McLaren has signed 2023 FIA Formula 3 champion Gabriel Bortoleto to its driver development program, and has also secured an option on Italian F4 driver Brando Badoer.Bortoleto won this year’s F3 title at the final round in Monza in his rookie season, and has now been signed alongside Pato O’Ward,...

The preliminary list of cars and drivers entered for the 11th edition of the popular Peter Auto Le Mans Classic is online. This year’s Classic, to be held June 29-July 2, will be a very special one celebrating the centenary of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.The Peter Auto Classic...

Open-wheel and sports car engineer Ron Mathis died early on Tuesday from injuries sustained in an accident on Sept. 15.English-born Mathis was struck by a car while riding his bicycle home from work in Mojave, California and suffered multiple broken bones, internal injuries, and head trauma.His career as an engineer...

The theme of this year's FIA Sport Conference is “Passion and Innovation: the past, present and future of motorsport” – a fitting topic for an event being held at the Lingotto, a former FIAT Group factory, renowned for producing some of the most famous Italian cars of all time.The theme...

Kimi Raikkonen has escaped a penalty for continuing to drive with his Ferrari in a dangerous condition after his crash in Formula 1's Monaco Grand Prix.The Ferrari driver hit the barriers at the hairpin in wet conditions, breaking his front wing and getting it stuck under his front wheels. As...

Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton has escaped with a reprimand from the Russian Grand Prix stewards for an incident in qualifying.Related StoriesHamilton was summoned to see the officials as he had rejoined incorrectly after going wide over the run-off area at Turn 2 early in Q1. Race direction had...

Force India Formula 1 development driver Nikita Mazepin has been banned from the first race of the Hungaroring Formula 3 European Championship weekend for a physical altercation in the paddock.The stewards, which this weekend include five-time Le Mans 24 Hours winner Emanuele Pirro, found the Russian teenager guilty of "unsporting...

Le Mans legend Tom Kristensen has been named the new president of the FIA Drivers’ Commission. The Dane had previously served as the commission's vice president and will now take the helm from three-time Formula 1 world champion Emerson Fittipaldi.The FIA Drivers’ Commission has been in existence since 2012 and...

The FIA Drivers' Commission has raised the prospect of young drivers undertaking a mandatory course before graduating from karting to racecars.The age of drivers in open-wheel championships has been in the spotlight, and driving standards have also attracted scrutiny on occasion. Led by two-time Formula 1 world champion and Indy...

Following a number of high-profile crashes at Monza and Spa, driving standards in the Formula 3 European Championship have been in the spotlight.One race at Monza was halted, team managers were summoned by the FIA, drivers have been lectured and one handed a ban.Five-time Le Mans 24 Hours winner Emanuele...