Motorsports

Aston Martin will be making its return to the F1 grid this season after 60 years away, and has today unveiled the car it will use for the 2021 season. It goes by the name of AMR21, and it has quite the weight of expectation behind it.

In the second of today’s two F1 car launches, the technically new Alpine outfit has revealed its A521 contender for 2021. It’s the first ever F1 car to wear the brand’s name, marking Alpine’s debut in the sport this season.

Defending seven-time world champion Mercedes-AMG has revealed the car that most will expect to take the 2021 title too.

After a 50 year absence from top class sportscar racing, Ferrari is set to return as an official entry in the Le Mans Hypercar (LMH) category in 2023.

Red Bull is the latest team to unveil its car for the 2021 Formula One World Championship, taking the covers off the RB16B today.

The Alfa Romeo team has become the third to reveal its car for the upcoming 2021 Formula One season, which it calls the C41.

Red Bull’s junior F1 team, Scuderia AlphaTauri, has become the second team to reveal its 2021 challenger. The car, officially known as the AT02, follows on from last year’s race winning AT01, and AlphaTauri hopes it will propel the team to the front of the midfield.

McLaren is the first of the 2021 season F1 manufacturers to reveal its car for the year ahead, in an unusual event held at the brand’s headquarters in Woking, UK.

One of the most entertaining and controversial of 2020’s hastily arranged esports events will return in March, as the NASCAR Pro Invitational comes back for a second season.

After having to put a pause on proceedings in 2020, the FIA Motorsport Games will return this year, with more events than before.

The first race in the new Hypercar era of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) will take place in Portugal in April, after the championship’s organizers dropped Sebring from the calendar.

The FIA has published the full, 33-car entry list for the 2021 season of the FIA World Endurance Championship.

The relationship between Nissan and GT Academy seems to be well and truly over, as the brand appears to have all-but ended its relationship with the sole remaining driver. Jann Mardenborough, who won the competition in 2011 and has been part of the brand’s Super GT campaign in recent years, no longer has a spot in the factory GT500 GT-Rs for 2021.

Toyota has become the first brand to reveal its Le Mans Hypercar in full. Sticking with Toyota’s naming scheme for its World Endurance Championship vehicles, but shaking things up a little to reflect the fresh start for the category, the car is called the GR010 Hybrid.

After a highly chaotic 2020 season, with new grands prix and, for the first time, multiple races at the same venue, F1 fans might have been looking forward to a more stable 2021. That doesn’t look like it will be the case, as the sport is already making changes to its previously announced schedule.

There’s set to be a new name on the Formula E grid from next season, as McLaren Racing has announced it has signed an option to join the electric racing series.

Audi has announced that it is preparing to re-enter top-level prototype endurance racing, with a surprise return to the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

The final FIA Formula 3 post-season test of 2020 has just concluded in Jerez, and Igor Fraga can be pleased with another positive performance.

GT Sport’s first world champion Igor Fraga has put in an eye-catching performance during the Formula 3 post-season test at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Making his debut for his new Hitech team, for which he’ll drive in 2021, Fraga completed almost 150 laps, and recorded the fifth fastest lap of anyone during the two-day test.

Engine supplier Honda has announced it will withdraw from Formula One at the conclusion of the 2021 season. The surprise move, announced this morning, brings to an end Honda’s return to F1 which started in 2015.