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Type of site | Sports news |
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| Available in | Editions (21) Languages- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, German, Dutch, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Chinese, Arabic, Hungarian, Ukrainian, Indonesian and Turkish |
| Owner | Motorsport Network |
| URL | www |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | 9 April 1994; 31 years ago (1994-04-09) |
| Current status | Active |
Motorsport.com is a website specializing inmotor racing news. It posts content in thirteen languages. It is part of theMotorsport Network Media LLC (MSNM) company. Motorsport.com's headquarters are inMiami, United States. MSNM, a leading media company in the world, is acquired by GMF Media, an affiliate of GMF Capital.[1]
Motorsport.com was formed in 1994.
In March 2015, Motorsport.com acquired ToileF1.com.,[2] followed by Worldcarfans.com[3] and Edimotive S.r.l. in May.[4] In May, theGrand Prix Drivers' Association and Motorsport.com joined forces to allow followers of the FIA Formula 1 World Championship to voice and share their opinions about the sport through an extensive worldwide survey for fans.[5] More than 200,000 respondents from 194 countries participated in the survey.[6] In June, Motorsport.com acquired TotalRace.com.br, RaceFansTV and Formulawahad.com, while later gaining the technical archive of Giorgio Piola in September,[7] also announcing a partnership withMSN.com.[8] In October, Motorsport.com became the official media partner ofFerrari for the 2016 Ferrari Finali Mondiali[9] and a global partner of GPTicketShop.com.[10] In November, Motorsport.com acquired Wildsoft Digital F1 Encyclopedia.[11] The following month, the site formed a global digital content partnership withVICE Sports[12] andAOL’s Autoblog.com.[13]
In 2016 Motorsport.com acquired French pan-european TV-stationMotors TV after it went into a bankruptcy procedure.[14] In 2018 the renamed Motorsport.TV decided to stop broadcasting as a television station[15] and closed down the television operation.
In January 2016, Motorsport.com appointedZak Brown as non-executive chairman of Motorsport.com[16] In February, the site announced a strategic merchandising partnership with UK-based Branded-London andPuma Company.[17] In March 2016, Motorsport.com became the official digital media partner of theFIA World Endurance Championship,[18] while also extending exclusive digital rights agreement to host the F1 video magazine SeriesInside Grand Prix.[19] On 15 March 2016, Motorsport.com acquired Spain’s moto racing digital media company Motocuatro.com.[20] In April 2016, Motorsport.com acquired TurkiyeF1.com, Turkish auto racing website.[21] In May 2016 Motorsport.com acquired gp-live.hu.[22] In June 2016 Motorsport.com acquired F1-Ukraine.com.ua.[23] The following month, the site become official media partner” of the2016 TCR International Series.[24] In March 2017, Motorsport.com launched a tri-language Swiss edition in partnership with businessman Lorenzo Senna.[25]
In 2016, Motorsport.com expanded to Japan through a joint venture with digital media company, Kotsu Times Sha Co.[26]
Motorsport.com received Silver Telly Award by Telly Awards.[27]