Gibson was the highest-ranked mover following the two national racing events that were held over the weekend, as the season enters its final handful of meetings. While he triumphed in the first, second and fourth of the six Kent races, it was not quite enough for Gibson to prevent Miles Rudman from retaining the Legends title. Instead, Gibson must be content with jumping from eighth to fifth in ... Keep reading
While grand prix racing looks set to abandon a push to reduce tyre warming temperatures for next year as a precursor to the blanket ban, there remains every intention to remove the heating aids from the start of 2024. Such attempts to ban tyre blankets, motivated on cost and sustainability grounds, have been made in the past but each time have been ditched because of potential complications in ... Keep reading
Vandoorne was due to get his first chance to sample the Peugeot 9X8 LMH car at the Bahrain International Circuit on Sunday, a day after the title-deciding WEC eight-hour round of the 2022 season. But following second practice for the weekend on Thursday, Peugeot announced that the reigning Formula E champion will not be present for the test after being diagnosed with appendicitis. The team ... Keep reading
Bertrand was announced earlier this week as Dilbagh Gill's replacement at Mahindra, having departed from his position in the FIA as director of Formula E and innovative sport projects. This was seen in some quarters as controversial owing to Bertrand's involvement in delivering the third-generation ruleset for the 2022-23 Formula E season, as similar movements in Formula 1 for ex-FIA personnel ... Keep reading
The Spaniard had been navigating through the opening stage (Isegamis Tunnel 23.29km), when he was forced to stop his i20 N 16.1km into the test after reporting a burning smell. Sordo and co-driver Candido Carrera quickly exited the car before a large fire broke out engulfing the vehicle. Attempts were made to put the fire out but the blaze had become too severe. M-Sports Gus Greensmith ... Keep reading
While David Malukas is staying on for his second season in the series driving the Coyne with HMD Motorsports entry, it appears that the full-time Coyne with Rick Ware Racing seat will be taken by Formula 2 race-winner Marcus Armstrong. Satos funding, again largely from Honda Japan and Panasonic, will likely be sufficient only for an oval-only program in 2023, as Honda seeks to expand his ... Keep reading
A handful of so-so qualifying sessions, some fine George Russell performances plus a little bad luck with safety cars, and suddenly some people felt that Hamilton was past it. Of course, every sportsperson will eventually fade as their powers wane, but recent evidence suggests Hamilton has not yet reached that stage. In this weeks open and insightful interview, Hamilton talks about how he ... Keep reading
The 10-year wait for WRC to return to Japan in 2020 was ultimately delayed as the event became a casualty of the pandemic, and the sense of anticipation is even higher now amongst the passionate local fans cheering on Toyota. This weekend the Gravel Notes podcast is in Japan with Autosport's Tom Howard as the previous gravel roads of Japan make way for 19 new twisty tarmac stages which will ... Keep reading
The 2019 world champion has emerged as the key figure in the 2023 WRC driver market following his shock announcement to part ways with Hyundai last month. Speculation regarding the Estonians future in the championship has been building steadily across the season, with rumours hinting that he would leave the team emerging during the summer. The 35-year-olds early exit from Hyundai has ... Keep reading
Hoggard, AMABA winner in 2019, hopes that his test on Sunday in Bahrain aboard the factory-run NorthWest AMR teams Aston Martin Vantage GTE can kick start his career after a second campaign in the FIA Formula 3 Championship fell over ahead of the start of the 2022 season. Im definitely open to sportscars and thats where I am focusing my attention for next year, 21-year-old ... Keep reading
Schubert Motorsport enjoyed a dream maiden DTM campaign in 2022 as it swept to the drivers crown with Sheldon van der Linde and collected the teams title too. New to the series, its control Michelin tyres and the BMW M4 GT3 that replaced the venerable M6 GT3 this year, it had a mammoth learning curve to get on terms with teams who had enjoyed continuity from the DTMs first season with GT3 ... Keep reading
Lewis Hamilton goes from the back of the Sprint to win the 2021 Sao Paulo GP for Mercedes.
Albuquerque, Phil Hanson and Will Owen have finished no higher than fifth so far in 2022, with just this weekends Bahrain finale to run, having beena class frontrunner since Uniteds entry into the WEC in 2019-20. Albuquerque and Hanson won the LMP2 title at the first time of asking three years ago in a car they shared for most of the season with Paul di Resta, while the duo also ... Keep reading
Some of Formula 1s greatest performances have come in the rain, so weve decided to pick out the best 10. In the latest episode of our top 10 series, Autosport chief editor Kevin Turner compares the likes of Ayrton Senna, Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton and allows only one entry per driver. Want to know more about our top 10? Take a look here: Ranking F1's greatest wet-weather ... Keep reading
Williams confirmed over the United States Grand Prix weekend that so long as Sargeant gets an FIA superlicence, he will claim the second seat alongside Alex Albon for 2023. The FIA made clear in its handling of Colton Herta's recent push for a superlicence that it will not make exceptions for those not meeting the criteria under its existing points system. It means the pressure is on ... Keep reading
Lewis Hamilton, Sergio Perez and George Russell put on a dazzling demonstration run for the Las Vegas Grand Prix launch party, with Hamilton insisting next year's debut race will be 'incredible'.
Lando Norris has confirmed he spoke to Red Bull - and several other teams - before signing a long-term contract extension with McLaren earlier in 2022.
With another epic season on the cards as MotoGP visits more circuits than ever in 2023, fans are already looking to book their spot trackside for the most exciting races of the season. As of today, fans will be able to book tickets to the MotoGP VIP Village hospitality programme with Motorsport Tickets. Already available for most races of the 2023 season, these tickets provide a premium ... Keep reading
Gibbss track record in NASCAR national series competition is relatively short, but his success cannot be questioned. A week after experiencing perhaps the lowest point of his racing career so far, he was enjoying his best last Saturday when he won the Xfinity Series season finale race at Phoenix Raceway, and with it the series championship. The victory was his seventh of the season and 11th ... Keep reading
Seven time world champion Lewis Hamilton was awarded an honorary citizenship of Brazil in Brasilia.
The Dutchman, and his entire Red Bull team, did not take part in any Sky media commitments over the Mexican Grand Prix weekend as the result of what it claimed was "disrespectful" reporting. As well as this involving Skys F1 channel, it included the companys regional channels in the UK, Germany and Italy. Red Bulls actions were believed to have been triggered by comments made by ... Keep reading
Lewis Hamilton returns to Brazil this weekend aiming for a milestone win in what is technically another home race.
McLaren driver Lando Norris is expected to recover from illness in time to compete in first practice and Qualifying on Friday at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix.
The duo returned to service having set an identical overall time after the first four stages of Rally Japans return to the WRC schedule for the first time since 2010. Newly crowned world champion Kalle Rovanpera ended the loop 0.7s adrift in third, with Ott Tanak fourth (9.7s) in his final appearance for Hyundai. Local hero Takamoto Katsuta battled handling issues to move into fifth ahead ... Keep reading
World champion Max Verstappen says Formula 1's Sprint races can be improved for next season as the current lack of risk drivers are willing to take in the shortened format means that "it's not that fun".