Matt Beer

Gaming

The Race All-Star Cup becomes a championship

The Race All-Star Cup – Fully Charged by ROKiT Phones is evolving into a championship series with a charity prize fund plus a Formula 1 simulator test for the top simracer

Formula E

Formula E to delay Gen2 EVO car

Formula E manufacturers have provisionally agreed to a raft of emergency technical measures amid the COVID-19 pandemic, including delaying the Gen2 EVO facelift

Formula 1

Villeneuve joins The Race Legends Trophy

Jacques Villeneuve will compete in this Saturday’s The Race Legends Trophy joining another stellar entry list for the specially organised retro esports event

Formula 1

The arena where Williams is still F1’s leading team

Williams might not dominate the field in Formula 1, but there’s one area where it’s leagues ahead of its real-life rivals – and that’s the only racing happening at the moment

Gaming

IndyCar stars join Subaru’s new RX esports series

A number of IndyCar drivers including Alexander Rossi, Colton Herta and James Hinchcliffe will compete in a Subaru-backed rallycross esports series

Formula E

The story behind a secret ‘completely nuts’ Formula E shunt

With Formula E potentially heading back to Donington, Karun Chandhok remembers one particularly mad anecdote from the series’ first ever test there in 2014

Formula 1

Downfall of Newey’s infamous unraced McLaren

The Adrian Newey-designed McLaren MP4-18 was so flawed it never even made it onto the Formula 1 grid. Or did it? Ex-McLaren mechanic Marc Priestley joins us to tell the full inside story

Formula 1

Mercedes-assisted breathing aid design made freely available

Designs for a breathing aid developed by Mercedes-AMG HPP and engineers at UCL as part of Formula 1’s Project Pitlane have been made freely available to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic

MotoGP

Italian and Catalan MotoGP postponed indefinitely

The Italian and Catalan Grands Prix at Mugello and Montmelo have become the latest rounds of the 2020 MotoGP season to be postponed indefinitely, with the global coronavirus pandemic hitting the races previously scheduled for late May and early June

Formula 1

F1 furloughs half its staff and cuts bosses’ pay

The Formula 1 organisation has furloughed half its staff and will cut the pay of senior personnel by at least 20%

Gaming

Sim stars: How World’s Fastest Gamer changed Jajovski’s life

If you’ve seen a top flight rFactor 2 race, chances are Erhan Jajovski was running towards the front in it

Formula E

Formula E testing could return to Donington Park

Donington Park could return as the host circuit for the traditional pre-season Formula E test ahead of the 2020/21 series

Gaming

Cannistraci and Weijer win penalty-filled GT Challenge race

Deniele Cannistraci and Sido Weijer took their first race wins respectively in the GT Challenge championship, despite both being on the edge of relegation heading into the previous round

IndyCar

IndyCar reveals revised 2020 calendar

IndyCar has revealed a revised and extended calendar for the 2020 season amid the coronavirus outbreak, with double-headers at Laguna Seca and Iowa and a new event at Indianapolis

Formula 1

How Leclerc completes an unthinkable Ferrari transformation

Not so long ago, the thought of Formula 1’s most traditional team engaging in esports was unthinkable – but now its leading star has been bitten by the virtual racing bug

Gaming

Real Penske engineers key to iRacing IndyCar victory

Penske IndyCar drivers Scott McLaughlin and Will Power have credited their real-life engineers for helping to mastermind a strong start to the IndyCar iRacing Challenge

Formula E

Formula E evaluating Asian leg to conclude season

Formula E is evaluating a potential Asian leg to round off its sixth season in August and September should existing events in Berlin, New York and London not be able to take place

Formula 1

Leclerc wins on Virtual Grand Prix series debut

Ferrari Formula 1 driver Charles Leclerc dominated the championship’s replacement Vietnam Grand Prix, held at the Albert Park circuit in Melbourne, on his Virtual Grand Prix series debut

Gaming

Norris wins Veloce event, Vandoorne and Gutierrez clash

McLaren Formula 1 driver Lando Norris won Veloce Esports’ first knockout styled tournament, beating YouTuber Benjamin Daly, known as Tiametmarduk

Formula 1

Why F1 chose ‘light relief’ not a copy like rivals

Formula 1’s esports offering in the coronavirus delay is markedly different to other virtual motorsport events. Scott Mitchell explains why that’s good news for fans across the board

MotoGP

MotoGP Revisited: Rossi and Stoner’s US Grand Prix flashpoint

In the absence of MotoGP’s planned United States Grand Prix this weekend, we relive Valentino Rossi and Casey Stoner’s contentious dice in the 2008 edition at Laguna Seca

Formula 1

Video: What an F1 lap of Silverstone looks like in reverse

Silverstone has offered to hold more than the British Grand Prix this year if it helps Formula 1 complete a full season, including potentially using the track in reverse. But what would the track be like, and where are the problem areas with running a race the wrong way round?

