Sebastien Ogier has confirmed plans to contest the remaining rounds of the World Rally Championship to help Toyota challenge for both the drivers and manufacturers crowns.The eight-time world champion was set to contest a half-season campaign in his role as a part-time driver, but his impressive run of three wins and three second-place finishes have proved crucial for Toyotas ... Keep reading
Charles Leclercs brilliant home win for Ferrari and questions over McLarens lack of team orders dominate this weeks Autosport magazine, out today (5 September).Even for non-Ferrari fans, a victory for the legendary team in the Italian Grand Prix is special. While well have to see whether the SF-24s latest upgrades have truly put it back in the frontrunning frame on more conventional ... Keep reading
Miguel Oliveira has signed a deal with Yamaha to compete for its new satellite team Pramac in the 2025 MotoGP season.As was widely expected, Oliveria will leave Trackhouse-RNF Racing after two seasons to become a factory Yamaha rider next year, racing an M1 at the title-winning Pramac team.The Portuguese rider brings with him a wealth of experience from both KTM and Aprilia and will join Pramac ... Keep reading
Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix president Tyler Epp has admitted he was wrong to question the addition of a sprint race to the event earlier this year.Having hosted its first grand prix in 2022, the Miami International Autodrome was one of six circuits announced as staging one of F1s sprint races this season.Max Verstappen took victory in the 19-lap race on the Saturday before title rival Lando ... Keep reading
Thierry Neuville says his World Rally Championship future beyond 2025 will likely be determined by Hyundais WRC plans as he doesnt see himself going on with another brand.The WRC points leader has signed a new one-year extension that will take him into a 12th season with the Korean marque.However, the Belgians WRC future beyond 2025 is unclear with Hyundai yet to confirm its ... Keep reading
McLaren has revealed it is holding back on bringing a new floor for its Formula 1 car because the team thinks it risks the same downgrade problems rivals have faced.The Woking-based outfit is locked in a tight fight with Red Bull for the F1 championships this year, and accepts it has a shout of winning both constructors and drivers crowns.With so little performance difference between cars ... Keep reading
Surprise exits, stunning upsets, and wild finishes are hallmarks of the modern playoff format in NASCAR. However, there are several signs that point to this year being unlike any that came before it. There are familiar faces out and unexpected names in, all wrapped around a schedule that has doubled the number of drafting tracks and road courses. While the dominant driver has fallen short of the ... Keep reading
1. Ingram joins TT V8 wrestlersEighteen V8-engined cars take on a dozen Jaguar XK and Porsche sixes as the Royal Automobile Club Tourist Trophy Celebration race provides Sunday afternoons sensational centrepiece. Tom Ingram, 2022 British Touring Car champion and hot on points leader Jake Hills heels in the current title fight, tests his reflexes in Mike Whitakers TVR Griffith 400.A ... Keep reading
The Audi-owned Sauber Formula 1 team has admitted to facing a youth versus experience dilemma over its driver choice for next year, as it ponders what is best for the long term.The German manufacturer had hoped to lure Carlos Sainz for 2025 to become team-mate to Nico Hulkenberg, as it transitions to become a full works team from 2026.However, amid uncertainty about the competitiveness of the ... Keep reading
The Ferrari Formula 1 team has appointed former Mercedes engineer Loic Serra as its new technical director on the chassis side.Ferrari had initially poached Serra from Mercedes in the summer of last year, but due to an extended gardening period Serra is yet to start working at Maranello.Once he joins the team on 1 October, the Frenchman will become Ferrari's new chassis technical director, taking ... Keep reading
New York, NY, September 5, 2024 - Motorsport Network announces today that Werner Brell has been named CEO. His appointment is effective October 1st. Brell will be based in New York and report to the Board of Directors, chaired by Gary Fegel, founder and principal of GMF Capital (GMF). GMF acquired a controlling majority of Motorsport Network in June 2023. With over 40 million monthly unique ... Keep reading
Wayne Taylor Racing will return to the Cadillac fold after a four-year absence to run a pair of entries in the IMSA SportsCar Championship next year.Cadillac finally went public what had become an open secret on Thursday when it also confirmed that reigning IMSA champion team Action Express Racing will continue to run a solo V-Series.R in the GTP class in 2025.WTR, which last year became part of ... Keep reading
