Sredna Gora bites back – it was a tough day in the mountains, with beautiful panoramas and fantastic views for those who had time to look at it. On ‘break day’ halfway through the Balkan Offroad 2019 the marathon has finally begun and the ranking sees major changes on a stage so long and tough […]
It’s been over a year since Jack Beckman parked his Infinite Hero Foundation Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Funny Car in an NHRA winner’s circle but on Sunday at the 35th annual Mopar Express Lane NHRA Nationals presented by Pennzoil he came out on top. Not only did Beckman defeat John Force in the final round […]
On Friday, IMG revealed the all-electric racecar that will compete in a new rallycross series called Projekt E. Projekt E will be a part of selected European rounds at FIA World Rallycross Championship events next year before the possibility of electric cars being introduced into World RX’s main category in 2021. The powertrain has been build by Manfred Stohl’s STARD firm with the […]
By: David Evans Rally Turkey winner Sebastien Ogier has urged his Citroen team to push for further developments and not be distracted by its first WRC one-two in four years.The C3 WRC led for 15 out of 17 stages on the rough roads around Marmaris last weekend, with Ogier leading home teammate Esapekka Lappi […]
When Sir Stirling Moss drove on the track, he was there to race, not to eke out championship points. On Moss’ 90th birthday, Simon Arron looks at the thrilling career of a true racer He has been invisible to the wider world these past few years and officially retired from public life more than 18 […]
Fernando Alonso and Marc Coma completed an eventful but invaluable learning experience at the Lichtenburg 400 in South Africa on September 13-14 with Toyota Gazoo Racing. Following successful training sessions in Namibia and Poland, the Spanish duo entered round five of the South African Cross Country Series, their first rally raid competition together in the […]
After Red Bull showed Pierre Gasly the door during the summer break they made it clear they believe they can take the fight to Ferrari in the second half of 2019.Since then they’ve not been able to deliver on that potential. Two wins have seen Ferrari nearly doubled their points advantage over Red Bull […]
Fedor Vorobyev and Michele Cinotto will kick up the dust and try and survive punishing heat in the deserts of Wadi Rum, when they go head-to-head in the battle to secure T3 Trophy honours in the FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Bajas at this weekend’s Jordan Baja. Vorobyev holds the advantage heading into the desert […]
The third day of the Balkan Offroad 2019 started with a fast run up Sredna Gora, on broken roads and graveltracks. Full drifting, sharp corners and unexpected bumps and ditches – both up and downhill over the mountains. After that the track levelled out, as the roadbook took the competitors to the fertile soil of […]
Trans African Concessions (TRAC) and the National Rally Championship (NRC) are delighted to announce LM Radio as the official media partner for the 2019 TRACN4 National Rally. The international commercial radio station, which is based in Maputo, Mozambique, and broadcasts to South Africa, committed its support to the event last week. This will ensure that […]
By: Tom Errington Audi motorsport boss Dieter Gass admits he has held discussions with the management of Williams Formula 1 driver Robert Kubica about a drive in the DTM.Kubica is one of several drivers under consideration to partner George Russell at Williams in 2020 and Kubica has admitted to looking to alternatives outside of F1. […]
If Ata Al-Hmoud is to retain his Jordan Baja crown in the motorcycle category, the Jordanian rider will need to be fully focused and mentally prepared when the Hashemite Kingdom’s exciting new addition to the global cross-country rallying calendar gets underway in Aqaba on Thursday afternoon. The Beta 480 rider was in a class of […]
As the man behind the legendary range of Perana-branded fast Fords which dominated local motorsport and performance road cars in the 1960s and Seventies, Basil Green has been honoured for his remarkable achievements by being inducted into the South African Hall of Fame. The SA Hall of Fame serves to tell the stories of extraordinary […]
Starting in the mountains near Borovets, driving down to the Rhodopia Mountains and then back north for a final stage through the fields towards the new camp in the vineyards of Starosel, todays stage had it all: mountains, technical driving, navigation and a final fast stage at high speed. “It was cold in the mountains!” […]
