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Club racers get your news on 'theGrid ' - mail to editorthegrid@yahoo.co.uk Mark Robinson won the d-and-d autos.co.uk Ford XR race at Oulton Park on Saturday,. Second, 1.013 seconds behind was Steve Poole while third went to Michael Blackburn. In the Post 89 Race Tom Bradshaw came out on top in his Van Dieman DP08 with over 12 seconds in hand over second placed David Grady in another Van Dieman,a RF02. Third, close behind Grady, was the Reynard FF92 of Josh Benson. In the Pre 90's Carphone Warehouse Network Powering Talk Talk Club NW FF1600 race Stuart Jones won in a Reynard SF89 only 1.89 secs up on Ian Parkington in a Reynard FF94. Third was Bob Wyke making it a Reynard whitewash of the top three places. Kyle Busch driving the No. 18 Toyota won his third race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup last night(Saturday) at Darlington. "Fortunately for me, I've got a great race team with Joe Gibbs Racing and of course Toyota Motors, all these guys, Steve Addington, Chris, Geoff Price, everybody else, Wesley, all the guys on the team that do such a great job in putting these things together every week," said Busch. Carl Edwards in the No. 99 Ford was with Jeff Gordon coming through into third with the No. 24 Chevrolet, a finish that mopves him into the top ten in the driver standings. Damien White came out the winner of the third round of the Australian Mini Challenge at Barbagallo inear Perth today(Sunday) after Gary Young (SALTA Constructions) took his maiden victory in the second race...report The results of Australina Mini Challenge race yesterday(Saturday) have been amended after the winner Paul Fiore(Shell Helix Ultra) and Nathan Geier,( Sherrin Rentals) were given the equivalent of a drive-through penalty for passing under a yellow flag, This equated to a 23 second for both drivers dropping them out of the top 10. This means that series leader Grant Denyer (DecoRug Motorsport) is now the winner ..read more Former Wallaby Ben Tune was discharged from hospital in Perth today in good spirits and is looking forward to returning home to Brisbane. Tune was injured in a single car accident when his car rolled over in the MINI CHALLENGE round at Barbagallo Raceway yesterday (Saturday) afternoon. National Manager MINI, Justin Hocevar, today extended his best wishes and those of all the MINI CHALLENGE teams to Ben for a speedy recovery. Mr. Hocevar said the “health and safety of all drivers is paramount to us in MINI CHALLENGE. The race is conducted under the safety rules and regulations of CAMS (the Confederation of Australian Motorsport) to which we fully comply. We do not like to see any accident, but we are all aware that motor racing is a dangerous sport. We are all looking forward to a speedy recovery for Ben.” 10-05-08 LATEST - MINI Challenge driver Ben Tune has been transported to Joondalup Hospital north of Perth late today for preliminary medical examinations following an accident at Barbagallo Raceway. The former Wallaby was awake and alert when transported from the circuit via ambulance. The celebrity driver’s vehicle rolled during the opening race of the third round of the MINI Challenge Series. Tune was treated by medical staff immediately at the track before being transported to hospital.
