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Silverstone Autosport BRDC Young Driver of the Year Award on hiatus for 2025

The Silverstone Autosport BRDC Young Driver of the Year Award will not take place this year, ahead of a re-evaluation of the prestigious competition.

Autosport

Browning's fairytale rise from racing a Saxo to an F1 practice appearance

Fairytales do happen, if you look hard enough. From Junior Saloons in a humble Citroen Saxo in 2016, no one could have guessed that, come December 2024, Luke Browning would be behind the wheel of a Williams Formula 1 car in free practice at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

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The fairytale rise from racing a Saxo to an F1 practice appearance

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Deagen Fairclough wins Silverstone Autosport BRDC Young Driver of the Year

British Formula 4 champion Deagen Fairclough has been crowned the winner of the 2024 Silverstone Autosport BRDC Young Driver of the Year Award.

Autosport

Obituary: National racer and former Williams director Dave Brodie

When Dave Brodie succumbed to his long battle with aggressive blood cancer shortly before Christmas at the age of 81, British motor racing lost one its great characters.

Autosport

How 2024 brought out a new passion in a Porsche expert

I started my 2024 season with the Bathurst 12 Hour. That came off the back of winning all three races in the Porsche Carrera Cup Australia there last year, and we won our class. An endurance race is always tricky, so it was great to do it with an awesome…

Autosport

How a victim of mistaken identity has forged a renaissance in sportscars

When a Brit called Matt Bell turned up in the LMP3 class of the European Le Mans Series in 2023 there was inevitably some confusion. A presumption was made that it was the same Matt Bell who was racing a P3 in the ELMS-supporting Le Mans Cup having been a…

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Final four 2024 Young Driver Award contenders chosen

The four finalists who will contest the 2024 Silverstone Autosport BRDC Young Driver of the Year Award have been selected.

Autosport

Final 2024 Award contenders chosen

The final 10 candidates for the 2024 Silverstone Autosport BRDC Award, supported by Silverstone Circuits Ltd, have been selected.

Autosport

British Grand Prix director defends F1 ticket prices after Hamilton criticism

Stuart Pringle said profits are ploughed back into the event, which charges £629 for four-day grandstand tickets

The Guardian - UK

Sowery to make IndyCar debut at Mid-Ohio with Dale Coyne Racing

Dale Coyne Racing has announced that former BRDC British Formula 3 star Toby Sowery will make his IndyCar debut at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course next month.

Autosport

British GP still chasing sell-out as Red Bull F1 dominance takes its toll

After recent record-breaking years with sell-outs and bumper attendances, British Grand Prix promoters are facing a last-minute push to find buyers for the final Formula 1 tickets.

Autosport

Silverstone To Remain Host Of The British Grand Prix For Another Decade

The British Grand Prix has been held at the Silverstone track since 1987 and is the scene of Formula 1's first-ever world championship race.

International Business Times UK

American Max Esterson graduates to F3 with Jenzer

Having become the first American to win the world-famous Formula Ford Festival in 2022, Esterson joins the F3 grid from Great Britain's premier open-wheel series, the GB3 Championship, where he was a race winner and was chosen as a member of the BRDC Rising Star program.

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The valuable lessons a second-generation star will apply to IMSA in 2024

Performance-wise, I was up there with the top Porsche GT drivers in IMSA every weekend in 2023. The team, AO Racing, was new, having only been formed in the winter of 2022, but did an amazing job to get the car to where it has been because the Balance of…

Autosport

Joseph Loake wins Aston Martin Autosport BRDC Young Driver of the Year

The 18-year-old Briton will receive £200,000, a test in an Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant Formula 1 car, full British Racing Drivers' Club membership, an Arai helmet and Jordan Bespoke personalised helmet bag as his prize.

Autosport

Where a British hopeful is targeting improvement ahead of a first F1 test

My deal to compete in the FIA Formula 3 Championship with Hitech this year came together very late on and, to be honest, I didn’t expect to be doing it. It finally happened just a couple of weeks before the first race in Bahrain. We were the last driver signed…

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Finalists revealed for 2023 Aston Martin Autosport BRDC Young Driver Award

Formula 3 race winner Taylor Barnard, GB3 championship protagonists Callum Voisin and Joseph Loake, and Italian F4 points leader Arvid Lindblad will battle it out for prizes that include a test in Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant Formula One® Team machinery. None of the four have been finalists before.

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How Jonny Edgar overcame Crohn's disease to get back on track

Last season in the FIA Formula 3 Championship I had to deal with a loss of energy, feeling unwell, and I was losing lots of weight too. I managed OK in pre-season testing but, during the opening race weekend in Bahrain, I struggled. I had no strength to drive, and…

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The rising star getting back on track

Autosport

Final 10 contenders revealed for 2023 Aston Martin Autosport BRDC Young Driver of the Year Award

The Award, which started in 1989, aims to find and assist the best junior British racing drivers. The prize for this year’s winner includes £200,000 and a Formula 1 test drive with the Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant F1 Team.

Autosport

The Williams F1 juniors vying to become its next British stars

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…

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How a TOCA champion is learning to be a little fish in a big pond

Last year I had a great second season in the Porsche Carrera Cup GB. It was nice to get that championship wrapped up and, staying on with Team Parker Racing from 2021, it was important to hit the ground running. It was nice, a weight off my shoulders and a…

Autosport

Podcast: From Rising Stars to SuperStars - the BRDC driver development story

Created by Damon Hill OBE and in recent years closely overseen by Derek Warwick, both of whom are former BRDC Presidents, the programme has a strong record of results with SuperStars chalking up an impressive total of 384 wins, 1,558 podiums and 342 pole positions, with over 45 drivers becoming…

Autosport

Young Driver Award winner Gamble becomes McLaren GT factory driver

The 2018 McLaren Autosport BRDC Award winner joins incumbents Rob Bell and Marvin Kirchhofer in McLaren's factory roster, with Joe Osborne and Euan Hankey understood to no longer be works contracted.

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