Motorsports

Ash Sutton arrives at Silverstone with the chance to move another step closer to making British Touring Car Championship history. The four-time champion has built a huge lead heading into the penultimate weekend of the 2026 season, sitting on 424 points ahead of NAPA Racing UK teammate Dan Cammish on 309 and reigning champion Tom Ingram on 301. That leaves Cammish 115 points behind and Ingram 123 adrift with only Silverstone and the Brands Hatch finale remaining. There is more at stake than simply another championship. No driver has ever won five BTCC Drivers’ titles, with Sutton currently tied on four. A fifth would therefore put him alone at the top of the record books, and his recent form suggests he has no intention of simply...

British rally fans have just been given two reasons to look forward to 2027. The World Rally Championship is returning to the UK with Rally Scotland, and now the BBC has confirmed a three-year deal to show WRC action across the country. The timing makes this much bigger than a normal TV-rights announcement. From 2027, the BBC will show selected live stages from every WRC round, including each rally’s final Power Stage. There will also be a 60-minute highlights programme for every round, plus clips and other coverage across BBC platforms and iPlayer. Rally Scotland will get even more attention, with extensive live coverage across all four days. For British rallying, that is quite a change. The WRC has not been on the BBC since Rally...

The British Grand Prix returns to Silverstone from 2–5 July, with organisers expecting around 570,000 spectators across the four-day weekend. If those figures are reached, it will become the largest Formula 1 event in history, surpassing the previous attendance record of 520,000 set at the 1995 Australian Grand Prix. While Formula 1 has always attracted passionate fans, the sport’s popularity has grown dramatically in recent years. Many people point to the success of Netflix’s Drive to Survive, which introduced Formula 1 to a younger audience and gave viewers a behind-the-scenes look at the personalities, rivalries and pressure involved in the championship. Combined with the rise of social media and several exciting title battles...