Paul Fiore Mark Winterbottom won comfortably at Barbagallo Raceway today, racking up his seventh V8 Supercar Championship Series victory for Ford Performance Racing. The 26-year-old led from pole position to chequered flag in the 50-lap race, moving him from fourth to third in the championship standings, within reach of leader Rick Kelly. Team-mate Steve Richards had a thrilling race, jammed between Garth Tander and Craig Lowndes. Despite registering consistently faster laps than third-place Tander, Richo was unable to find a way past the HRT driver but is happy with the result, which consolidates FPR's position as the championship's leading team. Greg Biffle in the No. 16 Roush Fenway Racing Ford has pole at Darlington in NASCAR ahead of Dale Earnhardt Jnr and Jimmie Jonhson. "It's the same old Darlington," said Biffle. "It will bite you if you let your guard down.,"when the green flag flies tomorrow night, that will be the first time these cars have gone around side-by-side 10 or 20 deep, so track position is going to be really important." Jordan Taylor on his first visit to Road Atlanta won the first race of the weekend in the F2000 Championship Series Presented by Hoosier Racing Tire doubleheader yesterday(May 9), winning Round Three at Braselton..report The 2008 Formula Master racing season is set to get underway at Valencia on 17-18 May with a grid of 30 cars confirmed. Returning is last years’ runner-up, Chris van der Drift who will drive for J.D. Motorsport once more. "It's great to be back racing with J.D. Motorsport," said the 22-year-old. "Although I drove in the Series last year, by the time we race in Valencia , most rookies will have caught up so the real advantage is how well you know your team. Luckily I know them very well and we are aiming for the title together. That's the only goal this year." Also confirmed as Austria 's Norbert Siedler, joining ADM Motorsport, Italy 's Alberto Costa and Giuseppe Terranova, driving for Cram Competition and Pro Motorsport respectively. England's Tor Graves will once again drive with Team JVA whilst Dominik Schraml will race for Scuderia Famà and rookie Daniel Mancinelli for Euronova Racing. Fellow rookie Octavio Freitas, from Brazil , joins ADM Motorsport as the series youngest driver at 16. Following a decision by the FIA, the Anderstorp race weekend in Sweden will now be held at the renovated Enzo e Dino Ferrari circuit in Imola, on 20-21 September.Formula Master will partner the FIA World Touring Car Championship this year. Reigning British Formula 3 International Series title-holder Hitech Racing heads to the 3rd round of the series at Monza next weekend (May 17/18), hoping for a return to the form that won it the 2007 title. After two rounds the team is currently 9th and 11th in the standings with Briton Max Chilton and Austrian Walter Grubmüller. Now, the team is hoping to get back on track with its first win of the year, but Team Principal Hayle knows that the competition this season is tougher than ever. “We started the season in a very positive mood, having been on the pace right from word go. Then we had the second place for Max along with two third place grid positions and fifth place finish for Walter at Oulton Park. But at Croft we struggled a little bit and were unable to repeat that performance. Now, my hope for Monza is that we can reassert ourselves back into the top six, or even top three. In terms of the opposition out there, looking at the first two races you’d have to say that really any one of ten or 12 people could win. “ SIR STIRLING MOSS was at Cars International in Kensington last Wednesday(7 May). The supplier of high performance, road and racing cars hosted a special evening to review the PLB23, a 1954 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing of extraordinary historical importance and impeccable provenance which until its discovery had been lost from public view for over 30 years. Sir Stirling Moss recalled the car, “PLB23 featured in my book the Stirling Moss Scrapbook 1955. I was photographed driving the car during the preparation period for my Mille Miglia victory in 1955. I’m delighted to find that PLB23 has survived in such fine form.” Sir Stirling went on to enthral the audience with tales of his famous Mille Miglia victory. He shared the stage with TV chef James Martin who is to compete in this year’s Mille Miglia driving his1948 Maserati A6GCS which was sourced and fully prepared by Cars International. Martin was delighted to receive sometips from Sir Stirling prior to the beginning of his adventure. “It was extraordinary to meet Sir Stirling on the eve of my departure for Italy to compete in the legendary race,” commented the passionate car enthusiast who also boasts an F1 car in his collection. PLB23 remains on view at the showrooms of Cars International at Kendrick Place, Reece Mews in South Kensington. 09-05-08 Round two of the 2008 FIA GT Championship takes place next week at Monza, the place where Italians go to worship motorsport. To win at Monza in a Ferrari is a special feeling for a racing driver so the CR Scuderia boys will be going all out to hit the top spot next weekend. Andrew Kirkaldy and Rob Bell got off to a great start at Silverstone a few weeks ago and will be hoping to improve on their second place finish. Rob has already raced a GT2 Ferrari 430 at Monza this season when he took part in the Le Mans Series race there and showed outstanding pace, setting pole position for the 1000km race. Tim Mullen has a new team-mate at Monza as Chris Niarchos has other business commitments that weekend. Tim will be joined by international GT racer Tim Sugden who has competed with many of the CRS team members before.
