GERHARD BERGER TAKES OVER FROM HANS WERNER AUFRECHT AS ITR CHAIRMAN The world’s most popular touring-car series will be comprehensively enhanced ITR is being restructured for the future: Today, former Grand Prix winner, BMW Motorsport Director and Formula One team co-owner Gerhard Berger was confirmed as Chairman of ‘Internationalen Tourenwagen Rennen e.V’ (ITR). He takes […]
THE TECHNOLOGY OF THE 2017 DTM CARS: MORE POWER AND LESS DOWNFORCE REPRESENT A BIGGER CHALLENGE FOR THE DRIVING SKILLS THAN EVER To let the skills of the drivers gain even more importance, the technical regulations for the 2017 season were revised in crucial areas. So, the horsepower output of the new cars was increased […]
JOHN SURTEES PASSED AWAY MARCH 10, 2017 NASIR HAMEED ACCEPTED AN INVITATION TO HAVE A CONVERSATION AND A CUP OF TEA WITH JOHN SURTEES IN THE SPRING OF 2016. ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON PODCAST # 706 PART 1 AND PODCAST # 707 PART 2. F1W IS BRINGING BACK THE INTERVIEW IN IT’S ENTIRETY WITH PODCAST # […]
KRIS MEEKE TAKES CONTROL OF RALLY MEXICO Despite being shorn of half of the planned stages, day two of Rally Mexico nonetheless served up plenty of twists and turns. Keeping out of trouble, Kris Meeke and Paul Nagle ended the rally’s first full leg in the overall lead. In the second Citroën C3 WRC, Stéphane […]
SAHARA FOR INDIA ON TEST 2 DAY 1 Esteban Ocon: “I am very happy with our work today. To complete more than 140 laps without issues is a good effort and allowed us to cover a lot of ground. We did some long stints and also some performance runs, which were very interesting: we kept […]
JEFFRIES AND BREUKERS WIN LAMBORGHINI SUPER TROFEO TITLE AT DUBAI AUTODROME Dubai, UAE, 5 March 2017: Championship competition heated up on the 5.39 kilometre Grand Prix Circuit at Dubai Autodrome during the penultimate National Race Days (NRD) Power Weekend (3-4 March 2017), with the new Lamborghini series on showcase with UAE national racing. Lamborghini Super […]