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The Don Burgoon Most Innovative
New Motorsport Product of the Year Award

The Don Burgoon Most Innovative Motorsport Product of the Year Award was won by Bosch Motorsport for for its development of a pioneering electronic braking system that enables disabled racecar drivers to brake using hand controls instead of foot pedals.

Calirad win the Most Innovative New Motorsport Product award for it's AI Safety camera at the WMS25..

Eligibility & Who Can Enter

📌 Who the award is for

  • The award is open to anyone who works in motorsport and has developed a new innovative product in the last 12 months that they want to share with their peers.

📌 General eligibility

  • You don’t need to be based in a particular country — entries can come from anywhere in the world.

  • Typically it’s aimed at motorsport engineers, teams, companies, or technical innovators — anyone actively involved in developing engineering innovations for motorsport.

📌 Entry requirements
To enter the award, nominees are expected to:

  • Have a background in motorsport engineering (a brief CV outlining experience is usually required).

  • Provide evidence of the positive impact their product has on motorsport engineering.

  • Submit a written explanation (often around 400 words) describing the product, why it’s innovative, and why it deserves recognition.

📌 How entries are judged

  • Entries are reviewed by a panel of industry experts and senior technical leaders in motorsport engineering.

  • Judges look for remarkable innovation, game-changing technologies, and products that have a positive impact on the sport or environment.

📩 Submission method

If you’ve developed a genuinely new motorsport product in the past year and it has demonstrable innovation or impact, you can nominate it.

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