Obituary: Supercars engineer Campbell Little dies aged 65
One of Australia’s most influential motorsport engineers, Campbell Little, has passed away after a battle with pancreatic cancer.Little’s family confirmed the news on Wednesday, after a three-and-a-half year battle with the disease. He was 65.His early fascination was not with cars but with motorcycles, racing on road and off aroundContinue Reading
Obituary: Supercars engineer Cam Little dies aged 65
One of Australia’s most influential motorsport engineers, Campbell Little, has passed away after a battle with pancreatic cancer.Little’s family confirmed the news on Wednesday, after a three-and-a-half year battle with the disease. He was 65.His early fascination was not with cars but with motorcycles, racing on road and off aroundContinue Reading
Final 2024 Award contenders chosen
The final 10 candidates for the 2024 Silverstone Autosport BRDC Award, supported by Silverstone Circuits Ltd, have been selected.The Award, which started in 1989, aims to find and assist the best junior British racing drivers. The prize for this year’s winner includes £200,000 and a Formula 1 test with AstonContinue Reading
Red Bull’s tech organisation “didn’t change” after Newey’s departure
Red Bull technical director Pierre Wache says the team’s organisation hasn’t changed following Adrian Newey’s withdrawal from all Formula 1 technical matters.Newey has still been seen on the team’s pit wall as a strategist and has focused on his RB17 hypercar project in recent months, but his days of consultingContinue Reading
Magazine special: Senna’s cars and his unsung stars
A celebration of Ayrton Senna’s career and our guide to this weekend’s Silverstone Festival form a special issue of this week’s Autosport magazine, out today (22 August).Much has been written and said about Senna’s career. Thirty years after the three-time world champion’s death at Imola, tributes and displays have beenContinue Reading
The pieces involved in F1’s complex calendar puzzle
As Formula 1’s schedule has grown to 24 races, coming up with a sensible calendar has become an increasingly complex puzzle.Under its recent popularity boom, the Liberty Media-owned series hasn’t been short of candidates to organise a grand prix, with the likes of Miami, Qatar and Las Vegas joining inContinue Reading
Courtney: Supercars retirement announcement “accidental”
Supercars racer James Courtney has revealed he did not mean to announce his impending retirement from motor racing in the manner that he did.The 2010 Supercars champion was appearing on a local Gold Coast news bulletin to talk about his upcoming career in real estate when he revealed his intentionContinue Reading
Isotta Fraschini withdraws from WEC’s Hypercar class with immediate effect
Isotta Fraschini has pulled out of the World Endurance Championship with immediate effect, leaving a depleted Hypercar class for this month’s Austin round.Disagreement with the Duqueine team, which had been responsible for running a single Tipo 6-Competizione, is understood to be the key reason behind the Italian marque’s sudden decisionContinue Reading
The growing perception problem facing IndyCar
There is a common phrase that perception is reality, and right now the reality is the IndyCar Series has a perception problem. While last Saturday’s round in St. Louis featured incredible racing for the majority of the contest, it was quickly marred with multiple controversial decisions from race control.When JosefContinue Reading
Mercedes set to hand Antonelli FP1 rookie outing at F1 Italian GP
Andrea Kimi Antonelli is set to be handed his first FP1 outing with Mercedes at the Italian Grand Prix as preparations for his potential promotion to its Formula 1 line-up from 2025 intensify.The Italian, who turns 18 on Sunday, is strongly tipped to be named as replacement for Ferrari-bound LewisContinue Reading