THE Volkswagen Sasolracing team adds more international flavour to the Volkswagen Rally this year with two international entries. Rally fans are familiar with Hans Weijs Jnr and Björn Degandt, the Dutch and Belgian members of the team. They will be joined on the Volkswagen Rally by Austrian Raimund Baumschlager of BRR (Baumschlarger Rallye & Racing […]
The Volkswagen Rally in the Eastern Cape on July 11/12 will see the reigning champion duo of Mark Cronje and Robin Houghton going all-out to maintain their momentum and climb up the national rally championship points log, on which they currently lie in an uncharacteristic fifth place. They’re coming off the back of a spectacular […]
Runaway championship leaders Guy Botterill and Simon Vacy-Lyle (Yato Tools Toyota Etios) will be seeking a fourth successive S1600 victory in the national championship Volkswagen Rally in the Eastern Cape on July 11 and 12. Their dream run so far this season with the two-wheel drive Etios has seen them accumulate a perfect score of […]
There’s a distinct international flavour to the Volkswagen Rally, round four of the national rally championship, which starts from the Volkswagen Auto Pavilion in Uitenhage at 12.00 on Friday, 11 July.Volkswagen will be fielding a strong factory team of four Sasolracing-backed Polos in the premier S2000 class, two of which will be crewed by overseas […]
Formula 1 driver Kimi Raikkonen says he would like to try World Rallycross at some point in the future. The 2007 F1 world champion previously dabbled in the World Rally Championship and NASCAR when he took a sabbatical from grand prix racing in 2010-’11. Rallycross has enjoyed a recent surge in popularity, attracting the likes […]
Sean Nurse is the latest winner of the Bridgestone/SA Guild of Motoring Journalists’ Steve Dlamini Award for excellence by a young motoring journalist. The 23-year-old from Johannesburg, who received a floating trophy and a cash prize, is a writer with Auto Dealer, the weekly motoring supplement carried in Caxton’s community newspapers. The award, which is […]
Peugeot will try to win next year’s Dakar with a 2-wheel drive diesel car, aiming to become the first manufacturer to do so.Details released this morning show the 2008 DKR vehicle will have a 24 valve 2993cc bi-turbo diesel engine mounted mi-rear and developing 340bhp, driving the front wheels through a 6-speed sequential gearbox. One […]
Silverstone celebrates it’s 50th Grand Prix this weekend with Lewis Hamilton looking for a win on home ground. It has been six years since he won at home in Great Britain and the Mercedes driver needs a change of fortune more tha n ever as he seeks to cut team mate Nico Rosberg’s 29 point […]
Development driver Susie Wolff says Formula 1 is “close” to the time when a woman will race in a grand prix again.The Scot, 31, will become the first female to take part in a race weekend in 22 years when she drives in British Grand Prix practice on Friday. Susie Wolff says she does not […]
Valentino Rossi has signed a two-year extension to his contract with Movistar Yamaha to end peculation about his future in MotoGP. The Italian superstar is currently second in the world title race behind Marc Marquez and the nine-time champion has confirmed he will be staying on for another two years. “I am very happy […]
Castrol Team Toyota first and second Malalane Toyota third Five Toyota Hiluxes in Top 10 Wins in Class T and Class S Toyota wins Manufacturer’s Challenge Castrol Team Toyota achieved a clean sweep on Southern Africa’s premier cross-country event, the Toyota 1000 Kalahari Botswana Desert Race. A triumphant Anthony Taylor, with navigator Dennis Murphy beside […]
In securing seventh position overall at the end of Rally Poland, Kris Meeke and Paul Nagle ensured the Citroën Total Abu Dhabi World Rally Team held onto its second place in the Manufacturers’ World Rally Championship standings. The entire team will now turn their attention to the next event in Finland, which will kick off […]
David Higgins twice broke his own Mt. Washington hillclimb record on his way to winning the latest round of the 2014 Rally America series, the Mt. Washington “Climb to the Clouds” in New Hampshire in the United States. Higgins and co-driver Craig Drew in a 2014 Subaru WRX STI took the win ahead of Subaru […]
