The Ford squad has opted to promote its Rally2 drivers Adrien Fourmaux and Gregoire Munster to its Rally1 programme for 2024, following Ott Tanak’s decision to leave the organisation to re-join Hyundai.Fourmaux and Munster impressed across Monte Carlo’s 17 tricky asphalt stages last weekend as both set a top-three stageContinue Reading
While “that was a better race than Mexico,” as someone told this writer, was probably subjectively true, it was hardly a ringing endorsement given the lack of action in the Diriyah E-Prix double-header last weekend.Yes, the opening Formula E race in Saudi Arabia featured a three-way battle for the win,Continue Reading
This year’s calendar was due to be the longest in history at 22 rounds, beginning on 10 March with the Qatar Grand Prix.However, last week the third round of the season in Argentina looked under serious threat due to government spending cuts under the country’s new president.As first reported byContinue Reading
The target remains a debut in 2025 with a customer Renault power unit, while it awaits a decision from FOM on its plans. The longer-term plan is to have a Cadillac V6 in the back of the car by 2028.With no official word from F1 on a potential entry, theContinue Reading
Yet, beyond FF1600 and F3, De Vliegende Hollander’s progress suddenly stalled.Son of a de Meern car breaker, van Kouwen’s gentle persona, boundless enthusiasm, tireless work ethic, insatiable appetite to learn and intense loyalty endeared him to everybody he met.Banned for autocrossing a VW Beetle with his cousin, when it was discoveredContinue Reading
Full Speed is NASCAR’s attempt at cashing in on the docuseries market, and while it isn’t a carbon copy of DTS, it certainly follows a similar format in showcasing the lives of the drivers and their weekend battles out on track.NASCAR remains king in viewership among US-based racing fans, but theContinue Reading
Earlier this month, F1 announced the Spanish GP would move from Barcelona, where it had been held continuously since 1991, to a new hybrid street circuit at the IFEMA complex in Madrid from 2026 onwards.Barcelona’s current deal expires after 2026, meaning that season will see two races in Spain for theContinue Reading
With motor racing films in the news so much at the moment, here is a story pitch to consider.A wealthy motorsport enthusiast buys a successful motor racing team, makes a number of dramatic (and expensive) changes and watches it become, well, less successful. Then, through a long series of upsContinue Reading
Grand Prix teams have operated under budget cap regulations since the start of the 2021 season, with F1 chiefs having introduced the rules in a bid to stop the kind of spending war that risked the grid’s long-term sustainability.While it has been a challenge for the top spenders to stayContinue Reading
The Silverstone-based squad has used Mercedes machinery since it joined the British GT Championship in 2015, but that will change after a decade as it switches from a Mercedes-AMG to a BMW M4 GT3.During the off-season, Marciello – who is widely considered one of the top GT drivers in theContinue Reading