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Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff has engaged lawyers after the sport’s governing body, the FIA, launched and then rescinded an investigation into a potential conflict of interest between Wolff and his wife Susie, who is the director of the F1 Academy. On

Formula 1 bosses have confirmed the six grands prix that will feature sprint races in 2024, and China and Miami are set to host the Saturday showdowns for the first time. The shorter 100km points-paying races were introduced in 2021 and have featured

British Touring Car Championship Jack Sears Trophy runner-up Mikey Doble has confirmed his return to the grid in 2024 after securing a deal to remain with the Power Maxed Racing squad. The 25-year-old made his debut in the category in 2023 in the Va

Macau Grand Prix winner Luke Browning will return to the FIA Formula 3 championship next season with the Hitech Pulse-Eight team. The Briton is remaining with the team for a third season. The 21-year-old previously claimed the GB3 crown with the squa

The Japanese Bridgestone company will switch its focus to supplying Formula E tyres after losing out on a deal to return to F1. Bridgestone will take over the supply from of the 2026/27 campaign, when the Gen4 car will be introduced but it could take

Sources have suggested that the possibility of a Formula 1 parkland race in Madrid in Spain has moved closer and a deal could be rubberstamped soon. There are proposals for a five-kilometre configuration in the Spanish capital, which has the tacit ap

Motorsport News’s National Racing Driver of the Year Louis Sharp was among the recipients at the British Racing Drivers’ Club’s annual awards last week, receiving the Henry Surtees Award. The 2023 British Formula 4 champion picked up the accolade th

Further details have been confirmed for Mini Challenge’s new-for-2024 JCW Sport class being added to its headline JCW championship. JCW Sport, introduced as a stepping stone for Mini Trophy graduates, in order to reduce costs compared with the main J

Junior Saloon Car champion and former Ginetta Junior racer Maximus Hall is looking for a full-time switch to the Mini Challenge’s headline JCW category for 2024. “I raced in the Cooper class last season, but made my JCW debut in the last race of the

A dedicated version of Ginetta’s entry-level GT Academy will be held in France next season for the first time as the British motorsport brand accelerates its international expansion. Ginetta’s UK GT Academy started in 2021 as a first racing rung for

Snetterton circuit has undergone a significant winter resurfacing programme over recent weeks, with the new surface set to offer to more grip and faster lap times next year. More than 4200 square metres of the Norfolk track has been re-laid, includin

Teenager Jack Brennan has become the youngest winner to scoop the prestigious Billy Coleman Young Rally Driver of the Year Award. Brennan was one of seven Irish drivers nominated for the award and was joined in the final three by Craig Rahill and Kee

Leading asphalt rally contender Neil Roskell says that his two outings on gravel events at the end of this season have given him a desire to do more rallying on loose surfaces. Roskell, who finished runner up for the second time in the Protyre Aspha

Masters Historic Racing, one of Europe’s market leading promoters in historic racing, will have a new owner for 2024 and beyond as founder Ron Maydon steps back and hands the operation over to Frenchman Fred Fatien from the GP Extreme organisation.

The date for the 2024 Shelsley Walsh Classic Nostalgia event has been confirmed as July 20-21. The annual celebration of the sport at the historic Shelsley Walsh hillclimb venue in Worcestershire will feature timed competition from period cars, rally

The World Rallycross Championship will reintroduce internal combustion-engined cars machines for 2024 to race head-to-head against electric machinery. The championship switched to all-electric technology for the 2022 season but is yet to see the ant

While all eyes might have been focused on the predictable ending to the story of the overall British Touring Car Championship in 2023 as Ash Sutton strode to the title at Brands Hatch in October, Power Maxed Racing had it all on the line going into t

Aron Taylor-Smith joined the British Touring Car Championship trail over 10 years ago. Although he took a sabbatical in the middle of that period, he has nevertheless raced for some of the most successful teams in the series’ history such as Triple E

Hayden Paddon’s victory on the Fafe European Rally Championship season opener in March was significant in more ways than one. Not only was it the result that set the New Zealander on course to become the first driver not flying the colours of a Euro

We often talk of our readers’ Q&A guests having been there and done that. But it’s hard to imagine any of them can have been there and done that – at the highest levels and across multiple disciplines – quite like Trevor Foster has. From over half a

Jimmy McRae claimed 17 wins and 25 podiums from 81 European championship starts. After finishing fourth in the 1981 standings, the Scot went two better in 1982, beaten only by Antonio Fassina, who also piloted an Opel Ascona 400. “It was significant

For the first time since Chris Ingram in 2019, a UK driver came out on top in the European Rally Championship. While Ingram won outright four years ago, Jon Armstrong’s capture of the ERC3 prize was similarly impressive as he sped to four consecutive