Elfyn Evans led Vodafone Rally de Portugal on Saturday night after daylong pacesetter Ott Tänak retired in the penultimate speed test. Just one stage after recording his 250th fastest time in the FIA World Rally Championship, Tänak’s delight turned to disappointment as he parked his crippled Hyundai i20 roadside with smashed rear suspension. Tänak took […]
AUTHOR James Elson Charles Leclerc set fastest time in Q3 qualifying for the 2021 Monaco Grand Prix – then crashed out at the death, therefore red-flagging the session and taking pole Charles Leclerc set fastest time before crashing out in Monaco DPPI Charles Leclerc took his and Ferrari’s first pole in two seasons after a dramatic qualifying […]
Ott Tänak claimed a clean sweep of speed test wins on Saturday morning to strengthen his lead at Vodafone Rally de Portugal. Just 9.0sec blanketed the Estonian, Elfyn Evans and Dani Sordo at the start of today’s second leg. Three fastest times from three special stages in the Cabreira Mountains, allowed Tänak to move 19.2sec […]
Ott Tänak overcame a complicated day to lead Vodafone Rally de Portugal on Friday night as a frenzied finale derailed his Hyundai Motorsport team’s hopes of a top three lock-out. Tänak topped the fourth round of the FIA World Rally Championship by 6.0sec in his i20 World Rally Car from Elfyn Evans, after longtime leader […]
Dani Sordo headed a Hyundai Motorsport clean sweep of the podium places at Vodafone Rally de Portugal after a dominant Friday morning for the Korean manufacturer. Sordo and new co-driver Borja Rozada took advantage of the best grip offered by a low start position on drying gravel roads to win two of the opening three […]
Elfyn Evans was quickest in Thursday morning’s shakedown at Vodafone Rally de Portugal after a frantic session in which the top five drivers were blanketed by less than a second. The Toyota Yaris driver posted the benchmark time in his fourth and final run through the 4.60km Paredes test, edging Ott Tänak’s Hyundai i20 by […]
Sébastien Ogier chases a record sixth victory at Vodafone Rally de Portugal this weekend in what could be his final appearance in the country where he scored his maiden world rally win 11 years ago. Ogier claimed the first of his 51 FIA World Rally Championship event victories on Portugal’s gravel roads in 2010. He […]
Author: Jan van der Burgt The (too) flexible rear wing of Red Bull and some other Formula 1 teams is a hot topic in Formula 1. Several parties are outraged that those teams are given so long to adjust things. Including Toto Wolff, who opens the door to a protest. This weekend, Lewis Hamilton and McLaren team […]
by Anthony Peacock What’s it like to take up a sport your dad had so much success in? The young Swede explains Rally drivers, just like the policemen they try to avoid on road sections, are getting younger. Look at it this way: Hannu Mikkola was 41 when he claimed the 1983 world rally title, making […]
The recently announced Ford Neil Woolridge Motorsport (NWM) Development Team will make its debut at the Sugarbelt 400, round two of the South African Cross Country Series (SACCS), which takes place on 21 and 22 May 2021 in Eston, KwaZulu-Natal. This initiative, which is funded by Ford South Africa and NWM – along with key […]
by GPblog.com F1 NEWS With the announcement of the Miami Grand Prix, the United States will have two races on American soil next season. The popularity of Formula 1 is growing and with that the interest of possible American sponsors. American sponsors The growing interest of American companies in Formula 1 is especially noticeable at Red Bull Racing. […]
Bahrain Raid Xtreme’s (BRX) Sebastien Loeb has announced Fabian Lurquin as his new co-driver for the 2022 Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia. Xavier de Soultrait – a starter of the Dakar on six occasions – was also in the frame for the seat. Loeb said that Lurquin’s experience of rally raid and his knowledge of […]
Sébastien Loeb and Citroën is undoubtedly the most successful relationship of the World Rally Car era. The great question is, could either have reached the levels they did without the other? Jean-Marc Gales considered the question, then delivered the perfect answer. The member of the managing board of PSA Peugeot Citroën knew it was impossible […]
by: GPblog.com Looking ahead to the fifth race of the season, the Monaco Grand Prix, Formula 1 journalist and connoisseur Joe Saward argues that while Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen seem hugely matched, a section of the Formula 1 viewing public still underestimate Verstappen’s qualities. “People really underestimate how good Max Verstappen is,” Saward began in an interview at the F1 Missed Apex podcast. “I’m not […]