Glory Team Racing’s s David Turner set the fastest lap of the first two practice sessions in MINI CHALLENGE today at the Barbagallo Raceway He was fastest in the morning’s practice, ending the session 0.1secs in front of UBER-STAR CAR competitor, Leanne Tander, in her first MINI CHALLENGE drive. Neil McFadyen (Scope Signs & Graphics) was third quickest in session one but quickest in the second. Tander’s fellow UBER-STAR CAR pilot, former Wallabies winger, Ben Tune impressed in practice two, finishing 2.4 seconds below the time set by McFadyen. Local driver, Nathan Callaghan (Calmack Smash Repairs) was third quickest in the second practice. The other local hopes, Paul and Todd Fiore had a tentative start to their respective weekends, Todd finishing both sessions in fifth. Paul finished P1 sixth and the second session ninth. Last round winner, Nathan Geier, having switched to the Sherrin Rentals team and carrying an additional 25kg in success ballast due to his win finished the sessions seventh and 11th respectively. Geier’s sparring partner from Wakefield Park , Paul Stokell (DecoRug Motorsport) was on the pace, setting second quickest time in the first session while Stokell’s team-mate and series leader, Grant Denyer had intermittent problems with his DecoRug Motorsport car, however the team is working overtime to have the car ready qualifying tomorrow.
Jonathan Ridley-Holloway heads to Thruxton on the 17th/18th May
looking to reverse his fortunes, after a somewhat tricky start to his
maiden season in the ELF Renault Clio Cup. Six races in and his best
finish to date is 9th, at Rockingham. “It’s been a bit of a
disappointing start to the year really. We’ve had quite a bit of bad
fortune during most of the race weekends which has been frustrating
as, during several of the tests and at Rockingham of course, we had
top 10 pace”, he commented. “There have been one or two niggles with
the car which we think we’ve managed to get to the bottom of and now
I’m just hoping we can have a trouble-free weekend and start to show
the performance I know we’re capable of. It would be great to achieve
my best results of the season at Thruxton, it’s a fantastic track and
the racing should be exciting.” The Bond Oxborough Phillips,
PicoPC.co.uk and A4 Apparel supported racer knows he has the ability
to become a consistent top 10 runner for the remainder of the year and
as such will be looking for two solid and consistent top 10 finishes
next weekend.
Manor
Competitions's Alexander Sims The governing body that controls the WTCC have limited the engine speed of the SEAT León TDI cars. Starting at Valencia the engine speed of the turbo-diesel SEAT cars will be limited to 4100rpm The Bureau have issued two other decisions - reduction of the minimum weight of the BMW 320si car driven by Alessandro Zanardi by 15 kg and the possibility to adjust the weight of the N.technology Honda Accord Euro R car at any moment during the events. SEAT Sport's Yvan Muller set the fastest time in the official test at Oschersleben on Tuesday and Wednesday. With a time of 1:35.227 on Wednesday afternoon, the Frenchman beat Robert Huff's fastest time of 1:35.324 from the previous day.. Huff and team-mate Nicola Larini emerged as second and third fastest behind Muller, only 0.1sec down on the leader’s time. BMW Team Germany's Augusto Farfus and Jörg Müller were fourth and fifth respectively. James Thompson continued to develop the new Honda Accord Euro R car built by N.technology and JAS Motorsport. After clocking up an impressive third fastest time on day one, he focused on the race set up. "With only free practice left at Valencia before we race, it was essential that we focused on assessing the car under race conditions," he explained. On their first appearance Russian Bears Motorsport’s LADA 110 car driven by Viktor Shapovalov completed only 15 laps on Tuesday before being halted due to an engine failure. It was back the track again on day two and Shapovalov managed to improve his lap times, reducing the gap to 2.5 seconds, while his Dutch team-mate Jap van Lagen set a fastest lap of 1:36.476, only 1.2 seconds off Yvan Muller's fastest time of the day. The 5th and 6th rounds of the FIA WTCC will take place at Valencia's Circuit Ricardo Tormo on May 17-18. This is the fifth consecutive visit of the FIA Touring Cars to the Spanish racetrack. Alfa Romeo dominated the 2004event, with Fabrizio Giovanardi and Gabriele Tarquini sharing the spoils. In 2005, the FIA WTCC