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There have been plenty of reminders over the past few years of the abilities of Red Bull. Even during the turbulent time with Renault, the team won 12 grands prix during the turbo-hybrid era and it has often made the most astute strategic decisions d

The next generation of prototypes to race in the IMSA series in North America will be allowed to fight for outright victory in the World Endurance Championship. The new breed of LMP2-based hybrids due to take over from the current Daytona Prototype i

The British government has been urged to help keep the country’s motorsport industry as the ‘best in the world’ by ensuring there is a business-friendly post-Brexit immigration policy. The influential Motorsport Industry Association has joined more t

Williams says development driver Dan Ticktum is “one of the best” it has ever seen in its Formula 1 simulator, and is confident it can harness his potential. Ticktum endured a difficult 2019, when after three races in Japan’s Super Formula series he

The days of Ott Tanak crashing frequently are gone. But even now, when the reigning world champion departs the straight and narrow, he does it in the most dramatic fashion. Five years ago he rolled into a Mexican reservoir. Last Friday, he levelled a

DTM boss Gerhard Berger remains confident of the series’ grid holding at its 2019 level of 18 cars despite last week’s news that R-Motorsport has withdrawn its squad of four Aston Martin Vantages. The Swiss team’s pullout leaves the DTM with just 14

Reigning champion Liam Lawson bounced back from a miserable start to the weekend to win again in New Zealand’s Toyota Racing Series at Teretonga and maintain his points advantage after two rounds of the 2020 series. A qualifying red flag, plus traffi

The organiser of the putative Miami Grand Prix has released an updated map of the proposed Formula 1 circuit around the Hard Rock Stadium, which now avoids the use of public roads. It has also promised there will be “no racing during school hours” in

Next month’s Rally Sweden hangs by a thread, with the coldest of cold snaps needed to get the show on the road. Event CEO Glenn Olsson has told Autosport that he’s willing to accept a lack of snow – just as well because not a flake has fallen, and re

Formula 1 has a golden opportunity to flip an old adage on its head this year. So much is staying the same that it could be the key to change. The same drivers, the same car-and-engine combinations, the same aerodynamic and engine rules. Yet hopes ar

Formula 1 teams will almost never label someone a number two driver. There may be a driver who gets called more “experienced”, or who has settled into a “team leader” position. But a “number two”? That’s derogatory. Look at the needle caused when Val

For most motorsport fans, Honda’s first period of sustained success on an international stage – on four wheels at least – came during Formula 1’s first turbo era in the 1980s. But two decades before world titles with Williams and McLaren, Honda had d

When the 1500cc Formula 1 began in 1961, it made the 1500cc F2 redundant. Formula Junior took its place as the feeder series but, by 1963, these 1100cc single-carburettor road car-based engines were giving no more than 115bhp. F1 now had 200bhp so so

As Red Bull’s latest Man Most Likely To Make Formula 1, Juri Vips’s opening comment about his impending season in Japan is unsurprising. “If I realistically want to get to F1, I have a big, big job in hand this year,” he reflects. “The jump from Form

All winter Thierry Neuville had waited – and waited. Since Rally Spain last October, the Belgian had been forced into the shadows by an incoming World Rally champion. So profound has been the chatter about Ott Tanak joining Hyundai, it felt like the

Recce done, the rest of the week was Dani Sordo’s own. What to do? Maybe take in some skiing, or head down to Monaco and chill by the sea for a while. Or just head home. Either way, getting up at four o’clock in the morning and driving all the Monte

The World Rally Championship has been my life for so many years, but last week I saw it in a really different way for the first time. Hello, I’m Pernilla Solberg. I’m Oliver’s mom and Petter’s wife. But last week, as well as those two things, I was t

Wayne Taylor Racing made it two Daytona 24 Hours triumphs in a row last weekend, and three from four in the Daytona Prototype era. Twelve months ago, its Cadillac led 259 of the 593 laps. This time around WTR drivers Ryan Briscoe, Renger van der Zand

Lamborghini made it three GT Daytona wins in three years. The battle for class honours came down to a straight fight between two of the Italian manufacturer’s Huracan GT3 Evos, though this time it wasn’t one of the Austrian Grasser team’s entries tha

The very first Sauber C9 Group C sportscar built returned to the track for the first time in 30 years last week at Donington Park, after an 18-month restoration. Eventually developed into a Le Mans 24 Hours and World Sportscar title-winning package f

