The halfway mark in the SA National Rally Championship was reached in the Eastern Cape this weekend, with reigning champions Mark Cronje and Robin Houghton (Ford Dealer Team Fiesta) winning the VW Rally and improving their championship position after four rounds to fourth. It was a comfortable victory in the end for the Ford […]
Marc Marquez took his ninth win from nine races in the 2014 MotoGP season despite starting from the pitlane at the Sachsenring.A rain shower as the riders headed to the grid meant everyone expected to start on wets, but the track dried rapidly. Third-place starter Stefan Bradl and a handful of backmarkers switched back to […]
European Rally Champion Jan Kopecký (CZ) ahead of Umberto Scandola (I) and Sepp Wiegand (D): the ŠKODA family tasted triple success at its home rally. Thousands of fans packed the finish area in front of the ŠKODA Museum in Mladá Boleslav to celebrate the local manufacturer’s victory at the Rally Bohemia, which this year also […]
Swedish driver Timmy Hansen finished second in the sixth round of the FIA World Rallycross Championship at Mettet in Belgium, scoring the first podium for Team Peugeot-Hansen 208WRX Supercar. Developed by the experienced Hansen squad, the 208 has consistently proven front running pace over the first five events of the season but bad luck had […]
It is all over. Cronje took a comfortable win on the Volkswagen Rally that turned out to really be a no contest event with the Ford against the rest who were reduced to mere spectators. Nobody could hardly put up a real challenge as the Ford Dealer Team Ford Fiesta of Mark Cronje just romped […]
Altogether 34 cars restarted the Volkswagen Rally in Port Elizabeth this morning with the overnight leader Mark Cronje in the Ford Dealer Team Ford Fiesta first on the road.He started the day with a 40.6 lead over the Team Castrol Toyota Yaris of Leeroy Poulter. The first four stages were shared by Cronje, Weijs and […]
Mark Cronje in Ford Dealer Team Ford Fiesta has finished day one in the lead on the Volkswagen Rally that is taking place in Port Elizabeth. Cronje took the lead from the start and in spite of an early challenge from Leeroy Poulter in the Team Castrol Toyota Yaris extended his lead to 37.5 over […]
The current South African Rally Champions, Mark Cronje and Robin Houghton, in a Ford Dealer Team Ford Fiesta S2000 was leading the Volkswagen Rally in Port Elizabeth by 10.6 seconds from Leeroy Poulter, in a Team Castrol Toyota Yaris. The event, the fourth round of the South African Rally Championship, started in Uitenhage this morning. […]
Kelvin van der Linde has won the Driver of the Year award for the 2014 Young Driver Excellence Academy.The 18-year old was presented with the trophy at the graduation ceremony, held at the end of the final workshop, which took place at the Paul Ricard Circuit in France this week Van der Linde impressed […]
Corinna Schumacher, wife of seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher, has delivered an encouraging message about the progress of her injured husband. Now reportedly out of his long coma after a skiing accident in France on Dec. 29, F1 legend Michael Schumacher was transferred from intensive care in Grenoble, France to a Swiss rehabilitation clinic […]
Robert Kubica will begin his preparations for the asphalt rounds of the World Rally Championship with a late entry on the Rally del Casentino in Italy this weekend.The Polish star will tackle the Arezzo event in a Ford Fiesta RS WRC run by the Italian A-Style outfit. The car was brought to M-Sport in Cumbria […]
After a lengthy seven-week break the fourth and halfway round of the South African National Rally Championship, the Volkswagen Rally, gets underway with a ceremonial start from VW’s Auto Pavilion in Uitenhage at midday today. With the top eight seeded drivers at the beginning of the season taking it in turns to be first on […]
Donaldson Cross Country Championship partner Force Fuel is to sponsor the event in the Pilanesberg on August 8 and 9.The Force Fuel 450 at Sun City will be round five of the Donaldson Cross Country Championship and is regarded as one of the toughest events on the championship calendar. The race has previously won the […]