inaugural season, local hero Jordi Gené started from pole position to give the new SEAT León its first win, while Jörg Müller won Race 2 for BMW. In 2006 Alfa Romeo won again with Augusto Farfus in the first race and Jörg Müller in the second. Last year's event was the Italian manufacturer's last with James Thompson winning both.The Valencian event will mark the beginning of WTCC's European season after the first two race meetings held in Brazil and Mexico. The activities on the track will start on Friday, May 16th, with a 30-minute test session at 3.00pm giving the teams the opportunity to shake their cars down after they were shipped from Mexico. Mike Vincec Tim Bridgman is the 'man to beat' as the Porsche Crrera Cup GB heads for Hampshire next weekend(17-18 May) and Thurxton for rounds 7 and 8...read more The Swiss Matech Racing team will be competing in the ADAC GT Masters 2008, the German national competition based on the FIA GT3 regulations this year as well as the FIA European GT3 championship. The German series starts this weekend at Oschersleben. A Ford GTwill be entered by Matech Racing for 25 year old Marc Hennerici, the ex-world Touring Cars champion (Independents category) in 2005, who has been concentrating on the Langstreckenmeisterschaft Nürburgring for the past two seasons. For his debut in the ADAC GT Masters he will team up with Kenneth Heyer, son of the legendary Hans Heyer. Kenneth drove for the team in Dubai (FIA GT3) last year. Ginetta Junior driver Cassey Watson has a new website, www.casseywatson.co.uk This will be updated regularly with pictures and results from each round of the BTCC support championship James Thompson claimed his first podium of the season as he finished third in the Danish Touring Car Championship's Race 1 last weekend at the Jyllandsringen. On his maiden DTC appearance in the Hartmann Racing's Honda Accord Euro R, Thompson finished all the weekend's races in the points: "I was very pleased to get some points and finish all three races, because historically the team has not been strong at this track," Thompson said. "There are definitively some tough competitors out there, and I enjoyed the cut and thrust of it and look forward to the next race." In Race 1, Thompson made to the end in third behind Tom Pedersen's and Jan Magnussen's BMW 320si cars, and then he was classified sixth and fourth in Race 2 and Race 3 respectively. He will continue racing in the Danish Championship when there is no clash with WTCC
08-05-08
Matt
Blyth will race in the Porsche Carrera Cup GB during rounds seven
and eight of the season at Thruxton over the weekend of 17/18 May. The
former Caterham racer has been working hard to raise a budget to join
the series and in recognition of his efforts he has been offered the
chance to race the PCGB entry in the pro-am2 category next weekend Grant Denyer (DecoRug Motorsport), current Mini Challenge leader can forget about a welcome at Barbagallo Raceway this weekend, say the West Australian competitors in the Series. Read more After a two-month lay-offdue to the IRL/Champ Car 'unification,' the Star Mazda teams held a two-day test at Miller Motorsports Park prior to Round 2 of the series next weekend. The test, arranged by Andersen Racing was attended by all of the top teams ran on May 5-6. On Monday 20 cars took to the track with Sebring winner Joel Miller setting the pace for JDC Motorsports followed closely by Andersen Racing’s Charles Hall. Miller’s lap of 1:45.952 was followed by Hall at 1:46.533. Third was another Andersen driver, Tom Gladdis with Ernesto Otero fourth and Valle Maleka fifth. On Tuesday Miller was again fastest with a 1:45.303, followed by Charles Hall at 1:45.720 and Ernesto Otero with a 1:46.186. Billy Goshen was fourth with a 1:46.465 and Tom Gladdis rounded out the top-5 with a 1:46.675. Peter Dempsey was sixth. Round Two of the 2008 Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear will take place at Miller Motorsports Park May 15 -- 17. Dominic
