The following is an overview of the events of 2018 in motorsport, including the major racing events, motorsport venues that were opened and closed during a year, championships and non-championship events that were established and disestablished in a year, and births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people.
Annual events The calendar includes only annual major non-championship events or annual events that had significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles. DateEventRef 6–20 January40th Dakar Rally 27–28 January56th 24 Hours of Daytona 5–6 February29th Race of Champions 18 February60th Daytona 500 17 March66th 12 Hours of Sebring 12–13 May46th 24 Hours of Nürburgring27 May76th Monaco Grand Prix102nd Indianapolis 500 26 May–8 June100th Isle of Man TT 16–17 June86th 24 Hours of Le Mans 28–29 July70th 24 Hours of Spa7 October61st Bathurst 10009–10 November17th IFMAR 1:8 IC Off-Road World Championship 18 November65th Macau Grand Prix
Established championships/events First raceChampionshipRef 1 AprilTCR UK Touring Car Championship 7 AprilGT4 Belgium 8 AprilWorld Touring Car Cup22 AprilIFMAR 1:10 Electric Drifting World Cup 3 JuneGT4 Nordic European Cup 14 JulyF3 Asian Championship4 AugustF3 Americas Championship 25 AugustTCR Korea Touring Car Championship
Opened motorsport venues DateVenueFirst eventRef3 FebruarySantiago Street CircuitSantiago ePrix14 AprilCircuto Cittadino dell'EURRome ePrix
Deaths DateMonthNameAgeNationalityOccupationNoteRef13JanuaryErhard "Dallas" Mathiesen69SwedishSport administrator3rd president of IFMAR14Dan Gurney86AmericanRacing driverWinner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans ()27Jerry Sneva68AmericanRacing driver1977 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year10MarchRalf Waldmann51GermanMotorcycle riderWinner of the 20 Grand Prix motorcycle racing events (125cc and 250cc).8AprilJohn Miles74BritishRacing driver28James Hylton83AmericanRacing driver10JuneTom "Mongo$e" McEwen81Americandrag racer National Hot Rod Association, Legendary Top Fuel and Funny Car racer Tom "the Mongoose" McEwen passes away, NHRA Staff, 11 June 2018, Retrieved Jun. 11, 2018.25JulySergio Marchionne66Italian-CanadianBusinessmanThe chief executive officer (CEO) of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, the chairman and CEO of FCA US LLC, the chairman and CEO of Ferrari, and the chairman of Maserati8SeptemberBarrie "Whizzo" Williams79BritishRacing driver11Don Panoz83AmericanEntrepreneurPanoz LLC, Élan Motorsport Technologies and American Le Mans Series founder23Juan Marcos Angelini31ArgentineRacing driverTurismo Carretera driver3NovemberMari Hulman George83AmericanBusinesswomanChairperson of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway12David Pearson83AmericanRacing driverThree-time NASCAR Grand National Series champion
See also List of 2018 motorsport champions
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