AUTHOR: Mat Oxley A flag-to-flag race and ever Mat Oxley-changing conditions are the stuff of nightmares for many riders but somehow Jack Miller made it work for him Miller was fast when he needed to be throughout the weekend, whatever the conditions Ducati Jack Miller made some history at Le Mans yesterday when he became the first rider to […]
The stakes will be high for the extremely competitive field in the Production Vehicle Category that will take on the traditional Sugarbelt 400, the second round of the 2021 South African National Cross Country Series (SACCS) on 21 and 22 May in the Eston / Mid Illovo area on the outskirts of Pietermaritzburg in KwaZulu-Natal […]
The 2021 FIA Middle East Rally Championship (MERC) resumes with the Jordan Rally on May 27th-29th. bsent from a revised regional rallying calendar in 2020 because of the global Covid-19 situation, this year’s event has been pushed back one week in the calendar by Jordan Motorsport but retains its spot as the second round of […]
Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah and Matthieu Baumel guided their Overdrive Racing Toyota Hilux to a second successive victory in the five-day Andalucia Rally in southern Spain and got their 2021 FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies campaign off to the perfect start. The Qatari and his French team-mate became embroiled in a fierce battle with Spain’s […]
Romain Grosjean brought his No. 51 Dale Coyne Racing IndyCar home in second place at Saturday night’s GMR Grand Prix, silencing his own doubts after 10 uncompetitive years in F1. Grosjean left Formula 1 at the end of last year, his time with Haas cut short by a horrific fiery crash at the start of the […]
Julian Fameliaris and Franco di Matteo took their respective first wins for their career and season Phakisa Freeway on a weekend (May 14-15) that sees the battle for the 2021 Mobil 1 V8 Supercars title remaining wide open. Friday’s practice sessions provided a clear indication that Saturday’s business end of the weekend will be a […]
By CLAIRE COTTINGHAM Lewis Hamilton’s future gives Mercedes chief Toto Wolff a tricky conundrum. For Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff, how much longer his star driver Lewis Hamilton wishes to continue is just the beginning of a series of headaches he faces. There is a very real problem of succession and that needs to be addressed sooner rather than later, regardless […]
By Motorsport Media Dayne dominates G&H Supercars, Gianni takes GT3 Cape Town youngster Dayne Angel’s Autohaus Angel Porsche 911 GT2 RS made short work of the G&H Transport Extreme Supercars races at the Phakisa Freeway outside Welkom in the Free State on Saturday. Gianni Giannoccaro’s BISC G&H Transport Lamborghini Gallardo took balance of Performance […]
After a sabbatical of more than 12-months, sporting competition in China is finally starting to return to venues all across the country despite the ongoing effects of the pandemic which continues to impact international competitors, many of whom made a significant contribution to the many Chinese motorsport championships contested prior to the virus. With many […]
BY JAY RAMEY 2022 Mercedes-Benz EQS production begins ahead of first deliveries later this year, in single-motor EQS450+ form and AWD EQS580. 107.8-kWh battery will power Mercedes’ electric flagship, giving it a range of 479 miles in the WLTP cycle, and likely over 400 in the EPA cycle. Other competitors to the Tesla Model S and […]
MotoGP Peter McLaren MotoGP stars Marc Marquez, Joan Mir, Alex Rins and Alex Marquez talk 500cc two-strokes. How would the current crop of MotoGP stars cope if they were transported back in time to race the formidable 500cc two-strokes that ruled the premier-class until 2002? Marc Marquez, Joan Mir, Alex Marquez and Alex Rins all said they would welcome the […]
By: Sergio Lillo A number of changes have been made to the Dakar Rally’s T1 regulations following complaints from Toyota and Prodrive regarding Audi’s ‘electric’ entry next year. Audi Sport’s return to rally-raid caused some tension even before the German brand revealed the prototype with which it will make its Dakar debut in January 2022. After […]
