Daniel Lloyd

The British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) will abandon hybrid systems after three seasons in favour of running its cars on sustainable fuel starting next year.

Inside the Racecar Engineering December 2024 issue:

The Alpine Formula 1 team has announced that it will become a Mercedes power unit and gearbox customer starting in 2026, when new technical regulations come into effect.

It’s up there with the best of them. The Macau Grand Prix, which brings together a range of motorsport disciplines from single seaters to superbikes, is one of the sparkling gems on the racing calendar.

The NASCAR Euro Series has flown the flag for American stock car racing on the eastern flank of the Atlantic since 2009.

Formula 1 and General Motors, the American car manufacturer, have reached an agreement in principle for a Cadillac team to enter the global single seater championship in 2026.

Control systems are continuing to become more complex as their users – car manufacturers, race series and teams – demand increased tuning options. This makes the world of powertrain control a highly competitive arena involving some of the biggest names in racecar electronics.

Formula 1 cars have been getting increasingly quicker since the current technical regulations cycle started in 2022, and this year has been no exception.

This week’s Formula 1 post-season test in Abu Dhabi marked the first track outing for the new fuel flow meter that will be introduced in 2026 when the championship adopts 100 per cent sustainable fuel.

Formula 1 is moving to fuel made entirely of sustainable components in 2026. However, two of its feeder series – Formula 2 and Formula 3 – will already be there next year.