A 2025 thread where you discuss other motorsport series outside of Formula 1 and Formula E for example, IndyCar, NASCAR, V8, BTCC, WRC, DTM.

BTCC Calendar:

 

 

1, 2, 3 26/27 April Donington Park (National)

4, 5, 6 10/11 May Brands Hatch (Indy)

7, 8, 9 24/25 May Snetterton (300)

10, 11, 12 07/08 June Thruxton

13, 14, 15 21/22 June Oulton Park (Island)

16, 17, 18 02/03 August Croft

19, 20, 21 16/17 August Knockhill

22, 23, 24 30/31 August Donington Park (GP)

25, 26, 27 20/21 September Silverstone (National)

28, 29, 30 04/05 October Brands Hatch (GP)

 

Confirmed Drivers:

 

Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport: Jake Hill

LKQ Euro Car Parts with Team BMW: Aiden Moffat

Team BMW: Daryl DeLeon (Phillipines)

 

Excelr8 Team Vertu: Tom Chilton, Adam Morgan, Tom Ingram

 

NAPA Racing UK: Dan Cammish, Ashley Sutton

 

Restart Racing: Chris Smiley

 

Un-Limited Motorsport: Max Hall

 

There are still 14 remaining places on the 2025 BTCC grid.

2025 IndyCar Calendar:

 

2 March - Grand Prix of St. Petersburg

23 March - The Thermal Club

13 April - Streets of Long Beach

4 May - Barber Motorsports Park

10 May - Indianapolis Motor Speedway (Road Course)

25 May - Indianapolis 500

1 June - Streets of Detroit

15 June - World Wide Technology Raceway

22 June - Road America

6 July - Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course

12 July - Iowa Speedway Race 1

13 July - Iowa Speedway Race 2

20 July - Streets of Toronto

27 July - WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca

10 August - Portland International Raceway

24 August - Milwaukee Mile

31 August - Nashville Superspeedway

 

 

Confirmed Drivers:

 

A.J Foyt Racing: Santino Ferruci (USA), David Malukas (USA)

Andretti Global with Curb-Agajanian: Colton Helta (USA)

Andretti Global: Kyle Kirkwood (USA), Marcus Ericsson (Sweden)

Arrow McLaren: Pato O'Ward (Mexico), Nolan Siegel (USA), Christan Lundgaard (Denmark)

Chip Ganassi Racing: Kyffin Simpson (Cayman Islands), Scott Dixon (New Zealand), Alex Palou (Spain)

Dale Coyne Racing: TBA

DRR-Cusick Motorsports: Ryan Hunter-Reay (USA), Jack Harvey (Great Britain) [indy 500 Only]

Ed Carpenter Racing: Alexander Rossi (USA), Christian Rasmussen (Denmark), Ed Carpenter (USA) [indy 500 Only]

Juncos Hollinger Racing: Conor Daly (USA), Sting Ray Robb (USA)

Meyer Shank Racing: Helio Castroneves (Brazil) [indy 500 Only], Felix Rosenqvist (Sweden), Marcus Armstrong (New Zealand)

Prema Racing: Robert Shwartzman (Israel), Callum Ilott (Geat Britain)

Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing: Graham Rahal (USA), Devlin DeFrancesco (Canada), Louis Foster (Great Britain)

Team Penske: Josef Newgarden (USA), Scott McLaughlin (New Zealand), Will Power (Australia)

 

NASCAR Cup Series Schedule:

 

https://www.nascar.com/nascar-cup-series/2025/schedule/

 

Confirmed Drivers:-

 

Chevrolet:

 

Hendrick Motorsports: Kyle Larson, Chase Elliott, William Byron, Alex Bowman

Hyak Motorsports: Ricky Stenhouse Jr

Kaulig Racing: Ty Dillon, A.J Allmendinger

Richard Childress Racing: Austin Dillon, Kyle Busch

Spire Motorsports: Justin Haley, Michael McDowell, Carson Hocevar

Trackhouse Racing: Ross Chastain, Shane van Gisbergen, Daniel Suarez

 

Ford:

 

Front Row Motorsports: Noah Gragson, Todd Gilliland, Zane Smith

Haas Factory Team: Cole Custer

RFK Racing: Brad Keselowski, Chris Buescher, Ryan Preece

Rick Ware Racing: TBA

Team Pensjke: Austin Cindric, Ryan Blaney, Joey Logano

Wood Brothers Racing: Josh Berry

 

Toyota:

 

23XI Racing: Bubba Wallace, Riley Herbst, Tyler Reddick

Joe Gibbs Racing: Denny Hamlin, Chase Briscoe, Christopher Bell, Ty Gibbs

Legacy Motor Club: John Hunter Nemechek, Erik Jones

WRC:

 

Calendar:

 

01 Rallye Monte-Carlo 23 – 26 January

02 Rally Sweden 13 – 16 February

03 Safari Rally Kenya 20 – 23 March

04 Rally Islas Canarias 24 – 27 April

05 Vodafone Rally de Portugal 15 – 18 May

06 Rally Italia Sardegna 05 – 08 June

07 EKO Acropolis Rally Greece 26 – 29 June

08 Delfi Rally Estonia 17 – 20 July

09 Secto Rally Finland 31 July – 03 August

10 Rally del Paraguay 28 – 31 August

11 Rally Chile Bio Bío 11 – 14 September

12 Central European Rally 16 – 19 October

13 FORUM8 Rally Japan 06 – 09 November

14 Rally Saudi Arabia 27 – 30 November

 

Confirmed Drivers:

 

Ford:

 

M-Sport Ford: Gregoire Munster (Luxembourg), Josh McErlean (Republic of Ireland)

 

Hyundai:

 

Hyundari Shell Mobis: Thierry Neuville (Belgium), Ott Tanak (Estonia), Adrien Fourmaux (France)

 

Toyota

 

Toyota Gazoo Racing: Sami Pajari (Finland), Sebastien Ogier (France), Takamoto Katsuta (Japan), Elfyn Evans (Great Britain), Kalle Rovanpera (Finland)

 

 

2025 DTM calendar

 

25/04-27/04 – Motorsport Arena Oschersleben

23/05-25/05 – Dekra Lausitzring

06/06-08/06 – Circuit Zandvoort

04/07-06/07 – Norisring

08/08-10/08 – Nürburgring

22/08-24/08 – Sachsenring

12/09.-14/09 – Red Bull Ring

03/10-05/10 – Hockenheimring

 

 

Confirmed Drivers:

 

Ford: Arjun Maini (India)

McLaren: Ben Dorr (Germany), Timo Glock (Germany)

Porsche: Bastian Buus (Denmark), Ricardo Feller (Switzerland), Thomas Preining (Austria)

It was great to see Jake Hill win BTCC last year but I’m hoping for a return to the top for Ash Sutton

This is a new one for me:

 

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