The UK racing season is now two months old so it is time to restart the Ryan Motorsport Insurance Autosport National Rankings and racing rookie Steve Gambrell is the surprise early pacesetter.It may be Gambrell’s first season but he has defied that lack of experience to already notch up sevenContinue Reading
You would be hard pushed to find two more contrasting environments in the world of motorsport. The friendly paddock of pre-war categories here in the UK may bear little resemblance to the grandiose yet “cut-throat” Formula 1 conclave, but it is at these far more humble club events that youContinue Reading
Pedro Acosta has been declared fit to contest this weekend’s French Grand Prix following the MotoGP rider’s recent arm-pump surgery.The KTM man went under the knife on the Tuesday following last month’s race and test at Jerez, after finally admitting to a condition that has troubled him since the startContinue Reading
Aprilia factory rider Marco Bezzecchi has revealed that his mentor and former boss Valentino Rossi gives him advice informed by data to which the highly connected MotoGP legend has privileged access.Speaking with Autosport over the most recent Spanish Grand Prix weekend, where Rossi was present, Bezzecchi was asked whether hisContinue Reading
Robert Wickens was always going to get back into a racing car after the life-changing injuries he sustained at the wheel of an Indycar at Pocono in 2018. He never doubted it, and nor did those around him. So no one should be surprised that his comeback is gathering paceContinue Reading
“That doesn’t make so much of a difference.”Jamie Chadwick was quick to shrug off the significance of becoming the first female driver to win outright in the European Le Mans Series at Paul Ricard on Sunday. After all, she had won the LMP2 class in her only previous category startContinue Reading
The end of an era or a mere blip? A gradual decline or another season in which it manages to snare a title? Following the turmoil of 2024 and McLaren’s ascendance, Red Bull’s position in Formula 1 is an intriguing one. Love it or loathe it, Red Bull has been theContinue Reading
The pattern after the first six Formula 1 weekends of 2025 is clear: Max Verstappen can compete with McLaren over a single lap and compensate for some weaknesses himself, but on most Sundays he and Red Bull simply don’t have the tools to fight the papaya cars over a fullContinue Reading
Amid all the talk about 2026’s hybrid engines and how they will be deployed, getting to F1’s lower weight limit may well cause teams the biggest headache of all.The minimum car weight for F1’s new rules era has been set at 768kg, 32kg down on the current limit of 800kg.Continue Reading
Mohammed Ben Sulayem is preparing to run for re-election at the head of motorsport’s governing body, the FIA. But the vote comes at a tough time for the organisation after it was rocked by resignations, sackings and raised tensions with drivers.Ben Sulayem took the helm of the Fédération Internationale deContinue Reading