Mighty Mustang: Reynolds's Mach 1 Almost no car at Brands Hatch's Equipe Classic Racing event last weekend was as striking as the mammoth 1971 Ford Mustang Mach 1 that Martin Reynolds twice took to third place in Equipe 70s. Hes renovated the ex-Marcus Bicknell car over the past three years, and now his aim is to get a total handle of it. Reynolds plans to run the car shortly in ... Keep reading
The former factory Hyundai driver had hoped to return to the WRC after losing his drive with the South Korean marque at the end of 2018, but has been unable to return to top-flight competition since. The 2016 Rally Argentina winner was set to join M-Sport for selected rounds in Finland and Australia in 2019 although a testing crash ruled him out of the former, while the latter was cancelled due ... Keep reading
After the Saudi Arabian GP, the team announced that technical director James Key had left and that a new arrangement had been put in place headed by three technical directors, namely Peter Prodromou (aerodynamics), Davide Sanchez (car concept and performance) and Neil Houldey (engineering and design). Brown says that the changes were motivated by the lack of development of the 2022 car, and ... Keep reading
The 31-year-old brother of seven-time Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton will therefore remain with the Kent squad for a fourth successive season to race a Cupra Leon. Although Hard possesses just three TBL entrants licences, it is also using one owned by its former driver Carl Boardley plus two belonging to Aiden Moffat, whose Scottish teams Infinitis were based at Hards premises ... Keep reading
The race weekend occurred following a backdrop of controversy: FIA president Max Mosley had been exposed by a UK tabloid sting in the week leading up to the event, and some teams were calling on him to step down. On track, BMWs Sauber era was blossoming, with Robert Kubica scoring his first career F1 pole position, just 0.027s ahead of the Ferrari of Massa. This came despite a lock-up that ... Keep reading
In a statement with its decision, the three-member panel said the team did violate NASCAR rules and upheld much of the harsh penalties issued to the team, including the $100,000 fine and four-race suspension for crew chief Trent Owens and the loss of 10 playoff points. The panel did, however, reduce the 100 owner and 100 driver points penalties to 75 points each. The appeals panel members ... Keep reading
Im convinced, without fail, I have the best driver in GT racing with me. Its quite a statement to make about your team-mate, but John Ferguson has every reason to believe just that about the driver hell be racing alongside in this seasons British GT3 Championship, which kicks off at Oulton Park this weekend. Regarded as one of the fastest if not the fastest GT3 driver in the ... Keep reading
The virtual competition heldusing the RaceRoom platform last yearculminated in an in-person final, held within NCME University of Bolton using Racing Unleashed simulators. The prize was the opportunity to train, test and be in with the chance of a full season's racing. Since the victory in May 2022, Fairclough then went on to compete in theBritish F4 Esports ... Keep reading
The Spaniard was given a five-second penalty by the stewards for causing a collision with Fernando Alonso at the chaotic restart after the second red flag, which saw a string of incidents generate a third red flag. The penalty was awarded before the resumption for the single lap run to the chequered flag behind the safety car. An emotional Sainz made it clear on team radio that he felt he ... Keep reading
Asencio will head up the team's commercial and marketing operations from New York, starting on 10 April, as the squad looks to grow its financial activities following the takeover by Dorilton Capital in August 2020. The American's CV includes five years as UFC's senior vice president for global partnerships, where he was responsible for all commercial revenue, as well as almost two years in a ... Keep reading
Red Bull was found guilty of breaking the cost cap limit in 2021, and the team was fined $7 million plus given a 10% reduction in aerodynamic testing for 12 months from October 2022. Despite that extra handicap being added to its position as world champions at the bottom of the aero testing sliding scale, the team has dominated the first three races of the season. I think it was not a ... Keep reading
Valentino Rossi discovered speed by competing with everything that had wheels attached on the streets of Tavullia, playing with his friends, joking and always trying to win, with the competitiveness that has always been his trademark. As if in a game, a young Rossi arrived in the world championship in 1996, and he continued to race for the fun of it, taking his friends to races and turning the ... Keep reading
