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While it is laudable that the brains behind the World Rally Championship have moved to stamp out drivers cruising to collect points on the final day of each event, the new system, which was used for the first time on the Monte Carlo Rally last weeken

Five-time grand prix winner Charles Leclerc has said he is determined to win the World championship with Ferrari after extending his deal to drive for the Scuderia. The Monaco-born driver made his debut with the team in 2019 and was runner up in the

Bosses of the Formula 2 category are pleased with the maiden running of the new Dallara-built machine ahead of its introduction in 2024. The upgraded machine includes dramatic changes to the aerodynamics including the rear wing in an effort to improv

Driving experience organisation PalmerSport has partnered with Ginetta to offer the opportunity to win a fully financed drive in 2024’s Ginetta GT Academy season via a talent-spotting contest. The main prize, worth around £100,000, is competing in al

A full scholarship to study Mechanical Engineering at Aston University will be awarded to a winning student at the latest F1 in Schools UK National Finals taking place next month. The finals event will be held at the Magna Science Adventure Centre i

Bosses at prolific circuit owner MotorSport Vision have unveiled a major multi-million Euro redevelopment programme for its Circuito de Navarra facility that includes making its layout faster and more flowing. The northern Spain venue joined MSV’s po

Reigning Mazda MX-5 Supercup champion Aidan Hills would like to switch to TCR UK this season after having his first test in its machinery at Donington Park last week. Hills took 11 wins in his 2023 Supercup title-winning year, plus got several Miata

Adrien Fourmaux passed his first test on his full-time comeback to the World championship’s top tier when he finished fifth on the Monte Carlo Rally last weekend. The 2023 British champion was dropped from M-Sport’s Rally1 line-up before the 2022 sea

A prize worth nearly £35,000 awaits the highest-placed junior contender in the new Stellantis Motorsport Rally Cup. Launched by Race & Rally in Northern Ireland, the new cup is for Peugeot 208 and Opel Corsa Rally4s and was unveiled in Motorsport Ne

The organisers of the Mini Rally Challenge say that 2024 could be the best season yet for the low-cost, entry-level stage rally championship. Series founder John Goff says that they are targeting 20 cars on each of the 10 events on this year’s calend

Driver and co-driver Simon Hunter plans a more expansive programme driving his Vauxhall Corsa this year after managing half an event in 2023. Last year, Hunter entered the Corsa on the Manx Rally in May, with Howard Pridmore co-driving, but retired

Lee Edwards recently took his first overall rally victory since fitting his Ford Escort G3 with a three-litre V6 Duratec engine. The Oswestry driver won the 2020 AGBO Stages with his previous two-litre engine but success on the Showground Stages at B

National racing history will be made in 2024 when a team of three female racers compete in a major UK Formula Ford 1600 championship. Sisters Grace and Murron Parkington, currently 16 and 15 years old, and 26-year-old Isla Mackenzie are teaming up t

A capacity entry of 100 cars has already been taken for the Sandown Sprint on closed roads on the Isle of Wight on April 20-21. Among the entry will be several notable period rally cars including the Ford Escort Cosworth of John Peck (left), the Lanc

Aurelien Panis was crowned as the last-ever Andros Trophy ice racing champion in the final rounds of the contest in France last weekend. The Frenchman, son of 1996 Monaco Grand Prix winner and former Andros Trophy competitor Olivier, went into the f

RX150 category event-winner Nick Priddy will step up to the headline Supercar class in the British Rallycross Championship 5 Nations Trophy this year with a Citroen DS3. Having previously raced in the Supernational and Super1600 classes with a Vauxha

Before lining up for the World championship’s traditional season opener, Thierry Neuville was troubled by the fact that even if he won the Monte Carlo Rally for a second time, he might not necessarily complete round one with the most points, such wer

Mads Ostberg was a young man in a hurry, and his early career template shows remarkable similarities to the World Rally Championship’s current pacesetter and two-time title-winner Kalle Rovanpera. From Ostberg’s teenaged years, there was support fro

Where it once stood alone as the UK mainland’s only closed-road rally, it now finds itself fighting for prominence within a very competitive market. History can carry it so far, but it can’t rest on its laurels. However, if the proposed 2024 route co

I’ve always loved the Jim Clark Rally. Certainly from a local driver’s perspective, the following and support is always very, very good, so it’s been great having the rally back these past couple of years – and in the British championship as well. I