As the Dakar gets ever nearer, KTM keeps pushing the limits with its main weapon: The 450 Rally. No other manufacturer has been more successful in the Dakar Rally than KTM. The Austrian factory has won the last 13 editions. However, KTM is not resting on its laurels. In recent years, the Dakar changed radically when […]
A bumper entry of 89 cars will contest the next round of the FIA World Rally Championship ADAC Rally Deutschland. The Trier-based event is the first true asphalt rally of the season and takes place between 21-24 August. As well as welcoming the usual factory cars from Citroen, Hyundai, Volkswagen and M-Sport, ADAC Rallye Deutschland […]
Jari-Matti Latvala continued his rally-winning form on Finnish soil at the weekend when he won the Lathi Historic Rally in his very own Audi Quattro. The Neste Oil Rally Finland winner used the latest round of the FIA European Historic Sporting Rally Championship as a debut event for his 1982-specification machine that has been built […]
The Motocross stars of tomorrow were out in force this weekend at Lierneux in Belgium for the 2014 edition of the World Junior Motocross Championship which saw KTM riders dominating the competition and sweeping the podiums in both the 65cc and 85cc classes. Close to 300 enthusiastic young riders tackled the hard pack surface that […]
US police have found “no criminal behaviour” on race driver Tony Stewart’s part but will continue their probe into the bizarre incident in which he struck and killed an up-and-coming driver.Stewart, one of the most popular drivers in America’s NASCAR stock car circuit, ploughed into 20-year-old Kevin Ward Jr. during a non-NASCAR race on a […]
Andrew Hawkeswood competing at the last Race to the Sky held in 2007. Photo / Supplied Highlands Motorsport Park in Cromwell today announced New Zealand’s iconic Race to the Sky hill climb will return next year under new management after an eight year hiatus.Held in the Cardrona Valley near Wanaka, the high-profile event known as […]
Part of Sebastian Vettel’s problem in 2014 is that he is ‘worn out’, Red Bull team boss Christian Horner has revealed.Having utterly dominated the sport, culminating in his four consecutive drivers’ titles between 2010 and last year, the 27-year-old German has struggled for form this season. Some think that following Mark Webber’s departure, his new […]
The provisional entry list for Round 4 of the FIA World Endurance Championship, the 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas, has been unveiled with 29 cars due to take the start on Saturday, September 20th. Three teams from the U.S. will be joining the grid, one each in LMP2, LMGTE Pro and LMGTE Am. […]
Smalley rider Leon Haslam has made the most of the mid-season break in the World Superbikes season to win at the Suzuka 8 Hours race in Japan.It was a dramatic and incident-packed race after the start was delayed by one hour because of a heavy rain storms. Further rain fell during the race and […]
Enthusiastic S2000 rally privateers Japie van Niekerk and Gerhard Snyman (NAD Ford Fiesta) will be going all-out this weekend to better their result from the 2013 Cullinan Rally, an event on which they finished fifth. It was their outstanding performance of the season, and achieved in only their third outing in a Fiesta. The New […]
ŠKODA works driver Jan Kopecký (CZ) embarks on his Malaysian adventure full of confidence following his home win at the Rally Bohemia. 10,000 kilometres from his last outing, an extremely demanding route awaits championship leader Kopecký and his team-mate Gaurav Gill (IND) at the fourth round of the Asia-Pacific Rally Championship (APRC). The works-assisted ŠKODA […]
Qatar’s Nasser Saleh al-Attiyah (inset) would be driving for Overdrive Racing team at this weekend’s Hungarian Baja, Round 7 of the 2014 FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies. Qatar’s Nasser Saleh al-Attiyah joins the Team Orlen duo of Marek Dabrowski and Adam Malysz to drive three Overdrive Racing Toyota Hiluxes in this weekend’s Hungarian Baja, […]
Competitors in the Northern Regions rally championship have a great opportunity to compete with the best rally drivers and co-drivers in the country when they join forces in the Imperial Toyota Cullinan Rally, round five of the SA National Rally Championship on August 15 and 16 . The Northern Regions contingent of 12 entries will […]
