The top 10 BTCC support drivers of the past 10 seasons
There have been 258 drivers who have triumphed in a race in one of the support categories at a British Touring Car Championship event in the past 10 seasons. That’s a truly staggering number and certainly makes picking the best 10 of these a very tricky task.Given that 39 ofContinue Reading
Autosport writers’ favourite cars from the 1990s
The last Formula 1 race of the 20th Century occurred 9190 days ago. That means we are now closer to the start of the 2050 season, assuming the world championship is still around to commemorate its centenary anniversary, than we are from the 1990s.It was a decade that many stillContinue Reading
Verstappen issues Red Bull title warning in push for RB21 progress
Max Verstappen thinks Red Bull can forget about winning any championship in Formula 1 next year if it does not make good progress with its RB21 car.While the Dutchman celebrated his fourth consecutive drivers’ title with Red Bull in 2024, he is well aware that success owed much to aContinue Reading
Ranking Autosport’s Top 50 Drivers of 2024 – 40 to 31
Kevin Turner sits down with Gary Watkins and Haydn Cobb to discuss the annual Autosport Top 50 for 2024, evaluating the best drivers in the National and International Racing scene. In this episode, we look at the drivers ranked from 40th to 31st place, featuring drivers from F1, F2, theContinue Reading
Thick fog leads to Mallory Park Plum Pudding event being abandoned
Sean Reynolds and Andy Boyce were the final victors of the UK club racing year at Mallory Park, before thick fog resulted in the Plum Pudding meeting being abandoned.Thousands of motorsport-starved fans and local families arrived hoping to see three motorcycle and four car races, but in the event onlyContinue Reading
Why Russell ranks his lost Spa F1 win above his 2024 Vegas domination
George Russell reckons his lost 2024 Formula 1 Belgian Grand Prix victory was a better drive than his Las Vegas domination because of how in the former he held off Lewis Hamilton’s charge.Russell’s mid-race switch to a one-stop strategy meant he cycled to the lead at Spa when his Mercedes team-mateContinue Reading
Strange, funny and absurd: The NASCAR race names you have to see to believe
What’s in a name? Nowadays, for races, usually a title sponsor that graces the already long name indicating the race’s location, and in NASCAR, typically the mileage of the race as well. Sometimes the sponsor names alone lend to amusing race titles — sometimes, the fans get involved and hijinks ensue.Continue Reading
When a BTCC star drove the genesis of Britain’s F1 domination
Vanwall, BRM, Cooper and Lotus. These are the names that usually get the credit when it comes to the early days of British motorsport success. They certainly all played their part in Formula 1 in the 1950s, but two decades earlier a different firm had hinted at what was possibleContinue Reading
The qualifying stats quirks of F1 2024
Race results inevitably stand out most vividly in motorsport history books but qualifying remains key to building them in Formula 1, with the 2024 season no different.A look back through the numbers from the campaign just gone reveals several interesting statistics to note for the driving pack – for thoseContinue Reading
Rovanpera hopes circuit racing exploits can help 2025 WRC return
Kalle Rovanpera says he’s learned “many things” in 2024 and is hopeful his new found circuit racing skills can help him on asphalt World Rally Championship events in 2025.The two-time world rally champion will make a full-time return to the WRC in 2025 after a year where he expanded hisContinue Reading