Audi becomes the first car manufacturer to battle for overall victory in the infamous Dakar Rally next year with an electrified powertrain, not only heralding an energy revolution in cross-country motorsport, but at the same time securing three illustrious driver teams for this ambitious project. Mattias Ekström/Emil Bergkvist (Sweden), Stéphane Peterhansel/Edouard Boulanger (France) and Carlos […]
With his Indy 500 win, Castroneves proving old guys rule. By: Jerry Bonkowsko When 46-year-old Helio Castroneves – the second-oldest driver in the field to start Sunday’ 105th Running of the Indianapolis 500 – crossed the finish line to put himself into legendary status as the fourth driver to win the Greatest Spectacle in Racing four times, a […]
Round 3 of the 2021 Global Touring Cars (GTC) championship, held on May 29th at the Aldo Scribante Race Circuit, saw TOYOTA GAZOO Racing SA’s Michael van Rooyen triumph in the second race of the weekend. Run over a period of thirty minutes, the race offered a stern test to both man and machine, but […]
Round 3 of the 2021 Global Touring Cars (GTC) championship, held on May 29th at the Aldo Scribante Race Circuit, saw TOYOTA GAZOO Racing SA’s Michael van Rooyen triumph in the second race of the weekend. Run over a period of thirty minutes, the race offered a stern test to both man and machine, but […]
World champion Frenchman Sebastien Ogier is among 58 drivers entered for World Rally Championship (WRC) Safari Rally Kenya, marking its return to the WRC calendar for the first time in 19 years. According to an entry list released by world governing body FIA on Friday, Ogier, who won the world title last year as part […]
Qatar’s Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah completely dominated the 2021 Jordan Rally to confirm an historic 14th victory on the event by the winning margin of 17min 04.8sec on Saturday. The Volkswagen Polo GTi driver and his Andorra-based co-driver Matthieu Baumel won each of the 10 special stages in the Dead Sea and Mount Nebo areas to […]
By SIMON HEAD The three MotoGP podium finishers dedicated their races to the memory of Jason Dupasquier after an emotional Italian Grand Prix. Fabio Quartararo extended his lead at the top of the MotoGP standings with victory at Mugello. But any joy at securing his third win of the season was overcome by the sadness […]
By. Simon Head The MotoGP paddock is in mourning following the announcement of the death of Swiss Moto3 racer Jason Dupasquier. Nineteen-year-old Dupasquier died on Sunday following a horrific crash at Mugello on Saturday. Dupasquier was involved in a major incident during the second Moto3 qualifying session at the Italian Grand Prix. A statement from […]
A host of Volkswagen drivers provided spectacular racing across two different racing categories Maiden victory for Volkswagen’s Jonathan Mogotsi in GTC SupaCup A win each for Arnold Neveling and Jurie Swart in Volkswagen Polo Cup National circuit racing returned to the home of Volkswagen for the first time in 2021 when a host of drivers […]
Argentinean driver Sebastian Halpern is switching to the MINI JCW Buggy. His goal is to start the 2022 Rally Dakar in the car developed and built by X-raid. To prepare for that, and to get to know the Buggy better, he will contest a number of cross-country rallies beforehand. Halpern will make his debut in […]
(Reuters) – Valentino Rossi said on Thursday that his performances in the next few MotoGP races starting with this weekend’s Italian Grand Prix might prove decisive when he discusses his future with his team Petronas Yamaha at the end of the season. Rossi, a seven-times premier class world champion, has fared poorly this season after […]
The 2021 Jordan Rally got underway on the shores of the Dead Sea on Thursday afternoon. Twelve cars and competitors from eight nations will now tackle 10 demanding gravel stages on Friday and Saturday in the Dead Sea, Mount Nebo and Jordan River areas close to the lowest geographical point on earth. Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah […]
The stage is set for the second stop on Extreme E’s calendar – the Ocean X Prix – which takes place on Saturday and Sunday at Lac Rose, Dakar on the west African Senegalese coast. Rosberg X Racing (RXR) took victory in the inaugural X Prix last month in the Saudi Arabian desert of AlUla, […]
