World Rally Championship 2024 season guide
The championship has been blown wide open following the news that reigning world champion Kalle Rovanpera has opted to scale back his commitments to a partial campaign in order to recharge his batteries for a full-time return in 2025.Rovanpera’s absence means the title battle is likely to be fought betweenContinue Reading
What Motorsport.com is looking forward to in 2024
The motorsport winter is quickly coming to an end, while several series across the globe have already begun their 2024 activities, meaning plotlines and talking points are unfolding right now.The Dakar Rally and Formula E, now customary annual calendar openers, have already produced the first major winners of the year,Continue Reading
2024 World Rally Championship Season Preview
There is plenty of intrigue surrounding the 2024 World Rally Championship season which begins this weekend with its annual visit to Monte Carlo. The championship has been blown wide open following the news that reigning world champion Kalle Rovanpera has opted to run part time in order to recharge hisContinue Reading
What Autosport is looking forward to in 2024
The motorsport winter is quickly coming to an end, while several series across the globe have already begun their 2024 activities, meaning plotlines and talking points are unfolding right now.The Dakar Rally and Formula E, now customary annual calendar openers, have already produced the first major winners of the year,Continue Reading
Domenicali: Madrid F1 deal doesn’t mean Barcelona track has no future
The Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya has been the race’s home since 1991, but it became increasingly apparent during 2023 that Madrid looked set to take over hosting of the Spanish GP.However, Barcelona could yet secure a place for a second race in Spain. The country has supported two events in theContinue Reading
How Audi’s Dakar win shows its F1 ambitions shouldn’t be underestimated
Audi has faced heavy backlash over the way its motorsport division has been managed over the last few years. The decision to phase out all its sportscar racing programmes and go all-in on Formula 1 has aggrieved even the most loyal fans of the German marque. Even former teams andContinue Reading
Madrid lands Spanish GP from 2026 as Barcelona fights for F1 future
Madrid’s new deal means that the event leaves the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, which has been its home since 1991, with an uncertain future.F1’s initial announcement on Tuesday morning made no mention of the current venue.However, it’s understood that the Barcelona authorities are still in discussions about the future, and thatContinue Reading
The key details to look out for when F1 launch season begins
But while some of the design elements spotted in that period will be smoke and mirrors, and sometimes even just flat-out something not being run in 2024, we should get a pretty good idea of the main concepts that will be raced.Some of the trends that have emerged over theContinue Reading
WRC stars Rovanpera, Evans to contest Arctic Lapland Rally
Toyota is set to field a pair of GR Yaris Rally1 cars for the duo for the snow rally, which will host the second round of the Finnish Rally Championship in Rovaniemi, Finland from 2-3 February.The outing will mark the first rally for Rovanpera since last year’s WRC season finaleContinue Reading
Honda: Le Mans entry not the ‘priority’ amid F1 2026 preparations
At the end of last year, the Japanese manufacturer brought the Honda Performance Development (HPD) arm under its global motorsport portfolio, renaming the division as Honda Racing Corporation US.This opened up the possibility of Honda taking its Acura ARX-06 across the Atlantic and competing at Le Mans, a race inContinue Reading