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Motorsports schedule shifts also create combined IndyCar-Nascar weekend in July
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The World Rallycross Championship (World RX) has become the latest motorsport championship to introduce an esports series to compensate for the lack of events during Covid-19
Esports Esports

The Discovery-owned Eurosport Events has reached an agreement with esports promoter RaceRoom to produce a pre-season virtual racing series for its forthcoming Esports WTCR series
Esports Motorsport

Fox Sports has reached an agreement with Nascar to broadcast the remainder of the US stock car racing series's new esports competition, the eNascar iRacing Pro Invitational Series
Governance Motorsport

Stock car racing series Nascar has become the latest major sports organization in the United States to impose temporary pay cuts due to the global Covid-19 pandemic
Events Esports

Motorsport Games, the video game division of digital media group Motorsport Network, has agreed a strategic partnership with Formula E driver Jean-Éric Vergne and esports group Veloce to produce and broadcast …
Events Football

Uefa has postponed this year's Champions League and Europa League finals due to the coronavirus pandemic. The women's Champions League final has also been postponed
Esports Esports

Football’s Spanish LaLiga and the Formula 1 motor-racing series have today (Friday) announced plans to fill the gaps left by their respective postponements by launching virtual competitions for fans t…
Events Motorsport

The Formula 1 motor-racing series has postponed events in the Netherlands and Spain and cancelled the Monaco Grand Prix altogether due to the Covid-19 pandemic, which has also led to a delay in the implementation…

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The future of Formula 1 is an uncertain one, as the Covid-19 pandemic wreaks havoc on its schedule. Christian Sylt looks at the options for the motorsport.
Motorsport
Fan Engagement

Esports has never been as important or relevant as it is now amid the global Covid-19 pandemic. Nascar has been an early mover in this space with the creation of the eNascar iRacing Pro Invitational Series.
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Eurosport Events' partnership with the UCI is its first outside of motorsports. Andrew Georgiou, Eurosport president, tells Adam Nelson about his plans to extend the reach of the broadcaster's events promotion arm even further.
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Sponsorship & Marketing

Digital advertising technology could allow Formula 1 to have up to seven different regional betting sponsors, according to the sport’s global data and betting rights partner Interregional Sports Group.
Esports Motorsport

US stock car racing series Nascar and online racing simulation company iRacing have teamed up to create the eNascar iRacing Pro Invitational Series, an exhibition esports competition featuring many of …
Industry Moves Motorsport

Electric off-road racing series Extreme E has enhanced its operations division ahead of its launch next year with the recruitment of Dave Adey as head of broadcast and technology
Events Motorsport

The Formula E electric car-racing series, together with the International Automobile Federation (FIA), has moved to temporarily suspend its season for two months due to the coronavirus outbreak
Sponsorship & Marketing Motorsport

The Coca-Cola Company has extended its partnership with McLaren Racing – the team at the heart of Formula 1’s decision to cancel the Australian Grand Prix because of coronavirus.
Events Cricket

This weekend's Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix has been called off due to the coronavirus epidemic. The BBC reported that the decision casts doubt over the remainder of this year's Formula 1 season
Media Motorsport

The Dentsu agency is in the process of finalising FIA World Rally Championship sublicensing agreements in Japan with terrestrial broadcasters NHK and TV Asahi, SportBusiness understands
Sponsorship & Marketing Motorsport

Renault F1 has signed a title sponsorship deal with the Dubai-based logistics company DP World which will see the team called the Renault DP World Formula 1 Team from this season
Sponsorship & Marketing Formula One

Formula One team Scuderia AlphaTauri has extended its partnership with Thai apple cider and hot dog brand Moose to cover the 2020 season
Sponsorship & Marketing Motorsport

Formula 1's McLaren Racing has signed a new multi-year sponsorship with Japanese asset management company Buzz & Co
Sponsorship & Marketing Motorsport

Formula 1 has signed a major global sponsorship deal with state-owned oil and chemicals company Saudi Aramco in a move that could serve as a prelude to the hosting of a grand prix in Saudi Arabia
Media Motorsport

RMC, the commercial radio station in France, has opted against a renewal of its radio rights to motor racing’s Formula 1.
Media Motorsport

UK public broadcaster the BBC has acquired “multi-year” rights to the new Extreme E electric SUV off-road racing series.
Media Motorsport

Australian pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports has expanded a rights agreement with the IndyCar North American motorsport series for the 2020 season
Media Motorsport

Pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports Brasil has acquired exclusive rights to the forthcoming season of the MotoGP motorcycle-racing series
Events Football

Fifa and the Asian Football Confederation have moved towards postponing upcoming matches in the joint qualifying competition for the 2022 World Cup and the 2023 Asian Cup
Sponsorship & Marketing Motorsport

Global eyewear brand Oakley has signed as a new partner to the MotoGP eSport Championship for 2020
Events Motorsport

The Daytona Speedweeks event at Daytona International Speedway is being condensed next year as part of a wider overhaul of the Nascar schedule
Finance & Money Motorsport

Formula 1 sporting director Ross Brawn has said the punishments suffered by Manchester City and Saracens for circumventing financial regulations in their respective sports will make it easier for Formula…
Media Motorsport

International sports streaming service DAZN has renewed an agreement for MotoGP rights in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
Media Motor Racing

The Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group has retained exclusive rights to motor racing’s Formula 1 in Denmark, Norway and Sweden, while also securing the rights in Finland and Iceland in the broadcaster’s lat…
Media Motorsport

Formula 1 has extended its broadcast deal in Canada with Bell Media's TSN and RDS through the end of the 2024 season
Media Motorsport

NBC Sports will broadcast all MotoGP races across its platforms beginning in 2020, including four races on the main NBC network
Sponsorship & Marketing Motorsport

Racing deal follows recent pact with MLB
Industry Moves Motorsport

Digital media group Motorsport Network has appointed Mehul Kapadia, a long-serving executive at Indian telecoms company Tata Communications, as its chief operating officer