NEW ZEALANDER REMAINS WITH ARDEN INTERNATIONAL AS HE STEPS UP TO THE GP2 FOR 2013 The 18 year old, won the 2012 GP3 Championship with MW Arden, scoring 3 wins, 4 poles and 6 podiums over the season. Evans entered onto the European circuit in 2010 with MW Arden in the GP3 Series and finished […]
ABU DHABI DRIVES NEW CITROEN BID FOR WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP GLORY Sheikh Khalid sees new era for UAE capital in world rallying as Loeb aims to seal another Monte Carlo triumph Abu Dhabi, UAE, 15 January, 2013: Abu Dhabi’s three-year partnership with eight-time World Rally Championship (WRC) manufacturers winners, Citroën Racing, begins in earnest this […]
F1 TEAM FOUNDER GUIDO FORTI DIES- 11 January 2013 GUIDO FORTI was the founder and team manager of the now-defunct Formula One team Forti. Forti co-founded his “Forti Corse” racing team with businessman Paolo Guerci in the late 1970s, initially running in Italian and European Formula Three. The team made the step up to Formula […]
RAHAL TO BE INDUCTED TO SCCA HALL OF FAME: IZOD IndyCar Series team co-owner and 1986 Indianapolis 500 champion Bobby Rahal is among five road racing principals who will be inducted into the SCCA Hall of Fame on March 2. Joining Rahal in being honored are Skip Barber, Bill Noble, Carroll Shelby and Andy Porterfield. […]
DESPRES AND PETERHANSEL ARE CHAMPIONS While the last special was won by Norway’s Pâl Anders Ullevâlseter (motorcycles) and Robby Gordon (cars), France’s Cyril Despres and Stéphane Peterhansel took their fourth and tenth Dakars respectively, all categories included. The champions were applauded on the podium on Lima’s Plaza de Armas by a huge crowd which came […]
HE ONLY STARTED 30TH… but by the time he got to Nazca he’d already left almost 20 other riders in the dust. Francisco López took his second stage win in three days at the 2013 Dakar. In the car category, Nasser Al-Attiyah won his 15th special at the Dakar, while the X-Raid team’s delight at […]