After the long day that brought the Breslau Poland participants to the Gwda Wielka area, the race track of the penultimate keg offered a completely new and different terrain from that of the Drawsko’s polygon .Again separated in 2 starting groups, one in the Borne Sulinowo area with a special stage of 123km and then […]
By: RobertJones WorldSBK championship leader Jonathan Rea heads into his home round at Donington Park with an improved understanding of ‘how we could get the bike to turn better’ following two-day Navarra test Six-time WorldSBK champion Jonathan Rea is hoping improvements made to the turning ability of his Kawasaki will benefit him at Donington Park. […]
By Marshall Pruett One year after Alex Zanardi’s crash and ensuing head trauma in an Italian hand bike competition, his wife Daniela shared an update on the CART IndyCar Series and Paralympian’s recovery progress. “One year after the accident, Alex’s condition is essentially stable,” she said. “He is currently in a special clinic, where he […]
By Chris Medland Andy Hone/Motorsport Images Bernie Ecclestone’s story in building Formula 1 is to be the subject of a new eight-part documentary, titled “Lucky.” The documentary will be written and directed by Manish Pandy, who was the producer of the BAFTA-winning film “Senna.” The former F1 CEO has granted exclusive rights to Pandy’s company Jiva […]
After the night stage it was time for a start. It was just a single selective section of 80 kms before heading back to the camp. Why a short stage you might ask? Well, it was time to change the scenery, the terrain, and the camp. The day’s stage was for someone a nightmare as […]
by Motorsport Media Motlekar strengthens Italian Junior Max title charge Mozambican karting star Ghazi Motlekar is making great progress in the Italian Rotax Junior Max championship. The reigning South African Mini Max champion strengthened his 2021 title chase third place with an overall win off a first heat third and a second race win in […]
by Motorsport Media – The GTi gang is ready for a lockdown wrought The www.cheapercars.co.za GTI Challenge is ready to race at Killarney’s 10 July Power in spite of the heightened recent lockdown restrictions. Like many other sporting events, regional motor racing may go ahead in terms of the new Level 4 regulations, so rest assured […]
A healthy amount of points was the reward for completing a tough and challenging Toyota Gazoo Racing SA (TGRSA) 1000 Desert Race, the third round of the 2021 South African National Cross Country Series (SACCS) that took place in Upington in the Northern Cape and after a third set of overall winners as well as […]
By: Tom Howard Rally legend Ari Vatanen will drive his 1981 World Rally Championship-winning Ford Escort RS1800 MkII for the first time since winning the title at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. Vatanen is set to drive the car he shared with David Richards up the famous Goodwood Hill as Prodrive celebrates four decades of […]
Author: Thomas Maher With Formula 1 quickly regrouping for a second race in Austria this weekend, there’s little reason to think it won’t be another Max Verstappen show..Formula 1’s first triple header of 2021 wraps up this weekend at the Red Bull Ring, also marking the first double header at a single venue for this season. The […]
AUTHOR: Damien Smith Robin Shute claimed his second Pikes Peak win last weekend, but the British engineer is already planning next year’s entry — and how to break the overall record of the world’s most extreme hillclimb PPIHC – Larry Chen Only one British racing driver has scored an overall victory on four wheels at […]
By Chris Medland | Mercedes still has the ability to fight Red Bull for the championship even if it was in a different league at the Styrian Grand Prix, according to Toto Wolff. Dunbar/Motorsport Images Lewis Hamilton voiced his concern that the championship will soon be over if Mercedes does not bring any more upgrades this […]
At 8.30 in the morning the participants of the Breslau Poland are lined up at the prestart ready to face the longest and hardest day of the entire rally. As expected, the teams were divided into two groups to face the two special stages of 85 and 84 km respectively. As usual, following the long […]
