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F1 officials have updated the race from postponed to canceled
It’s a sad world we’re living in it. Life as we know it has been put on hold, across the globe.
The Monaco Grand Prix was previously postponed. However, there’s been an update to that as the event is now canceled due to the Coronavirus outbreak.
Read MoreWill we see a standoff between teams and the sanction regarding coronavirus concerns? Rumors say several drivers have left; Practice set to begin
Update: The opening round of the 2020 F1 season has been canceled about an hour ahead of the first practice session
Last night, McLaren announced that would withdraw their two entries in this weekend’s event.
Read MoreA Formula One team member tested positive for the coronavirus; F1 and McLaren issue statements
All 10 F1 teams landed in Melbourne, Australia this week. There’s set to run the Albert Park circuit in the next leg of the world championship.
However, only 9 will be competing this weekend.
Read MoreLater this month, F1 will host a race with no fans allowed entry to the race track
The coronavirus has the world concerned.
This week, the Italian government placed a lockdown on the northern part of the country. 16 million people are in lockdown to prevent spread of Covid-19.
Read MoreWinning is really expensive for the Mercedes Formula One Team
Entry fees in the world of F1 are a bit strange. And world domination is expensive.
For the sixth year in a row, the Mercedes F1 Team has claimed the F1 Constructors’ Championship. That brings their championship winning percentage up to 60% in the history of the team.
Read MoreLewis Hamilton is surprised to hear the ‘first compliment ever’ from Ferrari
Lewis Hamilton started his racing career in karting. He was quickly picked up as a McLaren development driver, while still in karting.
In 2007, Hamilton made his first career F1 start. Naturally, it came with McLaren and he finished 2nd in series standings.
Read MoreToday, NASCAR and F1 are racing in the same state, 3 hours apart
In Fort Worth, Texas there sits a 1.5-mile paved oval. This weekend, Texas Motor Speedway hosts race number two in the Round of 8 in the NASCAR Playoffs.
222-miles and nearly exactly 3 hours to the South,
Read MoreFirst images of the 2021 F1 car revealed along with bold changes to the rule book; Spending cap implemented; Shorter race weekends; Stock parts
For the previous two years, F1 has worked with the FIA to set new guidelines for the 2021 season and beyond. They’re fixing everything.
“The regulations,
Read MoreTwo Haas F1 drivers are set to jump into the NASCAR race car at Circuit of the Americas as well; Stewart’s first stock car drive since 2016
This weekend, F1 rolls into Circuit of the Americas in Austin Texas. The track is a 3.426-mile road course purpose built for Formula One.
Read MoreDriver dies in crash at Spa-Francorchamps following famed Eau Rouge section
French driver Anthoine Hubert has died following a race at Spa-Francorchamps in Stavelot, Belgium.
Hubert was the 2018 GP3 champion. He sat on the Renault F1 Team’s junior driver academy.
The accident took place on lap two of the Formula 2 event.
Read More“Last night was easily the scariest and most painful time I can remember.” -Scott Speed
This weekend, the Nitro World Games are underway at the Utah Motorsports Campus.
See the Scott Speed hospital photo and update below.
The sanction hosts a select number of events across the country per year.
Read MoreFerrari boss says “We won today” and the F1 team elects to appeal the penalty; Vettel shows antics after the race
On Lap 48 of the Canadian Grand Prix, the race was on for the lead. Heading into a chicane, race leader Sebastian Vettel lost the rear end.
Watch the Sebastian Vettel vs Lewis Hamilton race in Canada below.
Read MoreTony Stewart is ‘somewhat frustrated’ of hearing lower-tier teams complain about a lack of performance due to funding
The costs of NASCAR racing aren’t getting any cheaper for Tony Stewart and his four-car stable of premier series machines. It still costs millions of dollars to circle the NASCAR circuit.
Between 2012-2017,
Read MoreHaas F1 driver Kevin Magnussen visited Carolina Speedway in a race car that’s completely strange to him; NETFLIX was there
F1 visits the dirt track
F1 and dirt track racing couldn’t be racing worlds that are further apart. But, Tony Stewart bridges gaps anywhere he goes.
NASCAR champion Tony Stewart is the co-owner of Stewart-Haas Racing,
Read MoreFoyt on drivers from his time: “When you got one of them mad, usually when you got out of the car you had a nice little fist fight. You don’t see that no more.”
In 1972, Richard Petty was in the lead at Daytona International Speedway. Suddenly, he was struck with engine issues and he coasted to the garage area.
Read MoreMercedes AMG could enter 38,706 dirt races for the same entry fee costs of just 21 Formula One races
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series drivers will pay a $125 entry fee to enter a race that pays $20,000 to the winner.
Meanwhile, overseas they’re taking a drastically different approach.
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