Motorsports Mondial

Ganassi takes Daytona Glory! With 23 hours logged at the 2011 Rolex 24 At Daytona it would be natural to assume the drivers would be looking to preserve their equipment in order to make it to the finish, but here at Daytona International Speedway it is the exact opposite.  With four DP cars in the […]

Motorsports Mondial

Faces Going Places Photo: Tom Blomqvist Tom Blomqvist. Quick & Confident Tom Blomqvist burst upon the racing scene last year taking the title in the very competitive Michelin Formula Renault UK series. The 16-year old son of Stig, of Audi Quattro and world rally championship fame, grew up racing karts in New Zealand. Call him […]

F1weekly Podcast # 483

Photo: Peter Brazier F1weekly podcast number 483 Motorsports Mondial with Nasir Hameed and… This weeks special repeat interview: Force India driver Paul Di Resta. And from our friends at Lotus Renault GP: As the F1 launch season gets into full swing, here’s recap of plans for the unveiling of the team’s new challenger in Valencia, […]

Motorsports Mondial

FACES GOING PLACES Marco Wittmann Photo courtesy: Marco Wittmann Q: In 2010, your second year in F3 Euro Series, you finished second in the Championship, on a scale of 1-10 how would you rate your season? A: Well difficult to say, cause I had ups and downs during the season. But at the end I […]

Motorsports Mondial

Gilles Villeneuve Passion for Performance Painting: John Ketchell January 18, 1950: Gilles Villeneuve is born on this day. The son of a piano-tuner played his own racing rhapsody, starting with snowmobiles in his native Quebec. Hauling his family race to race he set new standards in Formula Atlantic. Waves he made with gutsy and relentless […]

Motorsports Mondial

António Félix Da Costa The Portuguese F1 Explorer Photo: www.felixdacosta.net Portugal has a rich motor racing history. The first Portuguese Grand Prix was held in 1951 on the Boavista street circuit in Oporto. The non-championship event was won by local driver Casimiro de Oliveira in a Ferrari 340. Boavista also played host to the inaugural […]