Andrea Stella named Autosport’s Person of the Year
Andrea Stella has been named as Autosport’s Person of the Year after the Italian masterminded McLaren’s route to the top off the Formula 1 constructors’ championship.Stella, who joined McLaren as head of race operations in 2015, has previously held the titles of performance director and racing director.He was made theContinue Reading
Bernie Ecclestone collects 75th anniversary honouree prize at Autosport Awards
Long before the billion-dollar deals there were… buns and biscuits. The early bird might not always catch the worm but, in the case of a young Bernard Charles Ecclestone, the early riser had already done two paper rounds – and then, on the way to school, invested the proceeds inContinue Reading
Ogier wins Autosport’s International Rally Driver Award
World Rally Championship legend Sebastien Ogier has won Autosport’s International Rally Driver following his performances during the 2024 season.The eight-time world rally champion topped an online poll voted for by Autosport readers. It is the eighth time Ogier has picked up the coveted award following triumphs from 2013-2018 and 2021.Autosport’sContinue Reading
A Bowman Gray legend’s dream is finally realized as NASCAR Cup rookie
It’s a story rarely seen in modern NASCAR. One that feels like it was lifted from a Hollywood script or tag line. An older driver is given the chance to race the cars he helps build at the track where he made his name, fulfilling a dream he thought wasContinue Reading
Peroni Nastro Azzurro 0.0% and Scuderia Ferrari named Autosport’s Brand Partnership of the Year
Peroni and Ferrari will be toasting their victory after being named Brand Partnership of the Year at the 2025 Autosport Awards.After a record number of entries, it was the activation used to mark the start of a new partnership between Peroni Nastro Azzurro 0.0% and the Scuderia, designed to beContinue Reading
Pirelli wins Autosport’s Pioneering and Innovation Award
Pirelli has won the Pioneering and Innovation Award at the 2025 Autosport Awards after introducing FSC-certified tyres into Formula 1 for the first time.All of the tyres supplied in the championship – a total of 8,016 to teams last year – were stamped with the FSC-certified logo, meaning every singleContinue Reading
F1 Las Vegas GP picks up Autosport’s Promoter of the Year award
The first award to be announced at the ceremony at London’s Roundhouse on Wednesday evening, Las Vegas came out on top of a strong shortlist of candidates.Corporación Interamericana de Entretenimiento (CIE), promoters of the Mexico City Grand Prix and South Florida Motorsports, who stage the Miami Grand Prix were theContinue Reading
Hamilton shunt causes Leclerc’s Ferrari run to be scrapped
Ferrari’s second Formula 1 test day in Barcelona has been cut short, with Lewis Hamilton’s early shunt bringing the running to a premature end.The Scuderia has been running in Catalunya to make the most of the new, more restrictive regulations surrounding ‘Testing of Previous Cars’ for current Formula 1 racers.Continue Reading
Race-winning outfit poised for British GT return in 2025
Fox Motorsport is planning a return to British GT in 2025 yet is struggling to find a co-driver for its star youngster Mckenzie Douglass, who dominated Ginetta GT last season.The 17-year-old claimed 12 wins from 21 races clinching the crown at the penultimate weekend and has been rewarded with aContinue Reading
How “crazy” F1 test brought back the love for Award winner Loake
With the usual chill in the characteristically breezy Silverstone air, Joseph Loake arrives at the home of the British Grand Prix ready to fulfil a childhood dream: finally, he is going to get behind the wheel of a Formula 1 car, with Aston Martin.Following in the footsteps of drivers whoContinue Reading