OGIER GIVES TOYOTA FIRST SAFARI WIN SINCE 1995 The French crew of Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia emerged unscathed from a gripping final morning’s action to secure victory in Safari Rally Kenya and increase their leads in the FIA World Rally Championship. Third overall at the start of the day, the Toyota Yaris WRC driver […]
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By:Tom Howard Sebastien Ogier survived Kenya’s brutal roads to incredibly come from behind to win the iconic Safari Rally on its return to to the World Rally Championship after a 19-year hiatus. The reigning world champion inherited the outright lead with only one of the attritional 18 stages remaining in an impressive comeback, having dropped […]
“It’s been an amazing experience to be here. The support we got from the people here is incredible. There was a huge amount of people cheering for us on road sections. “It’s a great win for us. After our troubles on Friday, we had a really good weekend. We had really good pace and the […]
By:Tom Howard Long-time Safari Rally leader Thierry Neuville has retired from the World Rally Championship event after suffering a damper failure, handing Toyota’s Takamoto Katsuta a surprise lead with three stages remaining. Neuville had been the class of the field having built up a 57.4s lead over 13 of the 18 stages on Kenya’s brutal […]
The Belgian crew of Thierry Neuville and Martijn Wydaeghe survived heavy rain on the last stage to extend their overall advantage to 57.4 seconds at Safari Rally Kenya on Saturday. The Hyundai driver had managed to keep Toyota rival Takamoto Katsuta at bay over the leg’s other five stages on what had developed into a […]
Thierry Neuville’s Safari Rally Kenya lead climbed to almost half a minute on Saturday morning as the Belgian threw down the gauntlet to his FIA World Rally Championship rivals. Amid stunning scenery and on smoother and faster roads around Lake Elmenteita, the Hyundai i20 pilot was quickest out of the blocks to win the opening […]
By:Tom Howard Thierry Neuville incredibly leads the World Rally Championship Safari Rally despite suffering a puncture on the day’s chaotic final stage that left rival Kalle Rovanpera stranded. Neuville lost his 5.1s lead to Toyota’s Rovanpera on the first of the afternoon stages after the Finn took a commanding win on stage 5, although the […]
Thierry Neuville led Safari Rally Kenya on Friday morning as Africa’s unremitting roads cut a swathe through the FIA World Rally Championship’s big names.Neuville, driving a Hyundai i20, held a 5.1sec advantage over Kalle Rovanperä’s Toyota Yaris, but Kenya’s rugged roads showed they had lost none of their punishing power in the WRC’s 19-year absence. […]
By Ayumba Ayodi Eighteen African countries benefited from 900,000 Euros (Sh115.2 million) in grants from the International Motorsports Federation ((FIA) last year. FIA vice president Surinder Thatthi, who is in charge of Africa, disclosed Tuesday that each of the 18 countries including Kenya, received 50,000 Euros (Sh6.4 million) in donation through Sports Funding Commission for […]
By: Tom Howard Sebastian Ogier edged Toyota team-mate Kalle Rovanpera to win the opening super special stage as the Safari Rally officially made its return to the World Rally Championship. The reigning world champion made light work of the 4.48km two-by-two Kasarani gravel test held in front of a vocal crowd at Kenya’s capital city […]
Hyundai Motorsport has claimed multiple wins in highly competitive battles at the first-ever PURE ETCR (Electric Touring Car Racing) round at Vallelunga in Italy. On a weekend of close racing from 18 to 20 June, Hyundai’s Veloster N ETCR with Augusto Farfus behind the steering wheel made history with a victory in the first-ever PURE […]
by Phillip Horton Lewis Hamilton says discussions with Mercedes over prolonging his Formula 1 stay in 2022 have begun. Hamilton, who has been with Mercedes since 2013, signed only a one-year extension for this season, the announcement of which was made in February. Hamilton and Mercedes have previously outlined that they do not want to prolong […]
Jean Todt, the president of motor racing’s governing body, the FIA, says Formula One should not be concerned about racing in countries with human rights issues. The introduction of the Saudi Arabia to the 2021 race schedule has been controversial and raised questions from human rights groups. F1’s Bahrain Grand Prix has also previously raised […]