There are four rounds left in the 2014 South African National Rally Championship, and with Castrol Team Toyota’s Leeroy Poulter just 16 points clear at the top of the table, the pressure will be on during Round 5, the Imperial Toyota Cullinan Rally. Teammates Hergen Fekken and Carolyn Swan are currently in third place in […]
NASCAR Sprint Cup star Tony Stewart could be facing some pretty serious consequences.After striking and killing Kevin Ward Jr. during a sprint car race at Canandaigua Motorsports Park on Saturday night, Stewart could face a range of penalties from criminal charges to civil lawsuits, according to a Criminal Lawyer Chicago. After the news broke, thousands […]
The 46-year-old Finn’s expertise valuable in the development of the Polo R WRC Volkswagen Motorsport has secured the services of former World Rally Champion Marcus Grönholm: the 46-year-old Finn, winner of the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) in 2000 and 2002, will support the works team at test sessions with the Polo R WRC. Grönholm […]
Atlas Copco Ford Racing pair Gary Bertholdt and Siegfried Rousseau scored a convincing second place today on the Force Fuel 450 race held near Sun City in the North West, round five of the Donaldson Cross Country Championship. Having starting third in the Production Vehicle category following the Friday qualifying session, and fifth on the […]
The inaugural Formula E Beijing ePrix a month away.Motorsport is turning green come this September when the inaugural FIA Formula E championship flags off in China, covering nine different cities around the world. The idea of electric racing cars championship was conceived back in 2012 and it was then finalized that the championship will take […]
The MotoGP summer break didn’t take any of Marc Márquez’s edge away, as the reigning world champion roared back into action with his 10th consecutive win of the 2014 season. It maintained the Spaniard’s 100 percent winning record this year, and left the question of whether anybody can stop the talented 21-year-old unanswered. After qualifying […]
On Saturday night NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver and team owner Tony Stewart was racing his sprint car at Canandaigua Speedway in upstate New York in the Empire Super Sprint car series — and hit and killed a teenage driver who had left his car and was approaching Stewart, who was still under power. Kevin […]
Diamonds and dust await Volkswagen Sasolracing team at round five of rally championship THE middle of August will see the Volkswagen Sasolracing team contest round five of the South African National Rally Championship. The team heads to Cullinan for the Imperial Toyota Cullinan Rally on Friday and Saturday, 15 and 16 August – and 12 […]
• Maiden victory for brothers Johan and Werner Horn • First and third in Production Class T • First and third in Production Class S • Manufacturer’s Award • First, second and third in Championship after Round 5 A maiden victory for brothers Johan and Werner Horn, in the Malalane Toyota Hilux secured the top […]
Petter Solberg dominated the seventh round of the World Rallycross Championship at classic Canadian street venue Trois-Rivieres and in the process became the 2014 season’s first repeat winner.Norwegian former World Rally Championship star Solberg had been fastest in heats three and four and earned pole for his semi final and then the final. He was […]
The Van der Linde family of Gauteng has established many South African motor racing records over the past 30 years or so and continues to do so. The latest Van der Linde to hit the headlines is Sheldon, at 14 the youngest driver ever to have won an Engen Volkswagen Cup national championship motor race. […]
The young South African rally star, Henk Lategan, achieved his best result yet in an European rally when he was placed second overall on the Rally Weiz, the fifth round of the Belgium Rally Championship. The event was won by the Belgian Rally Champion, Raimund Baumsclager. Lategan said after the event it was the most […]
The fairytale continued for Mpumalanga brothers Johan and Werner Horn when they scored a maiden Production Vehicle national series victory with a win on the Force Fuel 450, round five of the Donaldson Cross County Championship, here today.After a string of podium finishes in their first season in the premier Class T category the Horns, […]
