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 […]
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 […]