Motorsport

The Superbike World Championship (WorldSBK) motorcycling series will stage an event in Northern Ireland for the first time next year, it has been announced.

North American stock car-racing series Nascar has made several key leadership appointments across its growing international business as it seeks to further develop its presence outside its core market of the United States.

Formula E has today (Tuesday) unveiled the car that will lead the series into the next phase of its development, with the new model demonstrating the advances in battery and electric motor technology since the inception of the series.

Formula One teams Force India and Sauber have dropped the complaint they filed with the European Commission in 2015 concerning anti-competitive practices in the motor-racing championship.

The Formula One motor-racing championship has engaged media agencies Wavemaker and Brainlabs in a bid to enhance its brand on a global level.

US mass media company Liberty Media has announced today (Monday) that it intends to launch a process to refinance the $3.302bn (€2.76bn) first lien term loan of certain subsidiaries of Delta Topco, the subsidiary which holds all of its interests in the Formula One motor-racing championship.

The Formula E electric car-racing series has opted not to replace its season-ending double-header event in Montreal, Canada.

ABB's surprising title sponsorship of Formula E is one of the biggest motorsport deals in recent years. Reporter Andy Fry attended its announcement, and now analyses what it means - for Formula E and Formula 1.

Finnish merchandising company High Peak has agreed a multi-year deal to become the new official merchandise partner of the World Rally Championship.

Jean Todt, the president of the FIA, motor-racing's global governing body, has proposed the idea of a ‘global engine’ concept that could be introduced across a range of motorsport series.

The newly-branded World Touring Car Cup (WTCR) has released the calendar for its inaugural season in 2018, with the campaign to begin in Marrakech and conclude in Macau.

German touring car series DTM will return to the UK and Italy after unveiling an expanded calendar for its 2018 season.

Formula E is planning legal action after Montreal elected to terminate its deal to host the season-ending event of the electric car-racing series, with Mayor Valérie Plante declaring the contract represented a “financial fiasco".

Formula E has appointed sports marketing company Goodform to drive global data growth and fan engagement in the electric car-racing series.

Dorna Sports, the commercial rights-holder of the MotoGP motorcycle-racing series, has named Energica as the supplier of the new Moto-e World Cup, which is due to launch in 2019.

Jean Todt has today (Friday) been re-elected as president of the International Automobile Federation (FIA) after standing unopposed for the top position at motorsport’s world governing body.