Brands Hatch owner MSV and championship promoter SRO have extended their deal to host the Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup on the legendary Grand Prix circuit, it was announced. This means that the Kent circuit will continue to host a round of the series until at least 2019.The Blancpain GT...

The British Racing Drivers' Club has imposed a deadline of the end of October to secure a buyer for Silverstone.The Northamptonshire circuit is negotiating with four bidders: Jaguar Land Rover, Ginetta owner Lawrence Tomlinson, Jonathan Palmer's MotorSport Vision and a fourth unnamed party, believed to be an overseas consortium. The...

Jonathan Palmer's MotorSport Vision company has made an official offer to purchase Silverstone Circuit.MSV currently owns and runs five circuits across England: Brands Hatch, Oulton Park, Cadwell Park, Snetterton and Bedford Autodrome. It is understood former F1 racer Palmer only contacted British Racing Drivers' Club chairman John Grant last month...

The late Justin Wilson has been honored with a corner bearing his name at the Snetterton road course in England. The Briton's father Keith Wilson, and former manager (and Snetterton circuit chief executive) Jonathan Palmer unveiled the signage bearing his name in a ceremony on Monday.The timing of the introduction...

Britain's FIA Formula 4 series, MSA Formula, has been renamed the F4 British Championship with immediate effect.The name change had been on the cards ever since Jonathan Palmer relinquished the F4 naming rights when his BRDC F4 series was rebadged British F3 earlier this year. Now the MSA and FIA...

Formula 3 could return to the British motorsport calendar this season in the form of the BRDC Formula 4 Championship.Autosport reports that a plan for BRDC F4 to become Britain's national F3 series was discussed at last Friday's FIA World Motor Sport Council meeting in Geneva, and that a decision...

MotorSport Vision chief Jonathan Palmer wants his company's new circuit in France to become the home for the pre-Le Mans 24 Hours round of the World Endurance Championship.The Laon Autodrome track will be located on a former military base in northern France, with a main circuit layout of 4.5 to...

MotorSport Vision, the British-based company owned by former F1 driver Jonathan Palmer, has purchased a decommissioned airbase in France to create its first European circuit, with a five-mile layout planned for the Laon Autodrome.Palmer's company already owns UK circuits Brands Hatch, Oulton Park, Snetterton and Cadwell Park, plus its test...

The FIA is exploring a number of options to prevent Formula 1 drivers from exceeding track limits during the course of grand prix weekends.The breach has become more prevalent as curb designs have changed over the years, leaving the FIA struggling on occasion to rigorously enforce any ruling. Raising the...

Open-wheel racing powerhouse Carlin will enter the new BRDC Formula 4 Championship next season. The team, which competes in Indy Lights, GP2, GP3, the Formula 3 European Championship and rebranded Formula 3.5 V8, has ordered three of the new Tatuus-Cosworth F4 cars.The deal marks an expansion of Carlin's UK racing...