The Evo37 is a modern—and very cool—interpretation of the Lancia 037 by Kimera Automobili. Italian motorsport company Kimera Automobili has unveiled one of the cooler restomods we’ve seen lately: a modern, road-legal take on one of the baddest rally cars ever, the Lancia 037. The Abarth and Pininfarina-designed 037 won the 1983 FIA Group B World Rally title, and was the last […]
PHOTOGRAPHY BY TOYOTA GAZOO RACING WORDS BY LUKE BARRY & COLIN CLARK OGIER AND ELFYN EVANS BOTH BELIEVE ROADSWEEPING IS A PRICE WORTH PAYING FOR LEADING THE CHAMPIONSHIP Toyota’s Sébastien Ogier and Elfyn Evans have both told DirtFish they’d rather be leading the world championship standings ahead of next week’s Rally Italy, despite the handicap of running first […]
By: Jason Craig A new three-day format has been adopted for October’s “milestone” 70th anniversary Rally Finland. The introduction of a night stage is one of the standout changes announced by organisers of the event.Measuring 19.75km, the second pass over Friday’s closing ‘Oittila’ test gets underway just after 7pm. Shorter daylight hours is a consequence […]
Michael van Rooyen and Brad Liebenberg both hold a slender lead in the respective GTC Championship and GTC SupaCup as the field heads to Aldo Scribante Racetrack in the Gqberha (formerly Port Elizabeth) for Round 3 this coming weekend (May 28-29). This will be the first venue on the 2021 calendar where both the GTC […]
The city of Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) will host the third round of the 2021 Global Touring Cars (GTC) championship this weekend, at the Aldo Scribante Race Circuit. This will offer Michael van Rooyen the opportunity to extend his lead at the top of the championship standings. “We head to Aldo with a lead of only […]
By Mat Coch Harry Bates and co-driver John McCarthy have dominated the Accent Benchtops Rally Queensland. Round 2 of the RSEA Safety Motorsport Australia Rally Championship, the 2019 champions took a clean sweep of stages to win the even by two minutes Harry Bates and John McCarthy Secon by more than two minutes.d place went […]
Mercedes will be unable to remove the front-right wheel nut from Valtteri Bottas’ Monaco Grand Prix race car until it returns to the team’s UK factory this week. Bottas was running in second position before he stopped for a scheduled tyre change mid-race, only for Mercedes to struggle to remove the tyre. It later revealed […]
By Motorsport Media Zwartkops’ most popular race meeting confirmed for 18-20 June Zwartkops Raceway has confirmed that the annual Passion for Speed Festival will go ahead as a Winter Edition from 18-20 June in a spectacular display of racing throughout the weekend at the Pretoria circuit. Originally scheduled for February, the event was postponed due […]
Oliver Solberg has been ruled out of next week’s Rally Italia Sardegna (3 – 6 June) after father Petter tested positive for Covid-19 on Monday. The FIA’s Appendix S Covid-19 protocol and national government regulations offer clear quarantine instructions for those in close contact. Oliver Solberg has tested negative repeatedly since Monday but will remain […]
The Ford Castrol Cross Country Team was left ruing what could have been at its home race, the Sugarbelt 400 in Pietermaritzburg this weekend, after a strong qualifying performance came to nought with both FIA-class Ford Rangers sidelined due to a relatively minor technical issue. The short 51km qualifying for round two of the […]
Several championship battles are set to continue when Gqeberha’s Aldo Scribante circuit will play host to the next round on the South African circuit racing calendar over the weekend of 28 and 29 May. The circuit is not far from where Volkswagen produces several thousands of vehicles each month so this round could be considered […]
Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah, the most successful driver in the history of Middle East motor sport, tops the entry for this weekend’s Jordan Rally, round two of the FIA Middle East Rally Championship. The current series leader and a 13-time winner of the Jordan event heads to the Hashemite Kingdom fresh from securing a recent narrow […]
By: Chris Medland Former FIA president Max Mosley – one of the most central figures in Formula 1 for 30 years – has died at the age of 81 after battling cancer. The news was confirmed by Bernie Ecclestone to the BBC, with Ecclestone saying it was “like losing a brother”. Motorsport Images Mosley was the […]
By Chris Medland Max Verstappen says his victory in the Monaco Grand Prix is a boost for Red Bull Racing but leading the drivers’ championship is less significant than the win itself. Red Bull looked to have the quickest car in pre-season testing but Verstappen won just one of the first four races, with Lewis Hamilton […]
