So the 2024 Autosport International Show has come to a close for another year. So I thought I would take the time to put together a photo report from this years show. Headlining the 2024 Autosport International show was Ex Haas F1 team principle Guenther Steiner. He opened the show to the public at 9am…
Autosport International 2024 kicks off this week at the NEC in Birmingham. Europe’s Largest Motorsport Show returns for an action-packed spectacle of unmissable cars and stars between Thursday 11th and Sunday 14th January 2024. For over thirty years, Autosport International has been the leading European motorsport show.. The four day event combines business, engineering, thought…
This spectacular car registration number ‘P2 WRC’ was originally mounted to Chassis 3 and started life as a works Subaru entry in the 1997 Monte Carlo Rally to be driven by the late, great Colin McRae alongside his co-driver Nicky Grist. Sadly, Colin had an accident at the event resulting in a DNF. ‘P2 WRC’…
Finlake hillclimb was my first ever speed event in 1994. I competed for the first time in a road going MK2 Escort. Up until that point, I had only ever competed in a few 12 car rallies and autotests. Finlake was my first proper speed event. Needless to say, I was hooked. Finlake gave me…
I have competed and specatated many times at Wiscombe Park Hillclimb over the years. Having amassed quite a few photos, I thought it was about time I put some of them online. Now, i’m not sure of the exact year of the photos below, as stupidly I didn’t mark them at the time. My guess…
Touring car preparation specialist CNC Motorsport AWS will build three Andy Rouse Engineering specification Ford Sierra RS500 Group A race cars in collaboration with the four-time British champion. Each will be constructed from an original Ford Sierra bodyshell to an exacting design set by the 60-time British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) race winner. The first…
BMW made British Touring Car Championship history on Sunday by winning an unprecedented sixth consecutive BTCC Manufacturers title on a thrilling day of racing that ended the 2021 season. The landmark achievement surpasses the previous record set in 2005 and then equalled by BMW last year to further enhance the status of the BMW 3…
After winning the WRC2 Drivers’ crown of the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC), the Andreas Mikkelsen also became 2021 FIA European Rally Champion*. With sixth position at Rally Hungary together with his British co-driver Elliott Edmondson, Mikkelsen collected enough points to win the title already one round before season’s end. Honours of best placed ŠKODA…
British motorsport specialist, Prodrive, will be one of the first major teams in the world to compete with a sustainable fuel in an FIA championship. It will compete in the FIA World Cup for Cross Country Rallies with the Prodrive-run Bahrain Raid Xtreme (BRX) team. They will then use the fuel at the Dakar rally…
The limited-edition BAC Mono R supercar has scooped yet another high-profile production car lap record, having hit the top of the leaderboard at the famous Red Bull Ring, Austria, as part of the Pirelli P Zero Experience. With British racing driver Adam Christodoulou in the cockpit, the BAC Mono R averaged a remarkable 122mph to…
M-Sport Ford has announced that Craig Breen and Paul Nagle will spearhead the World Rally team’s attack on the 2022 and 2023 FIA World Rally Championship. They will compete behind the wheel of the all-new M-Sport Ford Puma Hybrid Rally1 car. With all-new technical regulations being introduced for 2022, the WRC moves to a new…
On the way to its debut in the famous Dakar Rally in January 2022, Audi Sport has tested the Audi RS Q e-tron for almost two weeks in Morocco under the most extreme conditions. After testing in Germany and Spain, the team headed for the desert and the dunes for the first time. Once again,…
