by Ryan Wood The World Rally Championship heads to Croatia for the first time next weekend, and despite a six day test in the country, Toyota are unsure of what to expect from the all-asphalt event. The Japanese manufacturer currently leads the WRC standings with Kalle Rovanpera, four points ahead of Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville. But heading to a […]
By Hyundai motorsport New WRC challenge awaits Our team’s mission at Croatia Rally, round three of the WRC season, is to secure our second win of year. The task ahead is not easy; as a new event to the WRC calendar, none of our crews have previous experience of the first full tarmac rally of […]
Published by: Motorsport Marketing Services Although it seems like an odd headline, given how the Covid-19 pandemic has turned the world upside down over the last year, claiming it’s race weekend is a fairly big deal. Especially when it means that round two of the Extreme Festival is going ahead as planned. As good […]
Marc Marquez made a remarkable comeback Friday in his first competitive ride since crashing nine months ago when he was third fastest in the opening free practice for the Portuguese Grand Prix. “Difficult to find a single word to describe the first training session, but I felt a lot of HAPPINESS!!” Marquez tweeted after the […]
By Ben Sutherland BBC Sport Africa The second race of the 2021 F1 season is on Sunday with the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix. Over the winter break, the head of F1, Stefano Domenicali, mentioned his desire for Formula 1 to return to Africa – to make it a true World Championship. F1 has not been to […]
BY JOE SAWARD F1 officials could make announcement as early as Sunday at Imola, Italy. The grandstands at Imola, Italy, will be empty again this weekend, with the local authorities unwilling to accept an event with spectators. The paddock, however, will be bustling, as it is expected that Liberty Media boss Greg Maffei and former F1 […]
TOYOTA GAZOO RACING SA AT FULL POWER FOR ZWARTKOPS GTC RACES This weekend will see Round 2 of the 2021 Global Touring Cars (GTC) championship take place at the Zwartkops Raceway near Pretoria, and both the TOYOTA GAZOO Racing SA Corollas will be in action again. The “Rustenburg Rocket”, Michael van Rooyen, drew first […]
By: Filippa Guarna The battle for the 2021 Global Touring Cars titles moves to Zwartkops Raceway in Pretoria this coming weekend (April 16-17) for the second round of the season with Robert Wolk and Brad Liebenberg heading up the respective points tables. This will be the first of two 2021 rounds to be hosted at […]
The Bridgestone BMW Club Racing Series visited the Phakisa Freeway on Saturday April 10, and the unique layout of this once great venue brought out the best in all those who rose to meet its challenge. A total lack of electricity on site also meant that officials had to meet a different challenge which they all did admirably. […]
BY PETER HOLDERITH Nothing’s set in stone yet but Rally Germany is looking for a new home in 2022. The Nürburgring is the most famous racing complex in the world, with any automaker worth its salt sending its sportiest models for testing at the facility’s Nordschleife. But one legendary racing series has been missing from the ‘Ring’s hallowed […]
Kariega (Previously Uitenhage). South Africa’s best-selling passenger car brand and its specialist motorsport division is looking forward to the next outing of the 2021 circuit racing season with Round 2 of the Xtreme Festival scheduled to take place at Pretoria’s Zwartkops Raceway over the weekend of 16 and 17 April. With a number of Volkswagen […]
By Chris Medland Aston Martin team owner Lawrence Stroll is selling the iconic Circuit Mont-Tremblant in Quebec, Canada, potentially including the legendary Jim Russell Racing School. Mont-Tremblant opened in 1964 and hosted two grands prix back in 1968 and 1970, while it has also hosted IndyCar, with a Champ Car race last held in 2007. […]
A total of seven R5s will feature in the Equator event making it the highest number on Kenyan soil. Competitors believe the healthy entry of R5 cars on the forthcoming FIA ARC Equator Rally is a sign of better things to come. KNRC Division 1 Navigators’ Champion Victor Okundi reckons: “It shows how much the […]
