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Red Bull given new deadline to stay in F1

   Red Bull owner, Dietrich Mateschitz, has given team principal Christian Horner until the weekend before Abu Dhabi to find an engine supplier for 2016, otherwise the team will be pulled.  Mateschitz has given the team a three week extension on finding an engine supplier for next season. Originally, the ...

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Esteban Gutierrez to drive for Haas in 2016

View image | gettyimages.com   Haas F1 team have announced that Mexican, Esteban Gutierrez, will drive for the team in 2016.  Haas announced their final driver in Mexico City on Friday evening. This happened after the first practice day of the Mexican GP. This weekend will be the GPs return ...

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Speedway News and Updates

With the domestic season’s over and the Speedway Grand Prix having come to a close, The Sports Lowdown takes a look at what has been happening over the past few days in the world of speedway: View image | gettyimages.com   SGP and Elite League  Danish champion Niels-Kristian Iversen has ...

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Rosberg takes pole at the Russian GP ahead of Hamilton

View image | gettyimages.com Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg took back-to-back pole positions this afternoon in Russia, followed by team-mate Lewis Hamilton, and Williams driver Valtteri Bottas.  The weekend was eventful for Formula One, with Friday practice sessions being dominated by rain, thus causing a lack of running around the Sochi track. ...

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Russian Grand Prix Preview

View image | gettyimages.com Track: Sochi Autodrom, Sochi, Russia. Scheduled number of laps: 53 Circuit length: 5.853 km (3.637 mi) Race distance: 310.209 km (192.791 mi) Race start time: 12:00 BST Lap record: 1:40.896 (Valtteri Bottas, 2014) 2014 Pole Position: Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes AMG Petronas, 1:38.513 2014 Race Winner: Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes AMG Petronas ...

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Woffinden wins his second SGP Championship

View image | gettyimages.com   Great Britain’s Tai Woffinden has won his second SGP Championship despite falling short in the Polish Grand Prix. The 2013 World Champion failed to reach the semi-finals, but after Greg Hancock came last in the semi-final, it was confirmed that Woffinden would become world champion. ...

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