For many years known as The Racing Car Show and based in London’s Olympia, Autosport International or A24 as this year’s show was dubbed, traditionally marks the start of a new season and without fail, Europe’s largest annual motorsport expose provides a great platform for the sport to showcase plans for the coming year. It also brings together old friends, creates new friends, and harvests the … [Read more...]
Off-Road
Silverstone Festival 2024 details and discounts
Tickets for the 2024 Silverstone Festival will go on general sale on Wednesday 15 November with best prices offered to those booking the following weekend. The event will once again be staged over the end-of-summer bank holiday weekend – which next year is 23-25 August – and will offer fantastic fun-fuelled entertainment for all the family. Staged at the home of British motorsport, the … [Read more...]
Hydrogen off-road racing project
The Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile and Extreme E have signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding setting out a framework to create the first-ever hydrogen off-road racing world championship. This agreement is the first step in establishing a pathway for the hydrogen series, Extreme H, to become an FIA Championship from its inaugural season in 2025, with the intention that it will … [Read more...]
Weekend roadtest: GWM Funky Cat 1st Edition
The UK’s electric car revolution is becoming a bloody affair. From initially resisting the new technology on cost grounds including writing off established investments in petrol and diesel engine technology and having to develop hybrid or pure electric powertrains, along with making tens of thousands of workers redundant, manufacturers have struggled to convince buyers into showrooms or on-line … [Read more...]
Toyota sweep to victory again in Dakar challenge
Qatar’s Nasser Al-Attiyah and his French co-driver, Mathieu Baumel, successfully defended the Dakar title they won for Toyoya Gazoo Racing in 2022, bringing their GR DKR Hilux T1+ over the finish line of this year's event. The pair lost 5min 41sec to the winners of the rally’s final stage, but sealed the overall victory with a winning margin of 1hr 20min 49sec. Al Attiyah (above right) said, … [Read more...]
Rally North Wales changes tack for 2023
Rally North Wales has secured a new partnership with Trailhead Fine Foods for 2023 which will see the popular loose surface stage event move its base from Dolgellau to Welshpool. The March 25 event will be known as the Get Jerky Rally North Wales, promoting the Welshpool-based company’s leading nutritious, high-protein beef jerky snacks brand. Organised by Wolverhampton and South … [Read more...]
Wales host FIM World Supercross Championship
Wales will host Europe’s first FIM World Supercross Championship (WSX) event, which will see some of the globe’s best off-road motorcycle racers compete at the Principality Stadium on Saturday 8 October from 5pm. The Australian-based WSX promoter, SX Global, has chosen the Cardiff venue for Round 1 of the inaugural WSX series, ensuring that the famous Principality Stadium will go down in … [Read more...]
Get a grip on the £225,0000 Landies
The ultimate Land Rover Classic paying tribute to the legacy of global Land Rover expeditions by creating 25 Classic Defender Works V8 Trophy II vehicles are now available from £225,0000. Distinctive adventure inspired camouflage features 23 locations that have played a part in Land Rover’s illustrious off-roading and exploration adventures over more than 70 years. The iconic silhouettes of … [Read more...]
Fan-tastic supercar sets Goodwood record
Former F1 driver Max Chilton driving an innovative Batmobile-like EV equipped with a pair of fans creating 2000kg of downforce, provided an impressive climax to Goodwood’s mid-summer motorsport soiree. Followed by an impressive swirl of dust as it whooshed along, the diminutive Gloucestershire-made car’s stealth-fighter-like profile might look intimidating, with a footprint based on a 1960s F1 … [Read more...]
British Motorsport Day Westminster presentation
Motorsport UK and the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Motorsport yesterday presented Our Eclectic Future at British Motorsport Day in the Palace of Westminster to showcase the vision of a world powered by a range of use-appropriate systems and fuels. Fossil-fuels will continue to power existing vehicles around the world for quite some time, and therefore solutions are needed to shift to … [Read more...]