Investigators are closing in on the identity of the individual attempting to sell Michael Schumacher’s stolen medical file. Bild newspaper reports that the dossier, reportedly a doctor’s letter outlining the F1 legend’s precise condition prior to his recent transfer from Grenoble to Lausanne, is being touted to media outlets for about $65,000 The report said […]
Former IndyCar driver and current pilot for the DeltaWing in the Tudor United SportsCar Championship Katherine Legge is the first female driver and the 11th driver in total confirmed to race in the new all-electric FIA Formula E Championship. Legge will drive for the newly rebranded Amlin Aguri Formula E team. Legge is the first […]
The Volkswagen Rally takes place on Friday and Saturday, 11 and 12 July. The event, the mid-point of the 2014 season has a new final stage and finish – at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The start point is the traditional ceremonial start at AutoPavilion in Uitenhage on Friday. There is a […]
The FIA has issued this image showing the special workshop groups in action at last week’s FIA Sport Conference in Munich. Amongst the many subjects discussed was the need for a driver pathway for young drivers and, it was noted, female competitors. One ASN recently admitted that only 8% of its licence holders were female. […]
Rallying “most popular pursuit” in motorsport The FIA is slowly opening the shutters and lifting the blinds on its sporting debates and activities, and although full openness and disclosure of the type enjoyed in Western democracies is not yet part of the offering from the governing body, there are signs of change. It does […]
EAST LONDON CALLING…BPC READY FOR THE NEXT CLASH The Bridgestone Super Production Car Championship arrives in East London for Round Four of the championship after a two month break, but for some it has been a period of intense research and development – rather than a rest. With the category last visiting the circuit in […]
Day 3 – Stage distance: 352 km (Total: 913 km) JWANENG, BOTSWANA, 29 June 2014 – Atlas Copco Ford Racing salvaged crucial championship points by finishing fourth and fifth in the 2014 Toyota Kalahari Botswana 1000 Desert Race, which finished in Jwaneng today. After conducting extensive bodywork repairs on the cars overnight, the cars were […]
The first edition of RFC India is all set to take the country by storm. Explore the other side of Goa from August 8-14 in the toughest off-road motorsport event to hit the country. The blinding rain has limited visibility and the cry of a lone wolf can be heard in the distance. The modified […]
Jwaneng, Botswana – Reigning South African champions Anthony Taylor and Dennis Murphy led a Toyota lockout of the podium positions on the Toyota Kalahari Botswana 1000 Desert Race, round four of the Donaldson Cross Country Championship, which ended here today. Taylor and Murphy finished 32 seconds clear of Team Castrol Toyota Hilux team-mates Leeroy Poulter […]
Pirelli Star Driver Daniel McKenna took a ‘gritty’ victory at the RSAC Scottish Rally and Citroën Racing Trophy this weekend in his Citroën DS3 after a long day in the hot seat, the young Irishman now leads the MSA British Rally Championship points table. With Arthur Kierans alongside, the duo overcame the dusty conditions both […]
The Volkswagen Rally takes place on Friday and Saturday, 11 and 12 July. The event, the mid-point of the 2014 season has a new final stage and finish – at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The start point is the traditional ceremonial start at AutoPavilion in Uitenhage on Friday. There is a […]
World champion Ogier beats youngster Mikkelsen – catch-up performance from Latvala All three Volkswagen drivers at the top of the WRC rankings 30 podium positions in 20 WRC rallies for the Polo R WRC Volkswagen has reached another milestone in the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC): Sébastien Ogier/Julien Ingrassia (F/F) scored the 17th overall victory […]
VW Motorsport’s Sebastien Ogier has won his fifth rally of the year after dominating on the fast gravel stages at LOTOS 71st Rally Poland. The reigning World Rally Champion led the way for 18 of the 22 stages in Poland to beat team-mate Andreas Mikkelsen by 1m 07.7s. Third place went to Thierry Neuville who […]
He’s done it again – VW’s Sébastien Ogier easing his way at Rajd Polski, WRC Poland, to his 21st WRC win, and taking his fifth victory of the season and his 14th for VW. It’s a VW 1-2, with Andreas Mikkelsen taking second. The win is Volkswagen’s eleventh successive WRC win, and the team’s 18th […]
