There was no shortage of headlines to result from a 23-race Formula 1 calendar in 2023, MotoGP's addition of sprint races at every round and the influx of manufacturers arriving into the World Endurance Championship's Hypercar class.
Our team of writers scouring the paddocks of international and national motorsport series has diligently covered 24-hour races and border-crossing rallies, showpiece events and humble supports, and each has generated fascinating stories. But often they don't reach the wider consciousness in the way that micro-analysed developments in F1 do.
Here then is a collection of stories you may have missed in the hectic racing year.
By Lewis Duncan, Stefan Mackley, Charles Bradley, Gary Watkins, Megan White, James Newbold, Tom Howard, Alex Kalinauckas and Stephen Lickorish