Wikipedia:WikiProject Motorsport/Sources

The following are what are considered reliable sources as per Wikipedia policy. These sources are mainly used in motor racing related articles. A description of why it is reliable follows each URL.

Broad scope

Newspapers

• nytimes.com - New York Times, has searchable archives

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• jsonline.com - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, strong motorsports coverage

Magazines

• Autosport.com - Website for the Autosport magazine, as well as updated news headlines every day.
• SportingNews.com - website for Sporting News weekly U.S. sports magazine

Television

• BBC Sport: Motorsport, the British Broadcasting Corporation's motorsport news site. Covers Formula One, MotoGP and WRC with occasional items from other series. Considered a "mainstream news organization" under WP:RS.

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• SPEEDtv.com - SPEED Channel, U.S. motorsports/automobiles cable television channel
• ESPN.com - ESPN, U.S. sports cable television channel

Formula One

• Formula1.com - Official Formula One website run by Formula One Management. Considered (mostly) reliable for results, although contains some inaccuracies. Also acceptable for regulations and technical features although news items may have a pro-F1 bias so caution is needed when using in this capacity.

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• GrandPrix.com - Website run by journalist and former Autosport Grand Prix Editor Joe Saward, who currently holds an official press pass for F1 events. Therefore it is believed to meet WP:RS falling under "News organizations".

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• GPUpdate.net - News outlet
• ChicaneF1.com - Large database of accurate Formula One information, which is regarded fairly well. Its intent is to "be the most comprehensive Formula 1 statistics website." It is published by Jonathan Davies, and has a news arrangement with ManipeF1.
• F1DB.com - Large database of Formula One information.
• GPRacing.net 192 - Race reports for each individual races, along with qualifying & race times, along with quotes from other drivers on the race.
• Gale Force F1 - Has a results service and was formerly the host of AtlasF1 (now part of Autosport) and also hosted the official Pacific Grand Prix team (now defunct) website.
• ITV F1 - Website of the British broadcaster of F1 from 1997 until 2008, with news stories provided by Autosport. It is therefore considered a "mainstream news organization" under WP:RS.

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• Formula One race reports written by journalist Dan Knutson within Road & Track magazine, early '90s.
• F1 Racing magazine -- consider sourcing within printed article as this is both a news and rumors magazine.
• BBC F1 Website of a current British broadcaster of F1
• Sky Sports F1 - Website of a current British broadcaster of F1.

NASCAR

• NASCAR.com - NASCAR 99% official website run by Turner Broadcasting, official driver statistics
• ThatsRacing.com - published by the Charlotte Observer
• Reports by Ed Hinton, formerly of the Orlando Sentinel -- now a NASCAR beat writer for ESPN
• Reports by David Poole of the Charlotte Observer.

Sports car racing

• World Sports Racing Prototypes - Repository of sports car racing results. Includes complete results for most international and nation-wide sports car championships and series, with car chassis numbers wherever possible.
• Sportscar Universe - Formerly "GTO Racing", articles about individual sports-prototypes and GT cars that have raced in most modern sports car racing championships (mostly FIA GT1/GT2, Group C, WSC and LMP). Inactive since December 2006. French language only.
• Planet Le Mans - News site, covers most international racing series, including LMS, ALMS and FIA GT.
• Mulsanne's Corner - Mostly technical related news about modern sports-prototypes, but also includes a large archive of technical characteristics for cars and engines.

Touring car racing

• European Touring Car Championship History - Mostly historical site dedicated to the first incarnation of the European Touring Car Championship (Group 1/2/3/4 and Group A/N regulations, up to 1988), includes results, car lists and regulations.
• World Touring Car Championship official site - Reliable for results, regulations and some news, which are compiled by press officer Fabio Ravaioli, a former journalist.
• Touring Car Times - News site, mostly reliable, many news come from press-releases, but covers a variety of series, including the WTCC, BTCC, DTM and V8 Supercars.

Historic

• Golden Era of Grand Prix Racing - Full GP race reports from 1933-1940 and much more content from the Pre-F1 era of Grand Prix racing. Comes with the endorsement of journalist and author Doug Nye (who describes it as 99.5% accurate) and recommended for further reading by UK broadcaster Channel 4 [1].