January 31, 2025

The Clash, NASCAR’s pre-season showcase since 1979, has undergone a significant overhaul in recent years. Gone are the days of sprint races on the high banks of Daytona meant only for the previous season’s pole winners. The last three year’s saw NASCAR invite all its chartered teams to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum for the unofficial opening of the season, but 2025 brings a new venue: Bowman …Keep reading

Tim Cindric, long considered the right hand of Roger Penske, will step back from day-to-day duties leading racing operations for the organization. Cindric, who was inducted into the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame just days ago, will remain as president of the team’s IndyCar’s efforts, and will also have oversight to the team’s racing archives and historical assets.Cindric first …Keep reading

“We wouldn’t be in existence now; we’d have gone out of business years ago.” During his tenure as CEO of Formula E, Jeff Dodds has never been afraid of pushing boundaries when it comes to the all-electric championship.Even before Dodds’ arrival in mid-2023, Formula E had garnered a reputation as a new and exciting motorsport series that defied general conventions, almost deliberately …Keep reading

The FIA and local organisers have made safety changes to Melbourne’s Albert Park circuit following heavy crashes in last year’s Australian Grand Prix.In the 2024 race, Russell was caught out by Fernando Alonso braking earlier than expected for Turn 6, leading to the Mercedes car going off and suffering a heavy crash before his car was spat back onto the racing surface.Turns 6 and 7, which …Keep reading

Just reading down the list of names who were on stage during the Autosport Awards on Wednesday evening offers a flavour of the illustrious history and ongoing importance the event holds within motorsport.Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali, team principals Christian Horner, Zak Brown and James Vowles, 1996 F1 world champion Damon Hill, 13-time grand prix winner David Coulthard, F1 Academy …Keep reading

Toyota had to pull “some favours and tricks” to complete the almost “impossible” job of upgrading its World Rally Championship car following a late change in regulations for 2025.The reigning WRC manufacturers’ champion successfully debuted updates to its GR Yaris, which required spending three homologation jokers in Monte Carlo last week.A late change in the regulations last year to move …Keep reading

The FIA will clamp down on the manner in which Formula 1 teams can bend their wings after introducing new load tests for both the front and rear wings throughout 2025.From the start of the new F1 season in Australia, the FIA will expand the static deflection tests measuring the rear wings, and it will also be introducing additional front wing tests from the Spanish GP at the start of …Keep reading

America’s love affair with the Le Mans 24 Hours still burns bright. It has endured for more than 60 years and is a big reason why a manufacturer that has had so much to do with propelling the French enduro into the consciousness of a continent is going back in pursuit of outright victory after a long absence.Ford will return to Le Mans in the prototype ranks from 2027 with an LMDh contender …Keep reading