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Magazine: Piastri shows his class in Baku

A fantastic Azerbaijan Grand Prix and superb victory for Oscar Piastri leads this week’s Autosport magazine, out today (19 September).If anyone had still been in any doubt that Piastri is the real deal, they must surely have revised their view following last weekend’s race. As Jake Boxall-Legge shows in our…

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Black and Brown back to the top of Ryan Motorsport Insurance Autosport National Rankings

It's all change at the top of the Ryan Motorsport Insurance Autosport National Rankings as Scottish Legends star Stewart Black has retaken first, while Dan Brown is up to second.

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Ginetta's Supercar Finally Enters Production, Keeps Its Manual and V-8

The ultra-light Akula routes 600 horsepower to the rear wheels via a six-speed manual gearbox.

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Meet the Ginetta Akula, a bespoke limited-edition supercar derived from a racing machine

Just twenty examples of Ginetta’s new V8-powered supercar will be built, celebrating two decades of the British racing car maker’s new era

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The bespoke car created for the UK’s newest junior category

The news that Ginetta would depart the British Touring Car Championship bill for 2023 was a shock when it first emerged in September 2022. After all, the Yorkshire brand’s championships, especially the all-action Ginetta Junior, had been a popular fixture on the TOCA package for 14 years.

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Grange in range of Black in Ryan Motorsport Insurance Autosport National Rankings

The Escort Mk2 pilot twice topped his Modified Fords class at Snetterton - where there were only just enough starters for the wins to count - to take his tally for the year so far to 12 and enable him to leapfrog Dan Brown and Mckenzie Douglass to move into…

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Obituary: British F4 racer Joel Pearson dies aged 19

Pearson made the switch from karts to cars partway through 2018 when he joined the Ginetta ranks, before contesting two full campaigns – taking two podiums en route to eighth in the 2020 standings.

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Obituary: British F4 and Ginetta Junior racer Joel Pearson dies aged 19

Pearson made the switch from karts to cars partway through 2018 when he joined the Ginetta ranks, before contesting two full campaigns – taking two podiums en route to eighth in the 2020 standings.

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Did the new national series of 2023 fly or flop?

The tricky economic conditions of 2023 meant it was not necessarily the ideal time to launch a new club racing series in the UK. Nevertheless, a raft of different organisers introduced fresh categories last season - some of which were more familiar than others.

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Pre-'66 tin-tops to make guest appearance on BTCC bill in 2024

The event, on 27-28 July, will feature three non-championship races for the Pre-’66 field, taking the place of British Formula 4, which has instead added an overseas round at Zandvoort to its schedule. Guest categories have been a regular element of the BTCC support bill since Ginetta switched its series…

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How TOCA's support classes were won in 2023

It was all change among the British Touring Car support bill for this season. For the first time in 15 years, a one-make Ginetta series did not feature and instead the Caymans of the Porsche Sprint Challenge GB became a regular fixture, while a rotating cast of guest championships provided…

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National novelties: Marshall races Gerry's Triumph and Ginetta creation debuts

Marshall reunion: Gregor races Gerry's Triumph

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Romanek races towards Autosport National Driver Rankings summit

The Formula Ford 1600 frontrunner's season had threatened to unravel after he was given a 30-day ban for an off-track incident at Silverstone at the end of September, but he returned to winning ways in the United FF1600 category at Brands Hatch, topping both races.

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Cullen is new leader of Autosport National Driver Rankings

Cullen drew level with table-topper Ryan McLeish on 16 wins for the year following Irish Stryker success the previous week, but a lower average number of starters for those victories left him third.

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Award winner Browning completes Aston Martin F1 test at Silverstone

Browning won the Award, which also includes a prize of £200,000, after impressing in MotorSport Vision Formula 2, United Autosports Ligier LMP3 and Beechdean Motorsport Aston Martin GT3 machinery last year.

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AMABA winner Browning completes Aston Martin F1 prize test at Silverstone

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BTCC champion Sutton charges into Autosport National Driver Rankings top 10

The Ford Focus racer ended his season in style with two further victories at Brands Hatch last weekend to take his tally to a remarkable 12 for the season.

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BTCC Silverstone: Rookie Doble takes shock pole

The reigning Ginetta GT5 and BMW Compact Cup champion, driving a Power Maxed Racing Vauxhall Astra, ended the pole monopoly for 2023 of the Motorbase Performance Ford Focus ST squad, which had stretched to eight out of eight.

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McLeish is new leader of Autosport National Driver Rankings

Ginetta Junior dominator Freddie Slater had led the way since early June but he has finally been demoted to second after calling time on his Ginetta campaign to instead enable him to race in Formula 4 machinery.

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PalmerSport review: The airfield circuit where amateurs can find the limit

Nestled deep in the Bedford countryside is RAF Thurleigh, a former Royal Air Force station used throughout the Second World War by British and American bombers. Following the war it helped in the development of a number of planes, including the Harrier and Bristol Brabazon. While the airfield closed in…

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Flock top improver in Autosport National Driver Rankings herd

Flock scored an 11th win of the season in the opening race in Norfolk and, despite a spin in the second contest, he threatened main rival Cameron Pratt-Thompson but could not quite find a way through to score another triumph.

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How 'regrouping' Ginetta aims to consolidate its UK motorsport status

This was always going to be a far from straightforward year for Ginetta, a stalwart of the UK national racing scene.

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Clarke and his Phantom sneak up on Autosport National Driver Rankings lead

While Slater has dominated Ginetta Junior this season, Clarke has been the undisputed star of the Clubmans Sports Prototype category and scored another two triumphs in his Phantom PR22 at Oulton Park, his lead almost 40 seconds each time.

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Romanek rises into the top five of Autosport's National Driver Rankings

The Van Diemen JL13 driver (number 73 above) has launched a three-pronged attack this year, contesting the National, United and Castle Combe FF1600 championships.

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Slater rebuilds his Autosport National Driver Rankings advantage again

First Michael Cullen and then James Clarke had trimmed the gap to Slater but it now stands at four victories again after his 15th and 16th triumphs of 2023 at Cadwell Park.

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