Mike Stefanik, one of two drivers in NASCAR history to win nine national series or touring championships, died Sunday in a small single-seat plane crash. He was 61. The winningest driver in the history of the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, Stefanik’s career stretched nearly 30 years. He won the tour championship seven times, and in […]
By: Valentin Khorounzhiy MotoGP championship leader Marc Marquez emerged victorious in the San Marino Grand Prix, seeing off rookie Fabio Quartararo in a breathtaking last-lap battle. Quartararo had led every lap of the first 26, but was denied a maiden win by Marquez, who had to pass the Frenchman twice on the final tour. Poleman […]
Mazda Team Joest’s Oliver Jarvis led the opening IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship session in Monterey on Friday with a best lap of 1m16.442s set in sweltering conditions. Amid a recent heat wave within the region, the Briton’s No. 77 Mazda RT24-P displaced Acura’s championship leading twosome of Juan Pablo Montoya and Dane Cameron (+0.153s) and […]
Juan Manuel Correa remains in an induced coma in an Intensive Care Unit in London with “consistent and stable” vital signs, according to his parents. The Ecuadorian-American was severely injured in the Formula 2 crash that claimed the life of Anthoine Hubert at Spa-Francorchamps nearly two weeks ago, and was transferred to hospital in Liege […]
World Rallycross going down to the wire at Killarney South African race fans are set for a sensational showdown when the FIA World Rallycross Championship presented by Monster Energy comes to a dramatic head at the Killarney International Raceway season finale 9-10 November. Swede Timmy Hansen won the penultimate World RX round in Latvia over […]
The tide turned for the defending Production Vehicle champions, Giniel de Villiers/Dennis Murphy (Toyota Gazoo Racing Hilux) who finally got the monkey off their back when they won the Lichtenburg 400, the fifth and penultimate round of the South African National Cross Country Series (SACCS) that took place this weekend in the North-West Province. It […]
Toyota Gazoo Racing SA’s Giniel de Villiers and navigator Dennis Murphy claimed victory on the Lichtenburg 400, round 5 of the 2019 South African Cross-Country Series (SACCS) this weekend. At the same time, teammates Henk Lategan and Brett Cummings finished in second place, clinching the overall SACCS championship for 2019 in the process. “It was […]
Citroën Total World Rally Team’s Sébastien Ogier managed to throw the FIA World Rally Championship title race wide open again after claiming a priceless maiden victory in Rally Turkey on Sunday. Needing to secure maximum points to realistically continue his challenge for a seventh successive world title, the Frenchman benefited from the electrical misfortune that plagued […]
By: Anna Duxbury Sebastien Ogier reignited his WRC title hopes by scoring his first win since March in Turkey, leading home a Citroen 1-2.Ogier took the rally lead from Citroen teammate Esapekka Lappi at the end of Saturday’s running and continued to pull out time over the Finn across Sunday’s four stages, finally taking victory […]
SÉBASTIEN OGIER EXTENDED HIS RALLY TURKEY LEAD OVER CITROËN RACING TEAM-MATE ESAPEKKA LAPPI IN SUNDAY MORNING’S SHORT OPENING SPEED TEST. Ogier, who headed his Citroën C3 colleague by 0.2sec overnight, eased through the 7.05km Marmaris test next to the Asparan service park to stretch his advantage to 5.7sec with three more special stages remaining.With a […]
SÉBASTIEN OGIER HELD A SLENDER 0.2SEC LEAD OVER CITROËN RACING TEAM-MATE ESAPEKKA LAPPI AT RALLY TURKEY ON SATURDAY NIGHT AFTER A DISASTROUS DAY FOR WRC TITLE RIVALS OTT TÄNAK AND THIERRY NEUVILLE. Ogier and Lappi each won two of the six rocky speed tests near Marmaris in temperatures nearing 35°C. The Frenchman reversed the opening […]
ESAPEKKA LAPPI HELD OFF SÉBASTIEN OGIER’S DETERMINED CHARGE TO TAKE THE LEAD OF RALLY TURKEY FOLLOWING A DRAMATIC SATURDAY MORNING IN WHICH WRC CHAMPIONSHIP LEADER OTT TÄNAK RETIRED.Lappi ended the group of three stages with a 10.0sec lead over his Citroën C3 team-mate, but attention was focused on Tänak’s early exit when his Toyota Yaris […]
SÉBASTIEN OGIER PRODUCED A STUNNING DRIVE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING’S OPENING SPEED TEST AT RALLY TURKEY TO CLOSE TO WITHIN A SECOND OF LEADER AND TEAM-MATE ESAPEKKA LAPPI. The Frenchman was the only driver to gamble on a mixed package of two hard and two medium compound tyres for his Citroën C3. His bet paid dividends […]
