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This newsletter is all about building better lap times with links I posted last week featuring tips from pro racers and coaches to help you get faster on track. I also looked at sponsorship trends, using iRacing as a tool to improve your racecraft and much more.

It's all here in my weekly update with what I featured last week on News Racers Can Use.

Race Driver Development Advice From Pro Drivers

I kicked off the week with race driver development advice from pro drivers that is critical for your progression as a race driver. Learning from professionals, and applying those lessons on and off track, will make a huge difference in your career. Click here to read all the details.

The Top Sponsorship Trends for 2024

Tuesday, I linked to an article from the European Sponsorship Association who looked at the top sponsorship trends for 2024 as well as the importance of properly developing your confidence and a great scholarship being offered in the UK’s Ginetta Junior Championship. Click here to read all of last week's Business of Being a Race Driver column.

Building Better Lap Times

Last week's Racecraft & Race Cars Roundup had tips and techniques on building better lap times, what the pros eat on race day, hitting the track with the latest MX-5 Cup car and new Ferrari 296 Challenge race car and what makes the ideal track car. Click here to read everything that I featured.

Enhance Your Racecraft Using iRacing

If you thought iRacing was just for gaming, you could not be more wrong. Last week's Sim Racing Roundup featured details on how to enhance your racecraft using iRacing and how real-world race drivers use iRacing to train is often a key factor to them winning on track. Click here to read all the sim racing news.

Formula E Introduces the Formula E GEN3 Evo Car

The big news last week has been the introduction of Formula E’s Formula E GEN3 Evo car and last week’s Sustainable Motorsport Roundup had all the details. Click here to read all the sustainable motorsport highlights from last week.

Scandal at Penske and Chaos at Red Bull

Finally, the Business of Motorsport focused on scandal at Penske and chaos at Red Bull as both teams’ grapple with various controversies that threaten to derail their future racing plans. Click here to read a jam packed issue of the Business of Motorsport Roundup.

This Week

This week on News Racers Can Use covers several topics including the return of Prodigy Week, the importance of selling yourself and 10 lessons to keep your race effort disciplined. All this and much more!

The Last Lap

If you are like me, you fell in love with James Bond's Aston Martin DB5, but did you know that the succeeding DB6 was the thing to have amongst the rock stars of Swinging London? Well it was and Paddle Up looks at this very phenomena in Whole Lotta Love for the Aston Martin DB6.

Enjoy,

Mark Boudreau