International Live Action Arena turns the NEC into a high-octane indoor race track with a fast-paced all-action show. Every year it provides one of the highlights of the show, seating 5000 racing fans in petrolhead heaven. It’s an intense 45 minutes of thrilling entertainment that offers an unrivalled variety of racing action, driving demonstrations, record-breaking stunts and celebrity appearances.    

Recent shows have featured Sky Sports F1 lead commentator David Croft and vlogger Miss Emma Walsh hosting stunt driving, F1 stock car demonstrations, freestyle motocross riders and appearances from some of the world’s most famous race and rally drivers.

All Saturday and Sunday tickets include seats inside the Live Action Arena.    On Thursday and Friday there is one session per day and trade visitors will have the opportunity to purchase an additional ticket to view the live action.

The desire for personalisation and customisation means that Europe’s tuning industry deserves an international show. The dedicated Performance & Tuning Car Show hall attracts some of the biggest names in the industry and allows drivers to bring their next project car vision to life.   

Five hundred tuned cars roared into the NEC in 2020, meaning Birmingham reverberated to the thunder of over 200,000 horsepower. Since its inception in 2008, the show has featured an extensive range of exhibitors from performance experts such as suspension and brake manufacturers to the wildest styling customisers. It truly is the show that lets your imagination run wild.  

Motorsport Games is Autosport International’s sister company and is at the forefront of interactive virtual racing. It is the destination for the promoters of NASCAR and the 24 Hours of Le Mans to host their virtual esports events.    

At the last show, Motorsport Games showcased professional esports events on the live stage, while simultaneously live streaming online. Teams of three battled it out in a two-hour endurance race to win a golden ticket to the Le Mans Esports Series Super Final in
the Pro Teams category.  

The Motorsport Games arena is now one of the most exciting areas of the show, immersing fans in esports events from endurance races to rallying and allowing show visitors to compete against the stars of the sport.  

At the heart of Autosport International is the star-studded Autosport Stage.  Over four days brands launch products and cars; with key industry and famous names from the motorsport world being interviewed on the stage.

Highlights of the 2020 show included F1 rivals Charles Leclerc and Lando Norris appearing alongside heroes from previous eras such as Ari Vatanen, Johnny Herbert and David Coulthard.   

The Autosport Stage gives visitors the unique opportunity to come face-to-face with the teams and the drivers as they reveal their plans for the upcoming season.