ESAPEKKA LAPPI HEADED A CITROËN RACING 1-2 AT RALLY TURKEY AS FRIDAY’S TOPSY-TURVY OPENING LEG GAVE FRESH IMPETUS TO WRC TITLE CHALLENGERS SEBASTIEN OGIER AND THIERRY NEUVILLE. Lappi ended a long and tough day, in which the elements threw all they could at the competitors, with a 17.7sec lead over Citroën C3 team-mate and world […]
RALLY TURKEY LEADER ESAPEKKA LAPPI EXTENDED HIS ADVANTAGE IN FRIDAY AFTERNOON’S OPENING SPEED TEST AS ATTENTION TURNED TOWARDS DARKENING SKIES IN THE HILLS NORTH OF RALLY BASE MARMARIS. Fifth fastest time for the Finn through the repeated 24.85km Içmeler special stage was sufficient for him to increase his lead over Andreas Mikkelsen to 12.4sec. The […]
An experienced rally raid campaigner, Marc, 42, first competed in the Dakar Rally in 2002 when the event was still held in Africa. With nearly two decades in the sport, most recently as Sporting Director of the Dakar Rally, Marc is perfectly positioned to work closely with Fernando, two-time Le Mans 24 Hours winner, reigning […]
Husqvarna leads way to Free State Q4 Fuels Husqvarna Racing heads to Welkom’s penultimate sixth round TRP South African National Motocross championship races with both its riders leading their classes. Premier class MX1 leader Maddy Malan and 65cc lad Neil van der Vyver arrive in the Free State with their Husqvarnas boasting title leaders’ red […]
A different day ahead for PE race fans Port Elizabeth race fans are in for something a little different Saturday 21 September, when the Aldo Scribante Race Track hosts a round of the Northern Regions Extreme Festival and its premier categories. There will however be much to cheer for as a number of local racers […]
FIA World Rallycross Championship set for South African decider South Africans, whether they are race fans or not, are set for a blockbuster treat when the FIA World Rallycross Championship presented by Monster Energy goes down to the wire at the Killarney International Raceway in Cape Town 9-10 November. Most significantly, this year’s world title […]
ESAPEKKA LAPPI LED RALLY TURKEY AFTER FRIDAY’S OPENING GROUP OF SPEED TESTS FOLLOWING A MORNING THAT WAS DOMINATED BY FINNISH DRIVERS. The Citroën C3 pilot charged to the front after a dominant victory in the 38.15km Çetibeli special stage. He extended his advantage over Andreas Mikkelsen’s Hyundai i20 to 9.0sec in the following Ula test. […]
Medical staff say Michael Schumacher is “conscious” after undergoing stem-cell treatment in Paris, according to a French newspaper. The seven-time Formula One champion was admitted to the Georges-Pompidou hospital on Monday, according to Le Parisien, which said he was being treated by cardiovascular surgeon Philippe Menasché, described as a “pioneer in cell surgery”. He has not been seen in […]
JARI-MATTI LATVALA SWEPT INTO THE LEAD OF RALLY TURKEY WITH A COMMANDING VICTORY IN FRIDAY MORNING’S OPENING DIRT ROAD SPEED TEST IN HIS TOYOTA YARIS. The Finn climbed from ninth after last night’s curtain-raising special stage in the streets of Marmaris after stopping the clocks 5.3sec faster than fellow Finn Esapekka Lappi in the rough […]
HYUNDAI MOTORSPORT PAIR THIERRY NEUVILLE AND ANDREAS MIKKELSEN SHARED THE SPOILS AT RALLY TURKEY ON THURSDAY NIGHT BY TYING FOR FASTEST TIME THOUGH THE OPENING SPEED TEST IN THE STREETS OF MARMARIS. Mikkelsen set the benchmark time in his i20 after outpacing early leader Pontus Tidemand. The Norwegian remained on course for the stage win […]
During the ’70s, the most prominent international rally in South Africa was the Total Rally, inaugurated in 1957, organised by the Pretoria Motor Club and eventually included in the list of qualifiers for the FIA Cup for Drivers, the trophy which was awarded before the World Rally Championship for Drivers was established. Among its international […]
By: David Evans Former World Rally Championship star and current Dakar Rally driver Mikko Hirvonen will enter the penultimate round of this year’s European Rally Championship, the Cyprus Rally. Hirvonen who finished as runner-up to Sebastien Loeb in the WRC standings four times in his career, will drive a Ford Fiesta R5 run by fellow […]
With his second career and consecutive Formula 1 victory in the Italian Grand Prix, Charles Leclerc illustrated with full clarity that he is the top driver at Ferrari. One year ago today when Charles Leclerc was announced as Kimi Raikkonen’s replacement at Scuderia Ferrari beginning with the 2019 Formula 1 season, there was skepticism as to whether or not […]