Dovizioso got his first taste of GT3 machinery at Hockenheim on 28-29 March, sharing an M4 GT3 with two-time DTM champion and factory BMW driver Marco Wittmann. Wittmann has already been signed by Project 1 to lead its assault on the DTM and the team has been looking for a second driver to complete its line-up for the 2023 season. Dovizioso, who impressed during a guest outing in an Audi ... Keep reading
After Max Verstappen headed a dominant Red Bull 1-2 over Sergio Perez in the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix, while Mercedes chalked fifth and seventh place, Russell said that he expected the Milton Keynes team to win every single race this season. But Mercedes enjoyed a notable jump in performance in Australia after using practice to refine suspension set-up in a bid to make up for ... Keep reading
Tsunoda finished 10th in the Australian Grand Prix after spending much of the race fighting McLaren's Oscar Piastri. Through Albert Park's fastest speed trap at the second intermediate timing point he was 17th fastest, logging 314.2 km-h compared to the 339.9 km-h of the fastest car, the Red Bull of Sergio Perez. Speaking after scoring the team's first point of the year in Australia ... Keep reading
NASCAR took William Byron's #24 and Alex Bowman's #48 cars back to the R&D Centre after the Richmond round for what it called further inspection. The teams were found to have made illegal modifications to the greenhouse of both cars. The #24 and #48 teams have each been docked 60 driver and owner points, as well as five playoff points. Interim crew chiefs Brian Campe and Greg Ives ... Keep reading
Bezzecchi is the product of the VR46 Academy set up by nine-time grand prix motorcycle world champion Rossi in 2014 to nurture up-and-coming Italian talents. Making his MotoGP debut last year, Bezzecchi scored a maiden podium at Assen and a first pole in Thailand, and was touted as a dark horse for big results in 2023. Qualifying second at Rio Honda and finishing in that position in the ... Keep reading
These include a range of race meetings which provide the backbone to the racing scene in the UK, as well as more niche disciplines including hillclimbs and drag racing. Autosport has picked five top-draw events taking place in April and which should be part of any avid motorsports must-visit destinations. British GT ChampionshipWhen: 8-10 AprilWhere: Oulton Park, Cheshire The opening ... Keep reading
The American-headquartered company has won the FIA tender to provide rubber for the category that replaces GTE in 2024. The three-year deal announced on Thursday, after a virtual vote by the FIAs World Motor Sport Council, follows on from Goodyear becoming the exclusive supplier in the LMP2 class of both the WEC and the sister European Le Mans Series from 2021, in what was described at the ... Keep reading
With many expecting the Grove-based outfit to be pegged to the back of the field after a low-key pre-season test in Bahrain, the squad has impressed greatly and made a good step forward since last season. Williams' head of vehicle performance Dave Robson said much of the progress had come from work specifically addressing areas where it thought it had underperformed in 2022 with its ... Keep reading
The Melbourne race descended into controversy as a total of four red flags and three standing starts disrupted proceedings as the field finished in a procession behind the safety car. Many felt that the decision to restart the race on lap 56 with a standing start to tee up a two-lap shootout encouraged a spate of crashes into Turn 1 as drivers considered riskier late overtakes. Consternation ... Keep reading
Once again, the big prize for the winner will be a seat at the table on the Scuderia Ferrari Esports team, becoming a full-time member for 2024. Regions that can compete in the competition include Europe, North America, and for the first time in competition history, Asia-Pacific. Jonathan Riley scored the overall title last year and now competes as a member of the Ferrari Esports ... Keep reading
The Sports Car World Championship wasnt in the best of health by 1992 following the withdrawals of Jaguar and Mercedes. And Group C as a world championship platform duly ceased to exist after a Magny-Cours finale that attracted a pitiful eight-car entry. It was left to Peugeot to fight off Toyota for the honour of the final pukka world title for prototypes until the World Endurance ... Keep reading
Isottas Tipo 6 LMH Competizione will be given a shakedown at the Vallelunga circuit close to Rome over two days on 11-12 April. Driving duties will be handled by Maurizio Mediani, who is a test driver for the Michelotto Engineering organisation that has led the design and development of the Tipo 6. The 54-year-old Italian, who drove SMP Racings BR01 Nissan-engined LMP2 car in the 2016 ... Keep reading
Having qualified third on the grid, Lawson passed the TGM car of Toshiki Oyu following a safety car restart on lap eight of 41 before settling in behind pole-sitter and Mugen team-mate Nojiri. Lawson fell as much as two seconds behind Nojiri over the following few laps, but the gap between the two had halved when the Kiwi came into the pits at the end of lap 21 for his mandatory tyre ... Keep reading
