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There will be a reshuffle in the way grand prix racing will be operated this season as the FIA’s sporting director, Steve Nielsen, quit his job at the end of 2023. The Briton was appointed to his role by FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem in January

The FIA has reduced the period of time a grand prix team has to ask for a review of any sanctions on incidents from 14 days to just 96 hours after a race has finished and has also imposed a protest fee for the first time. The International Sporting C

Red Bull boss Christian Horner has said that the pairing for its two machines for 2025 has yet to be decided and has hinted that there could be a chance for Daniel Riccardo to return to the front-line squad. The Milton Keynes-based team has Max Verst

McLaren’s Zak Brown has asked Formula 1’s governor to think again about common ownership of teams in the top-flight after concerns were raised at the end of 2023 about the relationship between AlphaTauri and Red Bull. Both the title-winning squad and

Jamie Chadwick will race at Goodwood for the first time in this year’s Members’ Meeting event where she’ll compete in the sustainably fuelled Ken Miles Cup and Gordon Spice Trophy. While the Indy NXT driver and three-time W Series champion has drive

Aaron Johnston will co-drive Takamoto Katsuta for a third season in 2024 after their podium in Finland and fifth place in Japan were taken into account. In a year that also marked their first events chasing manufacturer championship points, Katsuta a

M-Sport will count on two young talents for World championship success in 2024 with the signing of Adrien Fourmaux and Gregoire Munster for the upcoming campaign. Fourmaux, 28, and Munster, 25, have been recruited to replace Ott Tanak and Pierre-Loui

Chris Ingram will make his Janner Rallye debut from January 5-7 – but is keeping his plans for the remainder of 2024 a secret. The 2019 European champion is entered for the Austrian Tarmac event, which is often used as a dress rehearsal for the Monte

Cyril Abiteboul has been named as Hyundai Motorsport’s new president alongside his existing team principal function. It follows a restructuring of the Germany-based outfit, which has resulted in Sean Kim, who became Hyundai Motorsport president in Ap

Kalle Rovanpera’s decision to go part time in 2024 is one that governing body the FIA “absolutely respect” and its rally boss believes won’t lower the World championship’s level. The comments were made by FIA rallying boss Andrew Wheatley, even thoug

Rally1 cars can compete on World championship events without a plug-in hybrid unit fitted as part of measures to make the sport’s top level more accessible. The World Motor Sport Council meeting in Baku last month approved the proposal, which will re

The revitalised British Rally Championship will be unveiled to the public during Autosport International at the NEC on January 11-14. With headline backing from Probite, the 2024 BRC will be showcased with three cars on show and slots on the main sta

Newly crowned 2023 ACSMC Asphalt champion Brian Stevens won the title in a near-standard road car with 110,000 miles on the clock. Stevens and co-driver Andy Hollingham used a Honda Civic Type R with standard engine and gearbox to finish all five ral

A new class within the Midland Hillclimb Championship is aimed squarely at attracting a wide range of stage rally cars into hillclimbing. New for 2024, the Sports Libre Saloon class will cater for all types of rally cars across the nine-round champio

The 2023 Preston Rally marked the closest finish in the event’s 45-year history as Keith and Martin Lane beat Ed Pead and Adrian Gladwin by just two seconds after 116 of the most demanding competitive miles. After the opening section Ethan Davies and

The Historic Sports Car Club’s Guards Trophy championship will mark three major anniversaries this year, notably the 60th year of two iconic British GT race cars in the Lotus Elan 26R and the TVR Griffith. The Guards Trophy is for 1960s sports racin

Two-time British Touring Car Championship winner John Cleland says he will continue racing into 2024 and is keen to tick off a race at the Spa-Francorchamps track in Belgium from his bucket list. Cleland, 71, owns his old Vauxhall Vectra Super Tourin

International sports and GT racer Kyle Tilley gave the unique Chevron B27S a shakedown at Donington Park before Christmas. The 1973 one-off prototype is basically a Cosworth DFV-powered B23 and is eligible for Classic Endurance and Masters races. The

On his first UK rally for more than a decade, Essex-based Nick Mason successfully completed the Roger Albert Clark Rally last November in his Safari-specification Datsun 240Z. Mason enlisted the services of Pete Smith as co-driver, and the five-day m

Porsche 911s dominated the finishing order on the East African Safari Classic Rally when the marathon event finished on December 18. Porsches from the UK-based Tuthill team took three of the top four overall positions with Italian crew Eugenio Amos a

Thank you to everyone who took part in Motorsport News’s Christmas quiz, published in the December 21-28 issue. Here are the answers to the 30 questions: ■1.20■ 2. Qatar Grand Prix 2021■ 3. Mexico and Abu Dhabi■ 4. 1965■ 5. 12■ 6. Glass Case of Emot

Coming on the back of one of the toughest ever editions of LeJog, the HERO-ERA organisation has confirmed that the reliability trial will be rested in 2024 ahead of a return in 2025. The Land’s End to John O’Groats challenge is one of the toughest su

The traditional Boxing Day ‘Plum Pudding’ races at Mallory Park were held in crisp and bright weather with two races each for Saloon Cars and Sports Cars. The grids for the first races were determined by entry order and Giles Kirk in his Seat Superc

While a Brit, Andrew Wheatley, is helping to lead the charge, two Spaniards can be credited for developing the concept and helping their country to steal a march on other nations when it comes to getting Rally5-Kit on stream. Manuel Avino, president

Jenson Button clearly hasn’t sated his competitive instincts since quitting full-time F1 in 2016. Rallycross, NASCAR, British GT and Super GT have been on his radar but, for 2024, he is taking things a stage further. The 43-year-old whetted his appe

Twelve months ago the first-ever official British GT championship season review bookazine got published. And it’s back for a second year, covering the dramatic and recently concluded 2023 campaign. The review has stepped on from year one, coming in a

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