The 2020 North American International Auto Show [NAIAS] held in Detroit in June, has been cancelled due to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. 2020 NAIAS Executive Director Rod Alberts said the TCF Center [where the show was to be held] will instead be used as a temporary hospital space to handle victims of the virus. “With […]
This week, a 1958 Continental Mark III has emerged from Jay Leno’s Garage along with an adjective – massive…
Engineers with the Mercedes Formula One team are collaborating with University College of London to create A breathing aid device that can potentially help keep coronavirus patients out of intensive care and ease overload on hospitals. University College London clinicians and engineers worked with Mercedes Formula One engineers to build the device, which delivers oxygen […]
While “The Grand Tour” is awaiting their next episode, Richard Hammond has a project car – a Jaguar XK120 – or at least some remnants of it, that needs to be addressed…
Jeremy Clarkson has a farm and on that farm, he has some potatoes [ee-i-ee-i-ooo…] and he has donated those potatoes to the local village in response to the recent Covid-19 outbreak…
Lexus becomes the latest carmaker – joining Ford, GM, Honda, Hyundai and their parent, Toyota – in releasing an advertisement with a “people first” tagline addressing the current coronavirus outbreak. Lexus is replacing national advertisements with the new messaging shown in the video. Lexus has set up a dedicated website [https://www.lexus.com/peoplefirst/] explaining the COVID-19 measures […]
As expected, the 2020 Indianapolis 500 has been postponed – from late May to August 23 – due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The Indy 500’s practice sessions as well as the two-day qualifying period will all be re-scheduled along with the race itself. The current re-scheduled event will practice from August 12-14, followed by […]
On this episode of “The Grand Tour”, Jeremy self-quarantines, Richard gets a haircut and pets a dog and James says “Bollocks!”
The 2020 Canadian Grand Prix – currently scheduled for June 14, 2020, in Montreal – has not yet been either cancelled or postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak as the race organizers mull over their options. If the race were to be held as scheduled, it would effectively be the 2020 Formula One race season […]
The 2020 Azerbaijan Grand Prix has become the latest victim of the coronavirus outbreak. The Azerbaijan Grand Prix, scheduled for June 7 2020, has been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. The race in Baku becomes the eighth race of the Formula One racing season to be either cancelled or postponed, joining those in Australia, […]
Hyundai, Toyota, Honda, General Motors and Ford have all announced financing plans to assist those affected by the coronavirus [aka COVID-19] virus outbreak. Hyundai Motor America announced they were reinstating their Hyundai Assurance plan – which states that “When you buy or lease a new Hyundai between now and April 30, we’ll cut your payments […]
The 2020 Monaco Grand Prix – which had been scheduled as the seventh race of the season on May 24, 2020 – has been cancelled outright as a result of the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. The other six races preceding the Monaco Grand Prix – in Australia, Bahrain, China, the Netherlands, Spain and Vietnam – have […]
With no actual races to take place in the near future, Formula One has turned to the fantasy world of virtual racing to fill in the void – launching an esports Grand Prix series featuring current drivers for fans to follow. The virtual races will run in place of every postponed Grand Prix – beginning […]
Formula One made it official and announced that the 2020 Monaco Grand Prix – scheduled for May 24, 2020 – has been postponed due to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. Along with the Monaco Grand Prix came the expected postponements of the Dutch Grand Prix [May 3, 2020] and Spanish Grand Prix [May 10, 2020] and […]
The 2020 version of the 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race has been re-scheduled from June 13-14, 2020 to September 19-20, 2020 due, of course, to the coronavirus outbreak. “Today it is a question of stopping the spread of this virus,” said Pierre Fillon, president of the Automobile Club de l’Ouest (ACO). In last […]
Formula One’s cherished tradition of the summer break – usually reserved for the month of August – will be moved for the 2020 season to spring, due to the coronavirus pandemic. Specifically, Formula 1’s new “summer” break will now be held in March and April, with teams choosing a three-week period within that time frame. […]
McLaren – which was the only Formula One team to have a member infected with coronavirus ahead of the since-cancelled 2020 Australian Grand Prix last week – has reported that that team member is entirely symptom-free and no other team members have been infected by the Covid-19 virus. As a precaution, McLaren has said that […]
Pirelli – the sole tire supplier for Formula One races – announced that one of their team members tested positive for coronavirus while in Melbourne preparing for the 2020 Australian Grand Prix last week. It is the second positive test for coronavirus – following that of a McLaren employee – which ultimately led to the […]
NASCAR and Formula-E racing finally joined the coronavirus cancellation fray – cancelling or suspending events due to the coronavirus pandemic – as all major sports in the USA have already done. After originally announcing that they would hold races with no spectators, NASCAR announced today they will instead postpone the race events at Atlanta Motor […]
Formula One announced that they would cancel the upcoming Bahrain and Vietnam Grands Prix due to the current coronavirus pandemic, and begin the season in late May, most likely with the Monaco Grand Prix. The season-opening Australian Grand Prix had previously been scheduled to be held tomorrow but was ultimately cancelled this week. The Bahrain […]