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Reporting, analysis and profiles from across Asian motorsport — and the Asians competing globally.
Taito Kato closed the 2026 F3 season with a podium and three points finishes at Madring, ending the year fourth in the championship. Enzo Deligny, Yevan David and Jin Nakamura also featured in the season finale, with David securing a points finish in the final race of his F3 debut season. Kato…
Akihiro Tsuzuki and Shintaro Kawabata retained the SRO Japan Cup GT3 championship at Suzuka Circuit after winning a rain-affected Race 2 by 1.040 seconds, finishing level on points with the Max Racing Mercedes-AMG and taking the title on countback.
The 2026 Rotax MAX Challenge APG series concluded at Auto Paradise Gotemba, with the final round deciding titles across eight categories from Senior MAX to the MAX Lights Junior and Mini MAX classes.
AO by Absolute Racing #8 converted its qualifying pace into victory at the Intercontinental GT Challenge Suzuka 1000km, with Alessio Picariello, Laurin Heinrich, and Julien Andlauer completing 184 laps in 6:31:18.239.
Evan Giltaire closed the 2026 All-Japan Super Formula Lights Championship with a dominant sweep at Mobility Resort Motegi, winning Rounds 16, 17, and 18 to secure the title. The B-MAX Racing Team driver became the first non-Japanese champion in the history of the series.
The European Le Mans Series’ Goodyear 4 Hours of Silverstone delivered a podium for United Autosports and a strong qualifying performance for Inter Europol Competition, while Kessel Racing finished fourth in LMGT3.
The FIA Karting Arrive and Drive Asia-Pacific Championship concluded at the Circuit of Macau-Coloane on 13 September with both titles decided in dramatic fashion, as Signe Pejs Ørnbøll was promoted to Senior champion by a front fairing penalty and John Han secured the Junior crown on the final lap.
The Royal Enfield Continental GT Cup presented by JK Tyre opened its 2026 season at Kari Motor Speedway in Coimbatore with a new split-grid format, separating the Professionals on the GT-R750 from the Amateurs on the GT-R650. Both categories produced a clean sweep, with Senthil Kumar and Kabir…
The 2026 Indian Racing Festival opened at Kari Motor Speedway in Coimbatore on 12 and 13 September, with Aris Kyriakou taking the early F4 Indian Championship lead after scoring three podiums across a weekend that produced three different race winners.
The Formula Regional European Championship season concluded at Hockenheim with Kean Nakamura Berta securing P2 in Race 1 and ending the year third in the championship, while Ary Bansal made his series debut with a rookie podium.
Indian racing talent Ary Bansal will make his FIA Formula Regional European Championship debut with CL Motorsport in a one-off appearance at the Hockenheimring for the season finale. Born on 8 November 2009 in Chandigarh and based in Bengaluru (India), Bansal steps up to Formula Regional machinery with an
Champions Of The Future Academy International Round 4 at Aspar Circuit delivered two days of contrasting fortunes for the Asian contingent, with Samar Chopra claiming a Mini 60 podium on Day 2 while Axel Nocom converted pole into an OK-N Junior victory.
