The iconic Fafe special stage will return to the FIA World Rally Championship for the first time since 2001 as part of an all-new route unveiled by Vodafone Rally de Portugal (21 – 24 May) organisers. Famed for its spectacular…
Yes there is life on the other side of motorsport!
“GOOD MORNING SIR, HOW ARE YOU….” The question “Good morning sir, how are you” is quite common in South Africa and irritates the hell out of me, but after many hours at the psychologist, the local preacher and my…
Event preview: Erc Ice Master to be crowned in Latvia where Erc Junior is go, go, go!
A strong 51 car entry made up of drivers from 20 countries will contest round two of the FIA European Rally Championship next week, as ice and snow covered roads of Latvia play host to Rally Liepaja In addition…
Bentley makes a comeback on the race track
By:Phill Tromans At the top of the luxury-car ladder sits Bentley Motors of Crewe, England. It’s a company that promises customers vehicles of the utmost luxury and dynamic capability, rooted in a tradition of motorsport dating back almost a century.…
World of racing talent ready for Bathurst 12 Hour
Racing talent from across the globe will descend on Mount Panorama, Bathurst for the 2015 Liqui-Moli Bathurst 12 hour next week.The class A (GT3 outright) entry list comprises 29 cars and features 87 drivers – some of them amongst the…
Sarrazin leads Toyota WRC test line-up
Toyota World Endurance Championship racer Stephane Sarrazin will lead its test team on the Yaris WRC – the car it will use for its World Rally Championship return in 2017. Former Subaru WRC driver Sarrazin, whose varied career also include…
Toyota launches Yaris WRC, will take part in World Rally Championship 2107
Toyota Motor Corporation president Akio Toyoda announced during a press conference in Tokyo on Friday that the world’s biggest carmaker would end a WRC absence stretching back to the end of 1999. The firm’s motorsport arm – Cologne-based Toyota Motorsport…
Kruuda makes rapid start to 2015 season
Karl Kruuda demonstrated just why he won the 2014 Finnish Rally Championship with a rapid start to last weekend’s Arctic Lapland Rally, held in temperatures that dipped as low as minus 29 degrees centigrade. The 22-year-old Estonian ace, who was…
Screaming engines ‘important for F1′ – Heidfeld
Despite now racing an almost silent Formula E car, the 37-year-old former BMW and Williams driver said loud engine noise should be part of the F1 package.”When I think of my time in Formula One,” said Heidfeld, “I still…
Yamaha reveal 2015 MotoGP machines for Valentino Rossi, Jorge Lorenzo
THE covers have come off the machines that Yamaha hope will give Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo the edge over Marc Marquez when the 2015 MotoGP season gets underway. The Movistar Yamaha MotoGP team held their official launch at the…
The Monte Carlo is all it is made out to be: Henk Lategan
South Africa’s young rallystar, Henk Lategan, says that the Monte Carlo Rally has been an experience of a life time. “I have never experienced anything like it before”, he said. Speaking to Rallystar, Henk said that you have to be…
Loeb plots WTCC form hike
Forty-year old Sebastien Loeb placed third in the final WTCC standings in 2014 with two wins and six podiums.. FIA World Touring Car Championship convert Sébastien Loeb says he’s yet to produce his best form since switching codes from…
Sebastian Vettel almost QUIT Formula 1 after rule changes ended his four-year dominance
Red Bull chief, Christian Horner, admitted thatb the multiple time world champion was considering walking away after the drastic changes to the sport.Sebastian Vettel almost quit Grand Prix racing last year in fury at rule changes which wrecked his four-year…
Get muddy. Toyota takes the GT86 rallying with new CS-R3 model
Think “rally car” and nimble Subarus or Mitsubishis typically come to mind, but Toyota has had success in the mud-slinging arena as well.Now, it’s making a comeback with the GT86 CS-R3, a rally-ready version of the rear-wheel drive sports car…
Rosberg doesn’t see Ferrari as a Formula One threat
NICO Rosberg expects another Formula One title duel with Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton but no challenge from fellow German and four-time former champion Sebastian Vettel, who is now at Ferrari. Rosberg told Germain newspaper Bild that he is highly optimistic…
Marklund switches to EKS Audi for World Rallycross Championship
By Hal Ridge Autosport.com Anton Marklund will switch from a VW Polo to an Audi S1 in the World Rallycross Championship this season, partnering double DTM champion Mattias Ekstrom in the EKS RX team.”This is an amazing opportunity that Mattias…
In first foray in 18 years, Toyota to join 2017 World Rally Championship
Toyota Motor Corp. will return to the World Rally Championship in 2017, joining the prestigious rallying series for the first time in 18 years, sources said Monday.The automaker will make a formal announcement Friday at a Tokyo press conference for…
Kelvin Secures Top Audi Drive for 2015
The meteoric rise of teenage motorsport sensation Kelvin van der Linde continues, with the announcement today (Tuesday, January 27) that he will be an official GT driver for Audi Sport in 2015.The 18-year-old from Dainfern, Johannesburg, will thus defend his…
New Challenge and Cup series to make SA rallying more competitor and spectator-friendly in 2015
National championship special stage rallying is looking to be more competitor and spectator-friendly in 2015 with the introduction of a new Challenge and an entry-level Cup series.“We have great plans for making rallying more accessible to competitors as well as…
Loeb shines on WRC return but insists WTCC is his focus for 2015
