Launching a new club racing category is never easy – and it’s even more difficult at a time of economic uncertainty. There are so many tricky decisions to be made about the specification of cars, the format of the racing, the calendar, the sporting regulations and so on. And then there’s the question of how
In a career spanning more than 50 years, Sonny Howard has had an immeasurable influence on national motorsport. But, despite a list of non-racing clients including Top Gear, the Fast & Furious franchise, Jaguar and the king of Jordan, he does not seek the limelight. Instead, he has nurtured others while prioritising the show. “We’ve
The Goodwood Revival received the Motorsport UK Environmental Sustainability Award at the organisation’s annual Night of Champions on Saturday. September’s Goodwood Revival made history as it became the world’s first historic motorsport event to run an entire on-track schedule with vehicles powered solely by sustainable fuel. All competitors were required to use fuel with a
A famous Formula Ford raced by future Formula 1 champions Emerson Fittipaldi and Jody Scheckter is set to return to action for the first time in over 30 years. Fittipaldi piloted the Merlyn Mk11A in 1969 and won three races, before Colin Vandervell – son of Vanwall F1 team founder Tony – enjoyed title success
Designing and building a high-performance race car using recycled materials, food waste and other unlikely scraps is nothing new to the WMG team at the University of Warwick. Their current project is a hydrogen-powered car fuelled by sewage, the Waste2Race Le Mans Prototype (LMP3) having been built from a selection of spares, recovered parts and
