By Sajith B Warrier Defending MotoGP world champion Joan Mir missed out on a podium finish as Maverick Vinales won the season-opening Qatar Grand Prix. Maverick Vinales got his 2021 FIM MotoGP World Championship campaign up and running with a season-opening victory as he charged up from fifth at the Barwa Grand Prix of Qatar. […]
Author Adriano Boin The controversy surrounding Max Verstappen’s attempt to pass Lewis Hamilton won’t be going away any time soon. The Red Bull man was forced to relinquish his spot, handing the win to Hamilton. Paul di Resta hopes we see the decision followed for the remainder of the season © Red Bull Content Pool […]
Author: Jan van der Burgt Co-author:RacingNews365 Staff Max Verstappen put Lewis Hamilton under considerable pressure at the end of the Bahrain Grand Prix, but in the end it wasn’t enough. Helmut Marko believes the Mercedes driver used everything in his bag of tricks to keep the Red Bull driver at bay. Max Verstappen thought he had […]
After an extremely tough and challenging Mpumalanga 400, the opening round of the 2021 South African National Cross Country Series (SACCS) that played off at Dullstroom this weekend, 26 and 27 March, it was the brand new Ford Castrol Cross Country Team Ranger in the hands of Lance Woolridge and Elvéne Vonk that made history […]
The 2019 Special Vehicle Champions, Lance Trethewey and Adriaan Roets, romped to a fine victory in their L T Earthmovers BAT Venom when they won the Mpumalanga 400, the opening round of the South African National Cross Country Series (SACCS) that took place at Dullstroom this weekend. It was a case of the survivors taking […]
PHOTOGRAPHY BY RED BULL CONTENT POOL WORDS BY STEPHEN BRUNSDON THE WRC LEGEND ADMITTED THINGS WEREN’T AS SMOOTH AS NORMAL ON 2021 DAKAR BUT THAT WASN’T NECESSARILY ELENA’S FAULT Nine-time World Rally Champion Sébastien Loeb has opened up about his split with long-term co-driver Daniel Elena. The pair announced last week that they would be going […]
The Rally in the 100 Acre Wood was a show like no other this weekend. With all the rain leading into the race, Thursday’s recce (reconnaissance) and the shakedown before the start were filled with sloppy turns and deep running water over the water crossings. 100AW champs Travis Pastrana and Rhianon Gelsomino get major air […]
PHOTOGRAPHY BY EXTREME E WORDS BY STEPHEN BRUNSDON AHEAD OF THE INAUGURAL ROUND NEXT MONTH, MATTIAS EKSTRÖM SAYS THOSE WITH RALLY ROOTS WILL HIT THE GROUND RUNNING With the start of the inaugural Extreme E season in AlUla now just under a month away, few doubt the challenge facing teams and competitors as they get […]
Munich, 26 March 2021 – Greece will return to the FIA World Rally Championship for the first time in eight years after the fabled Acropolis Rally Greece was added to the 2021 calendar today.The gruelling gravel road event forged a reputation as one of the WRC’s iconic fixtures after joining the inaugural season in 1973, […]
BY BRAD ANDERSON While the new Toyota GR Yaris won’t be competing in the World Rally Championship as the car manufacturer had originally intended, it will be racing in the Australian Rally Championship. The racer has been dubbed the GR Yaris AP4 and came to life thanks to a partnership between Toyota and Neal Bates Motorsport. It is based on […]
Author:RacingNews365 Staff Lewis Hamilton’s future past the 2021 F1 season is unclear, with the Brit only signing a one-year deal to stay at Mercedes. McLaren boss Zak Brown believes we’ll be seeing a new driver lineup at the Silver Arrows next season, with Max Verstappen in the mix. Image credit: Mercedes Lewis Hamilton will look […]
BY JOE SAWARD The son of Nigerian-born supermodel Oluchi Onweagba-Orlandi signs with McLaren. Who is this kid? If you were looking for someone who represents the ambitions of Formula 1 10 years from now, you would be hard-pressed to find anyone better than 13-year-old Ugo Ugochukwu, a youngster who may one day cause F1 journalists to […]
Immediately prior to the start of the spectacular new Extreme E off-road racing series, we finally know for sure which teams and drivers will be taking professional motorsports with electric SUVs to the most remote corners of the world. With the founding of the JBXE team by former Formula 1 world champion Jenson Button, the […]
