Motorsports

The 2020 Formula 3 season finally begins in Austria this weekend, and with it comes a new chapter for Gran Turismo World Champion Igor Fraga.

The F1 world is in quite some disarray right now, with races cancelled and postponed all over the place. It’s all just got a little bit more chaotic with an extremely early start to the “silly season” of driver contracts, as Ferrari and Sebastian Vettel have jointly announced they are to part ways at the end of this season — before the first race of the season.

While GT Academy produced a number of successful racing drivers over the years, they all focused on a single discipline: circuit racing. One thing it never produced was a rally champion, but that might be about to change.

It’s been pretty hard to miss that there’s no motorsport on the TV right now. With teams, drivers, broadcasters, and fans all stuck at home, racing is impossible. The virtual world has been filling in, but there’s only so much it can do.

The virtual world hasn’t proven the best place for some racing drivers to ply their trade recently. Last weekend, NASCAR Cup Series driver Bubba Wallace lost a real world sponsor for his behavior on the digital track. This week it’s Kyle Larson, who’s one-upped Wallace by getting suspended by both his team and NASCAR itself.

Motorsport is proving just about impossible to stage right now, with quarantine measures, travel restrictions, and even just concern for the safety of drivers, team personnel and fans. With the backdrop of the current global climate, esports has really started to take its chance to shine.

The coronavirus outbreak continues to have an adverse effect on the motorsport calendar in 2020. Automobile Club de l’Ouest (ACO) has now confirmed that the 88th edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans is the latest event on the shelf, as efforts to curb the spread of the disease continue to ramp up.

The measures to limit the spread of the coronavirus disease COVID-19 across Europe are stepping up a notch this week, impacting more of our favorite events. This time it’s the Nurburgring 24 Hour race that’s on the shelf, and it may have further consequences.

GT Sport and reigning Toyota Racing Series champion Igor Fraga has joined the Red Bull Racing teams Junior driver program for the 2020 season.

One of the many things we were looking forward to this year on GTPlanet was Igor Fraga’s debut in the FIA Formula 3 championship.

Update: Formula 1 has now confirmed that it has cancelled the event, by agreement with the teams, the FIA, and the race promoter AGPC. You can see the official statement at the end of the article. The original article continues below:

If you were looking forward to watching Aston Martin’s Valkyrie compete in next season’s World Endurance Championship, including Le Mans, we’ve got some bad news for you. As of today, Aston has withdrawn its entry for the 2020-2021 season, while it “considers” its future participation.

Even for people who aren’t fans of F1, Netflix’s F1: Drive to Survive was a must-watch in 2019. The no holds barred documentary of the 2018 season saw Box to Box films granted unprecedented access to the F1 pit lane, and it was eye-opening.

Brazil’s 2018 GT Sport World Champion Igor Fraga has won the 2020 Toyota Racing Series title, by taking victory in the deciding New Zealand Grand Prix.

After a couple of weeks of speculation, Formula 1 has followed in the footsteps of Formula E and postponed its event in China.

The official car reveals for the 2020 season of Formula One begin today, with Ferrari the first up to bat.

Brazil’s Igor Fraga endured a weekend of drama as big rival Liam Lawson retook the lead of the Toyota Racing Series. The GT Sport world champion had to fight from the back in the feature race, but takes the title challenge through to next week’s final round at Manfeild.

Haas is the first Formula One team to break cover on its 2020 contender, the VF-20, and it wears a familiar livery.

Brazilian GT Sport world champion Igor Fraga may currently be leading the Toyota Racing Series, but already his eyes are on the next stage of his motorsport career. This summer he’ll move up to his highest level of competition yet, in the FIA Formula 3 Championship.

A successful weekend at Hampton Downs has seen GT Sport’s 2018 world champion Igor Fraga assume the championship lead in the 2020 Toyota Racing Series.