By: Tom Howard | motorsport.com Kalle Rovanpera has become the youngest winner in World Rally Championship history after scoring a breakthrough victory at Rally Estonia. The factory Toyota driver produced a measured drive on Sunday to complete the 24-stage gravel rally 59.9s ahead of Hyundai’s Craig Breen, who equalled his best WRC result on his […]
Author:Thomas Maher Damon Hill believes that the Saturday Sprint Qualifying race will result in arguments between drivers and their teams over how to approach the race. 1996 Formula 1 World Champion Damon Hill believes there could be some arguments between drivers and their teams over how to approach the Sprint Qualifying race on Saturday. With the 17 […]
Rally Estonia leader Kalle Rovanperä created breathing space between himself and Craig Breen after a stunning Saturday morning carried the Finn more than half a minute clear. The 20-year-old restarted this seventh round of the FIA World Rally Championship with an 8.5sec advantage over the Irishman after Friday’s opening leg and stretched that to 35.7sec […]
Kalle Rovanperä held a slender lead over Craig Breen at Rally Estonia following an action-packed Friday morning that included the shock retirement of pre-event favourite Ott Tänak. Twenty-year-old Rovanperä, who led after Thursday night’s short curtain-raising speed test, won three of the four fast and furious gravel special stages in his Toyota Yaris. Breen was […]
Ott Tänak’s hopes of a fourth consecutive Rally Estonia victory collapsed during a dramatic Friday morning for the home country hero. The Hyundai i20 driver led initially but plunged to seventh after struggling to the finish of SS3 Otepää with a front right puncture. Worse was to follow for Tänak, as he speared off the […]
Kalle Rovanperä laid down a Rally Estonia marker by scorching to fastest time at a sun-kissed shakedown on Thursday morning in which the top three were blanketed by six-tenths. The Estonian-domiciled Finn stopped the clocks five-tenths faster than home hero Ott Tänak in the 6.23km gravel road Abissaare test. Takamoto Katsuta completed the top three, […]
M-Sport Ford World Rally Team will be back up to speed on the high-speed gravel stages of Rally Estonia this week (15-18 July). Teemu Suninen returns to the British squad’s World Rally Car line-up alongside Gus Greensmith in two EcoBoost-powered Ford Fiesta WRCs. M-Sport’s WRC2 challenge resumes in Estonia with Adrien Fourmaux reverting to a […]
by Graham Harris Local hero’s championship hopes in trouble with Ogier 64 points ahead in title chase. Local driver and former WRC champion Ott Tänak has to deliver this weekend like he did last year on Rally Estonia when it gets under way on Thursday evening, if he has any hope in fighting for the 2021 […]
By: Adam Cooper The British Grand Prix sprint qualifying race cuts set-up time for teams, offers a free tyre choice and gives drivers an extra chance to prove themselves wheel-to-wheel. It’s a formula for intense racing, says Ross Brawn. How will Formula 1’s first sprint qualifying weekend unfold at Silverstone? It’s perhaps not insignificant that drivers such as Lewis […]
By: Luke Gardiner Lewis Hamilton wants Valtteri Bottas left alone as Mercedes try and close the gap on Red Bull at the British Grand Prix this weekend. Lewis Hamilton wants Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas left alone ahead of the British Grand Prix this weekend. Rumours have been swirling that George Russell could be announced as […]
PHOTOGRAPHY BY MCKLEIN IMAGE DATABASE WORDS BY LUKE BARRY & DAVID EVANS THE HYUNDAI DRIVERS BELIEVES SÉBASTIEN OGIER AND ELFYN EVANS CAN AFFORD SECOND AND THIRD PLACES NOW Hyundai driver Thierry Neuville believes Toyota rivals Sébastien Ogier and Elfyn Evans can afford to back off slightly in the fight for the World Rally Championship title while he […]
Some of the fastest roads in the FIA World Rally Championship await the crews when the 2021 season moves into its second half at Rally Estonia on July 15-18. Some of the fastest roads in the FIA World Rally Championship await the crews when the 2021 season moves into its second half at Rally Estonia […]
by Ryan Wood There has been plenty of rumours that George Russell will be confirmed as a Mercedes Formula 1 driver this weekend at the British Grand Prix, but according to Russell himself, it’s nothing more than speculation. Russell is in the running to partner Lewis Hamilton at the reigning championship-winning team after the seven-time champion […]
