2020

Last Friday’s announcement of the new shared regulations between the FIA World Endurance Championship and the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship was welcomed throughout the motorsport world.

With a prohibited substance detected in both of Andrea Iannone's urine samples gathered at last November's Malaysian MotoGP, Aprilia recognise that some form of penalty appears inevitable at the upcoming hearing.

Red Bull has confirmed its Junior Team line-up for the 2020 season, adding 14-year-old Jak Crawford to its academy ranks.

Leon Haslam is buoyed by confidence following the Portimao World Superbike test and feels in race trim the new Honda is already “within one or two tenths” of the front-runners despite being in its early stage of development.

As an engineer, would it be a dream for Ducati Corse boss Gigi Dall’Igna to work with MotoGP champion Marc Marquez?

Maverick Vinales has become the first major name to commit his future in MotoGP after signing a new factory Yamaha deal for 2021-2022.

Marc Marquez says he’ll be operating at ‘60%, 70%’ for the Sepang pre-season test as he continues to recover from shoulder surgery with his rehabilitation taking longer than expected.

Haas will unveil its 2020 Formula 1 car in the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya pitlane prior to the start of pre-season testing on February 19.

Maverick Vinales has explained his decision to secure his Yamaha future early having signed a two-year renewal deal for 2021 and 2022 before the start of the upcoming MotoGP campaign.

Williams has announced the signing of two new designers to strengthen and bolster its technical team ahead of the new Formula 1 season.

Formula E has confirmed it will tweak the layout at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez for next month’s Mexico City E-Prix.

In today's Formula 1 gossip column, Lewis Hamilton requests bumper new contract extension with Mercedes, Lawrence Stroll takes a "much deeper interest" in Racing Point and Charles Leclerc backed for title succcess by FIA president Jean Todt. 

Guanyu Zhou will remain in FIA Formula 2 for a second campaign in 2020, with the Renault Formula 1 junior staying at the UNI-Virtuosi squad.

Two-time World Superbike champion James Toseland has cast his eye over the 2020 season as he prepares to step back into the paddock as team manager to Danny Webb’s WRP Wepol Racing Yamaha squad.

Renault Formula 1 youngster Christian Lundgaard will graduate to Formula 2 in 2020 after completing ART Grand Prix’s line-up for the forthcoming season.

Lewis Hamilton once again heads into a new Formula 1 season as the man to beat, but will 2020 be the year he is dethroned? 

McLaren CEO Zak Brown says his team’s impressive resurgence during the 2019 Formula 1 season was “needed”.

Former Lotus and McLaren Formula 1 chief Eric Boullier has been named as the managing director for the French Grand Prix at Paul Ricard ahead of the 2020 race.

While the majority of the World Superbike paddock completed the two-day test at Portimao, reigning champions Kawasaki enjoyed a private test at Circuit de Catalunya to give both Jonathan Rea and Alex Lowes their first experience of the Montmelo track.

The majority of the World Superbike riders have two bikes to use at the Portimao test with their lap times indicated between each machine.

For the first time in two seasons, a new tyre construction will be introduced by Michelin for use in the upcoming MotoGP World Championship.

Pat Fry will officially begin work in his new role as Renault technical director (chassis) on February 5 ahead of the 2020 Formula 1 season.

- Former MotoGP rider Anthony West slams the FIM and accuses the governing body of corruption and working directly against him.

Subscription broadcasters have helped to raise the standard of Formula 1 TV coverage and bring fans “far more than ever existed in the past”, according to the sport’s media rights chief.