The first round of the 2016 racing season for the renewed and refreshed Inland Championship saw the popular INEX Legends Championship kicking things off at the Zwartkops Raceway on Saturday 5 March with an impressive field of 20 cars lining up for the first race of the day. The traditional ball draw for grid positions […]
Heading into the opening round of the 2016 CAMS Australian GT Championship, Melbourne’s M-Motorsport were full of anticipation for what would be their fourth consecutive start on the challenging street circuit, but whilst hopeful of a strong result, few in the team honestly felt they would be holding the #1 trophy at the conclusion of […]
The 2016 Investchem Formula Ford Kent championship gets underway on Saturday, 12 March at Red Star Raceway near Delmas. While most of the competitors drove the circuit at the final round of the 2015 championship last November it will be like driving a new circuit this visit. Red Star is unique among South African circuits […]
The SuperGP Champions Trophy brigade heads to Phakisa Freeway, outside Welkom, for the second round of the 2016 series on Saturday, 12 March. SuperGP At the opening round at Red Star Raceway in February Clint Seller (NeoLife Africa Yamaha R1) got the defence of his SuperGP title off to the worst possible start, emerging from […]
The long awaited start of the 2016 Motocross season headed down to the windy but friendly city of Port Elizabeth – and we were greeted on Friday with a traditional gale blowing through the pit area – thankfully a good storm on Friday night gave us a perfect day on Saturday and excellent racing conditions […]
Red Bull KTM announced their exciting rider lineup at the first round of the National Motocross championship held at the Rover Motocross track in Port Elizabeth this past weekend. The team sees multiple South African Motocross champion Kerim Fitz-Gerald as the senior rider on the team while the rest of the team consists of a […]
Visitors to this year’s Jaguar Simola Hillclimb, taking place in Knysna from 6-8 May 2016, are in for a real treat, with the most exciting programme and the most expansive and exotic line-up of cars yet in the award-winning event’s history. Aside from the largest-ever number of entries for Classic Car Friday and King of […]
Formula 3.5 racer Beitske Visser has urged caution over efforts towards attracting more female participants in motor racing, saying it’s vital that women aren’t “pushed” into the sport. Visser, a former Red Bull junior and a race winner in the German ADAC Formel Masters championship, is continuing to pursue a future in Formula 1. However, […]
Timing is perfect as the Raging Bull reaches for racing success Lamborghini CEO and president Stephan Winkelmann, who has seen the automaker through the most productive (and very likely the best-managed) period in its 53-year history, will step down effective March 15. His replacement is not a total surprise: Stefano Domenicali, an Imola, Italy, native […]
Jeremy Clarkson has apologised to the former Top Gear producer he punched after settling a £100,000 racial discrimination and personal injury claim. Oisin Tymon launched the action against Clarkson and the BBC after the presenter gave him a bloody lip in a bust-up last March. Clarkson reportedly flew into a rage after being told he […]
RGMotorsport will be making their first official visit to the Jaguar Simola Hillclimb this year, and are busy putting the finishing touches to a seriously quick Golf7R, which is entered in Class A2 for four-wheel-drive, forced-induction, four-cylinder road cars. The distinctively-coloured Volkswagen has already been making a name for itself at sanctioned drag-racing events, and […]
The Jaguar Simola Hillclimb has firmly cemented its status as the premier motorsport event in South Africa after receiving a record number of entry applications for the 2016 edition, scheduled for 6-8 May in Knysna. “The Jaguar Simola Hillclimb has grown in stature and scale since we launched the event in 2009, and we are […]
Mathew Scholtz got his 2016 championship chase off to the best possible start when he piloted his ETR Yamaha R1 to two convincing wins at the Mpumalanga SuperGP at Red Star Raceway on Saturday, 20 February. Scholtz showed that he meant business when he beat Clint Seller (NeoLife Africa Yamaha R1) to pole position on […]
Fabienne Lanz, the petit but vastly experienced woman kart racer from Midrand, won the first Regional Championship race of 2016 in the prestigious Senior Max class in fine style at Zwartkops Kart raceway on February 13. After qualifying on pole position, Fabienne had a rather strange opening race in the three-race Senior Max category, dropping […]
Red Star Raceway near Delmas will host the opening round of the 2016 SuperGP Champions Trophy on Friday 19 and Saturday 20 February 2016.The series this year will be run over eight rounds, starting in February with one event each month until the June winter break. At the end of July National Championship Superbike […]
Husqvarna Motorcycles have bannounced the official Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing Team set to compete in the MX2 class of the 2016 FIM Motocross World Championship. For 2016 the team fields a strong line-up, with Great Britain’s Max Anstie and American Thomas Covington having their sights set on reaching the top step of the podium. […]
The 16-year-old Mick finished third in the fourth and final round of the race. While other contenders participated in three other races held in Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Dubai, Mick took part in only the Indian leg of the championship. Mick Schumacher Though Mick started on the fourth grid, he slipped to sixth position at one […]
Esha Gupta aka Lone Gal Traveller, astride her favourite and trusted bike-the Bajaj Avenger 220 DTsi (2013 Model) is enroute a thrilling journey of riding across 17 states over a period of 110 days. Her journey of a lifetime will commence on 26 January 2016 from Bangalore. On completion her name will be in the […]
The world will be coming to Daytona International Speedway for the grand opening of its motorsports stadium, with a solid international field set for the debut race of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship: the 54th Rolex 24 At Daytona on Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 30-31. A 54-car field with drivers representing 24 countries serves as the opening […]
Three-time Isle of Man TT winner Shaun Harris is in a critical condition in Christchurch Hospital following a serious accident during a race at Levels Raceway at Timaru Motor Raceway on Saturday. The 50-year-old is understood to have suffered a serious head injury in the accident and was said to be placed in an induced […]