The fallout of NASCAR beating the IndyCar Series to the punch for a race at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City next year certainly created a shockwave through the paddock.Arrow McLarens Pato OWard shared his disappointment in yet another year lost of having a chance to race in front of his home fans, who havent seen an IndyCar race in Mexico since 2007 during the Champ Car ... Keep reading
There were only three UK circuit racing events last weekend, but there are still plenty of Ryan Motorsport Insurance Autosport National Rankings changes, with Jason Smyth the highest-placed improver.Smyth has scored a raft of Formula Ford 1600 victories this year and added two more at Kirkistown to take his 2024 tally to 12.Those successes have sent him climbing five places up the leaderboard and ... Keep reading
The RAC Tourist Trophy Celebration for closed GTs and prototypes built between 1960 and 1964 has been the blue-riband race at Goodwood since the first Revival in 1998. Goodwood describes it as perhaps the most important race in historic motorsport, and the various pre-1966 GT contests around the world are among the highlights every season. But theres a similar group of machines that is ... Keep reading
Formula 1 has announced Lenovo as its latest global partner in a deal that will see the technology company become the title sponsor of two grand prix from the 2025 season onwards.Having previously been an official partner of F1, Lenovo has now taken a step up to join the biggest sponsors in the series, including the likes of Aramco, Heineken, Qatar Airways and American Express.The deal sees ... Keep reading
Francesco Bagnaia has said sorry for criticising Alex Marquez after they collided and crashed out of the MotoGP Aragon Grand Prix last weekend.Reigning MotoGP world champion Bagnaia was furious with the Gresini rider, claiming the accident was "dangerous" and said Marquez "didn't stop accelerating until he threw me off".Once the Italian had simmered down, the two had a private meeting in a Ducati .
Fabio Quartararo has said it has been a long time since I enjoyed the bike like today as he broke into Q2 directly for Yamaha for just the third time this MotoGP season.A result of recent testing mileage at Misano or are Yamaha finally making gains? This was the question after the 2021 MotoGP world champion roamed the top 10 of a MotoGP practice session in which the top 14 riders were split ... Keep reading
Bryn Lucas is joined again by Jake Boxall-Legge and Filip Cleeren as they continue their analysis of the Italian Grand Prix.On this episode, they discuss Kimi Antonelli's exciting F1 debut, with the 18-year-old showing scintillating pace until a crash at the Parabolica on his second hot lap put him in the wall. A promising sign for his talent, a reckless crash on debut, or something else entirely? ... Keep reading
MotoGP is still dealing with the after-effects of Francesco Bagnaia's collision with Alex Marquez in the Aragon Grand Prix.While Marc Marquez'sstunning comeback win in Spain after a 1000-day drought generated plenty of headlines, much of the weekend was dominated by reactions and public judgement over the crash between his younger brother Alex and world champion Bagnaia six laps from the ... Keep reading
How an organisation responds to criticism is always a true test of its leadership. And Motorsport UK has passed that assessment in recent days, following the uproar sparked by its consultation into plans to overhaul series regulations and place severe restrictions on their calendars and names.Yes, the furore was completely unnecessary and avoidable, but the governing body equally deserves credit ... Keep reading
Hyundais Ott Tanak has regained the Acropolis Rally lead while Adrien Fourmauxs pursuit of a maiden World Rally Championship victory has come to a halt.Tanak moved into a five-second rally lead when he took advantage of a mysterious issue for rally leader Sebastien Ogiers Toyota GR Yaris on stage five.Ogier had been running strongly before dropping time in the final split of the 21.67km ... Keep reading
A charity supporting young people in Easter Ross won a huge rent cut from Highland Council.
Sacha Fenestraz's Formula E career hangs in the balance following confirmation that he will not be part of Nissans line-up for the 2024-25 season.Fenestraz first joined the all-electric series in 2022-23 with Nissan, but endured a difficult sophomore campaign in which he was comprehensively beaten by team-mate Oliver Rowland.While Rowland won two races and was an outside title contender ... Keep reading
The ambitions of any Formula 1 engineering project are always geared towards moving the team involved further up the grid.The Komatsu-Williams Engineering Academy is no different and has similar long-term aspirations but a whole lot more besides.The programme was launched on Thursday, with the aim of attracting new and previously untapped talent.A launch event was staged on the rooftop of the ... Keep reading