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RALLY

Loeb and Ogier play down tensions

March 9, 2018 Charles Côté 0

Between them, the pair have won the last 14 WRC titles, with Loeb, 44, claiming nine in a row between 2004 and his full-time WRC retirement in 2012 and 34-year-old Ogier collecting the five since.

News

Shane van Gisbergen’s title bid spurred on by early success

March 9, 2018 Charles Côté 0

Kiwi Supercars driver and 2016 series champion Shane van Gisbergen is convinced he has the speed to win a second title in 2018.

Indycar

Scott Dixon thinks new Indycar aero kit will help him

March 9, 2018 Charles Côté 0

A rejuvenated Scott Dixon thinks his Honda package will be more competitive in 2018 with a new aero kit being used in the Indycars Championship.

FORMULA 1

F1 should look at Supercars as they hit a crossroads

March 9, 2018 Charles Côté 0

By any measure the general consensus of Formula 1 commentators, team principals, in fact anybody with any connection to the sport, is that Formula 1 as a sport, as a business, as entertainment, even as an industry, is facing a major crossroads.

FORMULA 1

Melbourne’s perfect formula for sport

March 8, 2018 Charles Côté 0

A fighter jet screamed as it rattled buildings near Southern Cross Station. I was the only one to look up. Yep, I'm from out of town. It was the weekend of the Australian Grand Prix 2017, and I was in Melbourne to experience my first Formula One.

PWC

FLYING LIZARD MOTORSPORTS KICKS OFF 2018 AT St. PETERSBURG GRAND PRIX

March 8, 2018 Charles Côté 0

This year, Flying Lizard Motorsports celebrates its 15th anniversary in sports car racing, returning for a second season in the Pirelli World Challenge. The 2018 season kicks off this weekend at the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, a festival of racing on the streets of St. Petersburg, Florida.

Endurance

PORSCHE TAKES ON THE SPORTS CAR CLASSIC IN FLORIDA AS THE RECORD WINNER

March 8, 2018 Charles Côté 0

The 12 Hours of Sebring, the toughest and oldest sports car race in the USA, will be held for the 66th time on March 17th. Porsche has written motorsport history on the legendary Sebring International Raceway scoring a raft of successes.

MERCEDES-AMG CUSTOMER RACING WITH A STRONG DRIVER LINE-UP AND NEW GOALS FOR 2018

Blancpain Endurance

MERCEDES-AMG CUSTOMER RACING WITH A STRONG DRIVER LINE-UP FOR 2018

March 8, 2018 Charles Côté 0

The 2018 line-up includes Maximilian Buhk (GER), Yelmer Buurman (NED), Adam Christodoulou (GBR), Maximilian Götz (GER), Christian Hohenadel (GER), Thomas Jäger (GER) and Jan Seyffarth (GER). A new addition is Raffaele Marciello (ITA).

PWC

CRP RACING SIGNS DANIEL MORAD FOR 2018 PWC SEASON

March 7, 2018 Charles Côté 0

CRP Racing has secured Canadian Racer Daniel Morad for the 2018 Pirelli World Challenge championship as the team makes the final preparations for the season opener, the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg.

SPORTSCAR

STRONG START TO THE YEAR FOR B-QUIK IN ADELAIDE

March 7, 2018 Charles Côté 0

A very competitive weekend to get the new racing season underway as B-Quik Racing made a one-off return to the Audi Sport R8 LMS Cup for its first round of year, which took the Asian ‘one make’ series onto the streets of Adelaide, the circuit that’s famously the former home of the Australian F1 Grand Prix, for the first time.

SPORTSCAR

2018 DONINGTON HISTORIC FESTIVAL TIMETABLE ANNOUNCED

March 7, 2018 Charles Côté 0

The action-packed timetable for the 2018 Donington Historic Festival (May 4, 5 and 6) has been announced, and it promises a feast for historic motorsport fans.

Endurance

ISAAC TUTUMLU TO CONTEST THE 12H SIVERSTONE

March 7, 2018 Charles Côté 0

Spaniard Tutumlu is back driving a Car Collection Motorssport-entered Audi R8 LMS teaming up with Çapan and Parhofer at Silverstone, which will host the second round of the 24H GT Series. Tutumlu feels confident about claiming another good result.

Blancpain sprint

SHAE DAVIES AND SANDY STUVIK JOIN CRAFT-BAMBOO RACING FOR BLANCPAIN GT SERIES ASIA TITLE FIGHT

March 7, 2018 Charles Côté 0

Craft-Bamboo Racing confirm Shae Davies and Sandy Stuvik in the #911 Porsche 911 GT3 R and the pair are staking their claim to fight for the Blancpain GT Series Asia championship title from the very start. Davies is a talented multi-discipline driver with a background in the Porsche Carrera Cup Australia and V8 Supercars championship.

Le Mans

CHRISTINA NIELSON JOINS EBIMOTORS AT THE 24 HOURS OF LE MANS

March 6, 2018 Charles Côté 0

In 2016, Christina Nielsen was the first Danish female to enter the most important endurance race in the world. Since then, she hasn’t slowed down, and this year marks the sportscar champion’s third consecutive entry into the legendary 24 Hours of Le Mans event.

Formula E

Carmen Jorda Drives Formula E Car

March 4, 2018 Charles Côté 0

Former Renault and Lotus Formula 1 development driver Carmen Jorda got her first experience of the ABB FIA Formula E Championship this weekend in Mexico City, having sampled the championship’s test car prior to Saturday’s E-Prix.

Formula E

Evans makes up for qualifying issue

March 3, 2018 Charles Côté 0

Daniel Abt grabbed his first career Formula E win in Mexico City as Kiwi Mitch Evans produced another superb drive to bank points.

News

Kiwis have little luck in Adelaide

March 3, 2018 Charles Côté 0

Richie Stanaway's car was damaged after contact with fellow Kiwi Fabian Coulthard and the wounded Ford was then pushed into the tyre bundle a couple of corners later as the trailing cars tried to force the issue with him.

FORMULA 1

Is it time for shorter but multilple F1 races?

March 3, 2018 Charles Côté 0

A Superbike is a highly tuned version of a normal road motorbike compared to the MotoGP bikes that are individually and purpose built racing machines. Think World Touring Cars as opposed to Formula 1 cars.

PRODUCTION CARS

Volvo Cars will showcase the 1967 Volvo 1800 S once owned by Sir Roger Moore

March 3, 2018 Charles Côté 0

Volvo Cars will showcase the 1967 Volvo 1800 S once owned by Sir Roger Moore and featured in television's 'The Saint' at the Volvo Cars Heritage stand at Techno-Classica Essen, Germany, March 21-25.

PRODUCTION CARS

The peak of driving dynamics.

March 3, 2018 Charles Côté 0

The new BMW X4 (fuel consumption combined: 9.0 – 5.4 l/100 km [31.4 – 52.3 mpg imp]; CO2 emissions combined: 209 – 142 g/km) demonstrates its strengths in advance of its official presentation at the 88th Geneva International Motor Show. For this purpose the new BMW X4 will be undertaking a trip from Munich via Davos to the location of its world premiere in Geneva.

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