2nd overall for Lategan/Cummings 5th overall for De Villiers/Murphy 6th overall for Variawa/Stassen 8th overall for Botterill/Vacy-Lyle Manufacturer’s Award for Toyota As the dust finally settled over the 2021 TOYOTA GAZOO Racing SA 1,000 Desert Race, four TGRSA crews finished in the top ten of the only marathon event on the calendar. After three days […]
Brian Baragwanath and navigator, Leonard Cremer made a little history when they won the inaugural Toyota Gazoo Racing SA (TGRSA) 1000 Desert Race that took place over three days, 18, 19 and 20 June, and almost a thousand kilometres in the Upington area of the Northern Cape with their Century Racing CR6. The TGRSA 1000 […]
Giles Richards at Paul Ricard Max Verstappen won the French Grand Prix for Red Bull after a gripping fight with Lewis Hamilton, whose Mercedes was beaten into second place on the penultimate lap. Sergio Pérez was in third for Red Bull and Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas was in fourth with McLaren’s Lando Norris in fifth. Verstappen won […]
by Phillip Horton Formula 1 championship leader Max Verstappen swept to his second pole position of the season during qualifying for the French Grand Prix. Verstappen, having dominated the final practice session at Circuit Paul Ricard, opened a commanding advantage during Q3 on Saturday afternoon. All of the front-runners improved during their second Q3 push laps […]
By Zac / @kawazacky Two podiums for Yamaha, with Van Beveren in third. Yamaha’s factory rally raid team has made up for its embarrassment earlier this year, with rider Ross Branch taking first at Rally Kazakhstan, and Adrien Van Beveren finishing third. It was a significant win for Branch at Rally Kazazkhstan; the Kalahari Ferrari […]
The 69th season of European Rally Championship is set to be opened today in Poland. Impressive pack of 102 crews will start high-speed gravel battle in Mikolajki, to finish Polish ERC counter in Warsaw, on Sunday evening (20th of June). Rally Poland – second oldest in the world – marks its 100th anniversary this year. The first […]
By:Sergio Lillo The FIA and ASO have announced a new Cross-Country World Championship for 2022, which will have the Dakar Rally as its main event. The Cross-Country World Championship will become a reality for the first time in history after years of negotiations and behind-the-scenes work between Dakar’s promoter and the governing body of motorsport. […]
Cristina Gutierrez and Austin Jones win FIA T3 and T4 sections Argentina’s Lucio Alvarez and Botswana’s Ross Branch survived the rigours of the final stage to secure stunning victories in the car and motorcycle categories at Rally Kazakhstan on Sunday. When runaway leader Mathieu Serradori broke his Century CR6 Buggy on the final 267.02km selective […]
· Yesterday the 1000 Miglia convoy went deeper into the Italian peninsula, traveling from Viareggio to Rome. · “A very long stage, but the pleasure of driving the Alfa Romeo 1900 Super Sprint and the beauty of this country stop it from tiring us out too much,” stated Stellantis Chairman John Elkann and his wife […]
By Terrin Waack NASCAR.com Landon Cassill has partnered with Voyager Digital Ltd. for the remainder of the 2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series season, making him the first driver to be paid fully in cryptocurrency. JD Motorsports announced the 19-race primary sponsorship deal Thursday. Quite literally and figuratively, Cassill is investing his financial and professional future in Voyager. […]
The all-new Toyota Gazoo Racing SA 1000 Desert Race, the third round of the South African National Cross Country Series (SACCS) that takes place over three days and almost a thousand kilometres on 18, 19 and 20 June in the Upington area, has drawn an extremely competitive field in the Production Vehicle Category and the […]
by Motorsport Media New territory, fresh challenges and all to do in Upington Red-Lined Motorsport in partnership with the Penta Motor Group is all set for the biggest weekend of the South African Cross County year when the series visits Upington for the first time for the Toyota Gazoo Racing South Africa 1000 Desert Race […]
Source: The Citizen Motoring Correspondent For the first time in nearly three decades, off-road racing’s most iconic round won’t take place in Botswana For local off road racers, the year’s highlight will arrive in the Northern Cape Province’s Upington area this weekend. The occasion will be the Toyota Gazoo Racing South Africa 1000 Desert Race, […]
