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Throughout, I received fantastic support from passionate British fans, many of whom backed the team’s crowd-funding efforts to race, so I’m excited about seeing everyone at Autosport International in January
Will Stevens
We’re delighted to welcome Landsail Tyres to the Performance Car Show in 2015 as a new major partner
Gavin Brown, Managing Director of Haymarket Exhibitions
We have always used Autosport International as a launchpad for our latest models, and 2015 is no different with the introduction of the SR8 RSX, our most advanced sports-racer yet.
Roger Green, Head of Sales & Marketing
We’re looking forward to displaying these four amazing cars and a diverse group of other supercars and high-performance favourites at the Performance Car Show in January
Ian France, Performance Car Show Director
It will be great to see everyone and reflect at Autosport International in January, starting what will hopefully be another successful year.
Colin Turkington, 2014 BTCC CHampion
We’re thrilled to be putting motorsport fans in the heat of the battle with the ALCATEL ONETOUCH Wheel Change Challenge at Autosport International.
William Paterson, UK & Ireland Country Director for ALCATEL ONETOUCH
Having been closely involved in Formula Kart Stars, I’m proud to see so many alumni go on to enjoy success around the world, and hopefully through this unique opportunity we’ll uncover another future champion.
Mark Blundell, ex-F1 driver
“Winning the British Touring Car Championship in 2013 is something I’ll always remember, and being able to share that with so many enthusiastic, local fans at Autosport International in January was special.”
Andrew Jordan, BTCC Pirtek racing driver
Britain continues to dominate motorsport and I look forward to Autosport International remaining at the forefront of this thriving industry over the next 25 years, creating many more unforgettable experiences.
Ian France, Show Director
Over its 25-year history, Autosport International has established itself as the principal networking opportunity for companies, engineers, trade buyers and decision makers and 2015 looks set to be no different.
Ian France, Autosport International Show Director
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THE PERFECT MODEL

Enthusiasts from across the country came together at Birmingham’s NEC en masse to see amazing supercars from the likes of Ferrari, Lamborghini and McLaren and brand-new models during the sell-out Performance Car Show.Held alongside motorsport’s Autosport International, the annual, four-day event concluded on Sunday with attendance figures well above the 2014 crowd of 82,000. The visitors were treated to exclusive displays within the Performance Car Show presented by Landsail Tyres in association with Autocar and PistonHeads.com, with high-performance favourites also put through their

2015 SEASON LAUNCHED TO SELL-OUT CROWD

The 2015 motorsport season is off to a flying start as stars, cars and action descended on Autosport International for a sell-out show. Celebrating its 25th anniversary, the show treated enthusiasts to a sensational line-up of stars headlined by former F1 star and BBC F1 presenter David Coulthard, who opened today’s show alongside newly-crowned FIA World Rallycross Champion Petter Solberg.  “My 2014 season began at Autosport International, where I launched my plans for the year. Just one year later I’m pleased to be back in the UK as the first ever Rallycross champion celebrating with

PERFORMANCE CAR SHOW OPENS WITH A BANG

Thousands of fans have fired up their winter by heading to Birmingham’s NEC for the opening public day of the Performance Car Show, where they were treated to a vast array of sports and performance cars and witnessed a new Guinness World Record.Held alongside Autosport International, the Performance Car Show presented by Landsail Tyres in association with Autocar and PistonHeads.com features sensational machinery from Ferrari, Lamborghini, Porsche, McLaren, Jaguar, BMW and more.The show, which concludes tomorrow evening, also hosts the UK’s largest indoor racetrack, the Live Action

STARS AND CHAMPIONS CELEBRATE

A host of motorsport champions, drivers and fans flocked to Birmingham’s NEC today to Autosport International, for their motorsport fix in advance of the 2015 season. Marking its 25th anniversary and continuing tomorrow, the show is headlined by former-F1 star David Coulthard, 2014 FIA World Endurance Champion Anthony Davidson, FIA World Rallycross Champion Petter Solberg and Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Champion Colin Turkington amongst many others. A 13-time F1 race winner and part of the BBC F1 broadcast team, David Coulthard has been looking back on the action-packed 2014 season

STAGE SET FOR SEASON OPENER

A host of stars and sensational machinery from every level of the sport are in Birmingham to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Europe’s biggest motorsport show, Autosport International, which opens to the public on Saturday.Following two industry-focused days, fans of the sport will flock to the NEC on Saturday and Sunday to start the new motorsport season. There, they’ll hear from the likes of 13-time Grand Prix winner David Coulthard, FIA World Rallycross Champion Petter Solberg, FIA World Endurance Championship-winning drivers Allan McNish and Anthony Davidson and recent F1 debutant

