Stage-end interviews to return as FIA and WRC drivers find swearing fine compromise
Stage-end interviews will return at this week’s Rally Islas Canarias after the World Rally Drivers Alliance (WoRDA) and the FIA reached an agreement over penalties for swearing during an event.World Rally Championship drivers opted to remain silent or speak in their mother tongue during stage-end interviews at Safari Rally Kenya lastContinue Reading
Autosport National Podcast: GB3 and BTCC supports preview
Autosport Editor-In-Chief Kevin Turner sits down with National Editor Stephen Lickorish for another edition of the Autosport National Podcast. On this week’s show, the pair preview the upcoming GB3 Championship and TOCA support classes, both kicking off this weekend at Silverstone and Donington Park respectively.The focus in GB3 will likelyContinue Reading
Amazon gives release date to NASCAR’s Garage 56 Le Mans documentary
Titled American Thunder: NASCAR to Le Mans, the documentary will finally release on Amazon’s Prime Video on June 12th of this year — just two days before the 93rd running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.The film will follow Hendrick Motorsports and NASCAR’s journey throughout the 2023 Le Mans 24Continue Reading
Marco Andretti calls out NASCAR critics of “badass” Katherine Legge
A veteran of four Indianapolis 500s and a multi-time race winner in IMSA, Katherine Legge is a proven racer. But at 44 years old, she is pushing herself outside of her comfort zone and taking on a new challenge entirely as she ventures into the world of stock car racing.TheContinue Reading
Why Imola WEC podium battle was just the tonic sportscar racing needs
Sometimes I wonder what I’m watching when I travel the world to report on international sportscar racing. Not motor racing as I knew it, I’m prone to moan. It has become too controlled, too choreographed, if you like. I’m thinking Balance of Performance, strict limits on car development, convoluted safetyContinue Reading
O’Donovan begins another British Rallycross campaign with Lydden double delight
Reigning British and European Rallycross champion Patrick O’Donovan got the defence of his domestic title under way with a pair of wins at Lydden Hill on Easter weekend.BRX’s headline Supercar category featured arguably its strongest field for some time, with a roster that included returning champions and race winners, equippedContinue Reading
Red Bull formally rules out right of review of Verstappen’s Saudi F1 penalty
Red Bull has formally ruled out launching a right-of-review petition against Max Verstappen’s decisive five-second penalty in Formula 1’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.Polesitter Verstappen was penalised for leaving the track and gaining an advantage at the start of the race, going off after a duel with McLaren’s Oscar Piastri.Verstappen andContinue Reading
V10 soundtrack to Dolby’s GT record at Castle Combe opener
Castle Combe’s 75th anniversary celebrations opened on Easter Monday, with special performances highlighting each of the resident racing club’s four championship double-headers as a wet morning presaged a warm sunny afternoon. Thrilling 500cc Formula 3 races also gave spectators a glimpse into Curly Dryden, Stirling Moss and Peter Collins’ 1950Continue Reading
How unwanted triple-headers became a fixture on the F1 calendar
The upcoming Miami Grand Prix will be the first Formula 1 race not to be part of a double- or triple-header since last year’s Canadian Grand Prix on 9 June 2024.That is a consequence of the expansion of the calendar, which averaged 16 races per season in the 1980s andContinue Reading
Honours even after Silverstone Pickups thrills and spills
There were plenty of thrills and spills during a mixed weekend of weather for the Silverstone MotorSport Vision Racing meeting as the most spectacular action came from the Pickups – which produced thunderous noise and close racing across two heats and a final.Ryan Hadfield led most of heat one, withContinue Reading