June 15, 2021 Round 3 of the 2021 Mobil 1 V8 Supercars Championship will form part of this coming weekend’s (June 18-20) Passion for Speed headline day at Zwartkops Raceway with points leader Franco di Matteo and reigning champion Mackie Adlem set to determine who will enter the halfway mark of the season as title-favourite. […]
The Bridgestone BMW Club Racing Series is back at Zwartkops on Sunday June 20 as part of the Passion for Speed which was to have taken place in January. However, the Covid-19 pandemic is still with us, and therefore long-suffering spectators will not be allowed to witness the usual 2-day feast of motorsport, to which they flocked in […]
Teenage star Oliver Solberg will make his gravel debut in a World Rally Car at next week’s Safari Rally Kenya (24 – 27 June) as a late update to the entry list. The 19-year-old was a star performer when he drove a top-level Hyundai i20 for the first time to seventh place at February’s Arctic […]
· The Alfa Romeo legend returns to take on the roads of the 1000 Miglia: 400 classic cars in the race, 50 of which belong to the Biscione brand, which is also lining up the Giulia and Stelvio in the official convoy. · Yesterday’s stage took the convoy from Brescia to Viareggio, amid enthusiasm from […]
By: Dustin Wheelen It’s (way) harder than it looks. Since Toni Bou joined the Repsol Honda Montesa trials team in 2007, the pair have been unstoppable. From 2007 through 2020, the Spanish rider captured both indoor and outdoor Trial World Championships aboard a Honda Montesa. Bou’s current Montesa 4RT trials bike weighs under 160 pounds, a quality that […]
By: Dustin Wheelen She secures the championship points lead after one round. In May, 2021, Laia Sanz announced that she was returning to the FIM Women’s Trial World Championship this season. Sanz has been absent from the trials competition since 2013 when she secured her 13th Women’s World Trial crown. The Spanish rider has focused on enduro […]
The MLS port boss says that the Ford Fiesta WRC 2021 car is strong enough to tackle the Kenyan event In Summary • Our drivers are used to a little bit of tough conditions-Millener • From the look of things, it going to be very demanding-Millener M-Sport Ford World Rally Team remains solid and positive […]
By Chris Medland Williams team principal Simon Roberts has left the team as part of a restructuring that sees CEO Jost Capito take on a number of his responsibilities. Roberts joined the team from McLaren in June of last year, originally in the position of managing director. However, following Claire Williams’ departure and the sale of […]
By CLAIRE COTTINGHAM Lewis Hamilton left “devastated” after mistake in Azerbaijan, but have Red Bull finally got under the reigning world champions’ skin? Lewis Hamilton’s words echoed around the streets of Baku on Sunday, as the seven-time world champion was gifted a golden opportunity to take back the lead of the championship in Azerbaijan. “We’ve got to […]
· The two Ford Castrol Neil Woolridge Motorsport (NWM) EcoBoost-powered Rangers are raring to go for round 3 of the SA Cross Country Series (SACCS) · Competitors will face approximately 930km of racing over three days, with the event based in Upington in the Northern Cape · Lance Woolridge and Elvéne Vonk (334) aiming to […]
· Stage wins for Toyota’s Yazeed Al-Rajhi and Husqvarna’s Skyler Howes · Austin Jones and Cristina Gutierrez continue to lead FIA T4 and T3 sections AKTAU CITY (KAZAKHSTAN): Frenchman Mathieu Serradori and Austrian Matthias Walkner lead their respective car and motorcycle categories after the second selective section of Rally Kazakhstan between Aktau and […]
By: Will Gray Sebastian Vettel was “concerned” by the two high-speed tyre blowouts that happened during the Azerbaijan Grand Prix and called for an investigation into the reasons to avoid something going “massively wrong” in future. Vettel’s Aston Martin team-mate Lance Stroll was pitched into the wall partway through the race when his rear tyre failed and […]
By CHARLIE MALAM Toto Wolff has come out in support of Lewis Hamilton after Mercedes’ Azerbaijan Grand Prix struggles, as Red Bull streaked clear in the Constructors’ Championship Mercedes boss Toto Wolff defends Lewis Hamilton over Azerbaijan woe – ‘It’s not a mistake’ (Image: GETTY) Lewis Hamilton has been defended by Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff who insists the Briton did […]
Author:Adriano Boin A certain win for Max Verstappen wasn’t to be as the Dutchman crashed out with a handful of laps remaining in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Sergio Perez took the chequered flag as a result, ahead of Sebastian Vettel and Pierre Gasly. Max Verstappen looked set for victory at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, however a […]
