Motorsport News

The 2018 Volkswagen Ameo cup season kicks off this weekend with 20 participants putting their best food forward in the race-spec subcompact sedans.

Brands like the Rattha Group, Unicorn Venture, AngelList India LLP and more have come onboard X1 Racing league and will be spending the Rs. 100 crore investment towards the development of the league and promotion of motorsports

With Romain Dumas behind the wheel of the I.D. R Pikes Peak all-electric sports car was the fastest of all the competitors during the qualifying session by setting a time of 3:16.083 minutes.

One of the most iconic circuits on the calendar, the Spa-Francorchamps circuit in Belgium has been confirmed to be a part of Formula 1 for the next three years. F1 has sealed a new deal for the Belgian Grand Prix which will see the Spa circuit on the calendar until the end of 2021. The current agreement was set to expire this year after the race.

In a big development for the 2019 Formula 1 season, Red Bull has officially announced that the team will be switching to Honda Power Units next season in a two-year agreement. Honda replaces Renault as its engine supplier bringing an end to a 12-year-old partnership between Red Bull Racing and the French manufacturer. The partnership brought home 57 Grand Prix wins and four world championship doubles between 2010 and 2013.

MotoGP could be making its way back to Brazil in the near future, a press release from the sport has hinted. The news comes ahead of the Catalan GP as MotoGP promoters Dorna and Rio Motorsports have signed a preliminary agreement to add the South American round to the MotoGP calendar. The details of the agreement are under wraps though but both the parties have shown keen interest in tapping the potential that the South American fan base has to offer.

Toyota has finally taken its first-ever win at the Le Mans 24 Hours with the No. 8 race car. The Le Mans 24 Hours win eluded Toyota several times in the past, especially the last lap debacle in 2016, but the team managed to get it right this time with a 1-2 finish. The No. 7 Toyota TS050 Hybrid came in second with both cars dominating the race right from the start over the other LMP1 rivals. The No. 8 Toyota was driven by Fernando Alonso, Kazuki Nakajima and Sebastien Buemi, and also marks Alonso's debut win at Le Mans. The No. 7 Toyota was driven by Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and Jose Maria Lopez.

Jorge Lorenzo managed to convert his pole position into a win at the 2018 MotoGP Catalan Grand Prix. The Spaniard took his second consecutive of the season after a brilliant victory in Mugello last week, and beat Honda's Marc Marquez with a lead of 4.479s. Finishing a brilliant third was Valentino Rossi taking his consecutive podium of the season after starting seventh on the grid. The Catalan GP went down with a massive number of crashes and subsequent retirements that wiped out a good chunk of the competition.