Extreme sports and racing fans are sure to be excited when Red Bull Global Rallycross comes to Nassau Coliseum on July 19th and 20th. Global Rallycross (GRC) is a high-octane race between 2500 lbs small production-based cars that have been enhanced to reach 600 horsepower, accelerate from 0-60 mph in under two seconds, and withstand […]
Nico Rosberg has hit back at his teammate Lewis Hamilton, after the Briton said next weekend’s German grand prix is “not really his home race”. F1 now heads from Hamilton’s home turf at Silverstone to Hockenheim, where German-born Rosberg might expect similar levels of local support. Not so, Hamilton told reporters, because Germany is “not […]
TV/Radio personality Jeannie D and rugby legend John Smit in action Television and radio personality Jeannie D and former Springbok rugby captain John Smit will form a ‘double header’ in the Imperial Auto Celebrity Challenge at round five of the Donaldson Cross Country Championship, the Force Fuel 450 at Sun City, on August 8 and […]
One morning not so early and not far into the future a group of warriors will arrive at a certain gathering point in Uitenhage, which in turn is near the windy city called Mandela Bay or Port Elizabeth, depending when you were born.There will be many family battle crests, war colours and egos on display […]
The impact of the weekend’s UK start of the Tour de France cycle race has been huge. The images of thousands and thousands of happy spectators in the Yorkshire hills, villages, towns and cities, complete with the presence of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry to watch the the bikes go by have […]
Unlike most sportsmen and women, rally drivers – and co-drivers – put their necks on the line every time they practice or compete. The risks taken are obvious. And it takes years for the best performers to make it to the very top of the sport. The rewards if they do get there remain small […]
With a new two-year Movistar Yamaha contract in his pocket, Valentino Rossi can concentrate fully on attempting to end MotoGP champion Marc Marquez’s unbeaten run, which now extends to a perfect eight wins in 2014. “I am very happy to go to Sachsenring after the contract renewal with Yamaha for another two years,” said Rossi. […]
British driver’s claim that ‘Rosberg is not German’ threatens to reopen rift with Mercedes team-mate in race for F1 title. Nico Rosberg is not a real German, according to the unfailingly controversial Lewis Hamilton. After his victory at the British Grand Prix, Hamilton is warming up nicely for the next race in Hockenheim on Sunday […]
The Comsol VW Challenge gets back on track after an eight week break on 19th July 2014 when the series heads for the historic East London Grand Prix circuit for the fifth round of the 2014 championship. With a large contingent of competitors making their way down to the coastal circuit from Gauteng, East London’s […]
Former World Rally Champion, Bjorn Waldegard, will star at the UK’s Rallyday show in September when it celebrates landmark anniversaries of two of the WRC’s mosr celebrated cars. The Swede, who lifted the title in 1979 and won 16 WRC rounds during his career, will commemorate the 40th anniversary of the legendary Lancia Stratos (pictured […]
Long Pond – Thirteen years, nine months and 20 days. That’s how long Juan Pablo Montoya went between visits to the IndyCar “Victory Circle.” On Sunday, the Colombian made his return to IndyCar all that much sweeter when he won the Pocono IndyCar 500. Granted, Montoya has spent his time between victories indulging his passion […]
Organisers of the FIA Formula E Championship have today announced a joint partnership with the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, showing their support for the environmental actions led by the Foundation and helping to raise funds for future projects.The Foundation, created by HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco in 2006, is dedicated to the […]
The 11th edition of the “Red Bull Romaniacs” (RBR) is only two weeks away and the organizing team around Martin “Frein” Freinademetz is on cruise control for final preparations. The team is now growing by a dozen per day and will reach it`s race-mode size of 400 people with the start of the registrations. The […]
The Brazilian Team Mitsubishi Petrobras fulfilled a new deal: Former FIA Cross Country World Champion Carlos Sousa from Portugal switched from the Chinese Great Wall Team to the Brazilian Mitsubishi crew for the Dakar Rally 2015 and further events. Sousa, with a career spanning over 26 years in cross-country rally, will be involved continuing the […]
