Motorsport News

It's always great to see women making more active participation in motorsport, and it's always overwhelming when it comes to women actually building the car itself. That is the case with the Pakistani student team that has build a single-seater race car. The all-girls student team from the National University of Science and Technology (NUST) Islamabad, have built the single-seater Formula car for the Student Formula Competition that witnesses student teams from across the globe in contention. This is for the first time an all-girls team has built the race car in the country and are competing for the first time on an international level.

Audi's Lucas di Grassi sealed a win in the penultimate race of the season at the New York ePrix, but it was Techeetah's Jean-Eric Vergne who has been crowned as the world champion for the 2018 Formula E world championship. The Frenchman sealed the crown for this season after starting at the back of the grid after being excluded from qualifying, but worked his his to finish the race in fifth place. Lucas di Grassi, started in 11th place but climbed to the top spot ahead of teammate Daniel Abt, and Sebastien Buemi of Renault e.Dams in third place.

Sherco TVS Rally Factory Team has announced Indian rally rider Aishwarya Pissay will be joining the team for the Baja Aragon rally later this year. The Baja Aragon rally scheduled between July 20-22, 2018, in Teruel, Spain, marks the international rally debut of Pissay in the sport. The 22-year-old racer racer will be joining a four member squad comprising brothers Adrien Metge and Michael Metge from France, as well as Spaniard Lorenzo Santolino.

One of the most successful riders on the grid, Dani Pedrosa has announced his retirement from MotoGP at the end of this season. The announcement marks the end of an 18-year career for the Spaniard, 12 years of which were spent in the premier class of the championship. The Spaniard announced his exit from the sport ahead of the German Grand Prix later this week. The decision does come quite contrary to speculations that the 32-year-old would move to a satellite team next year following his exit from the Repsol Honda MotoGP team at the end of 2018.

The new department will look after all aspects of the development and production of the Ego Corsa electric racebikes for the 2019 MotoE Championship.

The Volkswagen I.D. R Pikes Peak will make its way to Goodwood and behind the wheel of the car will be Romain Dumas, who piloted the car to a record win at the Pikes Peak Hill Climb challenge.

One of the most successful MotoGP teams on the grid, Repsol and Honda have announced that the parties will be extending the contract for an additional two years till the end of 2020. The Spanish energy company came onboard with Honda Racing Corporation (HRC) back in 1995 as a technological collaborator and the alliance will be celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2019.

William Dunlop died of injuries received during practice for the Skerries 100 Road Race.