Fox Motorsport is planning a return to British GT in 2025 yet is struggling to find a co-driver for its star youngster Mckenzie Douglass, who dominated Ginetta GT last season.The 17-year-old claimed 12 wins from 21 races clinching the crown at the penultimate weekend and has been rewarded with aContinue Reading
With the usual chill in the characteristically breezy Silverstone air, Joseph Loake arrives at the home of the British Grand Prix ready to fulfil a childhood dream: finally, he is going to get behind the wheel of a Formula 1 car, with Aston Martin.Following in the footsteps of drivers whoContinue Reading
Yamaha will be able to count on the experience of 15-time MotoGP race winner Andrea Dovizioso in this week’s shakedown test at the Sepang Circuit in Malaysia.Concession manufacturers Yamaha and Honda, plus MotoGP rookies Ai Ogura, Somkiat Chantra and Fermin Aldeguer, will take to the Malaysian track on 31 JanContinue Reading
Zak Brown says he would welcome full-time FIA race stewards and would accept McLaren paying a percentage towards their wages.Currently, F1 stewards are unpaid volunteers and are only offered travel expenses to preside over races.It has led to calls for F1’s governing body to employ ‘professional’ stewards to help improveContinue Reading
Won’t somebody think of the poor volunteers?Nobody has chafed so publicly about the absurdity and iniquity of relying on unpaid officials to do the FIA’s heavy lifting than its president, Mohammed Ben Sulayem. Indeed, last year he announced the formation of a new ‘officials department’ to instill professionalism in theContinue Reading
Lewis Hamilton has crashed on the second of his three days of private Formula 1 testing with his new Ferrari squad, which is taking place at the Barcelona circuit this week, Autosport understands.Hamilton is understood to be unharmed in the incident, which occurred as he was traversing the third sectorContinue Reading
Porsche will run three drivers per car rather than two at the Imola World Endurance Championship round in April as part of its preparations for the Le Mans 24 Hours.The Porsche Penske Motorsport squad will delay its plan to field just two drivers in the six-hour WEC races until afterContinue Reading
Porsche will run three drivers per car rather than two at the Imola World Endurance Championship round in April as part of its preparations for the Le Mans 24 Hours.The Porsche Penske Motorsport squad will delay its plan to field just two drivers in the six-hour WEC races until afterContinue Reading
It would have previously been seen as something of a shock if a new motor-racing circuit announced no grandstands would be constructed to house spectators.But for the promoters of Qiddiya Speed Park, it is the next step in changing the live experience for fans.Qiddiya City launched in December 2023 and,Continue Reading
The South African government has extended the deadline to submit host bids for a Formula 1 grand prix in the country.After a bid to revive the South African race at Kyalami fell through in 2023, the government continued efforts to end the 32-year hiatus of grand prix racing in theContinue Reading