Although Rally Poland organisers have taken the decision to run the entire rally on ‘Polish time’ to avoid confusion, the co-driver’s job inside the rally car cockpit is still a difficult one. It’s not all about reading pace notes and recording stage times. It’s also about accurate time keeping. WRC.com spoke to Elfyn Evans’ co-driver […]
Fifty years since the first world championship Austrian Grand Prix, one of F1′s historic races returns this weekend. It’s the first F1 race in Austria since 2003, after which its track became one of several casualties among European racing venues as Formula One expanded into new territory. But the failures of far-flung races in South […]
The fact that Honda is making a return to Formula 1 with the McLaren team is possibly the biggest piece of news that we’ve heard in recent times. It’s a move that has made Honda fans around the world very happy, especially since it revives a legendary partnership between Honda and McLaren. The partnership that […]
The Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross team heads to the Nation’s Capital this weekend, June 21 -22, to compete in the third round of the Global Rallycross Championship at the RFK Stadium Festival Grounds. The Volkswagen Rallycross DC event marks the first live motorsports event in D.C. in over a decade. The 10 Turn, .49-mile track features […]
Officials from Red Bull Global Rallycross today revealed the entry list for Volkswagen Rallycross DC — the third round of the 2014 GRC season to be held at the RFK Festival Grounds June 21-22. Supercar competitors hail from eight countries and include such stars as recent X Games gold medalist and former NASCAR and Formula […]
BROOKLYN, Mich. – After a slow start to the Sprint Cup season — by his standards — Jimmie Johnson appears poised for a run at yet another championship. His latest victory came at one of the few tracks where the six-time champion had never won before. “We said coming into it that we thought it […]
Tim O’Neil, the 1990 Mt. Washington Hillclimb overall winner and record holder, will be driving EVSR #02, a 100% electric race car, during the 2014 Subaru Mt. Washington Hillclimb set for June 26-29 at the Mt. Washington Auto Road in Gorham, NH. It will be the first fully electric race car to ever compete in […]
Mladá Boleslav — The Geko Ypres Rally is taking place for the 50th time, and the Škoda drivers have their sights set on playing a major role at the anniversary event. After the one-two at the Circuit of Ireland Rally, Esapekka Lappi/Janne Ferm (Finland) and the Škoda AUTO Deutschland team of Sepp Wiegand/Frank Christian (Germany) […]
Hyundai has already started work on their next World Rally Car, with the second generation of the i20 WRC to debut in the 2015 World Rally Championship season. The team is currently six events into its WRC return, and although they have had their fair share of problems, the new car has shown promise – […]
From the gravel of the Açores to the asphalt of Belgium, the all-action FIA European Rally Championship continues apace with the Geko Ypres Rally from 19-21 June. But this year’s running of the Tarmac showcase will be extra special as the event celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2014. To mark the occasion, the Ypres organisers […]
Mark Webber said Porsche should be proud of its achievements in the 2014 Le Mans 24 Hours and described the #20 car’s retirement from the race as “one of the best you could probably have”. On Porsche’s return to Le Mans’ top class for the first time since 1998, the #20 car was leading with […]
With 19 designated spectator points along the route the Toyota Kalahari Botswana 1000 Desert Race, round four and the halfway point of the Donaldson Cross Country Championship, the thousands of enthusiasts expected to watch the race from June 27 to 29 will be well catered for. The event is the biggest social and sporting event […]
The 45-year-old has been transferred to Lausanne university hospital in Switzerland, officials there say. Schumacher was placed in a medically induced coma after suffering a severe head injury in a skiing accident in the French Alps on 29 December. His family thanked people who had sent messages of support, saying: “We are sure it […]
