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Multiple championship-winning motorsport engineering specialist HWA AG is the latest team to join Extreme E for the all-new electric SUV off-road racing series’ inaugural 2021 campaign. The move will see one of the sport’s deep-running rivalries recommence in an entirely different sphere, with HWA’s long-time Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) sparring partner ABT Sportline having entered the […]
Airspeeder – a radical new airborne motorsport for the 21st century – will make its global public debut at this week’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, the world’s largest automotive garden party. The thrilling new Airspeeder race series, which combines the format of Formula E, the thrills of air racing and the glamour of F1, announces […]
Volkswagen Motorsport wrote history with the fully electric-powered ID.R at the Nürburgring-Nordschleife: Romain Dumas (F) lapped the 20.8- kilometre track with the ID.R in 6:05.336 minutes – faster than any electric vehicle has done before. Dumas beat Peter Dumbreck’s (GB, NIO EP9) previous 2017 record by 40.564 seconds and underlined once again the impressive performance […]
W Series, the all-new international single-seater racing championship for female drivers only, has signed a deal with Channel 4, one of the UK’s leading terrestrial free-to-air broadcasters, to show high-definition live coverage of each of the six races in the W Series calendar. Live motorsport coverage is currently rarely broadcast on UK terrestrial channels, making […]
The ground-breaking all-female W Series is heading to Autosport International to meet fans for the first time ahead of its launch in Spring 2019 with a host of drivers confirmed for the show. Formula One winner David Coulthard is confirmed to attend Friday of the show as he goes on the main Autosport stage to […]
W Series, the all-female championship set to go racing in 2019, has announced a long-list of more than 50 drivers who will compete for a place on the grid of 18 when the season kicks off in May next year. The qualifying drivers have been carefully selected from a pool of more than 100 applicants […]
Volkswagen and the I.D. R Pikes Peak have made history at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. Driving the 500-kW (680 PS) I.D. R Pikes Peak, Romain Dumas (F) defeated a field including cars with conventional drivetrain technology. In doing so, he not only broke the previous record for electric vehicles, but also bettered Sébastien […]
The 2018 Prestone MSA British Rally Championship is one of the most eagerly anticipated in the series’ 60-year history. Britain’s premier rallying series will burst into life for yet another thrilling campaign, getting underway in Carlisle, Cumbria with the Pirelli International Rally, 28 April staging the opening round. The action-packed BRC features six rounds across […]
Jaguar are absolutely at the forefront of some of the latest electric car technology. To showcase this forward thinking approach, Jaguar has introduced the I-PACE eTROPHY. This is a one manufacturer race series that will act as support for the FIA Formula E championship. It will take place at the same weekends, on the same race […]
The MSA British Rally Championship is delighted to announce that leading coolant brand Prestone will continue its sponsorship of Britain’s premier rallying series into the 2018 season. Prestone’s first foray into sponsorship was announced in January and since then the brand has actively supported the British Rally Championship throughout the season. Prestone’s high-profile support has […]