At the start of every season in recent times Ive let out a sigh, one that involves the exhalation of more air each time. Each year my exasperation grows as I go into another new season knowing that I wont be reporting on a major international endurance race in my home country.How can that be, I ask, that we dont have such an event in the United Kingdom? The 50,000 Brits who travel to the ... Keep reading
Williams team principal James Vowles has warned that the 2025 Formula 1 season will prove tricky for the British outfit as it focuses on the new regulations for the following year.F1 cars will be overhauled from 2026 onwards, with smaller dimensions, reduced weight, simplified aerodynamics and toned-down downforce and drag.Having failed to finish a race in the top five since 2017 - other than the ... Keep reading
Full electric, hybrid and internal combustion engine powertrains remain as options for the World Rally Championships 2027 regulations, according to FIA technical director Xavier Mestelan Pinon.The FIA has been working for more than 18 months to devise the future direction of the Rally1 and Rally2 WRC classes and is expected top present its 2027 regulations at the World Motor Sport Council in ... Keep reading
Steve Young, 93, has not missed a single Antioch Community High School football game since 1946. He also attends virtually every school sporting event, from basketball to golf, and has no plans on stopping anytime soon. Steve Hartman has more in "On the Road."
Silverstone has outlined an ambition to again host the World Endurance Championship after a return of the European Le Mans Series to the venue in 2025 was announced last week.Stuart Pringle, managing director of Silverstone, explained that there is an ongoing dialogue with the Automobile Club de lOuest, co-organiser of the WEC with the FIA and organiser of the ELMS, about a return of the world ... Keep reading
The FIA still plans to go ahead with its annual Prize Gala in Rwanda in December, despite the World Health Organization (WHO) advising against travel to the country because of a Marburg virus outbreak.The governing body is hosting its annual celebratory extravaganza in Kigali on 13 December to hand out this years FIA awards as well as celebrate its own 120th anniversary.The event sees FIA ... Keep reading
Skoda Motorsport has unveiled an all-new electric racing car concept that has taken inspiration and technology from its World Rally Championship Rally2 car.Based on the road going Enyaq SUV, the new Enyaq RS Race has been in development since 2023 with the aim of creating an EV race car concept that closely matches the handling of Skoda's Fabia RS Rally2.The car can generate 340 horsepower and a ... Keep reading
Sacha Fenestraz believes one of the reasons his time in Formula E came to a premature end is because he failed to match team-mate Oliver Rowland, who he claims is easily on a par with Max Verstappen.The French-Argentine endured a difficult sophomore season in the all-electric championship for Nissan, claiming only five points finishes from 16 races and ending the campaign 17th in the ... Keep reading
A brilliant British Touring Car title decider and McLarens rise to take on Red Bull in Formula 1 feature in this weeks Autosport magazine, out today (10 October).In the past, the BTCC had built a reputation for overly aggressive driving and shunts, but the championship-deciding battle between Jake Hill and Tom Ingram at Brands Hatch last weekend was a great example for the rest of ... Keep reading
Mercedes has admitted that it did not get it right in realising the pressures that Andrea Kimi Antonelli would face with his first FP1 outing on home ground at Monza.The German manufacturer elected to hand Antonelli his first official practice run in its car at the Italian Grand Prix, on the same weekend that he was going to be announced as a 2025 driver.But despite showing some impressive speed ... Keep reading
The FIM has announced a MotoGP engine freeze for the 2025 and 2026 seasons.As reported by Autosport last month, the MotoGP world championship will stop engine development for the next two seasons, before the new regulations come into force in the top class of motorcycle racing from 2027.This will allow manufacturers to focus on preparing bikes for the new regulations, without having to invest in ... Keep reading
Sauber last scored Formula 1 championship points exactly a year and a day ago when, as Alfa Romeo, it bagged a double-points finish at the Qatar Grand Prix.Since then, its reversion to the Sauber brand name has not been particularly conducive to success; the team is the only remaining outfit to remain point-less this season. Pitstop delays in the early season and a lack of performance gains with ... Keep reading
