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Toyota held its own against an onslaught of new LMDh and LMH car makers in the WEC in 2023, winning six of the seven races and sweeping both drivers’ and manufacturers’ titles.

The time has come. This Sunday at the Autosport Awards at Grosvenor House, the winner of the 2023 Aston Martin Autosport BRDC Young Driver of the Year Award will be revealed.

As well as the wins and points records, Verstappen pushed the laps-led mark through the 1000 barrier in a single season for the first time. As Alex Kalinauckas shows in this issue, what’s interesting is that the Dutchman does care about such things – and it even impacted Red Bull’s…

It’s a little after 11am on Tuesday morning of 28 November at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo. The media mass is assembled outside of the Gresini Racing garage, and has been for well over an hour – hands frozen, faces beaten by a biting wind underneath a cold and overcast sky.

Italian manufacturer Lamborghini is preparing for the biggest programme in its sportscar racing history, having never previously fielded a prototype like the Ligier-chassised SC63 machine. 

Isotta has joined forces with Duqueine, a regular in LMP2 at the Le Mans 24 Hours and in the European Le Mans Series, after parting company with the British Vector Sport operation that was scheduled to run its solo Tipo 6 Competizione LMH in 2024.

During the Malaysian Grand Prix weekend earlier this month, Autosport revealed that MotoGP would bring back concessions in a bid to hinder Ducati and help the struggling Japanese manufacturers.

On Monday, Dorna Sports – MotoGP’s commercial rights holder – announced it would not be allowing RNF Racing to continue as a team on the grid next year.

Over the course of the Valencia Grand Prix weekend, there were reports in various media outlets – started by The Race – that the RNF team, which came into existence towards the end of 2021, was in trouble.

The Pramac rider came into the Valencia Grand Prix finale on Sunday trailing Francesco Bagnaia by 14 points, but crashed out on lap six while battling with Marc Marquez.

Autosport supported driver and former Formula 1 analyst Tony Jardine appeared to be heading for a possible retirement, before co-driver Allan Harryman sprung into action.