MotoGP: Robert Jones Marc Marquez set for much anticipated MotoGP return this weekend at Portimao for round three of the 2021 season. Repsol Honda will be back at full strength this weekend, as Marc Marquez makes his much anticipated return to MotoGP at the Portuguese Grand Prix. the six-time premier class world champion was cleared by […]
By: Sammy Hamill UPDATE: WORDS BY LUKE BARRY Dirthfish.com Craig Breen and Paul Nagle have been reinstated as the winners of Rally Sanremo after the final time control of the rally was canceled. Breen had beaten fellow Hyundai i20 R5 driver Andrea Crugnola by 4.8 seconds after eight stages of the former WRC event, but […]
MotoGP Peter McLaren Marc Marquez in 2014: ‘People remember how many titles you have won. Not how many races’. A fifth place in Portimao would give Marquez the same points as eventual champion Joan Mir after round 3 of last season… When eight-time world champion Marc Marquez makes his MotoGP return at Portimao next weekend, it will be on board […]
By: Reynard Gelderblom After a week in which mechanical maladies threatened to bring Pesty Racing’s 2021 South African Endurance Series season opener to an early halt, the team bounced back to record a good result at Dezzi Raceway this past weekend (April 9-10). The weekend saw the driving trio of Harm Pretorius, Barend Pretorius and Eduan […]
by Motorsport Media Els & Swartz take rally class win as Jayden plots Polo Cup progress The weekend’s double header SA National Rally Championship opening Delmas rally proved a great outing for young Jayden Els, who is dovetailing a dual campaign this season aboard his Power Line Africa rally Volkswagen Polo R2 and a national circuit […]
by Motorsport Media Historic Racing delivers cracking action at Phakisa The Historic Racing South Africa away weekend to Phakisa in the Free State delivered some exciting and giant-killing action as Peter Bailey’s Porsche came out on top in the Sports, GT and Saloon races with an angry Escort in close attendance. The Charlies Super Spar Pursuit […]
With a tight schedule to pass all administrative and scrutineering checks on Saturday and Sunday (June 26th and 27th) and a mandatory Driver’s briefing before the first rally day, this year’s rally will be a remarkable turn back on what 10 years ago was the legendary Rallye Breslau with such a huge variety of drivers, […]
RALLY REPORT BY PATRIC VERMAAK Rûens Kollege (Waar Kind word en Groot word lekker word) looked like a beautiful oasis on the Klipdale Farm with the traditional start / finish venue of the Overberg Agri silo’s keep watch in the background. Amongst the benefits of having teams camp at the Rûens Kollege was that […]
By: Jason Craig Ott Tanak believes the “full potential” of Hyundai Motorsport’s i20 World Rally Car will be on show at Rally Croatia later this month. Tanak scored only his second World Rally Championship win as a Hyundai driver at February’s Arctic Rally Finland where he defeated the Toyota Yaris of Kalle Rovanpera by 17.5 […]
Author:Tom Fenton Mercedes have claimed that Toto Wolff’s controversial comment on Zak Brown was misquoted. The team boss was trending on social media earlier this week – but the organisation insists the line was lost in translation. A Mercedes F1 spokesperson has claimed that Toto Wolff’s jibe at fellow team bosses Zak Brown and Christian Horner […]
Having won both the last two FIA World Rally Championship rounds featuring asphalt, Toyota Gazoo Racing team principal Jari-Matti Latvala has every reason to be optimistic ahead of the Croatia Rally (22 – 25 April). The Yaris World Rally Car topped the podium at last season’s ACI Rally Monza finale and this year’s opening Rallye […]
The Stiaan Kriel Racing team will aim to emerge as South African Endurance Series title contenders in the double-header season-opener at Dezzi Raceway this coming weekend (April 9-10.) This will be the team’s second season in the series with the trio of Stiaan Kriel, Kosie Weyers and Robyn Kriel again piloting their Backdraft Roadster. In […]
By Edd Straw The Bahrain Grand Prix was episode one of what most hope will be a 23-part Formula 1 title battle extravaganza between Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen. It’s just one race, but if the championship battle is as close as it has the potential to be, it was a significant early victory for the […]
By Chris Medland | Mark Sutton/Motorsport Images Red Bull is motivated by the fact that it has a realistic chance of winning the championship this year, even though Mercedes and Lewis Hamilton won the first race of the season. Hamilton managed to hold off Max Verstappen in the closing laps of a thrilling Bahrain Grand Prix […]