By: Tom Howard Sebastien Ogier further extended his lead in the World Rally Championship with a comfortable victory in Rally Sardinia ahead of Toyota teammate and title rival Elfyn Evans.The reigning world champion and co-driver Julien Ingrassia managed their advantage over Evans in the event’s final four stages on Sunday to claim a 52nd career […]
Sébastien Ogier is on course for a remarkable victory at Rally Italia Sardegna after Saturday’s gruelling second leg decimated his challengers to leave Toyota Gazoo Racing first and second. The FIA World Rally Championship leader will start Sunday’s final leg with a 38.9sec advantage over Yaris World Rally Car team-mate Elfyn Evans after a disastrous […]
AUTHOR: Jason Elso Charles Leclerc takes pole ahead of Lewis Hamilton in an accident-filled qualifying session, with Sainz, Tsunoda, Ricciardo, Stroll and Giovinazzi all crashing out Charles Leclerc took pole in a dramatic and crash-filled qualifying, as his team-mate Carlos Sainz and Yuki Tsunoda both crashed out within seconds of one another at the same […]
Ott Tänak retired from the lead at Rally Italia Sardegna after swiping a rock in Saturday morning’s final speed test. The Estonian had dominated this fifth round of the FIA World Rally Championship since Friday morning’s start and entered the second pass of the Lerno – Monti di Ala’ test with a comfortable 40.6sec advantage […]
Ott Tänak delivered a near-perfect performance to lead Hyundai Motorsport team-mate Dani Sordo after Friday’s punishing opening leg at Rally Italia Sardegna. Tänak won five of the eight sun-kissed and rocky speed tests in his i20 World Rally Car to build a handy 19.0sec advantage over his Spanish colleague in this fifth round of the […]
Written by Keith Collantine Lewis Hamilton doubts he could have lapped much quicker after ending Friday’s practice session in Azerbaijan outside of the top 10. The Mercedes driver set the 11th-quickest time, 1.041 second slower than pace-setter Sergio Perez in the Red Bull. But despite his lack of pace, Hamilton said he was pleased with his performance. “Honestly […]
The threat of a protest hung over the Azerbaijan Grand Prix on Friday as a row over ‘bendy’ rear wings dominated the conversation in the Formula One paddock. The sixth round of the season is the last before the governing FIA introduces new flexibility tests after some teams were suspected of literally bending the rules […]
Ott Tänak won all four of this morning’s speed tests to head a Hyundai i20 1-2 at Rally Italia Sardegna. The dominant Estonian led team-mate Dani Sordo by 16.9sec after mastering gruelling gravel tests in the north of the Mediterranean island. Sébastien Ogier was a surprise third, 1.8sec further back, despite opening the sandy roads. […]
by Nick Turner Credit: Jaanus Ree/Red Bull Content Pool Dani Sordo received a timely boost in his bid for a hattrick of Rally Sardinia victories, with praise from his boss Andrea Adamo, following his second placed finish in Portugal less than two weeks ago. Adamo had […]
By Daniel Lawrence It isn’t often that a driver returns to the World Rally Championship after a twenty-four-year absence, you’d be hard-pressed to find anyone doing that. However, Sobieslaw Zasada is the man taking on that challenge at the Safari Rally Kenya (24-27 June). What makes this announcement even more stunning, is that Polish driver Zasada will become the oldest ever […]
The Automotorsport Federation of the Republic of Kazakhstan (AMFK) today announced the strongest entry for Rally Kazakhstan in the five years that it has been an integral part of the FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies. The event takes place on June 8th-13th and will also be the opening round of the FIM Cross-Country Rallies […]
Author:Adriano Boin Can Red Bull make it back-to-back wins? Christian Horner is optimistic about his team’s chances in Azerbaijan, but he is still keeping a close eye on Mercedes. After claiming victory in the streets of Monaco, Red Bull‘s Christian Horner expects a challenge of a different type this weekend at the F1 Azerbaijan GP. […]
At the second appearance of the Extreme E, this time on the West African Atlantic, the ABT CUPRA XE team collected further valuable championship points with a fifth place and caused more than one sensation on the track: The team from Germany missed the final of the top four by only nine tenths of a […]