Motorsport

North American stock-car racing series Nascar has struck a deal for SportsData, the US subsidiary of sports data and media content company Sportradar, to distribute its timing and scoring data to third-party digital outlets.

Qatar Motor and Motorcycle Federation (QMMF) president Nasser bin Khalifa al-Attiyah has said the nation is close to agreeing a deal to host a Formula One race.

Corsica will return to the World Rally Championship (WRC) calendar for the first time since 2008 after the Mediterranean island was confirmed as the new home of France’s leg of the motor racing series.

Marussia’s hopes of returning to the grid for the Formula One motor-racing championship in 2015 look doomed after rivals voted against the team’s plans to use last year’s car.

European motor-racing series Drift Allstars has expanded its management team as it seeks to expand outside the continent.

Formula E has announced a new race in Moscow on June 6, expanding the inaugural season of the motor racing championship to 10 events.

The Tour of Corsica is expected to return to the World Rally Championship (WRC) as the motorsport series seeks to retain its full calendar of 13 events for 2015 by securing a replacement venue for its French round.

Formula One chief executive Bernie Ecclestone has stressed he will not seek to settle the lawsuit filed against him by financial services company Bayerische Landesbank.

IndyCar has expressed its shock and disappointment after authorities in the Brazilian capital Brasilia cancelled the race that was due to open the 2015 season of the North American motor-racing series.

Japanese automotive giant Toyota is poised to return to the World Rally Championship (WRC) for the first time in over a decade after confirming it will enter the motorsport series in 2017 with a car developed and built entirely at its Cologne technical centre.

Dakar Rally organiser Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) wants to expand the 2016 edition of the annual motorsport event to Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, according to Argentine sports newspaper Olé.

Strasbourg has lost the hosting rights to the French round of the 2015 World Rally Championship, according to the FFSA, the governing body of motorsport in the country.

The Japanese leg of the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) is set to switch from Suzuka to Motegi after a new race deal was signed that will take effect from the forthcoming 2015 season.

The Marussia Formula One team, which folded towards the end of last season, is reportedly close to securing new investment that would allow it to return to the motor-racing championship for the 2015 campaign.

Formula One chief executive Bernie Ecclestone has said Hockenheim will host this season’s German Grand Prix with a new long-term contract in place that will end the current policy of rotating the race with the Nuerburgring.

The McLaren Group, which includes the leading Formula One team of the same name, has rebranded in an effort to reflect the company’s diversification away from pure motorsport activities and into applied technology.