Motorsport

The first weekend of April ushered in the start of the 2019 British Touring Car Championship and with it came the return of the BMW 3 Series to competitive motorsport action. The British Touring Car Championship, BTCC, has long been a happy hunting ground for the worlds major car manufacturers. The largest and most popular domestic motorsport series in the UK, the BTCC draws in huge crowds of dedicated fans who line the embankments of some of the UK’s most renowned motorsport venues. For...

In the early hours of tomorrow morning, Formula One will burst back into life as the 2019 season kicks off in earnest in Melbourne Park, Australia. The Australian Grand Prix allows us a first tantalising look at just where everybody is and gives the first indications of how the season could play out after months of extensive winter development. It was just a matter of weeks ago now that the ten teams were releasing their 2019 challengers to the public. Expressing their ambitions to the worlds m...

Before their recent withdrawal from the sport, Volkswagen had established themselves as a formidable player on the World Rally Championship stage sweeping to dominant and consecutive World Titles. Here’s a look back over the recent history of a rallying heavyweight. Cast your mind back to the autumn of 2015. The automotive world has just been rocked by the emissions scandal that implicates Volkswagen of employing cheat devices in its road cars to get around Government emissions targets. I...

There are not many domestic championships around the world that offer the level of close racing and spectacle that the British Touring Car Championship provides. A field of 32 cars and drivers go head to head every year over the course of 10 rounds. Within those 10 rounds, you can expect high drama, thrills, spills and a lot of bumper to bumper action. 3 races per round, covering 7 months of the year see’s the championship battle play out at a frenetic pace and it was Irishman Colin Turki...

Volkswagen has become the latest manufacturer to take on the infamous Pikes Peak Hill Climb. Located in Colorado, United States, Pikes Peak is a white-knuckle 12-mile climb which pushes car and driver to the limit. Volkswagen has been a notable absentee from the global motorsport stage since it suddenly pulled the plug on its World Rally Championship campaign at the end of 2016 after ‘dieselgate’ rocked the automotive world. But now it’s back and it’s more serious than e...