Wikipedia:WikiProject Motorsport
The purpose of the WikiProject:Motorsport is to maintain its child Wikiprojects; organise and improve the common areas between different motorsport projects; and improve aspects of motorsport that are not covered by other projects.
Please feel free to contribute to the project. You are welcome to add your name to WikiProject: Motorsport's list of members . Please include some information about your specialist areas of knowledge to assist other members.
Tasks and key subjects
[edit ]- The Subjects page includes all articles related to the project that lack their own subprojects. If you find such an article that is not currently included, please add its link to the appropriate section of the page, and place the project template on the article's talk page.
- The Project Task List includes articles in need of improvement, and articles yet to be created.
- Images for Category:Wikipedia requested images of motorsport people
Article Alerts
[edit ]Articles for deletion
- 24 Mar 2025 – Walsh Race Craft (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Amigao (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
- 24 Mar 2025 – Michael David Walsh II (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Amigao (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
- 18 Mar 2025 – Kaan Önder (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Anerdw (t · c) was closed as delete by Goldsztajn (t · c) on 25 Mar 2025; see discussion (4 participants)
- 06 Mar 2025 – Zachary David (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Tvx1 (t · c) was closed as no consensus by Asilvering (t · c) on 23 Mar 2025; see discussion (15 participants; relisted)
Good article nominees
- 24 Feb 2025 – François Guiter (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Namelessposter (t · c); start discussion
- 17 Feb 2025 – John Hogan (motorsport executive) (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Namelessposter (t · c); start discussion
- 19 Jan 2025 – 2016 Road to Le Mans (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by EnthusiastWorld37 (t · c); start discussion
- 10 Dec 2024 – Andrea Kimi Antonelli (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Mb2437 (t · c); start discussion
- 24 Nov 2024 – 2024 World Rally Championship (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Unnamelessness (t · c); start discussion
- 22 Oct 2024 – 2023 Macau Formula 4 Race (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by EnthusiastWorld37 (t · c); start discussion
Peer reviews
- 30 Jan 2025 – Mario Andretti (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Namelessposter (t · c); see discussion
Requested moves
- 19 Feb 2025 – Formula One racing (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Formula One Grand Prix by Pksois23 (t · c); see discussion
Articles to be merged
- 01 Mar 2025 – 2022 Ligier European Series (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Ligier European Series by 83.142.111.65 (t · c); see discussion
- 01 Mar 2025 – 2021 Ligier European Series (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Ligier European Series by 83.142.111.65 (t · c); see discussion
- 01 Mar 2025 – 2020 Ligier European Series (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Ligier European Series by 83.142.111.65 (t · c); see discussion
- 09 Aug 2024 – A1 Grand Prix car (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Lola B02/50 by SpacedFarmer (t · c); see discussion
- 09 Aug 2024 – Lola B05/52 (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Lola B02/50 by SpacedFarmer (t · c); see discussion
Articles to be split
- 14 Feb 2025 – Iron Lynx (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by 2001:8003:268E:A800:20CC:3F8A:D965:4946 (t · c); see discussion
- 25 Jun 2024 – Go-kart (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by 64.229.90.32 (t · c); see discussion
- 25 Jun 2024 – Kart racing (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by 64.229.90.32 (t · c); see discussion
- 16 Mar 2025 – Virtuosi Racing (talk · edit · hist) proposed for splitting by SteeledDock541 (t · c) was closed; see discussion
Articles for creation
- 04 Mar 2025 – Draft:2025 GR Cup Series (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Kburgin24 (t · c)
- 04 Mar 2025 – Draft:Peter Brock Medal (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Dan arndt (t · c)
- 18 Feb 2025 – Draft:IndyCar Series on FOX (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Migiditch (t · c)
- 26 Dec 2024 – Draft:Mikke van Hool (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Smckean0727 (t · c)
- 29 Jun 2023 – Draft:Vivek Kanthan (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by KellyChapman700 (t · c)
- 17 Feb 2025 – Draft:August Raber (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by Jamesconory4 (t · c) was declined by Sophisticatedevening (t · c) on 19 Mar 2025
- 13 Dec 2024 – Draft:Deven Grabko (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by RaceFacts2000 (t · c) was declined by SafariScribe (t · c) on 23 Mar 2025
Templates
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- {{WikiProject Motorsport}} - Used to mark relevant WikiProjects and articles, particularly those that are not covered by existing projects. Shortcut: {{WPMS}}
- {{User WP Motorsport}} is the project's standard userbox.
- {{WikiProject Motorsport Topicon}} - topicon
- If you want to advertise this project on a user page, you can do so with the advert banner. To include a link to the project, you can use this syntax:
[[Image:Qxz-ad127.gif|468x60px|link=Wikipedia:WikiProject Motorsport]]
The article templates listed below are part of Category:Motorsport templates and/or its sub-categories
- {{Template:Infobox motorsport championship}} can be used for most types of motor racing series. See F3 Euroseries or WTCC for examples of it in use.
