List of motorsport championships

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This list of current motorsport championships is a list of national and international motorsport championships decided by the points or positions earned by a driver from multiple races across Multiple Disciplines including Single Seaters, Sports Cars, Single Make series, Prototype racing, Touring cars, Stock Cars, Karting Prototype Bike Racing, Production Bike Racing, Dirt Track, Rally, Rally Raid, RallyX, Speedway, MotoX, Supercross, Truck Racing, Drag Racing & Hill Climb

Contents

Car racing

Single-seater racing

Formula cars

Championship level:

FIA Pathway:

International

Regional

Non-FIA national Formula 3

National (FIA Formula 4)


Road to Indy

Karting

Closed cockpit racing

Sports car racing

Prototype and GT


GT3


GT3 and GT4

GT Opens


GT4


Other

Stock car

NASCAR
Other asphalt stock cars
Other dirt stock cars


Touring car

One-make manufacturer racing


Porsche Supercup

LSF World Finals

Ferrari mondiali finali

Global Mazda MX-5 Cup

Off-road racing

Rallying

Rallycross

Rallycross


Other

Drag racing

Drifting

Time Trial or Time Attack Racing


Speedway


Hillclimb

Truck racing

Motorcycles

Road racing

Motocross

Supercross

Motorcycle speedway

Ice speedway

See also

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