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BUTTON SHOWS HIS WEC PASSION

IN BRIEF

BUTTON PREPARED FOR ‘MIND-BLOWING’ WORLD ENDURANCE SEASON IN JOTA PORSCHE • World champion says full-time return prompted by high-tech hypercar

Briton Ilott switches to WEC attack with Team Jota

HILL AIMS FOR TITLE IN TOURING CAR BMW RETURN

RESTART RACING BRINGS SMILEY BACK TO BTCC IN 2024

Licence shuffle as BTCC hits 27 entries for 2024

FINN HARRISON SEEKS GB4 GOLD

PULLING HAS “UNFINISHED BUSINESS” FOR BRITISH FORMULA 4 RETURN • The F1 Academy frontrunner is back in British junior single-seater championship for a part campaign in 2024 alongside a second season in the all-female F1 support contest

PALMER: “TOO EARLY TO TALK” ABOUT GB3 LOCATIONS

KART STAR BART HARRISON TO BRITISH F4

IRISH STAR COLE WANTS GB4

IRELAND’S WRC HOPES PROGRESS WITH THREE HOST VENUES UNDER REVIEW • Funding proposal submitted to Irish government as part of bid to secure 2025 date

SWEDEN LANDS LONG-TERM WRC DEAL

NEW POINTS SYSTEM IN PLACE FOR NEW WRC YEAR

TOYOTA REVEALS A NEW LOOK FOR ELFYN’S YARIS

ULSTER REMAINS ON EUROPEAN RALLY TROPHY ROSTER IN 2024

CO-DRIVING LEGEND ELENA GETS NEW ROLE IN WRC2

ITALIAN BATTLER CALZIA APPLAUDS ROGER ALBERT CLARK RALLY CHALLENGE • Peugeot 208 pairing say the stages on the five-day event are “World class”

WEST CORK RALLY EXPANDS TO THREE-DAY FORMAT

GRIZEDALE RALLY ORGANISERS THANK LOCAL COMMUNITY

CO-DRIVER HAYDE APPOINTED AS NEW IRISH TARMAC CO-ORDINATOR

JERMAN AND JAMES FLY LIKE AN EAGLE IN MID-WALES AFTER A CHALLENGING EVENT

RALLY ACE GREER WANTS MORE GROUP A CARS IN HISTORICS • Call goes out for rules to open up to allow more period machines to join the action

WATKINS BATTLES HOME IN EX-MIKKOLA ESCORT

Allan Rennie 1944-2023

John Turner 1942-2023

Mal Bayliss 1954-2023

IN BRIEF

HAL RIDGE • MN’s rallycross editor looks at the mapped-out future for World RX

THE HITS AND MISSES OF THE 2023 FORMULA 1 SEASON • James Roberts hand picks his stand-out story lines from the 2023 Formula 1 season

CAR OF THE YEAR:Red Bull RB19

F1 2023 ROUND BY ROUND

DRIVE OF THE YEAR: Fernando Alonso, Monaco

OVERTAKE OF THE YEAR: Verstappen on Perez, Miami

TEAM MANAGEMENT OF THE YEAR: Andrea Stella, McLaren

MISTAKE OF THE YEAR: Russell, Singapore

RACE BY RACE

DISAPPOINTMENT OF THE YEAR:Perez’s dramatic Mexican Grand Prix

FLASHPOINT OF THE YEAR: Sainz, Las Vegas

SHUNT(S) OF THE YEAR: Australian GP

RACE OF THE YEAR: Zandvoort

MOMENT OF THE YEAR: Alonso-Perez, Brazil

FINGERS ON THE TRIGGER FOR THE PINT-SIZED FUN IN SCALE-MODEL FORM • And no, we don’t mean Jake Hill. Although the Scalextric fan had a ball when he headed to Hornby’s new Wonder Works facility. Matt James spoke to him

Unwrapping an early Christmas present with a single-seater debut – in a Formula 1 car…

WHY CRAIG BREEN WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN • The loveable Irishman tragically lost his life earlier this year, but his impact on rallying will never wane.

IRELAND’S NEXT GENERATION

DAVID ADDISON MAPPING OUT A YEAR BY MOTORSPORTING EVENTS • Motorsport News’s columnist-at-large, commentator, TV presenter, avid Belgian beer fan, curry-eater and short oval nut reflects on a well-travelled season at the...