Latvia’s Reinis Nitiss has won World RX of Norway, round three of the FIA World Rallycross Championship presented by Monster Energy, after a near-perfect performance at the wheel of his Ford Fiesta Supercar. The 18-year-old now leads the Championship over Norway’s Petter Solberg who finished runner-up in front of a delighted home crowd. World RX […]
Jannie Kuun, one of the best known rally drivers in South Africa passed away yesterday 10th June 2014. He was especially well known in the Pretoria Motor Club of which he was one of the longest standing members. He was one of the few very lucky rallyist who were able to drive in International events […]
Montreal weaved its magic again, and this time it cast its unique spell on the man with a smile as wide as the St Lawrence Seaway.Daniel Ricciardo wears the pressures of Formula 1 lightly. Not a minute seems to go by when the sunny Australian does not have a big, sparkling white grin on his […]
Ma Qinghua, driving a Citroen, made history on Sunday by becoming the first-ever Chinese driver to win a race of a FIA World Championship.Ma won the 16-lap Race 2 of the World Touring Car Championship in Moscow. “When I crossed the finish line of race two, it was history for my country and also for […]
Dale Earnhardt Jr. passed Brad Keselowski down the stretch to win a thriller Sunday at Pocono Raceway. Earnhardt led only 11 laps but his No. 88 Chevrolet was the car to beat down the stretch, and he zipped past the dominant Keselowski, who had debris on his grille and a hot engine, with five laps […]
Speed Cruises To X Games Gold As Doran Is Robbed Of Bronze With so much excitement in the quarter finals, the Red Bull Global Rallycross Championship had a hard act to follow for the semi finals.Semi final 1 would see Ken Block line up with Austin Dyne, Nelson Piquet Jr, Liam Doran, Brian Deegan and Ricky […]
Teenage South African motor racing prodigy Kelvin van der Linde (17), combined with Germany’s René Rast (27), to finish 10th and second in a Prosperia C. Abt Audi R8 in the two one-hour races that made up the fourth round of the ADAC GT Masters at the Red Bull Ring in Austria on Sunday. They […]
Business as usual in the end… sweeping the gravel on Friday, and only ninth after the opening stage that day, but Sébastien Ogier, World Champion and Championship leader wins 2914 Rally Italia Sardegna They finished: Ogier, Østberg, Latvala, Mikkelsen, Evans, Prokop, Solberg, Kubica, Bertelli, Al-QassimiI.t’s Ogier’s 20th WRC win, taking his level with the French […]
Marco Melandri gets the better of Aprilia team-mate Sylvain Guintoli to complete a double win in Sepang The Italian out-foxes his counterpart during a thrilling final lap showdown Tom Sykes retains WSBK lead with run to third after his race one DNF Marco Melandri has reignited his World Superbike Championship title hopes with a mighty […]
Not this time, Ed Carpenter said. He was not going to let another Verizon IndyCar race get away from him because of someone else’s problems. After winning a lengthy duel with Will Power, Carpenter survived the final test, a re-start with two laps remaining to win the Firestone 600 on Saturday night at Texas Motor […]
The crews entered the final three stages of the rally this morning.. The first was the 14.0km run at ‘Castelsardo’ and this was quickly followed by the slightly longer ‘Tergu-Osilo’ stage that measured 14.88km. The last stage of the rally was the ‘Cala Flumini Power Stage’ where extra championship points were awarded to the fastest […]
Nico Rosberg took his second consecutive pole position by beating team-mate Lewis Hamilton during qualifying for the Canadian Grand Prix. With Hamilton having been fastest throughout qualifying and comfortably topping FP3 it was a somewhat of a surprise to see Rosberg set the quickest time on the opening runs in Q3 ahead of a close […]
Jari-Matti Latvala’s afternoon went from bad to worse on SS13. Having lost time to Sebastien Ogier on the previous stage, SS13 was where he lost the rally lead. The Finn stopped 8km into the stage to change a rear wheel and lost 1m 58s to his rival. He eventually finished the stage 2m 13s slower […]
Those that survived the morning’s 59.13km ‘Monte Lerno 1’ stage had to tackle it again in the afternoon. The test featured the legendary ‘Micky’s Jump’ that never fails to disappoint as the cars are launched high into the Sardinian sky. This test followed the shorter ‘Monte Olia 2’ stage. As soon as Jari-Matti Latvala returned […]
