Motorsport
BTCC extends long-term association with Autocar
The British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) has extended its association with automotive magazine, Autocar.
The deal will now run through the 2022 BTCC season, building on a link-up which began in 2014
Formula E seeks ‘five or six races’ to end season
The Formula E electric car-racing series is seeking to end its 2019-20 season with five or six races, with founder and chairman, Alejandro Agag, stating that behind closed doors events would not seriously…
Formula E launches 9-week esports series
Formula E has launched a 9-week esports competition featuring all of its drivers and teams and will donate the proceeds from the new event to Unicef’s efforts to support children during the Covid-19 c…
Malaysian Grand Prix motorcycle team shows empathy to sponsors for now
The Petronas Yamaha Sepang Racing Team are giving their smaller sponsors flexibility but say future contracts may offer less latitude
Nascar driver Larson suspended, loses three sponsors for racial slur during virtual race
Nascar driver Kyle Larson has been suspended without pay by his team Chip Ganassi Racing, among a series of punishments, for using a racial slur on a live stream during a virtual race over the weekend
Father of Williams driver issues loan for team
A company owned by the father of Formula One driver Nicholas Latifi has agreed to provide a loan to the Williams F1 team
New CEO named at Sepang International Circuit
Malaysia’s Sepang International Circuit has appointed Azhan Shafriman Hanif as its new chief executive.
MotoGP’s central sponsors stay loyal amid disrupted 2020 season
Motorcycling series MotoGP is depending on the loyalty of its sponsors and the added value of its esports proposition to help it through the Covid-19 crisis
NOS extends MXGP rights into 2020
Dutch public broadcaster NOS has renewed its rights to the FIM Motocross World Championship for 2020
Italian and Catalan races join growing list of MotoGP postponements
The ongoing coronavirus outbreak has claimed another pair of major events, with this season's MotoGP races in Italy and Catalonia now postponed
Canadian Grand Prix and CFL season start postponed
The Canadian Grand Prix has become the ninth Formula One race to be postponed this year because of the global Covid-19 pandemic.
The Montreal-based event was scheduled to be held on June 14
Nascar’s Wallace loses Blue Emu sponsorship after quitting esports race
Nascar driver Darrell ''Bubba'' Wallace has lost the sponsorship of pain-relief brand Blue Emu after angrily quitting an esports event
Formula 1 bosses take pay cut and furlough staff as teams discuss further cost cap
Formula One Management, the body that runs Formula 1, has furloughed some of its staff while senior executives have agreed to take a reduction in their salaries
Liverpool change tack as coronavirus cost-cutting continues
More sports organisations and athletes around the world are cutting pay and introducing other cost-saving measures as the economic impact of the coronavirus bites
Dorna provides advance payments to MotoGP teams
Dorna Sports, the commercial rights-holder to motorcycling’s MotoGP series, is to provide its teams with advance payments as the financial effects of the Covid-19 pandemic continue to take hold.
MTV3 agrees MXGP rights deal as Finnish event returns
Commercial and pay-television broadcaster MTV3 has acquired rights in Finland to the FIM Motocross World Championship in a new four-year deal, from 2020 to 2023
Aramco pays upwards of $40m per year to join F1 top tier
Saudi Aramco, one of the world’s biggest oil and gas companies, will pay between $40m (€36.6m) and $45m per year for global partner rights to Formula 1 over 10 years from 2020 to 2029.