Cars produced between 1991 and 2000 will be eligible for competition in historic events from next year, following an adjustment to the FIA’s International Sporting Code. It was announced following today’s meeting of the FIA World Motor Sport Council that a tweak to the ISC’s Appendix K, which covers historic racing,Continue Reading
Formula 1 will scrap the fastest lap point for the 2025 season, and will boost young driver running at grands prix.The FIA’s World Motor Sport Council rubber-stamped the rule changes as it gathered on Thursday to discuss a wide range of topics across the championships it sanctioned.From next year, F1Continue Reading
Formula E organisers have been unable to find a 17th race for the upcoming season that leaves a two-month gap in the schedule, but plan to host an as-yet-unannounced event that will “maintain engagement with fans”.A 17-race calendar was initially announced in June by the all-electric championship, with a TBDContinue Reading
IndyCar’s new Arlington round, scheduled to debut in March 2026, has some drivers feeling it has multiple reasons why it could rival Formula 1’s Miami Grand Prix.North America’s premier open-wheel championship will return to Texas in 2026 after a two-year absence thanks to an all-new street race that was announcedContinue Reading
Sebastien Bourdais will join the factory Cadillac team for the final round of the 2024 World Endurance Championship in Bahrain early next month.Bourdais, the outright 2014 Daytona 24 Hours winner, will join Alex Lynn and Earl Bamber in the #2 Chip Ganassi-entered Cadillac V-Series.R for what would be his thirdContinue Reading
Mazda MX-5 ace Ben Short has broken Stewart Black, Piers Grange and Dan Brown’s stranglehold on the top Ryan Motorsport Insurance Autosport National Rankings places having moved into second.Short has enjoyed a remarkable season in the 750 Motor Club’s MX-5 Cup and added two more wins at last weekend’s DoningtonContinue Reading
Pedro Acosta has voiced the commonly held paddock belief that Ducati would prefer factory rider Francesco Bagnaia to win this year’s world championship over Aprilia-bound Pramac man Jorge Martin.Acosta made the remark as he reflected on a stunt engineered by MotoGP promoters, in which KTM’s 20-year-old rookie asked a questionContinue Reading
World Rally Championship teams have expressed their thoughts regarding the possibility of a last-minute change to remove hybrid power from Rally1 cars for next season.It appears there is a strong chance the FIA could decide to abandon hybrid power from the WRC’s top-flight class, in a move that has beenContinue Reading
The revelation that the FIA has moved to clamp down on a potential ride height parc ferme trick has added an intriguing twist to the Formula 1 title battle.But while the governing body’s response to suspicions that one competitor may have been altering front bib clearance between qualifying and theContinue Reading
Factory Mercedes driver Jules Gounon will make his DTM debut in this weekend’s final round at Hockenheim, replacing Luca Stolz at HRT.Double Spa 24 Hours winner Gounon has been drafted into the #4 HRT Mercedes AMG GT3 at the last-minute after Stolz had to withdraw from the Hockenheim races dueContinue Reading