recruiting volunteers for the 2020 Formula One Vietnam Grand Prix in Hanoi, targeting to have a thousand people to assist in tasks such as firefighting, medical…
Fan Engagement Motorsport

In an attempt to grow its fanbase and reach non-core fans, Nascar is helping to create a new multicam situation comedy series on streaming service Netflix, which will be released in 2020
Governance Motorsport

Sean Bratches is reportedly set to leave his position as managing director of commercial operations at the Formula One motor-racing series
Events Motorsport

Formula One has today (Thursday) revealed a provisional 2020 calendar featuring a record 22 races, including the Italian Grand Prix, whose future had been uncertain, but omitting the German Grand Prix
Events Motorsport

The Formula One motor-racing series has reached an agreement for the Spanish Grand Prix to remain on the calendar for its 2020 season
Governance Motorsport

The Western Australia department of local government, sport and cultural industries released a paper detailing plans to grow their motorsport industry,  in order to "boost job creation and tourism through …
Events Motorsport

McLaren Racing has announced that it will make a full-time return to the IndyCar motor racing series next year, in partnership with with IndyCar team Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports and US carmaker…
Events Motorsport

Formula One chief executive Chase Carey has reiterated his desire to further establish the motor-racing series’ presence in the US, with talks over a future Miami Grand Prix progressing.
Events Motorsport

The Formula One motor-racing series is in talks over the possibility of staging a grand prix in Saudi Arabia, according to multiple reports
Sports Betting Motorsport

The Formula One motor racing championship is set to offer live in-race betting offerings for the 2020 season as part of its ongoing association with the Interregional Sports Group (ISG) agency
Events Motorsport

Formula One teams have granted their approval for an extra race on the 2020 calendar, according to Mercedes team principal and chief executive Toto Wolff, with the Spanish Grand Prix looking increasingly…
Sponsorship Motorsport

The Infront agency has today (Friday) made its first move into Formula 1 through a new marketing agreement with the Alfa Romeo Racing team
Media Motorsport

The operators of the Formula One World Championship have extended a deal with online streaming service Netflix for a second series of ‘F1: Drive to Survive’.
Events Motorsport

The Formula One motor-racing series has reached an agreement to continue staging the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne until at least the end of 2025
Governance Motorsport

Formula One and the International Automobile Federation (FIA) have shed further light on the direction they want the motor-racing championship to go from 2021 onwards by revealing the most detailed plan…
Governance Motorsport

Los Angeles Rams executive Jamie Reigle is poised to become the new Formula E chief executive, according to reports
Sports Betting Motorsport

Nascar will conduct a trial run of a new sports betting product in September following its partnership with sports data and technology company Genius Sports.
Events Motorsport

Electric car-racing series Formula E has said it is in “advanced” talks over a race deal for Jakarta after the Governor of the Indonesian capital, Anies Baswedan, claimed that an agreement was close.
Governance Motorsport

The 2020 Formula One season will start on March 15 with the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne, organizers have confirmed