by Motorsport Media Bailey takes scratch, van Niekerk handicap honours in Pretoria Historic Racing South Africa’s classes once again delivered spectacular and dramatic racing when the series visited Zwartkops on Saturday. Peter Bailey took HRSA Sports, GT and Saloons victory, while Willem van Niekerk’s Marauder took the day’s win in the whirlwind Charlies SuperSpar Pursuit […]
By: Tom Howard WRC2 driver Ole Christian Veiby has been suspended from competing in the remaining rounds of this year’s World Rally Championship after breaching COVID-19 protocols. The FIA has handed Veiby a six-month ban after failing to notify the motor racing governing body that he had been in contact with a person that has since […]
Author: Aaron Deckers Co-author: Adriano Boin After Charles Leclerc’s surprising pole position at the F1 Monaco GP, the Italian media and tifosi were hoping for a spectacular victory for the Monegasque, however those hopes were dashed before the start of the race. As a result, the focus is on Max Verstappen’s dominant triumph. If there […]
Max Mosley, the former president of motor sports’ world governing body the FIA, has died aged 81. Ex-Formula One chief executive Bernie Ecclestone confirmed the news of his death to the PA news agency. Max Mosley, center, is surrounded by members of the media ahead of […]
by Motorsport Media Two top tens as all four Red-Lined Motorsport crews finish gruelling race Red-Lined Motorsport in partnership with the Penta Motor Group may have had a tough time of it as the South African Cross Country Championship returned to the gruelling Sugarbelt 400 after a six season hiatus. But the team starred at […]
Local Wartburg racer, Lance Trethewey and navigator, Adriaan Roets, took their second consecutive victory of the season when they won the Special Vehicle Category of the Sugarbelt 400, the second round of the 2021 South African National Cross Country Series (SACCS) that took place in the Eston / Mid Illovo area outside Pietermaritzburg this weekend. […]
1st overall for De Villiers / Murphy 2nd overall for Lategan / Cummings 1st in Class T for Horn / Horn It was a memorable win at the 2021 Sugarbelt 400 for Giniel de Villiers this weekend, as the man from Stellenbosch last won this race in 2001, then partnered with Francois Jordaan. Now, twenty […]
by Motorsport Media Sandy North West Off Road Race a part of TreasuryOne Dakar prep TreasuryOne Motorsport duo Hennie de Klerk and Adriaan Roets are champing at the bit in anticipation for the fourth round of the TIORC Northern Regions Off Road Racing cChampionship at Mareetsane southwest of Mahikeng on Saturday 29 May. An important facet […]
by Ryan Wood Elfyn Evans claimed victory at Rally Portugal on Sunday afternoon to claim his fourth career victory in the FIA World Rally Championship. Elfyn Evans(GB) Scott Martin(GB) of team Toyota Gazoo Racing The Welshman put behind him the disappointment of defeat by fractions of […]
By:Alex Kalinauckas Max Verstappen dominated a largely lifeless Formula 1 2021 Monaco Grand Prix to win ahead of Carlos Sainz, after polesitter Charles Leclerc could not start and Valtteri Bottas retired. Following his late Q3 crash, Leclerc reported a problem with his gearbox on his only pre-race lap to the grid – although Ferrari later […]
AuthorRahul Sharan Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc will not take part in this afternoon’s Monaco Grand Prix it has been confirmed. Local hero Charles Leclerc will not take part in today’s Monaco Grand Prix after experiencing a gearbox issue while making his way to the grid. The Monegasque driver came to a standstill, saying on the team […]
Elfyn Evans won Vodafone Rally de Portugal on Sunday afternoon to claim his fourth career victory in the FIA World Rally Championship. The Toyota Yaris driver grabbed top spot from Ott Tänak when the Estonian retired his Hyundai i20 on Saturday afternoon with smashed suspension. Welshman Evans doubled his overnight lead in Sunday’s opening speed […]
Elfyn Evans led Vodafone Rally de Portugal on Saturday night after daylong pacesetter Ott Tänak retired in the penultimate speed test. Just one stage after recording his 250th fastest time in the FIA World Rally Championship, Tänak’s delight turned to disappointment as he parked his crippled Hyundai i20 roadside with smashed rear suspension. Tänak took […]