Cape Town karter Jonathan Aberdein goes into the third National Championship round of the 2015 Rotax Max Challenge on Saturday leading the two top categories in the country’s most popular karting series.The son of former champion saloon car ace Chris Aberdein, Jonathan is topping the points table in both the Senior Max Category and the […]
Four years after using the event to launch its bespoke personalization department, McLaren Special Operations (MSO), the British supercar company is once again focusing on customization at this year’s Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. The latest MSO creation is based on its new 570S Coupé, which was unveiled in April at the New York International Auto […]
Stelios Sissou is SA’s fastest man over one kilometre, breaking the 1 000 metre barrier with an official speed of 346.3 km/h at ODI Raceway on Sunday August 9 and in the process shattering his 2014 record for street-legal cars. The Gauteng businessman’s Bilstein-backed 1 200kW Nissan GT-R35 endured […]
Bilstein is aiming for outright victory on Sunday August 9, when South Africa’s wildest street cars gather at the famed ODI Raceway outside Pretoria for an invitational 0 – 1000 metre drag race. The goal? To crown the fastest street-legal car on the sub-continent… The current owner of those bragging rights is Stelios Sissou, […]
Jeremy Clarkson said the move was like climbing ‘out of a biplane and into a spaceship’ Former Top Gear hosts Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May have signed up to present a new show on Amazon’s streaming video service.The trio will front three series of a new motoring programme for Amazon Prime, with the […]
The sixth round of the 2015 Liqui Moly Legends championship saw the competitors of this popular series make their way to a cold and windy Zwartkops Raceway on Saturday 25 July. A strong field of more than twenty entries would heat things up however and set the tone for some close and exciting racing. The […]
Round 4 in the Maserati Trofeo World Series will feature Freddie Hunt, son of 1976 F1 World Champion, James Hunt who has recently moved back into the spotlight courtesy of Ron Howard’s recent movie Rush, which recounted his rivalry with Niki Lauda. Freddie Hunt will be on the track in Virginia, USA, on the weekend […]
Jonny Walker snatches back the lead after the hardest day so far Determined to reel race leader Graham Jarvis back in after his runaway win on Day one of the event, Jonny Walker hit day 2 of the 2015 Red Bull Romaniacs hard and fast.Striking immediately, he quickly capitalised on a rare navigation mistake by […]
Another historic motorsport stadium is soon to be no more. The iconic Wembley Stadium that was used from the early 1930’s will be auctioned on July 2. Situated in Turffontein, Johannesburg, the Wembley Stadium was the home of speedway racing in South Africa. Speedway Racing was introduced in South Africas in 1928 from Australia. It […]
The German automaker, Audi AG has recently unveiled its new supercar, the R8 Plus. The beast is ready to storm the roads with its all new, naturally aspirated 5.2-liter V10 engine. It is capable of making the max power of 610 horsepower, and 560 Nm peak torque. It goes from 0 to 60 mph in […]
As expected in the run-up to the East London Extreme Festival on Saturday, it was championship leader Robert Wolk (41 – Chemical Logistics Mygale) who dominated the scene at this high-speed circuit. Wolk started the weekend by by producing a qualifying laptime of 1:25.025. Wolk found a rival in this session in Julian van der […]
The President of the Federation Internationale De l’automobile (FIA), Jean Todt is set to visit Uganda in August for the Confederation of African Countries in Motorsport (CACMS).All the 39 CACMS member countries are expected to grace the meeting. The CACMS meeting is intended to discuss the rules and regulation of motorsport by all member countries. […]
Half a century: Formula Vee anniversary at the Norisring Formula Vee returned to the Norisring 50 years after the series’ first official race was held there. The Historische Formel Vau Europa (HFVE) fan club celebrated the anniversary by staging show races featuring more than 50 vehicles at the 2.3-kilometre street circuit in Nuremberg. Despite heavy […]