Lesniewski Daniel Lloyd is looking forward to next weekend(17-18 May) when the Ginetta Junior Championship visits Thruxton for round 9 and 10 of the 2008 season….read more Ginetta Junior racer, Ashley Craig scored brilliant 4th before rolling out of second race at Donington last weeke3nd..report Duncan Tappy will join the Porsche Carrera Cup GB for rounds 7 and 8 at Thruxton next weekend(17/18 May). Tappy, a McLaren/Autosport/BRDC Young Driver of the Year finalist, will race the 911GT3 Cup car entered by PCGB after contesting the Le Mans Series race at Monza last month. Tappy (23) is also one of the BRDC's 'Superstars' and has been involved in Britain's A1 GP team in recent months. Now, he will have the chance to show his pace in the Carrera Cup and has already tested the car at Thruxton. "I work at Thruxton as an instructor, but this is a totally different ball game," said the Surrey-based racer. "It's not as easy as it looks. I want to pursue my single-seater career as far as I can, but sports car racing is certainly an option for the future." By the end of the test day, Tappy was lapping within a second of multiple race winner Tim Bridgman, and hopes to continue moving forward during the race weekend. "I started to get my head around driving a sports car; it's so different to anything I've driven before. But I'm definitely improving After Formula Renault 3.5 Series driver Charles Pic returned from Monza he was off to Spa-Francorchamps for round 2. After picking up a podium place in Italy, Charles was into the points in Belgium when fate intervened to decide otherwise…read report Millennium Racing's Stirling brothers have all qualified for October's Bridgestone Cup at Lonato - the first time that three members of the same family have done so...report
Silverstone based Strakka Racing, formerly EDM Motorsport will make its debut in the Le Mans Series this weekend in the Spa 1000 Kilometres, running an Aston Martin DBR9 GT1 dxriven by Peter Hardman and Nick Leventis..read more. Rhys Lloyd won the LMA Euro Saloon encounter at Castle Combe on Monday. John Hammersley was second after a brief excursion off track saw him drop to fourth late in the race..read report 07-05-08
Last weekend turned out just great for Nick Sanderson. After a slow start to the year by Nick’s standards it all came right at Snetterto with a win and a second place including fastest lap Results put Nick jup to oint 2nd in the overall Fiesta ST Championship after Round 5….read report
Lola will celebrate it’s Golden
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Adam Lesniewski entered the Porshce race at Brands Hatch last weekend at the A1GP meeting. On the team’s first run, straight out of the box no testing, the car sadly failed to finish. However it was classified and it did run for 45.70mins of the 50 min race before a few items surfaced that the team hadn’t envisaged. The main problem being overheating gearbox oil. Better luck next time Patrick O'Neill Swept Rounds Two and Three at Thunderhill Raceway Park in the Formula Mazda Challenge while Bill Weaver was victorious in Standard Formula Mazda Category ..report TW Steel have been named as the Official Timing and Watch Partner for A1GP World Cup of Motorsport in 08-09. Both the series and the watch company are young and growing rapidly, so the three year deal, starting for later this year, will see them continue to do this together. 'This is a very exciting period for A1GP and TW Steel,' said A1GP Chairman, Tony Teixeira, 'We are both expanding at a vast rate of knots and have the same aspirations to be recognised in the four corners of the world for excellence in our own fields - A1GP for providing the most exciting racing and TW Steel the most innovative and desirable time pieces. Timing is an essential element in motorsport, so to have such a young, vibrant company partnering us in this is exciting.' Yann Clairy didn’t waste any time getting on the podium in the F3 Euro Series. The SG Formula driver started the weekend’s second race at Mugello from second on the grid and came home second behinf winner Mika Maki..read more Bradley Ellis and Alex Mortimer If you are a fan of two or four wheel motorsport are live near Burton-upon-Trent, head down to Coopers Square shopping centre in Burton-upon-Trent on Thursday 22 May for the Team Trimite Brookspeed showcase …read more Kieran Clarke endured a difficult weekend in the Formula Renault UK Championship at Donington but he did make it to the finish in both races..report CR Scuderia's Adam Cristodoulou still stands on top of te Formula Renault UK points table after Rounds five and si when despite not winning(for once!) he picked up a fourth and a fifth place...report .06-05-08 The Stars of the 70s
