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There may be limited testing opportunities in grand prix racing, but each up-and-comer is still better prepared than they would have been in days of yore. Simulators and free practice outings, as well as the rookie test in Abu Dhabi at the end of eac

Just when you thought Formula 1 was all-too predictable, up pops a series of events that takes everyone by surprise. OK, so Max Verstappen continued his winning ways in Saudi Arabia – standing on an F1 podium for the 100th time – flanked by his Red B

Teenaged sensation Oliver Bearman believes he could have done no more to show his talent in a points-paying driver as a stand-in racer for Ferrari at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix last weekend. The 18-year-old, a Ferrari Academy driver, was in Jeddah

Four-time British GT champion Jonny Adam is not concerned about date clashes this year potentially again depriving him a shot at a latest championship. Last year Adam’s hopes of a fifth title, sharing a Mercedes with James Cottingham, were dashed wh

Mike Price and Callum Macleod will continue in British GT this season in an unchanged line-up for Greystone GT driving a Mercedes GT3 Evo. The Pro-Am duo is continuing a relationship that began in 2021, when sometime Carrera Cup GB racer Price embark

Returning reigning Legends Cars champion Will Gibson heads a 19-driver initial entry unveiled last week for the championship’s 30th-anniversary season. Gibson’s title defence in the 13-round, 39-race, campaign begins at Donington Park on April 27-28,

Reigning twice champion Team Northbrook Racing is the latest Student Motorsport Challenge team to expand to a two-car entry for the 2024 season with Ari Barker joining Richard Jepp. Team Northbrook Racing, crewed by Northbrook College students, has w

The World Rally Championship will return to Spanish soil in 2025 – albeit with an event 1400 miles from Rally Spain’s traditional home in Salou close to Barcelona. Rather than returning to the Costa Daurada after a two-year absence, Rally Islas Canar

Points leader Mille Johansson is set to call time on his Junior WRC campaign less than a month after taking a debut class win on Rally Sweden aboard a Ford Fiesta Rally3. The 18-year-old has signed up for a second Junior ERC campaign, this time in an

Max McRae says that his four-event programme in the British Rally Championship is all about building experience in a faster car. The 19-year-old son of Alistair will join the M-Sport squad to drive a Ford Fiesta Rally2 but says that it’s not about g

Hugh Hunter will go into the North West Stages seeking to continue rebuilding confidence following his high-speed accident on the Isle of Man in May last year. Hunter and his Manx based co-driver Rob Fagg are planning a full campaign in the Protyre A

Yorkshiremen Ian Jarvis will raise awareness for Marie Curie this year by competing in the Protyre Asphalt Rally Championship in his Mitsubishi Lancer E9. Jarvis is East Yorkshire patron for the charity and was tempted back into rallying after a gap

William Creighton is the latest star name to confirm his entry into this year’s British Rally Championship with a Ford Fiesta Rally2 from the M-Sport team. Creighton, the FIA Junior World Rally champion, will dovetail his BRC campaign with seven rou

Having run second for most of the day, Jonathan Greer found an extra gear to preserve his perfect start to this year’s Northern Ireland Rally Championship with a win at Bishopscourt. Guilty of making a few sloppy mistakes early on, Greer stuck to th

Dani Sordo will make his debut in the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb on June 23 as part of a four-strong Hyundai effort. The three-time World Rally Championship event winner joins 11-time Pikes Peak winner Paul Dallenbach, and Robin Shute, who

British driver Oliver Bennett has called for rallycross organisers to move away from “easy-to-build” temporary venues, following an accident he sustained in the latter stages of the Nitrocross Championship’s finale in Las Vegas earlier this month. Be

Following a near-perfect run, Elliot Payne got his bid for a third successive BTRDA Gold Star Championship win off to the best possible start by winning the Malcolm Wilson Rally. With Patrick Walsh back in the co-driver’s seat, Payne was victorious

For those who believe in nominative determinism, they’d view our latest Motorsport News readers’ Q&A guest as vindication. Even in his still-fledging career, Harry King is going a long way to live up to his surname. From a family with no motorsport

Australian touring car racing has been shaped by the Holden versus Ford rivalry. Drivers have come and gone, but those two brands have battled through the decades for supremacy. In the early 1970s, it was a Ford that wowed fans and brought a new leve

Bespectacled Canadian Allan Moffat was often portrayed as the villain, largely down to his serious side. Hugely focused in the car, he had little time for fripperies, preferring to be isolated in the car and focus on the job in hand. He was one of th

The Bahrain Formula 2 season opener 10 days ago was a great weekend. In F2 you can never plan for what’s going to happen so you just do the best job you can. Our goal was to win the feature race and qualify on pole, so to win the sprint race too was