Team Falken Tire rolled the dice and came up a winner in Sunday’s rain-plagued Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen, taking the checkered flag in the GT Le Mans (GTLM) class with virtually no fuel in the tank as Round 6 of the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship finished under caution. The No. 17 Porsche 911 […]
Qualifying and practice for the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb were suspended Thursday after the death of a motorcyclist on the course. Apparently, the rider went over a cliff on the mountain and died from his injuries. According to a report from the Colorado Springs Gazette, the El Paso County Coroner’s Office was called to […]
The new season of “Top Gear” UK is inching towards production, which is expected to start in a matter of weeks with Chris Evans at the helm, with casting for the other hosts underway. But what are Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May up to? Just days after his suspension from the the show […]
Reigning Race of Champions Nations Cup winners Tom Kristensen and Petter Solberg will join forces once again for Team Nordic at this year’s London-based event.Nine time Le Mans winner Tom Kristensen and reigning FIA World Rallycross champion Petter Solberg will join forces once again for this year’s London-based Race of Champions. The pair won last […]
The Trofeo Maserati North America Now that the European stages have been run, the next two rounds in the Maserati Trofeo World Series will be held in North America. First up is the race that marks the season’s halfway point: the meet at Road America on 28 June. Later, in August, comes the Virginia International […]
THE South African Single-Seaters (SASS) field raced in front of a full house at Zwartkops on Youth Day, Tuesday 16 June. With spectator queues at the gate stretching for hundreds of metres down the road, the SASS racers got down to the serious business of championship points. Robert Wolk (41 – Chemical Logistics Mygale) was […]
Replacing controversy magnet Jeremy Clarkson as host of the BBC’s flagship show is a job that requires balls of steel, says Michael Hogan. After weeks of rumours, rumblings and wild speculation – not to mention bare-faced, flat-out denials from the man himself – ginger jack-in-the-box Chris Evans has been unveiled as the new host of […]
THE South African Single-Seaters (SASS) field will compete at Zwartkops Raceway on Tuesday, June 16. This will be the field’s third round for the 2015 season, with racers taking to the track on the Youth Day public holiday. Two rounds into the Duratec Formula Ford championship season and Robert Wolk (41 – Chemical Logistics Mygale) […]
Ian Hutchinson’s long road to recovery from horrific leg injuries to become an Isle of Man TT winner once again must rank as one of sport’s most courageous stories of triumph in the face of adversity.Tragedy all too often casts a dark shadow over the sternest test of man and machine on the world’s most […]
French motorcycle rider Franck Petricola has died following a crash in qualifying at the Isle of Man TT. The 32-year-old road racing regular was making his debut at the famous event held annually on the roads of the Isle of Man. Petricola crashed at Sulby Crossroads during qualifying, becoming the 141st fatality in the event’s […]
Half of 2015 is now done and dusted, but for BMW Car Club Gauteng the best of the year is yet to come! The Johannesburg based club that has a 34 year history of running a top-drawer events and activity calendar is busy preparing for a few of its noteworthy events left on the calendar. […]
V8 Supercars will race in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from next year. V8 Supercars chief executive James Warburton yesterday signed a heads of agreement for four years of racing at the Kuala Lumpur City Grand Prix. The agreement was announced by Warburton and KL City Grand Prix chief executive M. Arrasu. Red Bull Racing Australia’s […]
No less than five Austrian drivers aim to make their marks at the ADAC GT Masters in Spielberg. Klaus Bachler contests the Red Bull Ring as overall leader.After a fast and furious curtain-raiser at Oschersleben, the ADAC GT Masters now arrives in Austria for the second weekend of the 2015 season (5th – 7th June). […]
UITDAGEND MAAR SUINING. Die horlosie tik weereens aan na die jaarlikse RFS MOTORFIETSBESPARINGSRIT waartydens intens gesoek gaan word na die motorfietsryer wat weet hoe om elke druppel brandstof te laat tel. Die inskrywings vir hierdie jaar se byeenkoms open op Maandag 1 Junie en wanneer die ren op 28 en 29 Augustus 2015 deur die […]
