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As I was traveling last week, it was a truncated week on News Racers Can Use as there was no Sustainable Motorsport or Business of Motorsport roundups. But there was plenty for race drivers to digest so let's take a look at what I covered.

Formula Global Shootout Program Announced for 2025

The Formula Global Shootout Program has been announced for 2025 with the winner getting a full-funded drive in Indian F4. I had all the details in last week’s Driver Development Roundup. I also had news on several scholarship and grant programs for both cars and karts as well as some great advice to take to take to heart as you get ready for the 2025 season. Click here to read it all!

Nile University of Nigeria Motorsport Club Aims to Promote Motorsport in Nigeria

The Nile University of Nigeria Motorsport Club aims to promote motorsport in Nigeria and last week I posted an interview with its founder founder Abdul-Samad Lawal who explains how. Click here to read my interview with Abdul-Samad Lawal.

Building a Strong Case for Sponsorship Investment

Last week’s edition of The Business of Being a Race Driver looks at how to build a strong case for sponsorship investment, being prepared before selling sponsorship and the finances of racing in Formula Regional Oceania. Click here to read to read that and much more!

Driver Fitness Should be Your Focus in 2025

Driver fitness should be your focus in 2025 and in last week’s Racecraft & Race Cars Roundup you will find some advice on why and how you can get started even if you have limited time. Click here to read why you need to get to the gym and much more!

Chris Walsh’s Inspiring Journey from Military Life to Motorsport

Chris Walsh is an active-duty member of the United States Air Force, real-world race driver and sim racer and in last week’s Sim Racing Roundup, you will find out how he integrates it all. Click here to read Chris' story as well as all the sim racing news aimed at racers, not gamers.

The Week Ahead

This week I feature details on how you can apply to the 2025 FF Corse GT Driver Academy, details on the current state of pay for sports car race drivers and tips on how to maximize your corner entry. All this and much more!

Quote of the Week

"The harder I practice, the luckier I get."

-Gary Player

The Last Lap

Williams has always been a particular favourite of mine in F1 and with their star starting to rise again, it's a good time to take a look at the race team that Frank built. Mark Hughes wrote a great piece in 2017 on this illustrious team with interviews from all the people that made that team one of the greatest in F1 history.

"The team’s heady days have become part of the sport’s fabric and imprinted upon our brains – Alan Jones aggressively hustling the FW07, the buccaneer Keke Rosberg improvising his way around a street circuit, a heat haze rising from the rear of a white, blue and yellow car, its Honda horsepower further suggested by massive Canon-emblazoned wings as Nigel Mansell and Nelson Piquet go at it, or the science-fiction grip of Mansell’s FW14B a few years later, the pluck of Damon Hill, the 0 on the nose emerging from the Suzuka gloom, Schumacher distant in his wake, Jacques Villeneuve going around the Ferrari’s outside at Estoril – and somewhere in the background a smiling Frank lost in the love of it all, a frowning Patrick Head at his side, conjuring up the engineering feat from which next chunk of lap time will come."

You can read the full article here.

Thanks for reading!

Mark Boudreau

Motorsport Solutions Architect at Motorsport Prospects