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Racing Point F1 Team
Racing Point F1 Team, the Silverstone Formula 1 constructor (2019–2020, BWT Racing Point), formed from Lawrence Stroll's £90m Force India buyout; its Mercedes-inspired RP20 drew a €400,000 fine and 15-point deduction, then became Aston Martin in 2021.
Racing Point Force India
Racing Point Force India F1 Team was the Silverstone F1 team's name for the second half of 2018 after Lawrence Stroll's consortium bought Force India out of administration; as a new entry it scored 52 points, finishing 7th, before becoming Racing Point in 2019.
Rafaela Ferreira
Rafaela Ferreira (born 2005, Criciúma, Brazil) is a Brazilian racing driver in F1 Academy for Campos Racing, car 18, supported by Racing Bulls; first female race winner in Brazilian F4.
RAGBRAI
RAGBRAI (Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa) is a seven-day noncompetitive bike tour across Iowa, held the last full week of July since 1973; founded by John Karras and Don Kaul, it is the world's oldest and largest multi-day recreational ride.
Ragnar Malm
Ragnar Malm (Karl Oskar Ragnar Malm, 'Ragge'), Swedish road cyclist 1893–1959, won Olympic team road race gold 1912, silver 1920, bronze 1924, plus 19 Swedish titles and five Mälaren Rundt wins.
Ralf Aron
Ralf Aron, born 1998 in Tallinn, is an Estonian racing driver who won the 2015 Italian Formula 4 Championship and now races GT3 cars for Mercedes-AMG.
Ralf Schumacher
Ralf Schumacher, German Formula 1 driver 1997-2007 with Jordan, Williams, and Toyota; younger brother of Michael Schumacher; 6 wins, 27 podiums, 180 starts, first win 2001 San Marino GP; later DTM driver and Sky Deutschland pundit.
Rally America
Rally America was the national stage rally championship of the United States from 2005 to 2018, known for launching the rally careers of Travis Pastrana, Ken Block, and Dave Mirra.
Rally Argentina
Rally Argentina, founded as Rally Codasur, is a gravel rally in the Córdoba sierras and a World Rally Championship round from 1980 to 2019, absent since.
Rally Australia
Rally Australia, an Australian WRC round first held in Perth in 1988 and later at Coffs Harbour, NSW; its 2019 finale was cancelled by bushfires and it is absent from the 2026 and 2027 calendars.
Rally Catalunya
Rally Catalunya (RallyRACC Catalunya-Costa Daurada, Ral·li Catalunya) is Spain's Catalan rally, run by RACC since 1957, a WRC round 1991-2021, based in Salou since 2005, now an S-CER event; Loeb won it nine times.
Rally de Portugal
Rally de Portugal (Vodafone Rally de Portugal), annual gravel rally since 1967, WRC round since 1973, organized by the ACP; record seven wins for Ogier, 2026 winner Thierry Neuville, dropped from the 2027 WRC calendar.
Rally drivers, co-drivers and teams
Rally drivers, co-drivers and teams is an overview of how rally crews and teams work, from the driver and co-driver partnership to works and privateer outfits.
Rally Finland
Rally Finland, also known as Jyväskylän Suurajot and the "Grand Prix on Gravel," is a founding WRC round held since 1951 on fast gravel roads around Jyväskylä.
Rally Italia Sardegna
Rally Italia Sardegna, Italy's FIA World Rally Championship round since 2004, replacing Rally Sanremo (Rally of the Flowers, first held 1928). All-gravel, abrasive stages based at Alghero; 2026 finale before the event moves to Rome's asphalt from 2027.
Rally Japan (ラリージャパン)
Rally Japan (ラリージャパン), Japan's WRC round: first held 2004 in Hokkaido on gravel, revived 2022 on asphalt in Aichi and Gifu with Toyota Stadium service park; 2026 edition ran 28–31 May as round 7.
Rally México
Rally México is a gravel rally based in León, Guanajuato, a World Rally Championship round since 2004, first run in 1979 and known for its high altitude.
Rally New Zealand
Rally New Zealand is a gravel rally first run in 1969 and a World Rally Championship round from 1977, famed for its fast, cambered roads.
Rally raid
Rally raid is a form of off-road motorsport in which competitors cover long distances over natural terrain, navigating from a roadbook rather than a pre-driven course.
Rally Sweden
Rally Sweden, first held in 1950 as the Rally to the Midnight Sun, is the World Rally Championship's only snow-and-ice round, based since 2022 in Umeå, Sweden.
Rallycross
Rallycross: mixed-surface car racing on tarmac-plus-gravel circuits with the Joker Lap rule. First held 4 February 1967 at Lydden Hill, Kent; first winner Vic Elford in a Porsche 911; FIA World RX ran there until 2017, with a 2026 FIA Rallycross World Cup in Jakarta.
Rallycross car classes
Rallycross car classes are the FIA's regulated categories that group rallycross cars of similar performance and cost on mixed tarmac and gravel circuits, topped by the RX1 class and including RX3, RX4, and RX5.
Rallye Deutschland
Rallye Deutschland (ADAC Rallye Deutschland), German WRC round from 2002, asphalt rally around Trier with Mosel vineyard stages, Baumholder Panzerplatte military stages, and Saarland roads; Loeb record nine wins; dropped from WRC calendar in 2020.
Rallye Sanremo
Rallye Sanremo (Rally di Sanremo), an Italian tarmac rally first held in 1928 in Sanremo, Liguria; former WRC round (1988-2003), now CIAR finale and FIA European Rally Trophy event run each October by Automobile Club del Ponente Ligure.
Rallying
Rallying: timed motorsport on closed public-road special stages, driver plus co-driver with pace notes, lowest cumulative time wins. Term from 1911 Monte Carlo Rally; WRC top class Rally1, 2026 calendar 14 rounds, Ogier and Loeb nine titles each.
Ramses Debruyne
Ramses Debruyne (born 2002, Rollegem) is a Belgian road cyclist for Alpecin-Premier Tech; 2026 Vuelta 32nd overall with three third-place stage finishes, no UCI wins.
Randy Lanier
Randy Thomas Lanier (born 1954), American racing driver; 1984 IMSA Camel GT champion and 1986 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year; imprisoned 1988 for marijuana trafficking, released 2014 after 26 years.
Rebecca Romero
Rebecca Romero, born in 1980, is a British former athlete who won Olympic silver in rowing at Athens 2004 and track cycling gold at Beijing 2008.
Red Bull Junior Team
The Red Bull Junior Team, founded in 2001, is Red Bull's young driver development program, whose graduates include Formula 1 champions Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen.
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing is KTM's factory MotoGP team, racing the RC16 prototype with Red Bull sponsorship since 2017 and taking its first win with Brad Binder in 2020.