The Royal Automobile Club is once again on the hunt for the present-day heroes of Britain’s historic motoring and motorsport worlds. Last year’s double award for restoration went to the 1939 ERA E-Type GP2 (Tip Top Engineering) aimed to bring back to competitive life an important historic racer and the 1927 Bentley 3 Litre with Boat Tail body (Julian … [Read more...]
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Autosport International at a cross-roads
Last week's Autosport International Show kickstarted another motorsport season, but did new-look event deliver improvements promised by organisers? In motorsport circles, the International Racing Car Show begins another new season, traced back to when the event was conceived by the British Racing and Sports Car Club and first opened 2nd – 9th January 1960 … [Read more...]
Autosport International: Gunther Steiner opened event
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, … [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 … [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 … [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 … [Read more...]
Yamaha Off-Road Experience centre officially opens in Wales
British Superbike champion Tarran Mackenzie has officially opened a new £200,000 Welcome Centre at the Yamaha Off-Road Experience in the Cambrian Mountains near Llanidloes. The business, which attracts around 2,000 visitors annually and generates around £600,000 for the local economy, is run by former 10-time British Enduro champion Geraint Jones, his wife … [Read more...]
Aberdare road races return this week
The Aberdare Park National Road Races return this weekend attracting top riders from around the country and a maximum of 4,000 spectators per day. In line with Welsh Government guidance, the Aberdare Park Road Races will take place on Saturday and Sunday. To facilitate this event, Aberdare Park will be closed to the public from 6:30pm on Friday, 6 August … [Read more...]
British attempt on electric motor-bike speed record
White Motorcycle Concepts has unveiled a revolutionary 250mph-plus pure electric prototype motorcycle. Company founder and Chief Executive Officer Rob White will use it in attempts to break both the British and world electric land speed records over the next 12 months in Britain and Bolivia. The WMC250EV high-speed demonstrator, White’s brainchild, is more … [Read more...]
Bennetts British Superbike Championship launches on tv
Ahead of the start of its 2021 season, the Bennetts British Superbike Championship has launched a dedicated channel on Motorsport Network’s OTT platform Motorsport.tv. The channel will bring fans behind-the-scenes of the bike series, delivering insights from the paddock and highlights from every round of the championship. Rider interviews and updates from … [Read more...]
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