Danni Menzies first launched her way onto the presenting scene by appearing in a show about supercars. However, the A Place in the Sun presenter is adamant that more needs to be done to discourage sexism in motor sport and to get more females out on the racing track. The […]
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After an intense 11 days, qualifying for the Olympic Virtual Series Motor Sport Event is now over and we can reveal the 16 Gran Turismo Sport players who will be racing for glory in the final that will be broadcast on Olympic Day, June 23. With fractions of a second […]
Covid passports must be accessible to all clubs in English football, league officials have told ministers. The EFL, Premier League and FA, among a host of other major sports, came out firmly in favour of Covid passports last week. Ten sports bodies, including, football, motor sport, tennis, cricket and rugby […]
Top Gear’s Sabine Schmitz has died aged 51 after a three-year battle with cancer. The German, dubbed the ‘Queen of the Nurburgring’, revealed last July that she had been suffering from ‘an extremely persistent cancer’ since 2017. Schmitz was best known to British audiences for her appearances on the BBC’s Top […]
Schmitz explained that her absence from the Nurburgring Endurance Series race was due to her health issues, opening up in a post on social media. She wrote: “Dear friends of professional motor sport. Many of you have probably wondered why I was on the list of participants on our Porsche […]
Lewis Hamilton’s contract extension to continue racing in Formula One with Mercedes appears to have been sealed. The team issued a tweet on Thursday evening which all but confirmed that the deal with the world champion has been completed and is now only awaiting an official announcement. Hamilton won his […]
Formula One’s longest season has been confirmed by the FIA World Motor Sport Council for 2021. The calendar, consisting of 23 races, is the most ambitious the sport has attempted and is set to run from 21 March in Melbourne until 5 December in Abu Dhabi, with the British Grand […]
Saudi Arabia will make its Formula One debut next year in a move which is certain to prove highly controversial owing to the country’s record on human rights. “We are excited to welcome Saudi Arabia to Formula 1 for the 2021 season and welcome their announcement following speculation in recent […]