Gaming

First IndyCar win for McLaughlin in iRacing Challenge

Double Australian Supercars champion Scott McLaughlin scored his first IndyCar win before making his real-life series debut, as the Penske driver won the second round of the IndyCar iRacing Challenge

Gaming

Siggy wins All-Star, Epps pips Vandoorne to head pro drivers

Last year’s McLaren Shadow Project winner Kevin Siggy won The Race All-Star Cup – Fully Charged by ROKiT Phones

Formula 1

Barrichello battles to The Race Legends Trophy victory

Rubens Barrichello claimed victory in the reversed-grid second part of The Race Legends Trophy on the NOLA circuit

Gaming

Epps, van Buren and Huis triumph in All-Star heats

Michael Epps, Rudy van Buren and Bono Huis took the victories in the heats of the NOLA round of The Race All-Star Cup – Fully Charged by ROKiT Phones

Gaming

Magnussen wins wild Legends Trophy opener

Jan Magnussen escaped from his rivals on a wild first lap of The Race Legends Trophy opener on former IndyCar track NOLA

Formula 1

Relive The Race All-Star Series and Legends Trophy

The fourth weekend of The Race All-Star Series and Legends Trophy should be the most spectacular event yet, and you can watch it all live on The Race

Formula 1

The track F1 would’ve experienced in Vietnam this weekend

This weekend should’ve been Formula 1’s inaugural Vietnam Grand Prix, and Mercedes has released a simulator lap to give a taste of the Hanoi track

Gaming

Huis tipped for All-Star repeat

Simracing star Bono Huis is the bookies’ favourite to prevail in The Race’s All-Star Cup Fully Charged by ROKiT Phones

Gaming

Ericsson’s rough initiation into racing’s “crazy” new world

Dozens of real-world pro drivers are getting involved in esports properly for the first time amid motorsport’s shutdown, and Marcus Ericsson’s sim experience had a rougher start than most – as he explains

Formula 1

The Race Legends Trophy full entry rundown

Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello headline the new additions for the second The Race Legends Trophy – here’s the complete lowdown on the full list of greats racing later today

Formula 1

F1 still wants VIPs in Virtual GP even if most drivers enter

Formula 1 would look to continue featuring guest celebrity stars in its Virtual Grands Prix even if it can attract “close to a full grid of F1 drivers”

Formula 1

Button to contest The Race Legends Trophy

Jenson Button, the 2009 Formula 1 world champion, will join his former Brawn GP team-mate Rubens Barrichello in the field for The Race Legends Trophy on Saturday

Gaming

ROKiT takes charge of The Race’s All-Star Esports Cup

ROKiT has become the inaugural title sponsor of The Race’s successful All-Star Esport Cup races

Formula 1

F1 Revisited: Ferrari under pressure as new rules settle in

This weekend we’re reliving the 2003 Brazilian Grand Prix – where Ferrari arrived at a damp Interlagos on the back foot amid rule changes designed to stifle its dominance

Formula 1

Barrichello, Panis and reversed grid for Legends Trophy

Formula 1 grand prix winners Rubens Barrichello and Olivier Panis will join the Legends Trophy on The Race All-Star Battle package this weekend, and a reversed-grid race has been added<br />

Formula 1

Does a shorter season make Mercedes more vulnerable?

No one has beaten Mercedes over a full Formula 1 season in the hybrid era, but there have been stretches when it’s been outpaced. Does a truncated 2020 calendar put it under more pressure?

IndyCar

Is an F1 outcast Carlin’s IndyCar answer?

Even a team with Carlin’s pedigree has found it hard to upstage IndyCar’s giants. Reuniting with one of its former star pupils might be just what it needs

Gaming

MAHLE RACING TEAM Profile: Agustin Canapino

Agustin Canapino, the four time Argentinian touring car champion, is one of many pro racers who has been active in sim racing while real world motorsport ground to a halt