This is the Porsche 997 RGT(picture below) which Richard Tuthill will drive at WRC Deutschland later this month. Stéphane Prevot will co-drive. Tuthill – best known for his classic Tuthill Porsches at events like the East African Safar Classic – believes his team is the first to make a proper rallying 997 to the FIA […]
Can they make it three wins in a row…that’s the Million ZAR question being asked by the rivals of reigning National Rally Champions Mark Cronje and Robin Houghton as the countdown to the Cullinan Rally, the fifth round of the championship, begins in earnest. Proceedings get underway at Zonderwater Correctional Services at 11h00 on […]
Round 5 of the Donaldson National Cross Country Championship takes places at Sun City this weekend, and with three of the Top 5 cars on the table bearing the Toyota roundel, the team has every reason to be upbeat about their chances at the Force Fuel 450. In 2013 Toyota had an amazing result, with […]
Sebastien Loeb says the close competition and combative approach will make him a stronger touring car driver as he turns attentions to 2015.Sebastien Loeb has admitted defeat in his hopes of winning the World Touring Car Championship in his first season after slipping almost 100 points adrift of team-mate Jose Maria Lopez. The rallying legend […]
The agreement realises Lorenzo’s wish to continue his premier class career with Yamaha, extending the relationship from seven to nine years. Both Yamaha and Lorenzo are confident that the partnership has the potential to deliver a third title and will continue to work towards this goal. Lin Jarvis, Managing Director of Yamaha Motor Racing Srl […]
Michael Schumacher’s former manager Willi Weber says today’s drivers lack the appeal of the stars of previous generations because fans can hear them air their grievances during the race over the radio. In the aftermath of Fernando Alonso and Sebastian Vettel’s fantastic duel at Silverstone pundits and viewers said the spectacle had been spoiled somewhat […]
The World Rally Championship’s 2015 final-stage shootout format could be for the top three drivers on each rally rather than the first two as originally mooted.The much-debated format for next year’s WRC events looks set to be revealed in September, and the concept of a last-stage decider remains on the cards. But instead of the […]
Alonso wants $50 mil a year for new Ferrari deal Multiple authoritative media sources claim Fernando Alonso wants almost $50 million a year to sign a new contract with Ferrari.Amid his obvious frustration at lacking a third title after five years in red, and rumours he might be looking to leave the fabled team, Italian […]
A man arrested on suspicion of leaking seven-time Formula 1 world champion Michael Schumacher’s stolen medical files was found hanged in his cell this week, according to Swiss police. The unnamed man was a manager at Swiss air rescue firm Rega, which transferred Schumacher to Switzerland from a French hospital in June following the German’s […]
M-Sport World Rally Championhship team boss Malcolm Wilson admitted he was “really disappointed” with lead driver Mikko Hirvonen after Rally Finland.Hirvonen, who won his home WRC round in 2009 and finished on the podium four years in succession, was a distant fifth and almost three minutes behind the winner last week. “I have to go […]
For the 10th conservative year the palm oils estates around Kota Tinggi, Johor will come alive with roar of high speed rally cars. Malaysia will be hosting the 4th round of the Asia Pacific Rally Championship which will be held on the 15th to the 17th of August. Malaysia has always been a favourite venue […]
By Ezra Dyer | Motoramic We Americans tend to measure our grand automotive contests in terms of miles: Daytona 500. Indy 500. Coca-Cola 600. That’s a long race, 600 miles. So the 24 Hours of Le Mans doesn’t intuitively fit our frame of reference. That’s a long time, but so what? What we want to […]
While Britain has groomed plenty of star rally drivers, few rose as high as Colin McRae. The Scottish-born driver won the British Rally Championship in 1991 and ’92 and won the World Rally Championship in 1995, becoming the first Brit to do so as well as the youngest ever to win the prestigious title, driving […]
Ex-formula one racer Nelson Piquet is returning to the NASCAR circuit this weekend, but he is moving up the ranks.Brazilian racer Nelson Piquet Jr. is remembered in Formula One as the son of a former champion caught up in a massive scandal. He’s remembered in NASCAR as that guy who tried to kick Brian Scott below […]