The mythical Safari Rally Kenya (June 24-27), the most famous rally in the world, returns to the FIA World Rally Championship this week for the first time since 2002. The 6000km open-road blasts of yesteryear around East Africa have evolved to fit the modern WRC, but the Safari’s epic character remains with punishing dirt […]
by Motorsport Media Another compelling outing for Pepson Plastics Kawasaki Motul Racing Fledgling Cross Country Motorcycle team Pepson Plastics Kawasaki Motul Racing enjoyed another great weekend with a powerful performance at Ventersdorp’s fourth-round GXCC races on Saturday. D’Artagnan Lobjoit consolidated his OR1 championship lead with fourth in class after leading most of the way, with […]
Sébastien Ogier was quickest in Wednesday afternoon’s Safari Rally Kenya shakedown as drivers took their first opportunity to sample the classic African roads at competitive pace. The FIA World Rally Championship leader headed Toyota Yaris team-mate Elfyn Evans by a tenth of a second through the 5.15km Loldia test, overlooking Lake Naivasha. Thierry Neuville was […]
by GPblog.com The battle between Red Bull Racing and Mercedes has really begun this year, and that means we can really compare the drivers for once. Helmut Marko is enjoying Max Verstappen so far, but he’s also wary of the budget cap. Max Verstappen has been with Red Bull Racing since 2016, and has been with the team since the departure […]
By: Lewis Duncan Brad Binder says KTM needed to go through its tough start to the 2021 MotoGP season to get to the level it is now following its third-straight podium in Germany. KTM scored just two top five results from the first five races in a difficult start to its 2021 campaign, with the […]
It was an intense and action-packed three days of racing at this year’s gruelling 1 000km Desert Race – round three of the SA Cross Country Series (SACCS), held in Upington for the first time from 18 to 20 June. As the longest and toughest event on the calendar, the 2021 event lived up to […]
The world’s leading rally stars will lock horns at this weekend’s Safari Rally Kenya, the most famous rally in the world returning to the FIA World Rally Championship calendar for the first time since 2002. The last time the Safari graced the WRC was the year that nine-time World Rally Champion Sébastien Loeb recorded his […]
by GPblog.com After seven Grands Prix it is clear that this season we will see an extremely exciting championship between Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton. The exciting French Grand Prix was won by the Dutchman of Red Bull Racing and with that both title contenders have now won three races. According to Jenson Button, the rest of the season doesn’t really matter at […]
Written by David Evans After almost 20 years, Safari Rally Kenya returns to the World Rally Championship this weekend and the roads north of Nairobi are primed, ready, waiting and completely alien to today’s rallying elite. For nearly two decades the World Rally Championship crown has been missing a gem, but this week, it’s back. […]
By: HARDIK VYAS It is the multiple world champion’s first victory since injury, while SA’s Binder finishes fourth. Six-times MotoGP champion Marc Marquez held off KTM’s Miguel Oliveira to complete a thrilling comeback win at the German Grand Prix on Sunday, taking the chequered flag for the first time since a career-threatening right-arm injury last year. Marc […]
Ian Parkes & Will Gray Mercedes has blamed its French Grand Prix loss on a computer after revealing its race strategy prediction models had told the pit wall Lewis Hamilton was “safe from the undercut” against Max Verstappen. The reigning champion team was out-thought by its rivals at the Paul Ricard Circuit, with Verstappen making a two-stop […]
The former champions, Lance Trethewey and navigator, Adriaan Roets kept their cool under difficult racing conditions at the Toyota Gazoo Racing SA (TGRSA) 1000 Desert Race to claim the overall victory in the Special Vehicle Category after three days of punishing racing and almost a thousand kilometres. The TGRSA 1000 Desert Race took teams competing […]
By: motorsportmdia.co.za Topping this Gazoo Toyota Racing Week’s headlines, two sets of South African brothers starred on the international racing scene once again this weekend. Kelvin’s Dream Birthday It was a dream DTM debut for birthday boy Kelvin van der Linde, who put his Audi R8 on pole position before storming to a lights to […]