The Latest Breaking News from Autosport

Autosport revealed over the Hungarian Grand Prix weekend that the idea of introducing a mechanism to equalise power units among the manufacturers has been tabled by the FIA for discussion at this week’s meeting of the F1 Commission. 

The high-speed gravel rally is likely to be omitted from the 2024 calendar with neighbouring Latvia already confirmed to be joining next year’s schedule. Long-time European Rally Championship event, Rally Liepaja, is expected to take Estonia’s place.

Toyota's championship leader Rovanpera and M-Sport rival Tanak headed into the event as the overwhelming favourites to challenge for the win on Estonia’s fast gravel roads.

Toyota will debut its new engine update at this weekend’s Rally Estonia after the reigning world champions elected to use one of its homologation jokers to make the change.

Lappi suffered three failures related to the i20 N Rally1’s prop shaft that ultimately curtailed a realistic shot at a podium, while shining a spotlight on the team’s reliability concerns.

Clubmans Sports Prototype dominator Clarke continued his impressive form by winning the opening two races in Leicestershire, but he was denied another clean sweep after an electrical fault on his Phantom PR22 in the finale.

Zak O’Sullivan and Luke Browning are old rivals. The compatriots have plenty of history, with tensions first coming to a head in the 2020 British Formula 4 finale. As COVID lockdowns left circuits without spectators, O’Sullivan and Browning headed to Brands Hatch tied. By the final race, Browning had a…

As reported by Autosport earlier in May, Audi will restructure its GT3 programme next year by limiting its participation to technical support and supply of spare parts.

The FIA is currently working through the submissions for the 2022 season that have been handed to it by teams, and has increased its analysis of competitor spending in a bid to stamp out any clever workarounds.