Motorsports Mondial

Pic of the Day Photo. BBC Charles Pic. F1 Driver in 2012 The 2011 Formula 1 season saw no French Grand Prix and no Gallic drivers on the grid. Fast forward to 2012. The season opener in Albert Park will see no less than three drivers representing the land of birth of Grand Prix racing. […]

Motorsports Mondial

Photo: renaultsport Renault Sport Technologies, a breeding ground for F1 drivers Scuderia Toro Rosso have named Daniel Ricciardo and Jean-Eric Vergne as their drivers for the 2012 season, the first time two Formula Renault 3.5 Series rivals will be driving side by side for the same Formula One team. In taking the step up from […]

Motorsports Mondial

Photo: renaultsports Megane Trophy cranks up the power for 2012 Created in 2005 and overhauled four years later, the Megane Trophy is reinventing itself for 2012, by packing an extra 40bhp beneath the bonnet. Developed by Renault Sport Technologies, the new improved 400-bhp saloon car will be taking centre stage again in the Eurocup Megane […]

F1Weekly podcast # 542

Schools award top marks for drive to teach children road rules Dubai. School heads and teachers in Dubai have given top marks to a new programme that teaches hundreds of children about the importance of road safety. The Porsche Kids Driving School – an inititiave from Porsche Centre Dubai, Al Nabooda Automobiles – has visited […]

Motorsports Mondial

Photo. Sutton-Images Splito in Oviedo. Ferrari star and two-time world champion Fernando Alonso and wife Raquel del Rosario are going separate ways. In a joint statement both confirmed, “They will still be friends.” Raquel is lead singer for rock band El Sueño de Morfeo and married ‘muy macho hombre de España five years ago after […]