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From young dealer-wheeler to legendary Formula One team boss, they don’t make them like Sir Frank Williams any more. And at 72 years old, he still feels ‘the need for speed’…

Life moves fast in the FIA World Touring Car Championship. Less than one week after the WTCC thrilled Russia with two electrifying races, the focus turns to Slovakia from 19-21 June and the halfway point of the all-action 2015 season

Before its conclusion in Sweden in late July, the 2015 CIK-FIA European KF and KF-Junior Championship will move to the UK next weekend for a decisive step in the awarding of the titles. The first Competition of the season at Portimao brought its share of surprises. Uncertainty reigns regarding the outcome of the races coming up at the home of British Karting, the famous PF International circuit.

Resulting from a long and close collaboration between the CIK-FIA and the major manufacturers, the new specification of the 2016 kart engines will be officially presented at the second Competition of the 2015 CIK-FIA European Championship for KF and KF-Junior in Great Britain at the PF International circuit. Simplicity, lightness, performance and cost were the main concerns of the designers of the new OK and OK-Junior engines. The aim is to extend the use of these engines in the various national championships around the world.

Round 5 - Spa-Francorchamps (BEL) - 19th to 21st of June 2015 Races 13, 14 & 15 – Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium

Until the final two hours of the Le Mans 24 Hours, a race which had witnessed an amazing battle between all four manufacturers represented in the LMGTE Pro and Am classes, it looked as though 2014 victors AF Corse and Aston Martin Racing would each be repeating their visit to the top step of the podium. But, Le Mans can be a cruel mistress and the twice-round-the-clock classic was not kind to either team.

Porsche sealed an historic victory today in the 83rd running of the Le Mans 24 Hours, the German marque finishing a convincing first and second in front of 263,500 spectators to break Audi’s stranglehold on the jewel in the crown of sportscar racing.

As the 83rd Le Mans 24 Hours rolls towards its final quarter – the 6 hours being the distance of a regular round of the World Endurance Championship – there have been incidents throughout all four classes which have had an effect on the overall classification.

At the half way point of the 24 Hours of Le Mans the no19 Porsche of Nick Tandy is holding a comfortable 61 second lead after 193 laps of racing. The British driver’s nearest rival is Marco Bonanomi in the no9 Audi R18.

The Volkswagen Motorsport crew of Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia claimed their fourth FIA World Rally Championship victory of the season today by winning one of the toughest rounds so far this year, Rally Italia Sardegna.