- {{Template:Motorsport formula}} can be used for racing formulae, such as Formula Renault, Super 1600 or Group N.
- {{Template:Motor racing team}} can be used for almost any current or former team (except F1 teams), including those that are/were involved in multiple series.
- {{Template:Infobox racing driver}} - Most suitable for drivers who are established (more than one season) in a single series or formula.
- {{Template:Racing car}} - For any racing car.
- {{Template:Infobox Sport governing body}} - For any sports governing body including motorsport
See also
[edit ]Article Assessment
[edit ]Advice about grading criteria can be found on the Assessment page. Articles that have been tagged with the project banner, but have yet to receive a rating, can be viewed at Category:Unassessed motorsport articles. Please help to populate this category by placing the {{WikiProject Motorsport}} template on the talk pages of applicable articles (see project talk page). Related categories include:
- Category:FA-Class motorsport articles
- Category:A-Class motorsport articles
- Category:GA-Class motorsport articles
- Category:B-Class motorsport articles
- Category:C-Class motorsport articles
- Category:Start-Class motorsport articles
- Category:Stub-Class motorsport articles
Parent projects
[edit ]Child WikiProjects
[edit ]Formula One
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WikiProject Formula One aims to create, expand, update and standardize Wikipedia articles related to Formula One, including drivers, teams and constructors, regulations, and history.
Participants
World Rally
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WikiProject World Rally aims to create and improve articles related to the World Rally Championship and rallying in general.
Participants
WikiProject Sports Car Racing is a collective effort by Wikipedia editors to create, maintain, expand, update, and align articles about all elements of sports car racing.
Participants
WikiProject NASCAR is a project to better organize information in articles related to NASCAR.
Participants
WikiProject Motorcycle racing aims to create, maintain, expand, update, and align articles about all elements of motorcycle racing.
Participants
WikiProject American Open Wheel Racing is a project to better organize information in articles related to Open Wheel Racing held or based in the United States, with an emphasis on the IRL, Champ Car, and Indy/Championship racing under the AAA and USAC banner dating to c.1902, the first year of nationalized event sanctioning.
Participants
WikiProject British Motorsport aims to create, expand, update, and standardize Wikipedia articles related to Motorsport in the United Kingdom.
Participants
WikiProject Australian motorsport is a project to help create, improve, and maintain articles relating to motorsport in Australia.
Participants
TCR Series
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WikiProject TCR Series aims to create and improve articles related to series, using the TCR regulations - including World Touring Car Cup, Touring Car Endurance Series and continental, regional or national championships utilizing the regulations.
Participants
Taskforces
[edit ]References
[edit ]- Official Formula One website - Archive is free to use, highly recommended for referencing Formula One World Drivers' Champion Bios and race reports from 2003 onwards.
- GrandPrix.com - GP Encyclopedia contains info from all Grand Prix reports, Driver bios, F1 people bios, Team Profiles, Sponsor profiles, Engine profiles for Formula One and news archiving from January 1995 to the present day on general motorsport as well as Formula One news.
- racing-reference.info - The website has driver's statistics, owner's statistics, race results, track results, and season championship information for the 3 major NASCAR divisions. Continues to be expanded to include IROC, American open wheel racing (IndyCar, IRL, USAC), NASCAR touring series, defunct NASCAR series (Convertible, Speedway, etc.)
- Motor Racing Circuits Database - Although no longer updated since 2005, this website contains layout histories of nearly every race course in the world, current or defunct. Also includes results for most international series of any discipline. Also useful is Gdecali.it which is still active.
- SpeedwaysOnline.com - a resource of American and Canadian circuits, sanctioning bodies, print publications, and internet publications.
- For a more formal piece of referencing, please consult the WikiProject Motorsport Library
A list of articles needing cleanup associated with this project is available. See also the tool's wiki page and the index of WikiProjects.
Assessment
[edit ]| Motorsport articles by quality and importance | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality | Importance | ||||||
| Top | High | Mid | Low | NA | ??? | Total | |
| FA | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | |||
| FL | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | |||
| A | 1 | 1 | |||||
| GA | 3 | 7 | 23 | 104 | 7 | 144 | |
| B | 21 | 27 | 54 | 198 | 32 | 332 | |
| C | 22 | 67 | 210 | 1,550 | 1 | 274 | 2,124 |
| Start | 11 | 66 | 524 | 4,424 | 6 | 1,634 | 6,665 |
| Stub | 2 | 181 | 2,521 | 7 | 1,908 | 4,619 | |
| List | 1 | 3 | 12 | 236 | 1 | 211 | 464 |
| NA | 10 | 48 | 7,289 | 7,347 | |||
| Assessed | 58 | 177 | 1,020 | 9,095 | 7,304 | 4,066 | 21,720 |
| Unassessed | 2,493 | 2,493 | |||||
| Total | 58 | 177 | 1,020 | 9,095 | 7,304 | 6,559 | 24,213 |
| WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 70,820 | Ω = 5.10 | |||||