OFF AND RACING

Motorsport professionals and over 700 companies from across the world converged on Birmingham to start the new season at Europe’s largest dedicated motorsport trade show, Autosport International. Including the specialist Autosport Engineering in association with Racecar Engineering, the 25th anniversary show’s two focused trade days have now concluded, however a diverse range of technology will remain at Birmingham’s NEC for the weekend’s public days. Engineers and decision makers networked and viewed the latest technology, while key industry figures such as M-Sport boss Malcolm

Autosport International 2015 Stage Schedules - Friday

Autosport Stage             Friday 9 January 2015             TIME                           PERSONALITY                                             10:15                           Petter Solberg 10:45                           Malcolm Wilson 11:00                           Kris Meeke & Paul Nagle 11:15                           Dino Zamparelli & Josh Webster 11:30                           BTCC drivers 11:45                           David Brabham 12:00                           Steve Rider 12:15                           Rob Austin 12:30

25TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATED WITH LAUNCHES

Europe’s largest dedicated motorsport trade show, Autosport International, kicked off the new season today, joined by more than 700 exhibitors of the industry’s national and international performance engineering sector. The show’s 25th anniversary was marked with a number of significant launches, including the world unveiling of British manufacturer Radical Sportscars’ new flagship model, the RXC Spyder. Founded in 1997, the Peterborough-based manufacturer has been one of the local industry’s leading lights during the show’s history and is now the world’s largest constructor of racing

AWARD WINNERS AND NEW MODELS IN BIRMINGHAM

The newly-crowned What Car? Car of the Year, the Skoda Fabia, a selection of category winners from the prestigious awards ceremony and new models are set to shine as the Performance Car Show hits Birmingham. Commencing today at the NEC and open to the public all weekend, 10-11 January, the Performance Car Show presented by Landsail Tyres in association with Autocar and PistonHeads is held alongside Europe’s biggest motorsport show, Autosport International. Attended by over 80,000 people in 2014, the event hosts scores of supercars, high-performance favourites and classics in exclusive

ASI LAUNCHES TO START NEW BTCC SEASON

The first race is still three months away, but major announcements from former champion and local favourite Andrew Jordan and 2014 title-winning team West Surrey Racing will kick off the 2015 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship at Autosport International this week. A host of cars, star drivers and launches at Birmingham’s NEC will place the world’s most popular touring car series firmly in the spotlight on 8-11 January*. Fans will be able to get up close to BTCC machines and hear from leading drivers including 2014 champion Colin Turkington and former titlists Jordan, Matt Neal

ZENOS RETURNS WITH E10 S LAUNCH

A year after making its public debut at Europe’s largest dedicated motorsport trade show, Zenos Cars will return to Autosport International in 2015 with the launch of its second lightweight sports car. Headed by former Caterham Cars CEO Ansar Ali and COO Mark Edwards, the new manufacturer broke cover at Birmingham’s NEC earlier this year, unveiling a prototype of its maiden model, the lightweight, 200bhp Zenos E10. Capping 12 months of development, Zenos Cars will launch its new E10 S, featuring a 250bhp turbocharged, 2.0-litre Ford EcoBoost engine and windscreen, at Autosport

15 STUNNERS TO FIRE UP 2015

Breaking up the cold spell of winter and the long F1 and BTCC off-seasons, enthusiasts can start 2015 in style at the Performance Car Show at Birmingham’s NEC, where a host of the latest road-going supercars, classic icons and World Championship winners will be displayed on 8-11* January. Attended by 82,000 people in 2014, the Performance Car Show presented by Landsail Tyres in association with Autocar and PistonHeads is held alongside Europe’s largest dedicated motorsport show, Autosport International. With a host of special collections spanning the best of four-wheeled performance,

SOLBERG, CROFT AND RECORD ATTEMPTS FOR LIVE ACTION ARENA

FIA World Rallycross Champion Petter Solberg will star in next weekend’s Autosport International Live Action Arena, which will be hosted by Sky Sports F1’s David Croft and feature a Guinness World Record attempt from Brit Alastair Moffat. The Live Action Arena is the UK’s largest indoor racetrack, home to exciting, 70-minute shows packed with live racing, stunts and celebrity appearances over the course of the 8-11 January* event at Birmingham’s NEC. Also a former World Rally Champion, Solberg will demonstrate a Citroën Xsara WRC, the car which carried the French manufacturer to six

