Gedlich Winter Series introduces two new six-hour races for 2025
Gedlich Racing has introduced a new format into the Winter Series racing championships, with the inaugural editions of the 6 hours of Portimao and 6 hours of Barcelona.The two six-hour races will not count towards any championship, but the cars and teams of the GT and GT4 Winter Series areContinue Reading
Who is Racing Bulls’ new F1 driver Isack Hadjar?
Having been signed by Racing Bulls for the 2025 Formula 1 season, Isack Hadjar had very much been in and out of the conversation as speculation surrounding Sergio Perez’s Red Bull future mounted. With Liam Lawson always viewed as the most likely candidate to step up and replace the Mexican afterContinue Reading
Hadjar to partner Tsunoda at Racing Bulls for F1 2025
The Racing Bulls Formula 1 team has announced Red Bull junior Isack Hadjar will partner Yuki Tsunoda in 2025, as the starting grid for the new season is now set.Hadjar will take up the seat vacated by Liam Lawson, whose own move to the main Red Bull squad as Sergio Perez’s replacementContinue Reading
Binotto on Audi’s F1 reality check after finding team “frozen” with no plans
When former Ferrari team boss Mattia Binotto accepted the call to head up Audi’s Formula 1 operations earlier this year, he knew it was going to be a tough task.It is one thing honing an established team as he did at Maranello into fighting for world championship glory; it isContinue Reading
Autosport Podcast: Top 50 of 2024 – Part 1
Kevin Turner sits down with Gary Watkins and Haydn Cobb to break down the annual Autosport Top 50 for 2024, evaluating the best drivers across all of the National and International Racing scene.In the first of a two-part mini-series, Kevin goes behind the scenes and explains how our journalists andContinue Reading
NASCAR’s rising stars to watch in 2025
Just like any other sport, tomorrow’s champion is always waiting in the wings and in the pinnacle of stock car racing, the final two steps before the big show are the NASCAR Truck and NASCAR Xfinity Series. We looked at the most promising drivers under 25 from these two divisions, choosingContinue Reading
Liberty’s MotoGP purchase delayed as EU opens in-depth investigations
The European Union’s highest institution will open an “in-depth investigation” to determine whether the purchase of MotoGP by Formula 1 owner Liberty Media violates its antitrust framework.The European Commission, one of the EU’s decision-making bodies with executive power, is determined to closely analyse Liberty’s acquisition of Dorna, which holds theContinue Reading
How Autosport makes its Top 50 and why the Indy 500 winner missed out in 2024
Please contain your rage! Or at least soften it until you’ve read to the end of this piece.The Autosport Top 50, which has become a traditional end-of-season monster since the first edition in 2002, is not meant to be provocative but the very nature of it means that it is.TheContinue Reading
Acosta feels “relieved” after visiting KTM’s headquarters
Rising MotoGP star Pedro Acosta feels “relieved” after visiting the headquarters of beleaguered Austrian manufacturer KTM, according to his manager.Acosta travelled to Mattighofen in Austria on Tuesday to understand how KTM’s dismal financial situation could have consequences for its MotoGP programme, now that he has become an integral part ofContinue Reading
Why F1 must find a solution to its wasted tyres problem
While Formula 1 continues to make good gains in improving its sustainability, one of the most obvious areas of wastage clearly still needs addressing.With the quest to reduce environmental impact being all about marginal gains rather than delivering a silver bullet solution, it is quite remarkable that F1 finds itselfContinue Reading