A rare 2004 Maserati Trofeo Light GT3 headlines an eclectic but awesome selection of race cars in the Motorsport Marketplace this week. In addition to the Maserati, there is a Nissan 370Z NISMO, a Lamborghini Huracan Super Trofeo EVO 1 and a 2012 Porsche Cayman as part of this week’s selections of Race Cars for … Read more
Month: May 2023
Max Verstappen is adamant that sim racing has helped him in his Formula 1 career and in this edition of the Sim Racing Roundup, you will learn how. In addition to this, I look at another sim racer experiencing real-world racing, how esports can grow the motorsport ecosystem, multiclass racing tips from Daniel Morad, Formula … Read more
Dealing with sponsorship proposal rejections headlines this week’s Business of Being a Race Driver Roundup. It will happen so you need to learn from it. In addition to this, for companies that are involved in motorsport sponsorship I have tips on the basics of evaluating your sponsorships. For the driver I also feature the Top … Read more
Why all the crashes? That is the question Ross Bentley looks to answer in this week’s Racecraft & Race Cars Roundup. In addition to this, there is a look at how Max Verstappen’s driving technique has evolved, first time experiences in endurance racing and an exercise to improve vision tracking. I also have some racing … Read more
Racing is hard so put in the work! That is the lesson that Enzo Mucci shares in today’s Driver Development Roundup. In addition to the advice to not being lazy, the Elite Motorsport Academy of New Zealand has revealed their 2023 class, the new Porsche Deluxe Female Driver Development Program has been launched and a … Read more
Honda making a surprising reversal in F1 highlights this week’s Business of Motorsport Roundup as I cover that and other intriguing motorsport developments. I also look at whether the AlphaTauri F1 team is or is not for sale, what it is like running the “greatest spectacle in racing,” the possibility of the return of A1 … Read more
Let’s be perfectly clear, sustainable motorsport is still motorsport through and through. As Michael Andretti stated when asked about his Formula E team, racing is racing. Why do I say this? Because too often I hear the comment that racing using sustainable technologies, especially electric racing, is not real racing because it has “no soul” … Read more
Getting to the Track Sustainably is my occasional column on developments in sustainable transportation that could have some application to motorsport. Since most carbon emissions come from logistics and transportation, this topic is of utmost importance as motorsport works to make itself more sustainable. Here is my May 2023 roundup of some articles you may … Read more
This week sim racing coach Suellio Almeida compares sim racing to the real thing based on his recent experience racing an F4 car. Not only that but I profile two more sim racers making their way into real world motorsport, one in rallying and one in stock cars showing once again how it is becoming … Read more
A webinar on the art of the cold pitch is just one of the nuggets of race driver business information you will find in this week’s The Business of Being a Race Driver. I also have tips on running social media giveaways for your sponsors, advice on how to improve your social media content and … Read more
This week in the Racecraft & Race Cars Roundup you will find out how you too can race the infamous Nürburgring, also known as the “Green Hell.” In Racecraft Tips & Techniques you will find advice on five ways to overtake, how to work on your mental performance, how to be consistently fast and more. … Read more
This week I look at how Beth Paretta and Robert Wickens inspire race drivers to exceed expectations. From encouraging more women to get involved in motorsport to giving hope to those who want to race but are confronted with a disability, Paretta and Wickens demonstrate that the will to race is often greater than whatever … Read more
American businesses are embracing Formula 1’s soaring popularity as much as American fans and in this edition of the Business of Motorsport, I bring you the numbers. I also look at McLaren Racing’s call for greater collaboration within motorsport on sustainability, the move to “regionalize” the F1 calendar, Hyundai going to the WEC and how … Read more
(Press Release) Alton (VA), May 18th , 2022 – After months of research and development on the SCR1, the world’s first all-electric amateur touring race car, the Scalar Performance Team is ready to participate in its first National Auto Sport Association (NASA) sanctioned race, during HyperFest’s 3-day weekend hosted at Virginia International Raceway from Friday … Read more
My name is Ben Cooper, a British Canadian based in Montreal Canada. I moved to Canada just over 10 years ago from the UK after a long career of kart racing based out of the UK, racing across all corners of Europe and many other places across the World. Throughout my karting career I was … Read more
This week the Sustainable Motorsport Roundup documents how vintage, pre-war Bentleys are racing and winning in 2023 using synthetic fuels. While we tend to think of cutting-edge race cars such as Formula E and the H24 project being the face of sustainable motorsport, vintage racing is also getting involved with some eye-opening results. I also … Read more
It’s all Radical Motorsport in this week’s selections of Race Cars for Sale in the Motorsport Prospects Marketplace in partnership with Racing Edge. This week I am featuring eight Radical race cars from Racing Edge Paddock Partner Team Stradale. They are all either 2022 or 2023 models. Radical racing is one of the most competitive … Read more
Sim racing can indeed prepare you to race on a real track and in this week’s edition of the Sim Racing Roundup you will find out how. I feature three drivers who are specifically applying what they are learning in a sim to racing on a real track and each example is instructive of what … Read more