They say that once bitten by the motor racing bug you are hooked for life and the latest victim is Springbok utility back Stefan Terblanche.Now chief executive officer of the South African Rugby Legends organisation, Stefan will have his third taste of cross country racing at the Toyota Kalahari Botswana 1000 Desert Race from June […]
Fresh initiatives to provide growth and future sustainability to the Toyota Kalahari Botswana 1000 Desert Race will be in place for this year’s event, round four of the Donaldson Cross Country Championship, from June 27 to 29. Event moves from metropolitan Kumakwane to rural Jwaneng The race is the only marathon event on the Donaldson […]
Ogier started the third day of action 22.4sec behind his Volkswagen team-mate. Latvala stretched that by more than six seconds in the opening test, but conceded 11.0sec when his engine temperature soared in the marathon 59.13km Monte Lerno stage. The gap plunged to 17.7sec, but Ogier felt it could have been even lower after confusion […]
Sebastien Ogier moved 11s closer to Jari-Matti Latvala on the grueling 59km ‘Monte Lerno 1’ stage after the engine temperature in the Finn’s Polo climbed to worrying levels in the Sardinian heat. He was forced to back off in a bid to save his rally. “The temperature went up to 132 degrees (Celsius),” he explained. […]
June 7 and 8 will be the sixth round of the World Touring Car Championship WTCC and will take place in Moscow, Tiago Monteiro will be out to capture his fifth podium.In the wake of a series of good results, starting from the beginning of the season and comprising of one pole position and four […]
Saturday’s opening loop of stages included the single biggest test on the Rally Italia Sardegna route. After the relatively short run through the 19.27km ‘Monte Olia 1’ test, the crews’ attentions turned to the gruelling 59.13km ‘Monte Lerno 1’ stage. It’s the longest on the 2014 WRC calendar and the home of the spectacular ‘Micky’s […]
The afternoon’s stages were a re-run of the four that conspired to turn the leaderboard upside down when they were run as the morning loop.Martin Prokop’s good run in the morning faltered on SS6 as he was overhauled by Andreas Mikkelsen and Sebastien Ogier who moved into third and fourth places respectively. The VW Motorsport […]
Rally leader Thierry Neuville was cool, calm and collected in SS4. But in SS5, things unraveled spectacularly. The Hyundai driver stopped 4.1km into the 27.30km ‘Loelle 1’ stage and spent an eternity working on a mechanical problem that had struck his i20 WRC. He did eventually get to the end of the stage, but he […]
Kris Meeke lost time on SS4 at ‘Coiluna-Crastazza 1’after the battery warning light on his Citroen DS3 WRC came on in the 20.29km stage. He wasn’t able to push as hard as he wanted and was 12.1s behind his team-mate Mads Ostberg at the finish and ninth overall. “The battery alarm has gone off and […]
Sebastian Vettel insists that there has been no slacking between races as Red Bull Racing continues to tackle the yawning performance gap to F1 points leader Mercedes. The German comes into the Canadian Grand Prix on the back of his second DNF of the season, his Monaco race lasting little longer than the RB10’s debut […]
The M-Sport Ford Fiesta Duo of Mikko Hirvonen and Jarmo Lethinen came to a spectacular fiery end this morning when their car caught fire on the way to stage 4.The M-Sport World Rally Team duo were looking to progress from their sixth place overall at the 20.29km ‘Coiluna-Crastazza 1’ stage, but after stopping to change […]
Mark Higgins has beaten his Isle of Man production car record in a new Subaru WRX Sti by averageing 116 mph.The suspension of the Subaru was modified to withstand the bumps and jumps of the Isle of Man course Subaru has set a new record for the fastest production car around the Isle of Man […]
Breaking news: Mikko Hirvonen’s car burnt out at the start of stage 4. It is not known yet what caused the fire to the M-Sport Ford Fiesta, but the burnt out car is holding up the stage. More will be reported here when we have more information. jJUHA HANNINEN TAKES THE LEAD IN HYUNDAI Juho […]