By Surendhar M On the second day of the final MotoGP pre-season testing in Qatar ahead of the 2021 season, Ducati’s Johann Zarco clocked 357.6 kmph top speed Johann Zarco set the highest unofficial top speed ever in MotoGP on the second day of the pre-season testing concluded at the Losail International Circuit in Qatar […]
The South Racing Can-Am Team enjoyed another successful challenge for honours at a Middle Eastern round of the FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Bajas, with the team’s four Can-Am Maverick X3s finishing second, third, fourth and fifth in the FIA T4 category behind a fifth South Racing-built machine. Kuwait’s Meshari Al-Thefiri led the way for […]
By Chris Medland George Russell has replaced Romain Grosjean as a director of the Grand Prix Drivers’ Association (GPDA) following the Frenchman’s move to IndyCar. “It is an honor and privilege to be nominated director of the GPDA,” Russell said. “I appreciate the support of my fellow drivers in entrusting this role to me and recognize […]
By Chris Medland Fernando Alonso says he is better than the other three world champions still racing in Formula 1, as well as Max Verstappen, as he prepares for his return to the sport at this weekend’s Bahrain Grand Prix. The double world champion will make his first start since the 2018 Abu Dhabi Grand […]
Saudi Arabia’s Yasir Seaidan took full advantage of his starting position for the final stage to snatch victory away from Dutch rival Erik van Loon at the Jordan Baja. A second outright win in the space of three weeks for the Mini John Cooper Works Rally driver also means that he extends his early season […]
The inaugural edition of Fenix Rally ended today with a 110 kilometers of last special stage. After 6 days and more than 1000 kms competitive sections, the race is ready to crown its first winners. Tunisia welcomed the brand new project of RBI Sport and Alex Kovatchev with warm hospitality, full support from the authorities […]
An impressive entry in the Production Vehicle Category of the Mpumalanga 400 Super Event, the opening round of the 2021 South African National Cross Country Series (SACCS) that takes place on 26 and 27 March in the Dullstroom area, predicts action packed racing on both days of the event where a new race structure is […]
by Motorsport Media Charl’s Lamborghini dominates Killarney G&H Extreme Supercars Charl Arangies and his A+ Class Stradale Into Africa Lamborghini Huracan were in devastating form as the Johannesburg driver romped to a triple victory at Killarney’s season-opening Extreme Supercars races in Cape Town over the weekend. Local rival Marcel Angel topped the Balance of Performance GT3 […]
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing SA’s Michael van Rooyen drew first blood in the 2021 Global Touring Car (GTC) championship, by winning the opening race of the season. His victory was backed up by fellow Toyota Corolla racer, Mandla Mdakane, who recorded his first podium for the team during the second race at the Killarney International Raceway, […]
by Motorsport Media De Klerk swaps to BMW in Dullstroom as the Dakar prep continues Fresh off his win in the Barberspan 300 Northern Regions off road race in the TreasuryOne Amarok last week, it’s all change for Hennie de Klerk as he swaps to his BMW X3 to compete in this weekend’s Dullstroom 400 […]
Round 1 of the 2021 South African Cross-Country Series (SACCS) is set to take place around the Mpumalanga town of Dullstroom this weekend, with the Mpumalanga 400, and TOYOTA GAZOO Racing SA is primed for action. Two of the team’s Class FIA Toyota Hilux race cars will be in action, with former champions Giniel de […]
Author: Rahul Sharan Honda’s technical head Toyoharu Tanabe believes the Japanese brand’s 2021 Formula 1 engine has surpassed the levels reached by Mercedes in the previous year. With Red Bull and AlphaTauri topping the timesheets during the recently concluded pre-season F1 test, Toyoharu Tanabe, the technical head of Honda says the performance of the Japanase manufacturer’s […]
By Chris Medland Andy Hone/Motorsport Images Mercedes expects the 2021 season to deliver a close championship battle with Red Bull, but while describing its rivals as “the class act from the test,” the team’s motorsport strategy director James Vowles notes there are no points scored for being strong in testing. Red Bull set the […]