Double British GT champion Andrew Howard says he “cannot see” himself entering the series again as a driver, but has left the door open to contesting one-off races in future. The 56-year-old patron of Beechdean AMR has been a regular in the champions

Former British GT Championship racer Ben Wallace is the first driver to be confirmed as competing in the revamped Clio Cup UK series this year after joining Student Motorsport. The 20-year-old drove a Ginetta G55 for Team Hard in the GT4 class of Bri

Two-time Porsche Carrera Cup GB champion Michael Meadows has become the team manager of top British Formula 4 squad Double R Racing via a new partnership with his karting operation Argenti Motorsport. Meadows, who claimed the 2018 Blancpain GT Sprint

Former Scottish Formula Ford 1600 runner-up Sebastian Melrose will move up to the Porsche Carrera Cup GB this season with In2Racing. The 22-year-old will make his return to the UK after a year racing in the Nurburgring-based VLN Series with the Walke

The Caterham Graduates Racing Club has taken the unusual step of closing to any new members after receiving a significant amount of interest for the 2020 season. Over 90 drivers have signed up across the four Caterham Graduates classes and membership

Ginetta has revealed a number of tweaks to its series for 2020. The GRDC will now be open to experienced racers as well as its previous catchment of drivers completely new to motorsport, but will retain a rookie class. Instead of having a standalone

The most significant Porsche 924 in British history will return to competition after a 41-year hiatus in this week’s Historic Monte Carlo Rally. UCN 201S won the club racing championship promoted in 1978 by Porsche Cars GB, which was contested by a h

South Africa’s motorsport fraternity has been rocked by the death of Chris Clarke, who was shot on his driveway following a social event on Sunday. A 40-year stalwart of production car, classic car and Historic Single-Seater Association racing, he wa

As two Brazilians faltered in Formula 1, there was a compatriot ready to replace either one. Despite his role in orchestrating a victory for Fernando Alonso in the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix, the pressure hanging over Nelson Piquet Jr at Renault would

It’s that age-old motor racing story: driver aspires to race in Formula 1, runs out of finance on their way up the single-seater ladder and so adopts a dog that’s voiced by Kevin Costner. Hang on a minute… that’s not right. This is only the first fli

Tyres are hardly the most engaging topic in motorsport, but they are crucial, and the maiden grand prix triumph for one supplier in its first full season sent the 1978 Formula 1 season into serious intrigue after its second race. “The tyre war is wel

The UK national motorsport scene is truly incredible. From sporting trials to hillclimbs, autograss to circuit racing, the amount of motorsport on offer in this country is matched in very few other places around the world. And at Autosport we want to

With the quest for safety a never-ending journey, many single-seater championships are going down the route of the halo to offer further head protection for the driver. With the integration of a halo into an existing tub not feasible, this year the c

Nowhere else in the world is national motorsport as strong as it is in the UK, with a wealth of championships and series on offer, but that wouldn’t be the case without the existence of the various racing clubs throughout the country. One of the long

For many aspiring drivers, their formative years are spent in one of the hundreds of karting championships that run across the country. But, for two-time Civic Cup champion Lee Deegan, his early motorsport career was in an entirely different discipli

The racing driver in me owes much to Porsche. That’s an odd thing to say considering I’ve raced one only once, at Knockhill, way back in 2008, but it was nonetheless utterly transformative, proving key to my progression as a driver. Driving in the si

The Boxster is simply a great place to start your Porsche racing journey. It is a superb entry-level club racing car. No frills, no bells, no whistles. Well, a few tiny bells and whistles – namely tweaked suspension, Mintex racing brake pads and trac

“The Carrera Cup car I love,” enthuses Zamparelli. “It’s my favourite car to drive. It’s pure, it’s got that rawness about it.” I actually drove the Carrera Cup car first for this test – in at the deep end again, just like Knockhill in 2008. The nerv

Higher licence fees and permit costs are the changes that have grabbed people’s attention in 2020, but there is far more to Motorsport UK’s plans than that. Here the governing body talks Autosport through the bigger picture. When Motorsport UK’s lice

Motorsport UK’s talent pathway exists to enable drivers to follow in the footsteps of McLaren Formula 1 driver Lando Norris or World Rally winner Elfyn Evans, become the next Jamie Chadwick or navigate their way into the world of co-driving. The Moto

This is the newest addition to Porsche’s motorsport pyramid. It’s a carefully considered and well-executed halfway house between the Boxster and the Carrera Cup, but the look and feel of the 718 undoubtedly places it closer to the Carrera Cup end of