Valentino Rossi maybe behind the wheel of a race car as we speak somewhere on the planet, but he definitely wasn’t in Geneva at the FIM headquarters to sit down and discuss future developments planned for the 2010 MotoGP World Championship. He would probably rather just let others handle that and tell him later, just before he’s scheduled to get on his bike and race in the opening competition of the 2010 MotoGP season. FIM officials were in Geneva though, talking with Dorna Sports and the MSMA about changes to the maximum engine capacity of the MotoGP class to 1000 cc for the up coming 2010 MotoGP season. For next year a limit of 4 cylinders will also be added to the rules and regulations, along with a maximum cylinder bore measurement of... [Read more]

Racing industry professionals were busy this week at the Motor Sport Business Forum North America talking about the changes and problems that NASCAR’s venues are having putting people in the seats. This time they were there to talk about the things that could make the fans happy and put a few more rear ends in the seats for the 2010 NASCAR season. There has been lots of talk about the decreasing numbers of fans in both the Sprint Cup Series and the Nationwide Series and they need to do something about their shrinking financial base. NASCAR has been making changes to the tickets is sells For many managers and operational directors at the venues of NASCAR, this means examing all aspects of their business, from the price you pay when you buy... [Read more]

Formula One will have a new point system in place for the 2010 Formula One season that should be okayed by the FIA World Sport Council (WMSC) by Friday. The proposed changes to the points system was suggested due to the increase in cars on the grid to 13 for the 2010 Formula One season. The suggested changes were agreed on by the F1 committee on Thursday after it had gotten together for the first time since signing the new 2009 Concorde Agreement. Formula one will use a different point system next year The new system is pretty simple to understand. The race winner for each competition will receive 25 points for the win, with 20 and 15 being awarded for second and third places in their turn. The next seven places will receive 10, 8, 6, 5, 3,... [Read more]

Valentino Rossi jumped off his bike and into a car at the end of the 2009 MotoGP season and never seemed to miss a beat as he showed his racing talents extend beyond his love for racing sportbikes. His next race will be the 2009 Findomestic Memorial Bettega, slated to run during the Motor Show in Bologna on 7-8 December. He’ll be putting it all on the line behind the wheel of the Ford Focus WRC prepared by Molcolm Wilson’s M-Sport in the team’s British facility against racers like FIA WRC World Rally Champions Petter Solberg and Marcus Gronholm, FIA Junior WRC World Champion Sebastien Ogier, and 2009 FIA World Rally runner-up Mikko Hirvonen. Valentino Rossi is busy behind the wheel of a racing car What kind of competition will Rossi be... [Read more]

Felipe Massa has completely recovered with his brush with career ending injury sustained to his head during the 2009 Formula One season and he’s back on the track, only in a different kind of race car than the Ferrari he usually drives. Last week, he was at the International Challenge of Stars taking the winning cup and waving to all of his fans while he basked in the glory of being one of the best race car racers on the planet. This week Felipe Massa was busy taking the win in the 500 mile Granja Viana kart race in Cotia, near Sao Paula, Brazil. This victory was really his first since fracturing his skull in the Hungarian Grand Prix in July and he looked pretty good on the track. Rubens was competing against Felipe Massa on a different stage Felipe... [Read more]