Peugeot team-mates Carlos Sainz and Stephane Peterhansel will be free to fight each other for victory when the French firm returns to the Dakar Rally next year. Peterhansel spoke out during the 2014 event after he was told to hold station despite closing to within 20 seconds of X-raid Mini team-mate Nani Roma. At the […]
Rosberg wins by 1.9s as Hamilton recovers from ninth Bottas takes first F1 podium in third ahead of Massa Alonso fifth while Vettel retires Nico Rosberg won the Austrian Grand Prix from team-mate Lewis Hamilton to extend his championship lead to 29 points. It was a case of damage limitation from Hamilton, who started […]
Although Rally Poland organisers have taken the decision to run the entire rally on ‘Polish time’ to avoid confusion, the co-driver’s job inside the rally car cockpit is still a difficult one. It’s not all about reading pace notes and recording stage times. It’s also about accurate time keeping. WRC.com spoke to Elfyn Evans’ co-driver […]
Fifty years since the first world championship Austrian Grand Prix, one of F1′s historic races returns this weekend. It’s the first F1 race in Austria since 2003, after which its track became one of several casualties among European racing venues as Formula One expanded into new territory. But the failures of far-flung races in South […]
The fact that Honda is making a return to Formula 1 with the McLaren team is possibly the biggest piece of news that we’ve heard in recent times. It’s a move that has made Honda fans around the world very happy, especially since it revives a legendary partnership between Honda and McLaren. The partnership that […]
The Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross team heads to the Nation’s Capital this weekend, June 21 -22, to compete in the third round of the Global Rallycross Championship at the RFK Stadium Festival Grounds. The Volkswagen Rallycross DC event marks the first live motorsports event in D.C. in over a decade. The 10 Turn, .49-mile track features […]
Officials from Red Bull Global Rallycross today revealed the entry list for Volkswagen Rallycross DC — the third round of the 2014 GRC season to be held at the RFK Festival Grounds June 21-22. Supercar competitors hail from eight countries and include such stars as recent X Games gold medalist and former NASCAR and Formula […]
BROOKLYN, Mich. – After a slow start to the Sprint Cup season — by his standards — Jimmie Johnson appears poised for a run at yet another championship. His latest victory came at one of the few tracks where the six-time champion had never won before. “We said coming into it that we thought it […]
From the gravel of the Açores to the asphalt of Belgium, the all-action FIA European Rally Championship continues apace with the Geko Ypres Rally from 19-21 June. But this year’s running of the Tarmac showcase will be extra special as the event celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2014. To mark the occasion, the Ypres organisers […]
Mark Webber said Porsche should be proud of its achievements in the 2014 Le Mans 24 Hours and described the #20 car’s retirement from the race as “one of the best you could probably have”. On Porsche’s return to Le Mans’ top class for the first time since 1998, the #20 car was leading with […]
With 19 designated spectator points along the route the Toyota Kalahari Botswana 1000 Desert Race, round four and the halfway point of the Donaldson Cross Country Championship, the thousands of enthusiasts expected to watch the race from June 27 to 29 will be well catered for. The event is the biggest social and sporting event […]
The 45-year-old has been transferred to Lausanne university hospital in Switzerland, officials there say. Schumacher was placed in a medically induced coma after suffering a severe head injury in a skiing accident in the French Alps on 29 December. His family thanked people who had sent messages of support, saying: “We are sure it […]
Latvia’s Reinis Nitiss has won World RX of Norway, round three of the FIA World Rallycross Championship presented by Monster Energy, after a near-perfect performance at the wheel of his Ford Fiesta Supercar. The 18-year-old now leads the Championship over Norway’s Petter Solberg who finished runner-up in front of a delighted home crowd. World RX […]