COBRAS TAKE IT TO THE LIMIT Today was the day everyone was waiting for, or at least the 30 or so thousand people flocking to the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion were waiting for it: the chance to see 45 competition Shelby Cobras charging around California’s famously challenging 2.238-mile road course known as Mazda […]
GERMAN ROOKIE PASCAL WEHRLEIN CLAIMS MAIDEN FORMULA 3 WIN… The 15th Formula 3 Euro Series season round ended with the maiden season victory of a rookie driver: Pascal Wehrlein (Mücke Motorsport) won from William Buller (Carlin) and Jazeman Jaafar (Carlin). At the 3.629 kilometres long Nürburgring sprint circuit, the 17-year old German benefited from a […]
Sims score maiden Nissan victory in Formula 3 Euro Series Briton Alexander Sims (Threebond with T-Sport) wrote history at the 3.629 kilometres long Nürburgring sprint circuit: he claimed the maiden victory for a Nissan-powered car in the Formula 3 Euro Series. Raffaele Marciello (Prema Powerteam) and Felix Rosenqvist (Mücke Motorsport) crossed the finish line in […]
POLE FOR SPENGLER, SETBACK FOR PAFFETT… Nürburg. For BMW and Bruno Spengler, the start of the second half of the season couldn’t have been better. In qualifying for the sixth DTM season round, the Canadian showed himself in an excellent shape at the Nürburgring and claimed pole position for Sunday’s race. Third-placed in the drivers’ […]
THE ROLEX MONTEREY MOTORSPORTS REUNION… Even though the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion is feverishly busy celebrating Shelby Cobra’s 50th Anniversary, it is simultaneously revealing the rich heritage of historic automobile racing as a whole with 17 different period-specific race groups running the road course at Monterey, California’s Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. The event, in its […]
Two German rookies to the fore… In the 13th season round of the Formula 3 Euro Series, Daniel Juncadella (Prema Powerteam) scored a lights-to-flag victory to extend his points’ lead in the drivers’ standings. Currently, he has an advantage of 20.5 points over Raffaele Marciello (Prema Powerteam), who ended up sixth, just behind guest driver […]