London, April 17, 2024 – Rebecca Clancy has been named Editor-in-Chief, Autosport, it was introduced immediately by Mike Spinelli, Head of Content material, Motorsport Network.
Her appointment is efficient 29 April. Autosport is the world’s most influential supply for racing information and evaluation.
A lifelong sports activities fan, Clancy joins Autosport from The Occasions the place she was the Motor Racing Correspondent for the previous seven years. Moreover, Clancy coated different sports activities together with rugby, athletics and tennis.
Earlier than becoming a member of the sports activities group, she labored on the information and enterprise desk. Previous to becoming a member of The Occasions, Clancy was at The Telegraph and The Monetary Occasions‘ funding journal.
Rebecca Clancy has been named Editor-in-Chief, Autosport
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“I’m excited to welcome Rebecca to Autosport,” says Spinelli. “Her from-the-paddock storytelling experience, deep data of F1, and keenness for motorsports informs an energizing imaginative and prescient for this celebrated model. I can’t wait to see how she leads Autosport into its seventy fifth anniversary subsequent 12 months and past.”
As well as, main F1 journalist Ben Hunt might be becoming a member of Autosport, efficient 4 June. Hunt has labored in motorsport for over 12 years, most just lately at The Solar the place he was an F1 correspondent and motorsport columnist.
He’s the writer of Rising Wings: The Inside Story of Purple Bull Racing (2024) and Lando Norris: A biography (2023). In a 23-year profession in sports activities journalism, he has beforehand reported on Premier League soccer, Ashes cricket assessments, snooker championships and Ryder Cups.
Rebecca and Ben co-host the F1 podcast Contained in the Piranha Membership and can proceed this of their new roles at Autosport.
“I am honoured to steer this esteemed motorsport model into this new period,” Clancy mentioned. “Collectively, with our group of devoted journalists and content material creators, we’ll push boundaries, and ignite the eagerness of followers worldwide.”
With practically 75 years of authority, Autosport has unparalleled entry to the rising world racing world. The model reaches over two million superfans and covers the inside narratives, technicalities and enterprise of the worldwide racing world.