Citroen and M-sport have started work on the most radical changes yet to their current cars ahead of next year’s World Rally Championship.Both teams underlined their commitment to the 2015 series during last week’s Rally Poland. Next year is the start of a new period of homologation for the current cars, albeit under the same […]
If Marc Marquez keeps winning, he will wrap up this year’s MotoGP™ world title at MotorLand Aragon – regardless of what his rivals do. In order to do that, the Spaniard would need to claim a fifth straight victory at Germany’s Sachsenring this weekend. 21-year-old Marquez is no stranger to the Sachsenring. In fact, he’s […]
Caterham’s new owners aim to keep the struggling team in Formula 1 for years to come, but tought decisions must be made for that to happen, the man overseeing the transition has warned. Former F1 team principal Colin Kolles, who has been brought in as an “adviser” but is seen as the key figure calling […]
The 2014 South African National Rally Championship reaches its mid-point this coming weekend, with the Volkswagen Rally in and around Port Elizabeth. For Castrol Team Toyota this will be a key event in the season, as a good points-haul on their long-standing rivals’ event could see the team build on their early lead in the […]
Jari-Matti Latvala is optimistic he can beat Sebastien Ogier at the upcoming Neste Rally Finland and keep his faint hopes FIA World Rally Championship hopes alive.Ogier raced into a 50-point lead over Latvala at the top of the championship standings after his dominant victory at last week’s LOTOS 71st Rally Poland. Latvala dropped vital points […]
Hyundai Motorsport has unveiled a formidable driver line-up for Rallye Deutschland (21-24 August) with two asphalt specialists joining lead driver Thierry Neuville in i20 WRCs.Drafted into the team are Spain’s Dani Sordo and Frenchman Bryan Bouffier. Sordo has great pedigree on Rallye Deutchland’s tricky roads having won the event last season in a Citroen, while […]
IN East London it was Masters competitor Mathew Hodges (M3 – ITR Africa / 959 Panelbeaters) who set the pace in the Engen Volkswagen Cup championship, showing the younger racers how it should be done. Hodges showed that being a Master is not just about age, but also about racing skill. With overall victory on […]
Round four of the Bridgestone Production Car Championship, held in East London, saw the Engen Xtreme Audi S4 quattro racers, display a model of efficiency and consistency. Michael Stephen (A1) and Simon Moss (A38) showed strong pace and ensured they brought home valuable points from the race day. Stephen set the pace for the team, […]
Double DTM Champion Mattias Ekstrom has clinched his first-ever FIA World Rallycross Championship victory after a flawless drive in the Audi S1 Supercar at the fifth round of the World Championship presented by Monster Energy. Ekstrom is the fifth different winner and fourth different manufacturer to win in this year’s World RX. The EKS RX […]
Second home victory for Hamilton slashes championship gap to four points Rosberg retires with gearbox failure, Bottas climbs from 14th to second Ricciardo holds off Button for P3 while big Raikkonen crash causes red flag Lewis Hamilton enjoyed the perfect home race as he won the British Grand Prix while team-mate Nico Rosberg retired. Rosberg […]
Tom Sykes eases to a seventh WSBK win of the season in a drizzly first race in Portugal The Kawasaki rider took the lead on lap four and proceeded to control the pace out front Guintolii and Baz keep him honest overall with second and third after a hard fought battle Tom Sykes shrugged off […]
The last competiton in the popular shooting range around the city Veszprém near the famous “Lake Balaton” was in 2009 – the only time when the “Hungarian Baja” took place two days. The organizers have been working to bring the competiton back to this unique place in the last nine months and the previous four […]
On the eve of Toyota’s entrance into NASCAR’s Truck Series in 2004, Cup Series driver Jimmy Spencer had one of those did-he-just-say-that moments when asked about the sport’s newest manufacturer. “Those sons of bitches bombed Pearl Harbor, don’t forget,” Spencer said in an interview at Texas Motor Speedway. “As long as it’s good for the […]