AN INTERNATIONAL INVASION

Leading motorsport suppliers, engineers and decision makers from around the world will descend on Birmingham next month, for Europe’s largest dedicated motorsport trade show, Autosport International. The 8-11 January event brings the high-performance engineering sector together on the eve of the new season, presenting significant networking opportunities and a platform to see the sport’s latest developments. Home to the majority of Formula 1 teams including title-winners MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS, the renowned British sector is valued at generating £9 billion in sales, and accounts for

AUTOSPORT INTERNATIONAL’S SILVER SHOWCASE

Europe’s biggest motorsport show, Autosport International has joined forces with Classic & Sports Car magazine and the ever popular Silverstone Classic to bring approximately £15 million worth of historic machinery to January’s 25thanniversary event. Led by the Formula 1 World Championship-winning Cooper T53 and famous sportscars including the Mercedes C11 and Jaguar D-Type, a total of eight iconic race cars will appear in a new feature at Birmingham’s NEC on 8-11 January 2015*. They’ll be joined by six wild road cars from the sector’s voice in the UK, Classic & Sports Car magazine,

SENSATIONAL SUPERCARS AND RECORD ATTEMPTS FOR LIVE ACTION ARENA

Media information: 22 December 2014 A selection of Britain’s Best Driver’s Cars including the Ferrari 458 Speciale, McLaren 650S and Porsche 911 GT3 will light up the Live Action Arena at next month’s Performance Car Show, which will also feature a Guinness World Record attempt from Brit Alastair Moffat. During the 8-11 January event*, held alongside motorsport’s Autosport International, the UK’s largest indoor racetrack will host exciting, hour-long shows packed with stunts, live racing and celebrity appearances. Sky Sports Formula 1 commentator David Croft will present the action,

ICONIC FERRARIS PRANCE INTO PERFORMANCE CAR SHOW

A pair of Ferraris born a generation apart, the LaFerrari hypercar and legendary F40 will be in the spotlight when the Performance Car Show brings the best of the motoring world to Birmingham next month. On 8-11 January*, supercars, high-performance favourites and classics will come together at the NEC, with the LaFerrari to appear in the Performance Car Show presented by Landsail Tyres in association with Autocar and PistonHeads.com. The F40, meanwhile, headlines a display of wild road cars presented by Classic & Sports Car magazine within Europe’s largest motorsport show, Autosport

WORLD CHAMPION DAVIDSON HEADING TO AUTOSPORT INTERNATIONAL

Media information: 18 December 2014 Britain’s newly-crowned FIA World Endurance Champion Driver, Anthony Davidson has joined the line-up for Autosport International’s 25thanniversary celebrations next month. Also a Sky Sports F1 expert and Formula 1 development driver for the title-winning MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS, Davidson will head to Birmingham’s NEC on Saturday 10 January, during Europe’s biggest motorsport show on 8-11 January*. Davidson switched to sportscar racing with Aston Martin in 2009 after contesting 24 Formula 1 GPs. Two seasons with Peugeot saw numerous endurance

BEST OF THE BEST HEADING TO BIRMINGHAM

Media information: 17 December 2014 With the silverware freshly engraved, visitors to next month’s Performance Car Show will have the very first opportunity to see a selection of winners from the prestigious What Car? Car of the Year Awards 2015. The annual What Car? ceremony will be held on Wednesday 7 January, just hours before the Performance Car Show opens its doors at Birmingham’s NEC. On 8-11 January*, it will host sensational supercars and high-performance favourites alongside Europe’s largest motorsport show, Autosport International. The Performance Car Show will be

F1 DEBUTANT HEADING TO AUTOSPORT INTERNATIONAL

Britain’s newest Formula 1 driver, Will Stevens has joined the guest list for next month’s Autosport International in Birmingham, where Europe’s biggest motorsport show will celebrate its 25thanniversary. Among the next generation of local talent, Stevens made his F1 debut in Abu Dhabi’s season finale with Caterham F1 Team, finishing 17th. His Grand Prix debut followed a strong season in the competitive Formula Renault 3.5 Series, in which the 23-year-old won two races on his way to sixth in the standings. The likes of Sebastian Vettel, Daniel Ricciardo and Kevin Magnussen have

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