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The personal side of racing is rarely discussed. Plenty is written about racecraft, sponsorship acquisition and opportunities to race but it is hard to find advice on how to deal with your personal relationships while pursuing your dreams. Last week I featured just such advice and I am including the links to it this week.

I also featured details of the 2025 USF Pro Championship scholarships, how to go circuit racing in the UK and much more. Let's delve into the details.

The Personal Side of Racing

The personal side of racing is rarely talked about but last week I posted some advice on how to deal with relationships as you work towards your motorsport goals. I also featured details on the Beyond Rally Women’s Driver Development Program, the journey of one graduate of the Mazda Shootout Scholarship and much more. Click here to read all the details.

Lessons on the Evolution of F1 Sponsorship – Part 2

Last week featured part two of the two-part series on the Evolution of F1 Sponsorship by aspiring Motorsport Lawyer, Anirban Aly Mandal. After evaluating stipulations regarding personal sponsors and racing overalls in part one, this article focused on helmet designs and general sponsor expectations. Click here to read part 2.

2025 USF Pro Championship Scholarships Announced

Details of the 2025 USF Pro Championship Scholarships have been announced and I had the details last week in The Business of Being a Race Driver. I also had advice on dealing with the media, how to find and network with centi-millionaires and much more! Click here to read all of last week's race driver business advice.

Gorgeous 2007 Lotus Exige S World Challenge Headlines the Marketplace This Week

A gorgeous 2007 Lotus Exige S World Challenge headlined last week’s selection of Race & Road Cars for Sale in the Motorsport Prospects Marketplace in partnership with Racing Edge. In addition to the Lotus, I featured four other incredible race cars and one spectacular supercar to get you to the track in style. Click here to see if they are still available!

How to Go Circuit Racing in the UK

How to go circuit racing in the UK is just some of the advice you will get in last week’s edition of the Racecraft & Race Cars Roundup. I also had a guide to passing and braking techniques, an amazing hand-control system used by Robert Wickens and the anatomy of an F1 Academy car. Click here to find out more.

Sim Racer Deagen Fairclough Wins British F4 Championship

Sim racer Deagen Fairclough has claimed victory in the British F4 Championship, and he’s just one of several sim racers competing in real-world racing, highlighted in last week’s Sim Racing Roundup. I also featured a video charting one sim racer’s journey from iPad sim racing to Prodigy Week, why Porsche and Genesis are involved in sim racing and much more. Click here to read all of last week's sim racing news.

Formula 1 and DHL Cut Emissions by 80% Using Sustainable Aviation Fuel

Formula 1 and DHL have cut emissions by 80% using sustainable aviation fuel and in last week’s Sustainable Motorsport Roundup I had the details. I also looked at the impact of fossil fuel advertising in motorsport, Formula E’s activities during New York City’s Climate Week and how a golf tour is reducing GHG emissions caused by player travel. Click here to read the latest in sustainable motorsport.

IndyCar Announces Charter System

IndyCar has finally announced a charter system, and its effects are already being felt. Details were in last week’s Business of Motorsport Roundup. I also had news on why the MotoGP Indian Grand Prix is not on the schedule for 2025, the latest motorsport sponsorship deals and partnerships and a roundup of the latest motorsport legal developments. Click here to read all the latest business of motorsport developments.

The Week Ahead

This week you will find out how to apply for the 2025 Feed Racing Scholarship shootout in France, learn how to form partnerships with brands and how to master corner and entry and braking. All this and much more!

Quote of the Week

"Nobody remembers the guy who finished second but the guy who finished second."

— Bobby Unser

The Last Lap

A Porsche 550 Spyder built on an order from Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito will be in France come October to compete in the Tour de Corse Historique.

Designated chassis number 550A-0137, the Spyder was commissioned by Tito in 1957.

The president-slash-marshal had been watching a news report on Filmske novosti (Yugoslav Newsreels) covering a rally where Yugoslav driver Milivoje Božić was struggling in his BMW 328; although the BMW had won him the Yugoslav national rally title in 1953, it was far too outdated to keep up with the field. Hoping to help, Tito placed an order to Porsche to buy a 550 Spyder for 25,000 Deutsche Marks, receiving a five thousand-mark discount via engineer Mihailo Borisavljević; since the government had bought it, the car was officially owned by the Automobile & Motorcycle Club of Yugoslavia.

The Checkered Flag has all the details here. The Tour de Corse Historique, a historic rally for cars built between 1947 and 1990, will take place on 5–12 October.

Thanks for reading!

Mark