A decade is a long time in motor racing but, in the land of Supercars, its maybe a little bit difficult to acknowledge that the 2014 Bathurst 1000 did not happen just yesterday. Even for an event known for its great finishes, the 2014 edition was possibly the greatest. At a minute less than eight hours in length, it was certainly the longest, due to an unprecedented number of crashes, 10 safety ... Keep reading
Alex Rins has stressed that his lack of competitiveness at struggling Yamaha has nothing to do with the limp with which he has been walking since his freak accident at Mugello over a year ago.Both Rins and Fabio Quartararo have voiced their disappointment with the lack of grip on the M1 increasingly loudly of late. They have cited multiple problems with the bike, which is the most sensitive on the ... Keep reading
Alliance Racing is planning to replace its Ford Focus STs and bring a fresh manufacturer to the British Touring Car Championship in 2026.The squad, which under the NAPA Racing UK banner clinched its third successive BTCC teams title at Brands Hatch last weekend, introduced the fourth-generation ST during its former incarnation as Motorbase Performance in 2020.An intensive winter of development ... Keep reading
British Indy NXT champion Louis Foster will graduate to IndyCar next season with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing after agreeing a multi-year deal beginning in 2025.The 21-year-old captured the 2024 Indy NXT championship with Andretti Global, winning eight of 14 races to defeat Jacob Abel.A run of 11 races without finishing lower than second to end the season coincided withsnatching seven poles ... Keep reading
Alpine says it would be logical to compete in the IMSA SportsCar Championship once the brand inches closer to entering the North American automotive market.The French manufacturer has revealed it is open to the idea of expanding its factory LMDh programme with the A424 beyond the World Endurance Championship in the future, having just clinched its first podium at Fuji last month.The WEC and ... Keep reading
Franco Colapinto has surprised the outside world with his impressive Formula 1 performances for Williams since an unexpected Monza debut. But himself? Not so much.Colapinto was dropped into the Williams to replace the struggling Logan Sargeant from September's Italian Grand Prix onwards. At the time questions were raised over whether or not the Argentinian F2 prospect was ready, and whether team ... Keep reading
IndyCar'sannouncement earlier this week ofinaugural Grand Prix of Arlington set for 2026 has brought a high level of widespread anticipation, with the street circuit layout also getting everyones attention.A collaborative effort between Penske Entertainment, the Dallas Cowboys, and REV Entertainment, the official events partner of the Texas Rangers, the IndyCar Series will return to the ... Keep reading
1. Visa Cash App RB F1 Team - Undergraduate Internship Programme 2025-2026 - Milton KeynesThe Visa Cash App RB F1 Team has the opportunity to join its Undergraduate Internship Programme 2025-2026.This 13-month programme will see you join its Aerodynamics and Vehicle Performance departments in the UK and will include Aerodynamic Development, CFD Methodology, Data Science, Strategy, Simulation & ... Keep reading
This week, the state Board of Regents continued its assault on New York education by pushing the teaching of revisionist DEI history ahead of America’s 250th anniversary celebration.
Ducati has decided to halt development of its 2024 MotoGP bike as the title battle between Jorge Martin and Francesco Bagnaia enters the final phase.With four events to go in the championship and 10 points separating Martin and Bagnaia in the standings, Ducati has halted the development of the GP24 so that the pair can fight for the title with the machinery they already know.Bagnaia took his ... Keep reading
One of the biggest unknowns about the 2024 Formula 1 season is how Red Bull went from crushing the opposition up to the Chinese GP to being on the backfoot since Miami.Max Verstappens victory in Shanghai, his fourth out of five races at the start of this season, came with nearly identical 13-second margins at the front in that weekends sprint and main grand prix. The world champion had been ... Keep reading
Ford star Matthew Payne and Triple Eight veteran Jamie Whincupled the times in the opening day's practice sessions for Sunday's Bathurst 1000.But the talking point of the day was that Whincup's teammate, points leader Will Brown, is looking at a tough weekend after co-driver Scott Pye smashed their Chevrolet Camaro at The Cutting late in the afternoon session.Young bloke, cold tyres... ... Keep reading
Scottish Legends ace Stewart Black sealed his latest title success with two more wins last weekend, thereby extending his lead in the Ryan Motorsport Insurance Autosport National Rankings.Black, Piers Grange and Dan Brown have enjoyed a close battle at the top of the leaderboard all year but the former has now taken his 2024 tally to 17 victories and has therefore pulled two clear of Grange as the ... Keep reading