WTCC ace Sébastien Loeb made a heroic return to the FIA World Rally Championship on Rallye Monte-Carlo last week but insisted the outing was a one-off. Citroën’s double FIA World Touring Car Championship race winner was back in the WRC…
Vic Elford receives RRDC’S 2015 Phil Hill award
Vic Elford, considered one of the fastest race-car drivers of the Sixties and Seventies, was honored by the Road Racing Drivers Club with the 2015 Phil Hill Award. RRDC president Bobby Rahal made the presentation at a dinner prior to…
Eklund Motorsport Reveals New VW Beetle for FIA Rallycross
VW Beetles are increasingly becoming active in global rallies with Eklund Motorsport becoming the latest campaigners. The Swedish team headed by Per Eklund has revealed a VW Beetle which they will field in the 2015 FIA World Rallycross Championship season.…
M-Sport prove their potential
M-Sport World Rally Team’s Ott Tänak and Elfyn Evans got off to a flying start on the first full day of competition at Rallye Monte-Carlo today. Coupling flashes of potential with a composed drive behind the wheel of their EcoBoost…
F1 needs ‘a revolution’, says Ferrari boss
New Ferrari boss Maurizio Arrivabene believes F1 needs a revolution before 2017 to prevent the loss of more fans.There is currently a question mark over the future of the sport, with several parties dissatisfied with the current engine regulations and…
Rolex 24: Chip Ganassi survives sprint for Daytona win
Scott Dixon spearheads Chip Ganassi Ford to a fine victory on the 2015 Rolex 24 at Daytona after a seven minute sprint to the flag.Scott Dixon has led Chip Ganassi Ford to victory in the 2015 Rolex 24 at Daytona…
Ogier nets third Monte-Carlo win
Sebastien Ogier won his third Rallye Monte Carlo today after a masterful display of speed and caution over slippery mountain roads in the French Alps. The double world champion saw off an initial challenge from rally legend Sébastien Loeb, seven…
BREAKING NEWS: Ogier wins in Monte-Carlo
Sebastien Ogier claimed his third Rallye Monte Carlo victory when her won the opening round of the 2015 FIA World Rally Championship today. He finished the four-day rally in the French Alps with a 58.0sec lead in his Volkswagen…
SS13: Meeke wins Sunday’s opener
Clear asphal;t greeted competitors for the opening stage of today’s final leg at Rallye Monte Carlo and Kris Meeke made the most of that to set the fastest time from Citroen team-mate Sebastien Loeb. The Northern Ireland driver was quickest…
StarSat secures deal to broadcast international World Rally Championships
Motorsport enthusiasts in South Africa are in for a treat. On Digital Media’s (ODM’s) pay TV platform , StarSat, has confirmed and secured a deal to broadcast the international World Rally Championships exclusive for the next two years. The recently…
Cautious Ogier retains Monte lead
An ultra-cautious Sebastien Ogier surrendered more than a minute of his Rallye Monte Carlo lead on Saturday, but still has a comfortable advantage going into today’s final leg. Holding a 1min 45sec lead, Ogier refused to take risks on ice…
WRC Rallye Monte Carlo: Ogier in control at close of day three
Sebastien Ogier finishes day three of WRC Rallye Monte Carlo 2015 with a 42.8s lead over Jari-Matti Latvala; Andreas Mikkelsen completes the top-three followed by Mads Ostberg, Dani Sordo and Thierry Neuville; Elfyn Evans lose over 2.5 minutes in SS12…
Ogier to start tomorrow as the leader of the Monte
At the end of the third day of action on this year’s Rallye Monte Carlo, Volkswagen Motorsport maintained a podium lock-out in the overall standings, with Sebastien Ogier leading from Jari-Matti Latvala and Andreas Mikkelsen. It wasn’t quite the dominance…
SS11: Loeb back in the groove
Dry asphalt is a rarity at Rally Monte Carlo and Sebastien Loeb made the most of those conditions to set the fastest time through the first of this afternoon’s two special stages.It was the first clean asphalt stage of the…
WRC Monte Carlo (after SS10): Ogier in “no risk mode”
The tenth and longest stage of the Rallye Monte-Carlo (51.70km) produced a wide spectrum of times, but a ‘safe’ ninth-fastest was enough for Ogier (Volkswagen/Michelin) to maintain top spot in the Alps. Team-mates Latvala (+1m4.9s) and Mikkelsen (1m49.4s) have strengthened…
SS10: Ogier calm after time loss
Sebastien Ogier handed away a huge part of his Rally Monte Carlo lead after an ultra-cautious drive through the longest stage of the event this morning.However, the Volkswagen Polo R driver was unconcerned after team-mate Jari-Matti Latvala sliced his advantage…
WRC Rallye Monte Carlo: Ogier continues to lead
Sebastien Ogier heads back to the mid-day service on day three of WRC Rallye Monte Carlo with a 1 minute 4.9 second advantage over Jari-Matti Latvala – losing 40.5s after taking it cautiously through SS10; Andreas Mikkelsen remains third, but…
Van Niekerk and Noble to Share NAD Fiesta
Top South African privateer Japie van Niekerk is going to go all-out for the 2015 national rally championship and has enlisted UK-based navigator Gordon Noble to sit alongside him in the New Africa Developments S2000 Fiesta. Noble brings a huge…
Lategan’s rally may just have ended
Henk Lategan and Barry White in their Skoda Fabia S2000 may be out of the Rally Monte Carlo after the car left the road on stage 10 and got stuck in a ditch. They have been unable to get the…
Matton: It was a short, but great battle
Citroen team boss Yves Matton is taking plenty of positives from Sebastien Loeb’s performance on the opening two days of Rallye Monte Carlo. Making a one-off guest appearance in a DS 3 WRC this weekend, Loeb leapt into an early…
Ogier takes charge in Monte-Carlo
Sebastien Ogier ended Friday’s intriguing second leg of Rallye Monte Carlo with a comfortable lead after a thrilling fight with Sebastien Loeb ended with a mistake from the nine time champion. The Frenchmen traded times in a topsy-turvy day through…