Motorsport: Piquet jnr here to gain race savvy

Just like we feared, Brazil could not raise enough financing to upgrade the Nelson Piquet to the safety and logistics standards needed for a MotoGP homologation by the FIM. The news has just become official, and the Autodromo Internacional Nelson ...

Three-time Formula 1 world champion Nelson Piquet with Highlands Motorsport Park owner Tony Quinn Category: With a 24-strong grid, the Toyota Racing Series (TRS) is the first open wheel category to race at Highlands Motorsport Park and the 4.1 ...

Great names have graced the windswept tarmac of Teretonga Park over the years - Jim Clark, Graham Hill, Bruce McLaren, Jack Brabham, Stirling Moss, Jackie Stewart and Denny Hulme to name a few. You can now add the surname Piquet to that list, ...

A busy lead up to the New Zealand Rally Championship just got busier for Nelson Rally Driver Ben Hunt, with news he will fly to America next week to test with the Olsbergs MSE team for the upcoming Global Rallycross Lites series. The Red Bull ...

Formula One legend Sir Jack Brabham won his last grand prix in his own car on this day in 1970 a feat that, today, makes him F1's oldest surviving race winner. The three-times world champion, whose 15-year career spanned two golden ages of F1, ...

MARTINI®, the world's leading vermouth and best-selling Italian sparkling wine, in partnership with Williams, today announced a multi-year agreement that unites two of the most iconic brands in Formula One(TM) racing, creating WILLIAMS MARTINI ...

Yokohama Tire Corp. (YTC) announced it is expanding its 2014 motorsports program to new arenas. The tire maker announced it has signed an agreement to be the exclusive tire supplier of the Red Bull Global Rallycross (GRC) series. According to ...

Between 1976 and 1983, Formula 1 staged a race on the streets of Long Beach, California and the U.S. Grand Prix West was a great success. New reports suggesting Long Beach could return to F1's annual calendar emerged Monday. The Long Beach Press ...

Felipe Nasr has been named as the new Williams test and reserve driver for the 2014 season. The Brazilian joins the team following two years in GP2 in which he finished tenth in the 2012 championship and fourth last year. Williams has been ...