Today’s Business of Motorsport could be considered Part Two of the Easter-delayed column I published on Monday. I have news from the worlds of Formula 1, Formula E, Indycar, NASCAR, NHRA, MotoGP and more. Hear from today’s movers and shakers, team owners and other motorsport professionals. I also bring you some of the latest sponsorship … Read more
As a companion to my Motorsport Prospects article One Electric Racing Driver’s Guide to Sustainable Blockchain, here is a Sustainable Blockchain Source Guide for more information and context. Overall info The Web3 Starter Pack Sponsorship Formula E establishes first blockchain title sponsorship with Avalanche The rise of crypto sponsorships in sports Is cryptocurrency sponsorship too … Read more
This week’s Sustainable Motorsport Round-Up covers everything once again from two wheels to four including Super Formula, the upcoming FIM E-Xplorer World Cup, Nitro Rallycross, MotoE, ERA Championship, Play and Drive’s Formula 4e prototype, Formula E, and some pretty awesome sustainable motorsport tech. Series News Super Formula kicked off its next-generation development test program last … Read more
This week in the Business of Motorsport I have another full slate of business news from the always fascinating world of motorsport. From Formula 1’s attempt to entice Audi and Porsche while dealing with increasing freight costs to Indycar’s focus on ovals and against international races, it’s all here. I also bring you news from … Read more
This week in the Sustainable Motorsport Round-Up I bring you developments from MotoE, Formula E, electric rallying, video of some cool electric karts, sustainable motorsport tech developments, and my semi-regular feature on getting to the track sustainably. All this plus how you can register for the upcoming Green Racing Virtual Summit and more. Series News … Read more
This week in the Business of Motorsport I look at some of the major developments in the business of Formula One, highlight some of the latest motorsport sponsorship partnerships, bring you some general motorsport industry news and take a look at three teams and how their plans for 2022 and beyond are progressing. Formula 1 … Read more
This week in the Sustainable Motorsport Round-Up we go to Monaco, get an update on Formula E’s Gen3 car, look at an interesting addition to the Michelin Le Mans Cup grid, highlight the French Grand Prix’s sustainability moves, look at how ESG factors could affect Formula 1’s future, have a look at how Big Daddy … Read more
This week in the Business of Motorsport I discuss how ESG factors may influence Formula 1 in more ways than one, how Saudi Arabia is attempting to change through motorsport, the challenges facing Formula E’s Gen3 car, developments in motorsport sponsorship, general motorsport industry news and more. The one thing constant in motorsport, both on … Read more
This week the Sustainable Motorsport Round-Up is full of exciting sustainable motorsport developments. I look at what is happening in Japan’s Super Formula and America’s NASCAR, desert rally raid racing, the World Rally Championship, MotoE and GT racing. I also bring you news on developments with Porsche’s eFuel initiative, sustainable natural fibre as a replacement … Read more
This week ‘s Motorsport Series News has a number of important developments in various motorsport series across the world including from the USA, Italy, South Africa and Europe. With the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, I have been updating my original post that I started in my regular Business of Motorsport column from last Friday … Read more
I have a lot of great sustainable motorsport developments to bring you this week. From maximizing efficiencies in scheduling in order to minimize environmental impacts to hydrogen-powered hot rods, there is something here for everyone. Developments just keep accelerating! The Big Picture As I discussed in last week’s Business of Motorsport, cryptocurrency sponsorship has exploded … Read more
This week in the Sustainable Motorsport Round-Up are a number of positive developments in Extreme E and ETCR, F1’s unwavering sustainability commitment, a bold move by Mazda and a high performance hydrogen-fueled internal combustion engine. While I try to stay focused on sustainable motorsport, I do veer off the path once in a while to … Read more
This week on the Sustainable Motorsport Round-Up I look at the newly released Sustainable Championships Index, Extreme E’s Season 1 Sustainability Report, and some Formula E and ERA Championship news. A new report, the Sustainable Championships Index (SChI) has been released and while Formula E tops the racing series sustainability rankings, F1 comes in at … Read more
This week’s Sustainable Motorsport Round-Up is full of exciting developments from manufacturers like Subaru, series like Play and Drive and developments in the world of sustainable transport. Manufacturer News At the Tokyo Auto Salon, Subaru announced their 2022 motorsports activities which include preparing for a defense of their Super GT GT300 titles, an N24 return, … Read more
It has been a busy week in the Business of Motorsport as there have been numerous developments related to sponsorships, changes of administration, increased cryptocurrency action, SPACs going public and more. Here are just a few of the things that happened since the last Business of Motorsport round-up. Formula 1 News If you have followed … Read more
Sustainable motorsport on its own cannot solve the climate crisis, nor bring an end to global warming and it should not be expected to do so. What it can do is act as an R&D platform for those developing the technology that will contribute to achieving these goals. Motorsport should always remain true to what … Read more
I normally do a Sustainable Motorsport Round-UP twice a month but I have so much material that this will be a two-parter. This week I have a lot of news on every series but Formula 1. Next week in part 2 I will be looking at the debate over the new for 2025/26 Formula 1 … Read more
There has been a bunch of interesting news regarding sustainable motorsport since the last column so let’s get into it! McLaren and the value of Extreme E Extreme E has been making waves in motorsport by attracting a lot of big name to the series including Andretti Autosport, Chip Ganassi Racing, Nico Rosberg and Lewis … Read more
Sustainable motorsport is increasingly becoming important to series and teams throughout the racing world. Regardless of whether the series is ICE powered or not, it is becoming clear that making the sport more sustainable is a priority for a number of reasons for all stakeholders. Those reasons include but are not limited to; relevance to … Read more
I just finished watching “And We Go Green,” the documentary about Season 4 of the Formula E championship and I thought I would post a few words. I don’t normally write film reviews on Motorsport Prospects but as the film deals with sustainability in motorsport, a topic that will be covered on the blog in … Read more
