zaterdag 31 maart 2012
Latvala: Ford must seize opportunity
Jari-Matti Latvala says Ford must capitalise on a near-perfect start to the Rally of Portugal. The factory Fiesta RS WRCs ended the opening day first and second, while championship leader Sebastien Loeb rolled out of the rally on SS3 on Thursday night
vrijdag 30 maart 2012
2012 NSCS Goody’s Fast Relief 500 Pre-Race Q&A with Team Chevy Driver, Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
Dale Earnhardt Jr., driver of the #88 Diet Mountain Dew/National Guard Chevrolet, sits in his car - Photo Credit: Todd Warshaw/Getty Images for NASCARDALE EARNHARDT, JR, NO. 88 AMP ENERGY/DIET MOUNTAIN DEW/NATIONAL GUARD CHEVROLET, met with members of the media at Martinsville Speedway and discussed his success at Martinsville Speedway, his season thus far and...more»
donderdag 29 maart 2012
Perez remaining realistic after Malaysia
Sergio Perez is not get carried away with his brilliant performance in the Malaysian Grand Prix, but still thinks his maiden victory could be just around the corner. The Sauber driver challenged Fernando Alonso hard for a race win in Sepang, but lost his chance when he ran wide near the end of the race - handing his Ferrari rival enough of a buffer at the front to hold on until the chequered flag. But although he was the quickest man on track in Sepang, Perez does not believes this marks the start of a regular push for victory at forthcoming races
Shane Lewis to Make Dubai 24H Debut
Shane Lewis Dubai 24H DUBAI - December 29, 2011 American to Start 31st Career 24-Hour Race at Middle East's Premier Event Shane Lewis began his career running open wheel races that lasted 30-minutes. Today, he has become one of the...
Source: http://www.motorsportsjournal.com/archives/2011/12/shane_lewis_to_make_dubai.php
dinsdag 20 maart 2012
zaterdag 10 maart 2012
Chevrolet quickest in Monza test
Reigning world champion Chevrolet set the pace in testing at Monza's opening round of the 2012 World Touring Car Championship. Yvan Muller kicked off his title defence by recording the fastest time of the day in the fifth of five one-hour sessions. The Frenchman's time of 1m58.022s was just 0.013s quicker than RML Chevrolet team-mate Rob Huff.
Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/other-news/touring-cars/wtcc/chevrolet-quickest-in-monza-test
Johansson joins Gulf Racing for Sebring
Former Le Mans 24 Hours winner Stefan Johansson will return to the wheel of a prototype in this month's Sebring 12 Hours. The US-based Swede, who won Le Mans with the Joest Porsche team in 1997, has signed to drive one of the Gulf Racing Middle East squad's Lola-Nissan B12/80 LMP2s in the opening round of the FIA World Endurance Championship on March 17. Johansson is hopeful that the drive will lead to a full-time seat with the team in the WEC.
woensdag 7 maart 2012
Geneva: Peugeot brings the 208 party to Geneva
Filed under: Concept Cars, Geneva Motor Show, Europe, Hatchback, Peugeot, Diesel
The successor to the Peugeot 207 line, the 208, made an appearance under the lights of the Geneva Motor Show this week. Buyers in the EU may choose from either the three-door body style you see above or a more functional five-door configuration. Both vehicles feature smaller exterior dimensions than the old 207 but with greater interior volume than their predecessors. Peugeot also shrank the available gasoline engine options in the 208. A 1.0-liter three-cylinder engine serves up a heady 75 horsepower, though consumers looking for a little more grunt may step up to a 1.2-liter three pot good for 100 hp.
All told, the 208 is available in five different configurations, including a range of diesel-powered options that include Peugeot's next-generation stop/start system, which helps return nearly 83.1 mpg on the EU scale. Not too shabby.
Want something a little hotter? How about the Peugeot 208 GTi Concept (above left)? In addition to more aggressive body work, larger brakes and flashier 18-inch alloy wheels, the vehicle packs the same 1.6-liter engine as found in the company's RCZ. That means buyers can expect to find somewhere between 156 and 200 turbocharged horsepower kicking through a six-speed manual transmission. How's that for a win?
Meanwhile, the 208 XY Concept (above right)wears more flash than actual go. With a color-shifting purple paint, unique interior treatments and a 1.6-liter turbo diesel engine, this hatch is meant more for prowling city centers than corner carving.
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zaterdag 3 maart 2012
HRT: No satisfaction in Marussia failure
HRT team principal Luis Perez-Sala says his outfit has taken no satisfaction from seeing rivals Marussia fail its final crash test. With both outfits facing a race-against-time to get their cars ready for the start of the season, Perez-Sala does not believe that his outfit now has the edge over its rivals because it has completed all the mandatory checks
vrijdag 2 maart 2012
Honda sits out second day of testing
The Honda team has decided not to run in today's testing session at Sepang following an engine problem on Tuesday. The team said that due to an engine failure on Dani Pedrosa's RC213V machine yesterday, HRC decided to send the engine to Japan for analysis. Honda said the results of the analysis were positive, but the heavy rain on track meant the team decided not to run.
No penalty for Keselowski over tweet
Brad Keselowski will not be penalised despite sending 'tweets' while behind the wheel of his race car during a red-flag period of Monday's Daytona 500. The Penske driver tweeted a picture and the word "Fire" while still sitting on his car right after the race was halted, following Juan Pablo Montoya's crash with a jet-dryer, 40 laps from the scheduled end of the event. He sent further tweets after that in response to some of his followers and was even spotted on the TV broadcast while using his phone, once drivers were allowed out of their cars during the red-flag interruption, which took more than two hours
Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/nascar-news/nascar/no-penalty-for-keselowski-over-tweet
zondag 26 februari 2012
Williams: Low-speed form key to pace
Williams needs to improve its car's low-speed performance if it is to make progress up the grid, reckons chief operations engineer Mark Gillan. Although the team is convinced that the FW34 is a step forward over last year's disappointing challenger, the Grove-based outfit already understands the areas where things need to be made even better. "Obviously, you've got to concentrate on where the maximum performance gains will be had," explained Gillan about Williams' focus going forward
vrijdag 24 februari 2012
maandag 13 februari 2012
De la Rosa: HRT in promising shape
Pedro de la Rosa thinks HRT can get itself in good shape for the start of the season, on the back of his first track experience with the team at Jerez in Spain this week.
Former team boss Roger Dowson dies
Long-time British Touring Car Championship team owner Roger Dowson has died at the age of 67 after a battle with cancer. Dowson is probably best-remembered for masterminding Mazda's entry into the BTCC in the early 1990s, but his involvement with the series stretched back 20 years earlier when he was kingpin in Gerry Marshall's tin-top campaigns.
Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/other-news/touring-cars/btcc/former-team-boss-roger-dowson-dies/
Key set for Lotus sportscar role
Former Sauber Formula 1 team technical director James Key is set to join the motorsport division of Lotus Cars. The Briton, who resigned last week to take up a job offer in the UK, is believed to have accepted an offer to become technical director of the racing programmes run by Lotus Cars. His new position could be announced within days.
zondag 12 februari 2012
Koenigsegg to Deliver First U.S. Agera in June, Working on Camless Engine
Koenigsegg expects to deliver its first Agera to the U.S. this June, more than two years after the 940-hp supercar was introduced, according to a company executive. Bags of Air and “Financial Hardship” The Swedish automaker is awaiting approval for a second exemption from federal regulations requiring smart airbags, the same exemption the National Highway [...]
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