by Motorsport Media Four-car team set for action in Dullstroom Red-Lined Motorsport in partnership with Penta Motor Group is off to the season-opening South African Cross Country race at Dullstroom 26-27 March with a spring in its step and a new-look four-car line-up. “We are headed to the South African Cross Country Auto season opener in […]
By Chris Medland Alpine racing director Davide Brivio says Fernando Alonso was quickly up to speed in pre-season testing after two years away from Formula 1, and his motivating impact is being felt within the team. Alonso returns to Enstone — where he won two world championships under Alpine’s previous guise as Renault — following […]
by Motorsport Media Pepson Plastics Kawasaki Motul Racing is off to Limpopo Pepson Plastics Kawasaki Motul Racing is keen to capitalise on its great 2021 South African Cross Country Moto Championship start at the second round at Modimolle in Limpopo Saturday 27 March. OR1 rider D’artagnan Lobjoit and OR3 man Taki Bogiages impressed in KZN first […]
By: motorsportmdia.co.za SA National dirt bike championship heads to Modimolle The South African Cross Country Motorcycle circus heads north to Modimolle in the Limpopo Province, where it will tackle the second round of the 2021 National and GXCC Regional Championships. Local upcountry competitors will be looking for revenge after Natal riders stormed the Jolivet, KZN […]
by Phillip Horton New Williams CEO Jost Capito believes successful teams in sport should not be punished for their ability and hopes Formula 1 avoids sliding too far towards artificial compromises. Mercedes has won the last seven titles, setting a new record, while Formula 1 is preparing to introduce technical regulations for 2022 aimed at levelling […]
Written by Dieter Rencken and Keith Collantine Formula 1 risks devaluing itself if it introduces gimmicks which artificially enhance the competition, Williams’ new CEO Jost Capito has warned. Williams has finished last in the championship for the previous three seasons in a row. But Capito does not want to see F1 take steps to artificially increase the competitiveness […]
By RACER StaffExtreme E announces Jutta Kleinschmidt as advisor and championship driver Extreme E has announced the second of its experienced off-road racers who will be supporting the series in advisory roles and be on site as a driver should any of the teams require them during the inaugural season. Jutta Kleinschmidt joins the championship in an […]
Craig Breen’s points tally from Arctic Rally Finland’s Wolf Power Stage has given the Irishman confidence to chase more bonus points in this year’s FIA World Rally Championship. The Hyundai Motorsport driver finished fourth at the Lapland rally, ending on a high with second place in the closing test. He kept a charging Elfyn Evans […]
BY MARK VAUGHN She had won many times over at the ‘Ring, where she grew up, and also drove the ‘Ring Taxi. Sabine Schmitz, the Queen of the Nürburgring, who won many races at that scary and storied track, has died after a long battle with cancer. She was 51. Schmitz literally grew up at the ‘Ring, where […]
Ford South Africa and its long-standing motorsport partner, Neil Woolridge Motorsport (NWM), have joined forces for the 2021 season to run a new Development Team in Class T of the South African Cross Country Series (SACCS). This pioneering new initiative will see Wiseman Gumede (42), a workshop delivery driver for NWM for more than a […]
PHOTOGRAPHY BY HYUNDAI MOTORSPORT WORDS BY DAVID EVANS AFTER AN IMPRESSIVE DEBUT, SOLBERG WILL BE BACK AT THE TOP LEVEL – BUT ADAMO WON’T YET REVEAL WHEN Hyundai Motorsport team principal Andrea Adamo has confirmed to DirtFish that Oliver Solberg will be back behind the wheel of an i20 Coupe WRC this year. But he […]
PHOTOGRAPHY BY VERMONT SPORTSCAR WORDS BY LUKE BARRY THE AMERICAN RALLY ASSOCIATION HEADS TO THE SALEM WOODS FOR ONE OF ITS MOST ICONIC AND HIGH-SPEED RALLIES It’s time to utter our favorite phrase: it’s rally week! The second round of the 2021 American Rally Association presented by DirtFish National season – the 100 Acre Wood […]
PHOTOGRAPHY BY MCKLEIN IMAGE DATABASE WORDS BY STEPHEN BRUNSDON THE MOST SUCCESSFUL PARTNERSHIP IN WRC HISTORY HAS PARTED WAYS AFTER A TROUBLED 2021 DAKAR RALLY Nine-time World Rally Champions Sébastien Loeb and Daniel Elena have announced that they are to go their separate ways after 23 years together as driver and co-driver. The Franco-Monégasque pairing […]
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