Alain Delon, who died Sunday, was the first actor to start the 24 Hour of Le Mans and even sponsored cars there and Paris–Dakar Rally through his perfume line.
2023 Super GT GT300 champion Kohta Kawaai will lead HIGHSPEED Étoile Racing, formed in partnership with the upcoming anime, with Kotomi Maeda and Ai Shimizu driving in the Kyojo Cup and various electric series.
While the upcoming anime “HIGHSPEED Étoile” was co-created by the Japan-only Super Formula, it has the rights to feature (futuristic) real life international circuits like Circuit of the Americas, Shanghai, Interlagos, and Monaco.
Gerard Farrés will have Goku and the Dragon Balls on his side (literally) when he takes on the 2024 Dakar Rally, placing decals of them along his Can-Am Maverick and his helmet.
Super Formula team Mugen Motorsports has joined the “HIGHSPEED Étoile” anime project as a technical advisor, while a manga created with support from Suzuka Circuit is now available.
Overtake!, an anime following a fictionalisation of the F4 Japanese Championship and Super GT, will premiere on 1 October. The first episode was screened in late August at the Super GT round at Suzuka.
“Overtake!”, a fictionalised take on Japanese F4, will star the likes of My Hero Academia’s Tasuku Hatanaka and decorated musician/voice actress Reina Ueda.
A teaser promotional video for the 2024 anime HIGHSPEED Étoile was released Friday. Created in partnership with Super Formula, the show will have branding from series backers Toyota Gazoo Racing and Honda, as well as companies like SEGA and VRChat.
“HIGHSPEED Étoile”, an anime that will collaborate with Super Formula starring upstart voice actress Fuka Izumi and big names like Yoko Hikasa and Nana Mizuki, will premiere in 2024.
TROYCA has revealed “Overtake!”, an anime about Formula 4 with support from Super GT. It is the 3rd racing anime announced since June after Super Formula’s “HIGHSPEED Etoile” and street racer “MF Ghost”.
“HIGHSPEED Étoile”, a new original anime about futuristic open-wheel-style racing, will receive backing from Super Formula through its NEXT 50 Project. The partnership was announced during the Fuji Speedway round.
The full transcript of The Checkered Flag’s interview with “One More Win” film director and Dakar racer Amy Lerner.
The Checkered Flag speaks with Amy Lerner, Dakar racer and director of the documentary “One More Win”, which follows off-road legend Rod Hall’s goal of racing in the first fifty Baja 1000s.
Max Palermo reviews the latest Hollywood blockbuster to tackle an historic motorsport story.