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Reporting, analysis and profiles from across Asian motorsport — and the Asians competing globally.
The Rotax MAX Challenge Asia Trophy closed its 2026 season at LYL International Karting Circuit in Selangor with seven championships decided across the final weekend. Eeshan Swaroop and Patthapol Kaewkarnjanasate converted perfect weekends into Mini MAX and Junior MAX titles, while Jacob Raphael…
Round 6 of the 2026 Super GT Series at Sportsland Sugo produced a breakthrough GT500 victory for Koudai Tsukakoshi and Yuto Nomura, while Hiroki Yoshimoto and Shunsuke Kohno delivered a commanding GT300 performance in mixed wet and dry conditions.
Toyota junior Ryo Sakai and Bionic Jack Racing’s Soichiro Shioda took their first Japanese F4 victories at Sugo, with changing conditions producing two very different races and championship leader Ryo Shirasaki recovering from a difficult Saturday to extend his points advantage.
Round 5 of the Motul MotoIR National Championship returned to Tarlac Circuit Hill with three Philippine Super Sport Bike classes producing three different winners.
The Qatar Airways Grand Prix of Austria produced strong points finishes for Asian riders at the Red Bull Ring, with Ai Ogura returning from injury to score P4 in both the Sprint and Grand Prix, while Hakim Danish and Ryusei Yamanaka finished inside the Moto3 top 10.
Round 6 of the IAME Series Asia at LYL International Karting Circuit produced four different category winners, with Asian drivers taking the top two steps of the podium in both Cadet and Junior.
The F4 Indian Championship returned to Kari Motor Speedway for Round 2 of the 2026 Indian Racing Festival, with Luviwe Sambudla taking two wins and Bhuvan Bonu claiming the milestone 50th race in championship history. Aris Kyriakou remained at the top of the standings despite going winless…
The British Kart Championships IAME season concluded at Silverstone with seven drivers of Asian origin competing across Water Swift and Junior X30. Oliver Tse closed the weekend with a podium in Final 2, while Sukhmani Khera secured fifth in the Junior X30 championship after taking the group’s…
Al-Adam Mikail and Qasha Irfan completed clean sweeps across Rounds 4 and 5 of MotoMini Malaysia at Sepang International Circuit, winning all four races in the FIM MotoMini Malaysia 160 and 190 classes respectively.
Round 8 of the GT World Challenge Europe at Zandvoort saw Darren Leung, Tanart Sathienthirakul, and Carl Bennett compete across the Bronze and Silver Cup classes, with Leung scoring the strongest result of the weekend.
Even though F1 left Sepang in 2017, the Sepang International Circuit continues to be the home of grassroots racing in Malaysia.
Robert De Haan claimed overall victory in a fully wet Race 2 of Round 9 in the Porsche Carrera Cup Japan at Suzuka, leading seven x seven Racing to the top step across the 12-lap, 69.68-kilometre contest.
