It was confirmed of Tuesday (25/2/20) Fernando Alonso will contest next seasons Indianapolis 500 with McLaren once again.
The former double F1 world champion will once again make a one-off entry at Indianapolis with Arrow McLaren SP team, as he did in 2017 and 2019.
If Alonso wins Indy 500 next season, he will achieve motorsport's 'Triple Crown': victory at the Monaco Grand Prix, Indianapolis 500 and Le Mans 24 Hours (only Graham Hill has only achieve this in history).
In my opinion, no surprises that Fernando Alonso competing in the Indy 500 this season.
Review of Round Five of the 2019/20 FIA World Endurance Championship was held at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas,United States.
The Rebellion Racing team won the race overall and the LMP1 class too of Gustavo Menezes, Norman Nato and Bruno Senna in their Rebellion R13, Gibson 4.5 L V8.
While, second place was the Toyota Gazoo Racing, with the team of Sébastien Buemi, Kazuki Nakajima and Brendon Hartley in their Toyota TS050 Hybrid, Toyota 2.4 L Turbo V6; they were fifty-one seconds behind the leaders at the end of the race. Meanwhile, third place was the other Toyota Gazoo Racing, with the team of Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and José María López in their Toyota TS050 Hybrid, Toyota 2.4 L Turbo V6; they were two laps behind the leaders at the end of the race.
In LMP2 class (all cars using the Gibson 4.2 L V8 engine), United Autosports team of Filipe Albuquerque, Philip Hanson and Paul di Resta in their Oreca 07 won LMP2 class. They finish in fourth place overall and they were seven laps behind the leaders at the end of the race.
While in GTE Pro class, was won by Aston Martin Racing team of Alex Lynn and Maxime Martin won in their Aston Martin Vantage AMR. They finish in thirteenth place overall and they were sixteen laps behind the leaders at the end of the race.
While in GTE Am class, was won by TF Sport team of Jonathan Adam, Charlie Eastwood and Salih Yoluç in their Aston Martin Vantage AMR. They finish in nineteenth place overall and they were nineteen laps behind the leaders at the end of the race.
Highlights of the Lone Star Le Mans below, enjoy.
Next Stop 1000 Miles of Sebring in four weeks time for round six of the FIA World Endurance Championship.
It was confirmed on Thursday (20/2/20), Current MotoGP Champion Marc Marquez has signed a new four-year deal with that will see him continue to compete with the factory Repsol Honda Team in MotoGP for the 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 MotoGP seasons.
Despite some interest from rival manufacturers, Marquez had made it clear his preference was to remain with Honda, the outfit he has competed with since making his premier class debut in 2013.
Recap of the last round of WRC from this weekends Round 2 of Rally Sweden.
This weekends was the second round of the World Rally Championship at the Rally Sweden (14th-17th February) that was won by Elfyn Evans in his works Toyota Yaris WRC.
While, Current WRC champion Ott Tänak finished second in his works Hyundai i20 Coupe WRCC, Tänak was twelve seconds behind Evans at the end. Meanwhile, Current WRC-2 Pro champion Kalle Rovanperä finished third in his works Toyota Yaris WRC, Rovanperä was twenty seconds behind Evans at the end of the rally.
Meanwhile in WRC-2 class (Manufacturer entries competing in cars built to Group R5 specifications), that was won by PH-Sport driver Mads Østberg in his Citroën C3 R5. Mads Østberg finished in twelvieth place overall, he was four minutes behind Evans at the end of the rally.
While in WRC-3 class (Open to privately-entered cars; Group R5, R4, Super 2000 and Group N4 spec cars), that was won by Jari Huttunen in his own backed Hyundai i20 R5. Jari Huttunen finished in tenth place overall, he was four minutes behind Evans at the end of the rally.
Meanwhile in Junior-WRC class (Competing in identical one-litre Ford Fiesta R2s built and maintained by M-Sport) that was won by Tom Kristensson. Tom Kristensson finished in twenty-sixth place overall, he was eleven minutes behind Evans at the end of the rally.
Next stop, Round Three of the 2020 WRC season for Rally Mexico in four weeks time.
Review of Round Three of the 2019-20 Formula E season held on the shorter version of the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez circuit in Mexico City, Mexico.
The race was won by Panasonic Jaguar Racing driver Mitch Evans in his Spark-Jaguar. Second was BMW i Andretti Motorsport driver DS Techeetah driver António Félix da Costa in his Spark-DS, he was four seconds behind Evans in the end. Meanwhile, third was Nissan e.dams driver Sébastien Buemi in his Spark–Nissan, he was six seconds behind Evans in the end.
Highlights of the race below, enjoy.
Next stop, Round Four of the 2019-20 Formula E season at the Circuit International Automobile Moulay El Hassant for the Marrakesh ePrix in two weeks time.
After fourteen seasons as Scuderia Toro Rosso (STR), they will be re-branded as Scuderia Alpha Tauri (promoting Red Bull's Alpha Tauri brand) from the start of the 2020 F1 season. With that here's a driver's eye-view (Pierre Gasly) driving his AT01 around the Misano World Circuit doing some shake-down laps. Enjoy.
It was confirmed on Wednesday (12/2/20), this seasons Chinese Grand Prix has been postponed indefinitely due to the outbreak of the Covid-19 coronavirus.
The event was set to be the fourth round of the season, on April 19th, but officials said that it will not go ahead as scheduled.
FIA will attempt to re-schedule the Grand Prix later in the season, though no date has been outlined (could be round the end of the season if lucky).
China has been at the epicentre of an outbreak of a strain of a coronavirus, which on Tuesday was officially named Covid-19, that has killed over 1,000 people, with 44,000 cases reported.
It was confirmed on Friday (31/1/20), Racing Point F1 Team will be re-branded as Aston Martin Racing from the start of the 2021 F1 season under a ten-year deal, after an investment in the company by Lawrence Stroll.
Stroll acquired the ailing Force India team in mid-2018 and re-branded it as Racing Point for the 2019 season, in which it finished seventh in the Constructors' Standings last year.
A Stroll-led consortium has taken a 16.7 per cent stake in Aston Martin Lagonda (rumored to be £175 million) on Friday, therefore the team will become the Aston Martin works team from the 2021 season onwards. Will continue to compete under the Racing Point name for 2020.
Aston Martin briefly raced in Formula 1 in 1959 and 1960 but its name returned to the championship in 2016 when it formed a partnership with Red Bull Racing.
For 2020 Aston Martin will continue its sponsorship of Red Bull Racing, while the technology partnership between the companies will go on until the Aston Martin Valkyrie is delivered.
The title partnership between Red Bull Racing and Aston Martin will not be renewed for 2021.
It was heavily rumoured since the end of the season that Stroll will invest into Aston Martin brand, meaning the team will have a much better name for Racing Point going into 2021.
