The International Formula 3000 championship was born 40 years ago. The final rung on the single-seater ladder before Formula 1 began in 1985 and enjoyed a 20-year run, with future F1 race winners Jean Alesi, Olivier Panis and Juan Pablo Montoya among its champions before the category was replaced byContinue Reading
Up-and-coming tin-top racer Dexter Patterson has secured his return to the British Touring Car Championship at the wheel of an Un-Limited Motorsport Cupra Leon.The 21-year-old Scot will be the oldest half of the expanded two-car Un-Limited line-up, in which he partners teenaged 2024 Mini Challenge runner-up Max Hall.Patterson, an ex-kartingContinue Reading
Sebastien Ogier believes crews will arrive at the World Rally Championship season opener “less prepared than ever” following the introduction of new tyres and hybrid-less cars for 2025.Ogier is once again gearing up to start a partial WRC campaign with Toyota, beginning with this month’s season opener in Monte CarloContinue Reading
There was a slight discrepancy between the look and the words. “I am very, very happy,” Ayao Komatsu assured the media on the evening after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Though he seemed rather tired and somewhat disappointed instead, as he leaned back in his chair with his arms crossedContinue Reading
In order to create a more balanced field in the Dakar Rally, the FIA has introduced a Torque Meter this year. Autosport caught up with the governing body’s cross-country director Jerome Roussel to find all the secrets behind it.What is a Torque Meter and how does it work?The Torque MeterContinue Reading
The Formula 1 team principal role has consistently evolved over time, where the differences between now and back in the championship’s early years are staggering.A team boss was once the person who founded the constructor, think Bruce McLaren or Frank Williams, and held the role for decades.But now, the approachContinue Reading
It doesn’t take long to come up with a list of drivers who massively enhanced their reputations last season.Franco Colapinto translated relative obscurity in Formula 2 into being touted for a Formula 1 seat at Red Bull after impressing during his unexpected mid-season graduation with Williams. Oliver Bearman’s points-scoring cameoContinue Reading
It will be a busy January for those charged with etching job titles into the frosted glass of the office doors in Aston Martin’s newly built Silverstone campus. Former Mercedes High Performance Powertrains boss Andy Cowell, recruited as group chief operation officer to replace Martin Whitmarsh last October, has addedContinue Reading
The FIA has defended its decision to prevent Carlos Sainz Sr and Sebastien Loeb from completing the 2025 Dakar Rally after both sustained roll cage damage to their cars.Two of the most high-profile drivers in this year’s Ultimate field were thrown out following separate rollovers in the opening three stagesContinue Reading
Williams team principal James Vowles has said “a lot of the really positive bits” that happened to his Formula 1 squad in 2024 were invisible to the public eye.The Grove-based team endured a tougher season last year, finishing ninth in the constructors’ championship with several substantial crashes for Alex Albon,Continue Reading