Russian Alexey Lukyanuk, who won his second European Champion title in 2020, will once again join his forces with his longtime friend and familiar racing partner Alexey Arnautov to participate in the FIA European Rally Championship. Lukyanuk is pleased to confirm the continued partnership with Citroën Racing, thanks to its support and opportunities he achieved […]
By: Editor Former Formula 1 driver Pedro de la Rosa said it is “fantastic” to see Fernando Alonso back on the grid, while admitting that the 39-year-old “thinks about motor racing 24 hours a day”. Alonso and De la Rosa worked together at McLaren and Ferrari which gave the one-time podium finisher a chance to […]
By Pontus Lindroos The 68th edition of the world famous Rallye Sanremo has seen a bumper entry of more than 200 cars taking part in one of the biggest rallies in Europe this year, a rally with a long running history, and that this year promises to be a good event despite having only eight stages, totalling […]
By Pontus Lindroos The Safari Rally round of the FIA World Rally Championship, which was set to make a comeback on the WRC calendar last year after 17 years of absence, had to be cancelled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and now this year’s rally is also threatened to be cancelled once again. The rally is scheduled to […]
Story by: Tony Alves After 2 months of much conjecture and anticipation, the Bridgestone BMW Club Racing Series finally lifted the curtain on the 2021 championship and indications are that there is much to look forward to in the new season. Saturday morning’s qualifying session soon gave us a hint of what to expect. In […]
Author:Tom Fenton The Mercedes driver has set up his own Extreme E team, with the aim of furthering his sustainability message – and improving gender diversity within motorsport. Driving for the X44 team this season will be Cristina Gutierrez and Sebastien Loeb. Lewis Hamilton has been describing what he hopes to achieve as a new […]
by Kyle Francis Brad Binder says his run to eighth in the Doha Grand Prix “felt great” following KTM’s struggles across testing and two race events at the Losail International Circuit in Qatar. The Austrian manufacturer lacked speed from the outset during the five pre-season test days at Losail, its poor form continuing into the […]
Author:Rahul Sharan Mercedes team princiapl Toto Wolff has lambasted McLaren CEO Zak Brown regarding his claim that George Russell will be racing for the German outfit during the 2022 F1 season. Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff has criticized McLaren CEO Zak Brown for his claims regarding what the German team’s driver lineup would look like in […]
by Kyle Francis Fabio Quartararo fought through to win an action-packed Doha Grand Prix, while Johann Zarco stole second from Pramac team-mate Jorge Martin with a last lap lunge. Quartararo slipped back from his fifth position starting spot to seventh in the early stages of the contest with a slow start, the Yamaha man running in […]
by Motorsport Media – Historic Carrera RSRs set for Free State battle Historic Racing South Africa heads to the Phakisa Freeway in the Free State mining town of Welkom on Saturday 10 April, where the big attraction will be a half-dozen Porsche 911 RSRs fighting for overall glory. Historic Racing’s other attraction, the back-to-front handicap Charlies SuperSpar […]
By: motorsportmedia Local Cathcart EP hero in charge after second round Eastern Province home hero Tristan Purdon and his Red Bull KTM stamped authority on the second round of the Cannabis Energy Drink & TRP Distributors South African National Motocross Championship at the Rover Raceway in Port Elizabeth Saturday. The Cathcart rider extended his championship […]
M-Sport Ford has reported positive progress with its all-new hybrid-era car after the British firm began initial testing. Next year marks the start of a new generation in the FIA World Rally Championship, with all three current manufacturer teams committing to new hybrid cars from 2022 to 2024. All top-tier cars will be powered by […]
By Vince Pettit Johan Kristoffersson and Molly Taylor handed Nico Rosberg’s RXR team victory in the first race of the Extreme E series as competitors took on the Desert X-Prix. There was drama in before the final as the SEGI TV Chip Ganassi Racing and ABT Cupra XE fought it out in the shootout race, it […]