Ranking Autosport’s Top 50 Drivers of 2024 – 50 to 41
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 first episode; Kevin goes behind the scenes and explains how our journalists and reporters put the list together,Continue Reading
Friday favourite: The “ridiculous” Group C Jaguar that roared briefly but loudly
Martin Brundle wasn’t blessed with the finest Formula 1 machinery for his 159 world championship starts. The Benetton B192, which provided five of his nine grand prix podiums, was probably the best but it doesn’t take the accolade of his favourite race car.PLUS: Ranking the top 10 Benetton F1 driversRoss Brawn’sContinue Reading
Piastri on McLaren team orders: We “do the right thing for each other”
Oscar Piastri has insisted he and Formula 1 team-mate Lando Norris would do “the right thing for each other” regardless of more prescribed McLaren team orders.Team orders became a talking point for the Woking-based outfit as Norris did battle with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen for the drivers’ title, with McLaren’sContinue Reading
The new karting league aiming to tackle F1’s representation problem
Sobering. That’s the word I’d use to describe what it’s been like since I took the decision in 2019 to step away from working directly with Formula 1 teams and discover what it’s like in the outside world.Back then, I didn’t know what would come next, I just wanted toContinue Reading
MotoGP needs to “go to another level” to attract big sponsors – Aprilia
Aprilia Racing CEO Massimo Rivola believes MotoGP must be more “aspirational” in order to attract new and bigger sponsors to the championship.Rivola joined Aprilia’s management structure for the 2019 season after a long tenure at Ferrari in Formula 1, where he held the position of sporting director from 2009-2016 beforeContinue Reading
Why McLaren’s controversial mini-DRS rear wing became a “source of pride”
McLaren feels the controversy generated by its rear wings in Formula 1’s 2024 is a “point of pride”, showing just how far the team has come.The design of McLaren’s low downforce rear wings raised eyebrows in Azerbaijan, where at higher speeds the upper element appeared to rotate back more thanContinue Reading
Evans identifies “main focus” for improvement in WRC 2025
Improving performance on rough gravel rallies is the main focus for Elfyn Evans in 2025 to enhance his chances of lifting a maiden World Rally Championship title.The Toyota driver finished as the WRC title runner-up for a fourth time this season after a campaign that resulted in the Welshman scoringContinue Reading
Mercedes opens up on the factors that hurt Hamilton with the W15
Mercedes thinks a double whammy of sensitivity to brake locking and snaps of oversteer during qualifying runs were the trigger for the difficulties Lewis Hamilton had in 2024.Hamilton endured a challenging season with the W15 as he especially found himself unable to get as much out of his car inContinue Reading
How Foster proved a point and fulfilled a lifelong dream in 2024
Winning the Indy NXT championship and getting an IndyCar seat for 2025 meant this has been a great year for me. To win the title in such a dominant fashion was the icing on the cake. It showed how much effort the team at Andretti and I put in overContinue Reading
All I want for NASCAR 2025 is…
‘Tis the season to look back and reflect on the year, while also making plans and wishes in hopes of making the new year even more eventful or spectacular. So, this time last year, I sat down and compiled a wish list of sorts to share with you, much likeContinue Reading