By: CLAIRE COTTNGHAM Fernando Alonso comes to Lewis Hamilton’s defence, saying the Briton doesn’t get enough praise for his F1 accomplishments. Two-time world champion Fernando Alonso has come to Lewis Hamilton’s defence, suggesting he’s not getting the credit he deserves as one of the most successful Formula 1 drivers of all time. Hamilton has worked his way up […]
by Motorsport Media Cross Country team all set for KZN racing return It’s been a long stretch since the last South African Cross Country race, but Red-Lined Motorsport in partnership with the Penta Motor Group is raring and ready to race in the second round of the season at the rejuvenated Sugarbelt 400 in the […]
Newly-installed Toyota Gazoo Racing team principal Jari-Matti Latvala reflects on his first four months on the job.”I’ve got to be honest and say I have really enjoyed the first four months of my time as Toyota Gazoo Racing team principal. “The honour I felt when I was offered this job remains and every day I […]
Thierry Neuville continued his exceptional run of podiums and victories with another success at Italy’s Targa Florio WRC rally on Saturday. With the ink on his renewed Hyundai Motorsport contract barely dry, the Belgian stepped aboard an i20 World Rally Car to score a commanding win over Ole Christian Veiby at the wheel of a […]
Ten World Rally Cars feature in a bumper 81-car entry for Vodafone Rally de Portugal (20 – 23 May) released recently. Round four of the FIA World Rally Championship also boasts big numbers in the support categories, with a combined total of 37 WRC2 and WRC3 competitors set to serve up plenty of action. Croatia […]
By:Sergio Lillo The Dakar Rally will be held entirely in Saudi Arabia for a third year in succession in 2022, but organiser ASO has promised a “80-85%” new route and a return to the Empty Quarter desert. When the Dakar Rally left its previous home in South America in 2020 as part of a five-year […]
Ford Castrol Cross Country Team aiming for another good result at Sugarbelt 400 following debut victory with all-new FIA-class Ranger Lance Woolridge and Elvéne Vonk lead the FIA-class championship in the SA Cross Country Series (SACCS) after winning the season-opening Mpumalanga 400 Podium finish at round one in Dullstroom places Gareth Woolridge and Boyd Dreyer […]
By Chris Medland Carlos Reutemann, a 12-time grand prix winner, is in intensive care in his native Argentina after being hospitalized with internal bleeding. Reutemann (pictured above after winning the British GP in 1978) was admitted to a private hospital in Santa Fe on Thursday with what a medical bulletin described as “a hemorrhage of the digestive system,” […]
By Motorsport Media G&H Extreme Ferraris, Lambos, Porsches & McLarens head for Welkom The South African GT Challenge returns to Phakisa when the G&H Extreme Supercars race alongside the annual Phakisa 200, the Volkswagen challenge, Formula Vee and Mobil V8s in Welkom on Saturday 15 May. Tyre wear concerns at the Free State racetrack will see […]
The South African Cross Country Series (SACCS) rendezvous, for round two of the SA National Cross Country championship, is set for the Eston / Mid Illovo area on the outskirts of Pietermaritzburg, when the Sugarbelt 400 makes its debut after a six year hiatus on May 21 and 22. “The Sugarbelt 400, based at the […]
By: Luis Costa Hyundai Motorsport has signed new multi-year contracts with its current World Rally Championship drivers Thierry Neuville and Ott Tanak, which will see the Belgian and Estonian remain with the team beyond 2021. The announcement confirms the two-time manufacturers’ champions willingness to continue to be at the forefront of the WRC in the […]
By: Ian Parkes & Will Gray Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff is to hold a ‘discussion’ with Valtteri Bottas about his failure to make it easy for Lewis Hamilton to pass after being told to do so over the radio during the Spanish Grand Prix. Bottas was asked to avoid holding Hamilton up as the reigning champion fought to […]
By Nick Turner Oliver Solberg will make his second appearance at the top level of the World Rally Championship after securing a drive in a Hyundai i20 WRC run by 2C Compétition to enter Rally Sardinia on 3 – 6 June. He will be reunited with regular co-driver Arron Johnstone, after COVID protocols prevented Johnstone from competing in Solberg’s previous appearance. […]
By:Alex Kalinauckas Lewis Hamilton beat Max Verstappen in a gripping 2021 Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix, completing a late charge to reclaim the lead he had lost in a Turn 1 clash. The two leaders came extremely close to touching at the race’s first corner, with Verstappen making an aggressive move to get ahead, which […]