Toyota Gazoo Racing team principal Jari-Matti Latvala is confident his team can erase the memory of a difficult Rally Estonia last season when the FIA World Rally Championship returns to Tartu (15 – 18 July). Toyota’s Yaris was widely regarded as the favourite for an event run across fast gravel roads, but Hyundai’s Ott Tänak […]
By: Jarred Els | VW South Africa has announced through Twitter and Instagram that the new VW Golf 8 GTI is set to be launched on 19 July at 14:30. The launch will take place on both Facebook and YouTube, said the company. Screenshots of the posts announcing the launch are shown below. The announcement follows VW South Africa […]
By Chris Medland | Formula 1 managing director of motorsports Ross Brawn is certain the Sprint format being used at this weekend’s British Grand Prix will work for the sport to some degree. Silverstone will see qualifying take place on Friday evening to set the starting order for a 17-lap race – known as the Sprint […]
by Motorsport Media Challenge delivers the regular action at Killarney The weather may have been cold and miserable, but the cheapercars.co.za GTI Challenge certainly delivered its regular red hot action at Killarney’s races on Saturday. Being a regional event, the Power Series weekend went on in spite of national lockdown restrictions, but there was drama […]
BY MARK VAUGHN The Argentinian driver came within one point of the world championship in 1981 Argentine driver Carlos Reutemann, who raced in 146 Grands Prix throughout a career that saw him drive for the best teams in Formula 1, has passed away at age 79. Reutemann died on, July 7, after battling what press reports said was internal […]
Staff writer International electric-car series will race through Cape Town’s streets as part of 16-race season in 2022 Cape Town has been added to the new 2021/2022 season of Formula E, the all-electric racing series. Vancouver and Seoul have also been added to grow the series to a record 16-race championship in 2021/2022, according to a provisional […]
On ŠKODA Motorsport’s home soil, factory-supported Jan Kopecký, this time together with co-driver Jan Hloušek (ŠKODA FABIA Rally2 evo), won Bohemia Rally for a record ninth time › At the fourth round of the SONAX Czech Rally Championship, ŠKODA Motorsport entered Dominik Stříteský/Jiří Hovorka conquered an impressive second place with their ŠKODA FABIA Rally2 evo […]
Story by: Matthys Ferreira The M-Sport Ford World Rally Team (WRT) has revealed the new electrified Puma Rally1 rally car for the 2022 Series. The car features a turbocharged 1.6-litre EcoBoost petrol engine with a sophisticated 100kW electric motor and 3.9kWh battery. It will be driven by M-Sport Ford WRT driver Adrien Fourmaux and M-Sport […]
10-07-2021 15:23 | Updated: 10-07-2021 16:09 F1 NEWS Formula 1 is experiencing a very exciting season. Lewis Hamilton managed to win the world title the last couple of years, but this season he gets competition from Max Verstappen. The Dutchman has a 32 point lead over the Englishman. Verstappen has made a very strong impression in recent races. The Red Bull […]
by Motorsport Media South African motorsportsmen starred abroad, brought local lockdown relief This past weekend was big for South African motorsportsmen abroad and local regional racing alike. SA race heroes starred overseas, while live-streamed regional racing from around the country brought some welcome lockdown relief for local fans. South Africans Star Abroad The big news […]
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by Otilia Drăgan A new fully electric rally car is getting ready to compete in future FIA rallies. After having launched its first electric road cars, the ENYAQ iV and Citigo e iV, Skoda has taken a step further and partnered up with Kreisel Electric, to develop the Skoda RE-X1 Kreisel, a battery-powered rally car. Hybrid and […]
The Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile and Hyundai Motorsport have joined forces to launch the FIA Rally Champions World Tour, united by a common goal of encouraging and promoting rallying talent from regional series around the world for the next three years. The initiative, which is supported by the FIA Innovation Fund, will nurture drivers […]
The chequered flag has flown at the 2021 Silk Way Rally and the off-road adventure was memorable for a number of reasons. There was a home victory for Team Kamaz Master in the truck contest while Red Bull KTM Factory Racing took the two-wheel title. We also had a course alteration that saw the rally […]
