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Formula One Barcelona Pre Season Tests 2019

The motor sport season is starting to get underway for various racing series including the Formula One Barcelona In Season Tests 2019 through February and March. Don’t worry if you can’t make it to Barcelona to see what is going on as there are always plenty of people keeping us updated on social media, including…

George Russell takes the British F4 title in 2014

A Gallery of George Russell photos

George Russell was born in Norfolk in 1998, and took up karting in 2006, and soon made a name for himself, taking the championship title before becoming the 2012 Super One British champion. He then moved to KF3 where he took the European title in 2011 and 2012, before moving to the world championships in…

Lando Norris racing in MSA Formula

A gallery of Lando Norris photos

Lando Norris has been one to watch in motor racing since his early first moves in the sport, starting on bikes before moving to karting at the age of seven and taking pole position in his first ever national event. By 2013, Lando was winning at the karting World Championships, and became the youngest ever…

Rockingham Super Send Off

Rockingham Motor Speedway

As we enter 2019, one of the old friends not joining us for the next motor racing season is Rockingham Motor Speedway, which hosted its last race on the 24th November last year. Rockingham has been a venue for motorsport in the UK since it opened back on the 26th May 2001, with multiple configurations…

Team Hard launch their 2019 Clio Cup campaign

Autosport International Show 2019

This weekend sees the Autosport International Show 2019 which is being held as normal at Birmingham’s NEC. For those who have not visited the show in the past, it is a huge motor racing trade show for two days, and then the weekend sees two public days with fans attending to see the cars, drivers…

Colin Turkington takes his third BTCC title

The BTCC Finale 2018

The BTCC Finale 2018 was, as normal, held at Brands Hatch, with support provided by British F4, the Renault Clio Cup, the Porsche Carrera Cup, the Ginetta GT4 Supercup and Ginetta Juniors. All of the series had their last rounds for the year over the weekend, and the British Touring Car Championship drivers went into…

Kiern Jewiss takes the British F4 title

The British F4 Finale 2018

Last weekend saw the British Touring Car Championship hold its final event of the year at Brands Hatch, which included the British F4 Finale 2018 which forms one of the support series for BTCC. The drivers went in to the last weekend with two potential series winners, with Kiern Jewiss leading the title from Ayrton…

The Ulster TT Memorial

The International Ulster Trophy Race Memorial

Most motor racing statues are located at race tracks, but the International Ulster Trophy Race Memorial in Ballyrobert, near Belfast International Airport, is in the centre of the village, although it had been a race track once upon a time. Back in 1946, the Ballyclare / Ballyrobert street circuit was used for the International Ulster…

BTCC Silverstone 2018

BTCC Silverstone Rounds 2018

The recent BTCC Silverstone rounds 2018 made up the penultimate weekend of the championship, with the number of contenders for the title starting to reduce. However, although the series may be reaching its conclusion, it still has the ability to surprise, and at Silverstone, the surprise package on Saturday was Team Hard’s Mike Bushell. The…

British F4 Silverstone 2018

British F4 Silverstone Rounds 2018

The recent BTCC Silverstone rounds 2018 included the penultimate weekend of this year’s British F4 season, and as normal, the weekend was not short on drama or excitement. Qualifying saw Jonathan Hoggard set the fastest time from Kiern Jewiss, with Patrik Pasma in third. The second fastest times, used for the third of the three…

BTCC Knockhill 2018

BTCC Knockhill Rounds 2018

The weekend saw the BTCC Knockhill Rounds 2018 as the British Touring Car Championship made its annual trip to Scotland. The support series included British F4, the Ginetta Juniors and the Porsche Carrera Cup, as well as the Ginetta GT5 challenge which accompanies the BTCC series to Thruxton and Knockhill. The weather forecast was gloomy…

British F4 Knockhill 2018

British F4 Knockhill Rounds 2018

The weekend saw the BTCC teams head north of the border, and the support series there included the British F4 Knockhill Rounds 2018 at the annual Scottish round of the championship. The forecast sounded like a wet weekend was in store, but Saturday turned out to be a bright and sunny day. Qualifying saw Jonathan…