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Diverse Experience Makes For Great Drivers

Diverse Experience

Diverse experience makes for great drivers according to Patrick Long and you will hear why in this week’s Driver Development Roundup. I also have advice on balancing business with racing, the latest driver development program news and why you need to act like a CEO. Becoming a Professional Race Driver As Enzo Mucci explains in … Read more

How Networking Can Empower You to Build a Winning Team

How Networking Can Empower You to Build a Winning Team

How networking can empower you to build a winning team is just part of what you will learn in this week’s Driver Development Roundup. I also have details on how to spot the traits of a great driver at a young age, words of advice from Le Mans legend Patrick Long and three more drivers … Read more

Inaugural Ford Performance Development Program Drivers Announced

Ford Performance Development Program 2025 Drivers

The inaugural Ford Performance Development Program drivers have been announced and in this week’s edition of the Driver Development Roundup you will find out who they are and where they will be racing. I also have more driver development program news, an opportunity to race in Florida in February and the driver development pathway taken … Read more

Formula Global Shootout Program Announced for 2025

Formula Global Shootout Program 2025

The Formula Global Shootout Program has been announced for 2025 with the winner getting a full-funded drive in Indian F4. I have all the details in this week’s Driver Development Roundup. I also have news on several scholarship and grant programs for both cars and karts as well as some great advice to take to … Read more

Focus On Your Potential Motorsport Sponsor Needs

Potential Motorsport Sponsor Needs

The importance of focusing on your potential motorsport sponsor needs is just one of the topics covered in this week’s Business of Being a Race Driver. You will also learn about what Fifth Third Bank is looking for in new sponsorship opportunities, how motorsports is evolving as a marketing platform and much more! The Business … Read more

New FM4 Morocco Championship Launched

FM4 Morocco Championship

The new FM4 Morocco Championship has been launched, and in this exciting first issue of the 2025 Driver Development Roundup, I have all the details you need. Spoiler alert: it’s not exclusively for Moroccan drivers! Additionally, I’ll provide information on how you can test an LMP3 race car, introduce a new Australian Formula Ford series, … Read more

Iron Dames Partner With Porsche Motorsport For Young Talents Initiative

Iron Dames Porsche Motorsport Initiative

Iron Dames has partnered with Porsche Motorsport for a multi-year program that includes a Young Talents Initiative, and I have the details in this week’s Driver Development Roundup. I also have more details on the potentially ground-breaking FAT Karting League, and an answer to the question of whether the path to F1 is broken. All … Read more

How To Secure A Sponsorship

How To Secure A Sponsorship

A series of webinars on how to secure a sponsorship highlight this week’s Business of Being a Race Driver. There is also a seminar on customizing sponsorship decks if you happen to be attending PRI as well as the cost of racing in F1 Academy and much more. The Business of Racing Slipstream Sponsorship Solutions … Read more

Winfield Racing School Returns To Racing

Winfield Racing School

The Winfield Racing School will be returning to racing in 2025 and in this week’s Driver Development Roundup you will understand why. I also have advice on how to use test days to build up your racecraft, what PR & media can do for your career as a racing driver and an opportunity to be … Read more

You Are A Race Driver So Act Like One

Race Driver

You are a race driver so act like one. You will find out what this means in this edition of the Driver Development Roundup. You will also learn how to progress your mental performance, find out about a new driver development program from BMW and learn about a fashion project that contributes to the growth … Read more

F1 Sponsors Go All In At Las Vegas Grand Prix

F1 Sponsors Glenfiddich

F1 sponsors have gone all in at the Las Vegas Grand Prix, and you will get plenty of examples in this week’s Business of Motorsport Roundup. I also cover the latest on the potential future of Liberty Media, why Roger Penske bought the Long Beach Grand Prix and MotoGP’s new look. All this plus the … Read more

Patrick Dempsey Explains His Mental Fitness For Racing Return

Patrick Dempsey

Patrick Dempsey explains the mental fitness required for his racing return after nine years and you will find out the details in this week’s edition of the Racecraft & Race Cars Roundup. You will also find out how to design a test day to maximize your racecraft skills, dealing with your nerves and get some … Read more

Professionalism Is Key To A Long Motorsport Career

Alpine Academy Driver Training

This week you will learn why professionalism is the key to a long-term motorsport career. You will also understand the chances of making F1 as well as building a sponsorship deck. All this and more in this edition of the Business of Being a Race Driver. The Business of Racing From the Driver’s Point of … Read more

F1 Academy Champion To Receive Fully Funded GB3 Seat For 2025

GB3 Championship Tatuus MSV GB3-025

The F1 Academy champion is set to receive a fully funded seat in the GB3 Championship for 2025 and this week in the Driver Development Roundup you will get all the details. You will also find out more about the Prodigy Three (P3) Championship, the Chip Ganassi Racing driver development program and the importance of … Read more

Pressure Builds on FIA to Reduce the Cost of Racing

Cost of Racing

Pressure is building on the FIA to reduce the cost of racing in their development pyramid and this week in the Driver Development Roundup I have the details on who is applying the pressure. I also have an analysis of the future of the F1 Academy, the Winfield Racing School’s plans for the Middle East … Read more

How to Go Circuit Racing in the UK

Circuit racing in the UK

How to go circuit racing in the UK is just some of the advice you will get in this week’s edition of the Racecraft & Race Cars Roundup. I also have a guide to passing and braking techniques, an amazing hand-control system used by Robert Wickens and the anatomy of an F1 Academy car. All … Read more

The Personal Side of Racing

Personal Side of Racing

The personal side of racing is rarely talked about but this week you will get some advice on how to deal with relationships as you work towards your motorsport goals. You will also see how the Beyond Rally Women’s Driver Development Program works, the journey of one graduate of the Mazda Shootout Scholarship, and details … Read more

Team USA Scholarship Pivots to Supporting Two Drivers in USF2000

Team USA Scholarship

The Team USA Scholarship has pivoted this year to supporting two drivers in the USF2000 season finale last weekend and this week in the Driver Development Roundup you will learn why. I also have details on the career paths of Sabre Cook and Ollie Berman, a new collaboration with the F1 Academy and how you … Read more

Red Bull Driver Search is Back

Red Bull Driver Search

The Red Bull Driver Search is back and in this week’s Driver Development Roundup you will learn how it operates. I also have explanations on the different paths you can follow to get to Formula 1, the future of F4 in Germany and what it’s like to be a woman on track plus much more! … Read more

Battle for the Long Beach Grand Prix

Long Beach Grand Prix

There is a battle for control of the Long Beach Grand Prix between IndyCar and NASCAR and this week it is part of the Business of Motorsport. Also, this week you will find news on how the Las Vegas Grand Prix is planning changes for 2024, why the FIA President feels people are attacking him … Read more