By: Racecar PEUGEOT has revealed details of the new 9X8, its latest-generation Hypercar which is set to make its competitive debut in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) in 2022. Powered by hybrid technology and featuring all-wheel drive, the new 9X8 Hypercar showcases PEUGEOT’s Neo-Performance strategy which combines technology and sportiness in both PEUGEOT’s road […]
By: Chris Medland | racer.com The Australian Grand Prix has been canceled for the second year in a row as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Traditionally the season-opener, the race in Melbourne had already been moved to November 21 in order to allow an extra eight months for the situation in Australia to improve […]
Defending W Series champion Jamie Chadwick took over the lead in the championship standings on Saturday thanks to a dominant win at the Red Bull Ring. The 23-year-old Williams development driver completed a clean sweep in Austria, topping every session, leading every lap and setting the fastest lap of the race to snatch her third […]
Fabio Quartararo cruised to his third victory of the 2021 MotoGP season at Mugello with a performance reminiscent of three-time premier class champion Jorge Lorenzo. Quartararo was able to take full advantage when race leader Francesco Bagnaia crashed out of the race at turn nine on the second lap. The factory Ducati rider went slightly […]
By: Tom Howard | motorsort.com Sebastien Ogier says “no sporting results” achieved this season will change his decision to step back from competing full-time in the World Rally Championship next year. The seven-time WRC champion indicated earlier this that he intended to only contest a part campaign next year and dovetail that with possible circuit […]
Author: Adriano Boin Co-author: Jesse Janse It seems as though Max Verstappen and Red Bull can do no wrong so far in 2021. The Dutchman extended his lead in the F1 standings following another dominant display in Austria, while also seeing him pull of an impressive feat for the first time. Grand Slams are rare […]
By: Ian Parkes Ross Brawn can understand the “dilemma” facing Mercedes as it comes under the severe threat of being dethroned as F1 champion by Red Bull. Mercedes is on its worst run in the turbo-hybrid era as Red Bull has won the last five grands prix – with Max Verstappen claiming four of those victories – to take […]
S.4 KOCH-AGATCH – GORNO-ALTAISK (SS: 133,22km – Total: 633,22km) SANDERS, CHICHERIT AND SOTNIKOV, KINGS OF THE MOUNTAIN With the snow-covered peaks of the Altai Mountains as a backdrop, this 4th and penultimate stage also marked the end of the marathon stage for all categories on the SILK WAY RALLY 2021. The day’s special stage, which […]
By:Alex Kalinauckas | motorsport.com Max Verstappen crushed Red Bull’s opposition to win Formula 1’s Austrian Grand Prix ahead of Valtteri Bottas and Lando Norris, as Lewis Hamilton dropped back after picking up damage. Verstappen’s advantage was so great that he had enough time to pit for a second time and put the fastest lap bonus […]
BY: EUROSPORT UK Lewis Hamilton slumped to fourth place on the grid ahead of the Austrian Grand Prix on Sunday after Red Bull´s Max Verstappen took poll, with Lando Norris and Sergio Perez in second and third respectively. Max Verstappen took poll ahead of Sunday´s Austrian Grand Prix as Lewis Hamilton slumped to fourth behind Lando […]
Story by: Mark Hughes F1 teams are using the FIA more and more to gain an advantage over rivals – and Mercedes appear to be losing out The Mercedes appears to have plateaued in performance whilst the Red Bull looks to be still responsive to updates – it seems Brackley is struggling to keep up […]
The inaugural 87 kilometre selective sector on military terrain kicked off hostilities on the Silk Way Rally 2021, on the first stage between Omsk and Novosibirsk. If in the bike category, Argentine Franco CAIMI (HERO MOTORSPORTS TEAM RALLY) took advantage of tricky navigation to take the lead, in the other categories, the Russians were firing […]
By: Matthys Ferreira One thousand kilometres over three days at high speed and conquering challenging road conditions, requires a certain kind of madness. Yes, madness, and once you have watched an in-bakkie video you will agree. The ability to change a tyre in less than one minute can be the difference between 1st, 2nd or […]