Welcome to the weekend!

We’re excited to announce that DreamCars.com have joined our ‘Paddock’ Auction Network!

DreamCars.com was started by a group of friends/car collectors from the East coast, that saw an opportunity to do what they love and help those around them trade specialty cars.

During the height of the pandemic, DreamCars.com was selling several vehicles a month and had features in Robb Report, along with other large media publications. Joining our Paddock Network helps increase the reach of their efforts while also lowering their bandwidth required on sourcing buyers & sellers.

It’ll be a few more days until they fire up their operations on our network, but we’re tremendously excited about their participation - we’re on a mission to decentralize the online auto trade, and this is just another group of people that believe in that future.

As always, thanks again for the support and we can’t wait for the next announcements!

Formula 1

Don’t call it a comeback 👊

After an abysmal race in Singapore, Red Bull is back with a vengeance during FP1 & FP2 at Suzuka. The sessions weren’t too exciting but Maximum Verstappen made his return to the top spot on the timing charts in both sessions..

Click here to catch up on FP2 👀

Next race: this Sunday, September 24th @ 1am EST (Japanese GP)

Paddock Auctions

As our new partners are getting ready for launch, check out some inventory coming in from our good friends at P1AA and RCLUB..

This 2015 Jaguar F-Type S Coupe Supercharged V6 has a salvage title but has been on the road for a while since repairs with no issues. You chance to snag a great machine at a good price 💪

Auction starts: Friday, September 29th @ 7PM EST

Click to view 2015 Jaguar F-Type S Coupe Supercharged V6

This 2015 BMW ALPINA B6 Gran Coupe is coming soon from the good folks at P1AA. A stunning car that needs no introduction, for those who know..

Auction starts: Friday, September 29th @ 8PM EST

Click to view 2015 Alpina B6 Gran Coupe

In anticipation of the new partners, we’ve rescheduled the Cutlass Supreme T-Top. Rare spec, clean car.. Tell your friends!

Auction starts: Friday, October 13th @ 7PM EST

Click to view 1977 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme

Click To View All Auctions

Race Cars for Sale

Our Paddock Marketplace is currently on hold in development. There’s still race cars available but our team’s current focus is building the Auction Network..

Click here to view current race car listings and we’re excited to make some announcements on this side of the network once we’re ready!

Quick Bites

🏋️‍♂️ Honing your real-life skills in Sim Racing

📚 Taking responsibility for my own learning

📝 Driving impressions of the all-electric ERA F110E

🚨 Porsche 911 Hybrid spied in testing on roads

News Racers Can Use

A Guide to the FIA Global Pathway to Formula 1

The Global Path to Formula 1 as set out by the FIA can be a bit confusing, but certainly not as confusing as it was in the past. Multiple competing single-seater series that looked similar all vied for a driver’s attention as to where to put their hard-earned money and time. There was Formula BMW, Formula Renault (1600, 2.0 and 3.5), F1600, F2000, F3, a one-make F2, F3000 and more.

Today, while there are some series that exist outside the current FIA pathway such as the USF Pro championships and Indy NXT (the former Road to Indy), Euroformula and a few others, the primary series on the FIA pathway from the top to the bottom are the following:

· FIA Formula 2 Championship

· FIA Formula 3 Championship

· Formula Regional

· Formula 4

All these series offer a linear path and superlicence points enabling a driver to progress up the ladder to eventually, if the stars and the money is aligned, reach F1. While a driver does not need to compete in any of these series if they are interested in racing professionally, this is in essence the road one must take to reach F1.

News Racers Can Use is written by Mark Boudreau from Motorsport Prospects