CROFT LAP RECORD SMASHED AS COLIN TURKINGTON TAKES POLE Five former champs in top five grid slots The Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship leader Colin Turkington has obliterated his own qualifying lap record on his way to securing pole position for tomorrow’s opening encounter at Croft. The eBay Motors driver scored his sole BTCC pole position […]
Max Verstappen also wins at Norisring Season round: 16 of 33 Track: Norisring Winner: Max Verstappen (Van Amersfoort Racing) Pole position: Felix Rosenqvist (kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport) Weather: sunny Following his triple victory at Spa-Francorchamps, 16-year-old Dutchman Max Verstappen (Van Amersfoort Racing) continued his winning streak at the 2.3 kilometres long Norisring. The son of ex-Formula 1 driver Jos Verstappen won […]
DEREK HILL, A TIPO151, AND OTHER DELIGHTS American race driver Derek Hill, son of World Champion Phil Hill, will strap himself behind the wheel of the lone surviving Maserati Tipo 151, of which only three were ever constructed, to race in the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion August 14-17 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Maserati is […]
RENAULT AT THE 2014 GOODWOOD FESTIVAL OF SPEED Renault will parade its amazing breadth of creativity at the 2014 Goodwood Festival of Speed. Renault will exhibit a wide-ranging array of competition cars of extraordinary variety, and a series of concept cars that shine a glamorous light on the brand’s dazzling future. A celebration of Renault’s […]
Norisring stages FIA F3 European Championship season half-time event Venue: Norisring Track length: 2.3 kilometres Lap record FIA F3: Felix Rosenqvist 2013 (0:48.306 minutes) Distance: 42 laps Just a week after having mastered the demanding Formula 1 circuit of Spa-Francorchamps, a.k.a. the Ardennes Rollercoaster, the young Formula 3 drivers now will have to face a completely different challenge: Nuremberg’s […]
BERNSTORFF BAGS CARLIN’S SECOND WIN IN SPIELBERG What a weekend for Carlin – a fantastic one-two in Race 1 with Emil Bernstorff finishing second – and today the Brit went one better by pocketing his debut win in the category in dominant style. Jimmy Eriksson (Koiranen GP) drove a determined race to finish second and […]