HILMER MOTORSPORT JOINS GP2 SERIES FIELD GP2 Series organisers are pleased to announce that Hilmer Motorsport have been allocated an entry for the 2013 season. The German squad whose Team Principal Franz Hilmer already owns Formtech GmbH – a supplier for several Formula One teams – joins the thirteen team field in replacement of Ocean […]
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 […]
RIGON WINKS AT THE WSR 3.5 AND THINKS ABOUT THE GT2 The past season was full of important events for Davide Rigon, who was engaged in his first GT racing season behind the wheel of the Ferrari 458 in the Blancpain Endurance Series and at Ferrari, where he was and still is at the “Scuderia” […]
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. […]
F1WEEKLY PODCAST NUMBER 615 CLARK AND NASIR AND THE F1W 2012 F1 SEASON REVIEW PART 1 Lewis Hamilton’s replacement, the Mexican driver Sergio Pérez, arrived at McLaren on Wednesday, starting a career at the Woking-based manufacturers which he hopes will bring him the Formula One world title. Pérez, who previously drove for Sauber, finished last […]