Mick Schumacher will compete in the MRF Challenge season finale in India as four drivers fight for the coveted title at the Madras Motor Race Track.Mick, son of seven-time Formula 1 champion Michael Schumacher was confirmed to race in Chennai, in the 15-driver list released by organisers on Tuesday. While Schumacher Jr. will make his […]
January 9th, 2016 will forever hold a place in Husqvarna history as Jason Anderson took home a monumental win at the first AMA Supercross round in 2016, held at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California – a career first for both himself and Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing in 450 SX competition. To add to an […]
How many gearheads have you met that can’t talk about their first car for more than a minute without getting wistful and trailing off with a “man, if I could only get my hands on that car again…”? If you think pining for your first car is bad, imagine being a major automaker whose earliest days were largely considered to […]
Pal Anders Ullevalseter’s domination of this year’s Africa Eco Race has been impressive and the Norwegian once again topped the motorcycle podium as his bid for a second straight title looks inevitable.The KTM rider won stage 10 – a 378,92 km test around Akjoujt – for his eighth victory in the eighth edition of the […]
Pal Anders Ullevalseter’s domination of this year’s Africa Eco Race has been impressive and the Norwegian once again topped the motorcycle podium as his bid for a second straight title looks inevitable. Patrick Martin The KTM rider won stage 10 – a 378,92 km test around Akjoujt – for his eighth victory in the eighth […]
Britain’s Andrew Newland became only the second rider to win a stage in this year’s edition of the Africa Eco Race.The KTM rider won a rocky stage seven to end Pal Anders Ullevalseter’s perfect start to the rally. Newland completed the 413 km challenge from Chami to Amodjar in Mauritania ahead of Frenchman Norbert Dubois […]
After a liaison of over 400km and a quick stop at the customs of the Morocan and Mauritanian borders, this second week of racing in the AFRICA ECO RACE started off with a leg of 174km, with no major difficulties, just one element to take into account was the air temperature well into the 30 […]
The ultimate stage here in Morocco of the AFRICA ECO RACE was the longest from a leg point of view with 453km. It was also the hardest from a navigation point of view, if all went well for the four wheel vehicles, a couple of riders suffered. In both cases all the competitors arrived safely […]
Expressions of interest to enter the seventh running of the Jaguar Simola Hillclimb, which takes place from 6-8 May 2016 in Knysna, are flooding in from South African motorsport competitors. The public entry process opened on 1 December and within a week organisers had received enough applications to fill all the available 84 slots in […]
From Monza 2010 to Abu Dhabi 2015. The Maserati Trofeo journey lasted six years and ended only last week at the Yas Marina circuit in the United Arab Emirates with Frenchman Romain Monti taking the last ever title. The single-make series kicked off with an Italian taking the championship, Pietro Zumerle in 2010. He was […]
Home trio Francis Carruthers, Nick Adcock and Johan Engelbrecht put in a stirring performance to dominate the South African 9-hour Endurance Race at Killarney, Cape Town. The Harp Motorsport trio driving a Juno SS V6 based at the Killarney circuit took a lead they would never relinquish on the second lap and simply drove away […]
The Jetman Dubai pilot Yves Rossy, took on his first ever live race when he went head-to-head against a Jaguar XJR driven by former Formula One star Martin Brundle in a unique contest deep in the Dubai desert. Brundle, who drove in F1 alongside Michael Schumacher and is now a commentator, had the new all-aluminium […]
For the third straight year, the Maserati Trofeo World Series will be wrapped up at Yas Marina (UAE). Round 6 will be held on 10-11 December and will not only mark the season’s end but also the conclusion of a series inaugurated at Monza in 2010. The past six years have seen the championship travel […]
Donaldson Cross County Championship personalities walked away with four prestige awards at the annual Motorsport South Africa (MSA) awards ceremony in Johannesburg over the weekend. Richard Schilling, Evan Hutchison, Leeroy Poulter and Toyota South Africa were among the South African motorsport personalities honoured at the function. Schilling was honoured with a Lifetime Award, Hutchison won […]
Even though it’s been three long years since the BMW i8 Spyder debuted in concept form at the the 2012 Beijing motor show, the automaker is finally getting ready to turn concept into reality. BMW CEO Harald Krueger told the German newspaper Handelsblatt that a production version of the i8 Concept Spyder will make its […]
The final round of the 2015 Liqui Moly Legends Championship was held at the Red Star Raceway on Saturday 28 November. As always the traditional ball draw for grid positions would shake things up for the first race of the day. Seef Fourie (Pro) drew pole position ahead of Fred Els (Master). Willie Erasmus (Pro) […]
You know that moment when you catch a glimpse of a special car and stop dead in your tracks? Your heart starts racing, and you know you’ll never be satisfied until you find yourself behind the wheel. That’s what happened to me when I first laid eyes on the new Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio when […]
There should have been two classes in the Turkey Night Grand Prix Thursday night: the Keith Kunz class and everybody else. Team owner Kunz and his squadron of five Toyota-powered Midget race cars were all alone at the front of the pack almost all night, a squadron of black race cars seemingly untouchable by mere […]
Valentino Rossi has wrapped up the 2015 Monster Energy Monza Rally in front of an adoring home crowd after fending off a late charge by WRC driver Thierry Neuville. In his traditional end of year switch from two to four wheels, the nine-time world champion is a regular star at the Italian rally event which […]
Think of it as a sort of motorised teddy bear’s picnic. Where Escorts and Pimpmobiles, Cadillacs and Camaros, Mustangs and Mk I Cortinas all come out to play.Cadillac DeVille Coupe. Was their ever a cooler-sounding name for a car? And, if pimpmobiles and gangsta-cruisers are your thing, was their ever a cooler car? Especially a […]