Carlos Sainz Sr has announced he will not run against Mohammed Ben Sulayem for the FIA presidency.The two-time World Rally Championship champion had been considering putting his hat in the ring to contest Ben Sulayem in the election later this year – but has now confirmed he will not beContinue Reading
Thruxton is the focus of the latest Autosport National Podcast with a review of last weekend’s Thruxton Retro event and a look at other developments at the Hampshire speedbowl.Group National Editor Stephen Lickorish is joined by Ben Taylor, chief executive of the British Automobile Racing Club that operates Thruxton, toContinue Reading
Last week, the Kyalami circuit in South Africa announced that its plans to upgrade to FIA Grade 1, required to host a Formula 1 grand prix, had been approved by the FIA. It was hailed as a “defining moment” and a big step towards F1 returning to the country –Continue Reading
Somehow the Toyota GT-One contrived never to win a race. Yet the car that moved the goalposts in the GT1 category from which it derived its name might well have triumphed in every one of the three events it contested.All that was missing from its assaults on the Le MansContinue Reading
Will Hall and Sean Gould shared the glory at Doune last weekend as ever-changing weather made rounds 13 and 14 of the British Hillclimb Championship an unpredictable affair.Sunday dawned wet at the Scottish hill and continued wet until late in the afternoon, when the sun broke through and quickly startedContinue Reading
The Oulton Park round of the 2025 British Touring Car Championship season is reviewed in the latest Autosport Racing podcast with Tom Ingram.BTCC’s 2022 champion joins Autosport Editor-in-Chief Kevin Turner and series correspondent Marcus Simmons to discuss last weekend’s action in which Ingram claimed pole.He described the pole lap asContinue Reading
Arvid Lindblad is set to take part in Friday practice at Silverstone’s British Grand Prix, Red Bull’s Helmut Marko has confirmed.The 17-year-old Red Bull talent, who contests F2 with Campos, is being readied to make his grand prix weekend debut next month at Silverstone after acquiring an FIA superlicence andContinue Reading
Brad Pitt revealed he wants the chance to improve on his Formula 1 debut after just falling short of his 200mph target during a run in Lando Norris’ 2023 McLaren.The star of F1: The Movie, Pitt got behind the wheel of a fully-fledged F1 car for the first time asContinue Reading
Sergio Perez believes Red Bull contributed to the toxic environment around his side of the garage during the second half of the 2024 Formula 1 season – putting unnecessary pressure on him to deliver results.Since his abrupt departure from F1, Perez has given few interviews discussing the issues that ledContinue Reading
Will Rowlands and Emyr Hall were the toast of Argyll when they took a fine victory in the historic element of last weekend’s Argyll Rally, round four of the British Historic Rally Championship.The North Wales crew finished the tough closed-road event with a minute and a half in hand overContinue Reading