Desmond Gutzeit proved the class of the field on the 2015 Jaguar Simola Hillclimb, winning the highly anticipated King of the Hill challenge today by setting a new lap record of 40.148 sec on his very last run. “It was a fantastic weekend, and I thoroughly enjoyed it,” Des said at the winner’s podium. “We […]
Former Formula 1 venue Kyalami has revealed detailed plans of an FIA-approved upgrade to the South African circuit, including changes to its layout. The ex-South African Grand Prix venue, the future of which was safeguarded following an auction last July, will also be resurfaced, while a new pit building and spectator areas will be built. […]
Bloodhound SSC cutaway to give attendees a glimpse of Andy Green’s car Simulation game lets public attempt a supersonic run of their own Jaguar F-TYPE supercharged V8 engine used in Bloodhound SSC Visitors at this year’s Jaguar Simola Hillclimb (14 – 17 May) will not only see and hear the Jaguar F-TYPE R Coupé – […]
Leading figures in the TCR International Series paddock have praised the championship’s progress after the first three rounds of the season, with many expecting a bright future for the low-cost category. TCR was born when series promoter Marcello Lotti looked at the GT3 concept and realised how effectively this could be applied in the touring […]
Classic Car Friday kicks off at 08h30 on Friday 15 May Two days of exhilarating King of the Hill action on 16 and 17 May Lots of additional attractions throughout weekend, including town parades, SA debut of new Jaguar XE and interactive Bloodhound SSC stand The 2015 Jaguar Simola Hillclimb, which takes place in Knysna […]
The Liqui Moly Legends Championship made their way to the scenic Dezzi Raceway on the KZN coast for the first time on Saturday 2 May for round three of the 2015 championship. Once again this popular series showed its continual growth with an impressive twenty two car field making the long trip down to Port […]
Clarkson, Hammond and May Live organisers have announced that YouTube sensation Ken Block will Gymkhana live in Johannesburg in his 1965 all-wheel-drive Ford Mustang. Block will star in the show alongside hosts Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond. The show was previously known as Top Gear Live, but had to drop the BBC […]
The popular Liqui Moly Legends Racing Series will head down to the newly established Dezzi Raceway in Port Shepstone for the third round of the championship on Saturday, 2 May 2015. A healthy field of entries is expected to make the long trip down to this picturesque KwaZulu Natal circuit. The start of the 2015 […]
He also ordered a $317,000 Ferrari 458 Speciale to celebrate the new three-year contract that ended up being cancelled. Oops.Jeremy Clarkson managed to get himself booted from what any of us would likely consider the greatest job . . . in the woooooorld. James May recently revealed that he won’t carry on with Top Gear […]
Grey and misty Cape autumn weather greeted the cream of South Africa’s karting community for the second round of the SA National Karting Championships on Saturday, but as the conditions improved through the day, so did the temperature rise on track with brilliant racing across the board. It was also a historic day for […]
South Africans Kelvin van der Linde and Jordan Lee Pepper proved they are successful on the racetracks of this world when they won the title in the Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup in 2013 and 2014. The Volkswagen alumni have now both impressed with top-ten results for Audi at the opening round of the ADAC GT Masters […]
Two famous names synonymous with rallying, Bourne and McRae, have returned to the top of the podium at the 2015 Repco Race to the Sky. Former WRC star Alistair McRae has ended the final day of the historic event on top of the standings, using his Possum Bourne Motorsport prepared Vantage Motorsport Subaru Impreza to […]
ROUND two of the Duratec Formula Ford championship took place at Killarney Raceway in Cape Town on Saturday. From the qualifying session to the overall results, only one driver could put their name at the top of the list twice – showing just how unpredictable the early stages of the 2015 championship is proving to […]