with the Touring 70s race at Donington Over 300 sports, saloons and single-seaters from 1950-80s will be in action when the HSCC organises two days of racing on the International circuit at Silverstone this weekend(10/11 May). With everything from an MG Midget to a Formula 5000 Lola T400 single-seater, the meeting has wide appeal and with adult admission just £10 a day and children free, either day will be a great day out. Adding an international flavour will be the cars in the Historic F2 Trophy, a race that carries a famous title; the International Trophy. Brothers Gary and John Pearson will share a classic Jaguar E Type in the two-driver Guards Trophy race. In the race for historic racing saloon cars, Roger Godfrey is in his Mini Cooper S and could even win overall if the track is wet. Heading the Mustang contingent is Peter Hallford. In the Formula Junior race, the wonderful 1960-vintage Lotus 18 of Jon Milicevic is one of the leading entries. On Saturday, qualifying starts at 9am and the first of six races is at 2pm. On Sunday, qualifying starts at 10am and the first of eight races is at 12noon. Graeme and Oliver Bryant won both the Heritage GT Car Challenge races in their Morgan at Brands Hatch, where the series was part of the support for the A1GP..read more . Sarah Bennett-Baggs and and her Pink Porsche were back on the podium at Brands Hatch in the combined Porsche Open and Club races..read report Donington Park
held the Top Hat meeting yesterday(Monday
5th)
Manor Competition’s Kris Loane and Alexander Sims were both on the podium at Donington Park on Sunday, (4th May) in the 2008 Formula Renault UK Championship. Read report Snetterton hosted the BRSCC at the weekend(4-5 May) and the Ford Fiesta’s saw newcomer Sandy Forrest win his first race of the season in the series. Second, only 1.671 seconds behind was Nick Sanderson who found himself in fifth at the end of the first lap, climbing through to take second on lap 8. Third was David Ellesley. In race two the pair reversed their positions with Sanderson gaining the upper hand to win by 2.336 secs from Forrest while Ben Roper was a distant third. In the Super Mighty Mini races Phil Heatherington and Tony Le May shared the spoils. In race 1 the first five cars , led by Heatherington, were less than a second apart. Le May was second just 0.065 secs off the leader with James Young third 0.243 of the winners time. Fourth and fifth, Patrick Ford and Neven Kirkpatrick were only 0.507 and 0.854 secs behind respectively. Race 2 wasn’t as close and Le May duly triumphed with Patrick Ford second and Dave Rees third. The Cloth Cap
race at Donington, held with the XK Challenge, was won by Leo
Voyazides in an AC Cobra, 1.885 secs up on a second Cobra driven Chilles
Jnr. Ingram. Jamie Boot was third in a TVR Griffith. Voyazides then
picked up a second place in the Top Hat 40 lap event in his Ford Falcon,
although he was 20 second adrift of the winner John Young in a Mustang.(seen
leading below - pic Paul Williams) The Alfashop Alfa race saw Adie Hawkins in dominant form at Snetterton winning by over 40 seconds in his Alfa 33 from Neil Smith in second and John Griffiths in third. The Mill Street Motors Ford Saloons was won by David Matthias in race 1 followed by Malcolm Wise in race 2 with both drivers also following the other home for a second place. At Castle Combe Josh Fisher, driving a Mygale, took the honours in the Formula Ford race just heading Ben Norton’s Spectrum 011 across the line with 0.363 secs to spare. Third was Felix Fisher 0.741 secs off his namesake. In the Saloons race for Class C-D Carleton Williams won in a Corsa from the Peugeot 106 XSi of William Di Claudio and the GTi of Nick Charles. In Clas A-B Brian Cox won in a Lancer Evo 6 from Mark Wyatt’s Astra and Tony Dolley’s Peugeot 206. The Castle Combe Special GT’s saw Shane Marshall win comfortably in a Jade. Second and third were Simon Tilling and Rob Clarke respectively, both in Radicals. After running in the top 4 in the Ginetta Juniors at Donington Cassey Watson had to settle for 10th place after she was nudged off the track, similar problems greeted her in race 2 leaving her a disappointed sixth..read report In the Pacific F2000 series at Buttonwillow over the weekend both Robert Podlesni and Jeff Westphal won a race a-piece. Podlensi taking the glory on Saturday by less thatn half a second from Westphal before the latter reversed the postions on Sunday..report Honda backed Japanese driver Koudai Tsukakoshi got Manor Motorsport their first podium of 2008 in the F3 Euro series at Mugello over the weekend..read more Jamie Green (Salzgitter AMG Mercedes C-Class) won the third round of the 2008 DTM in Mugello, Italy. Paul Di Resta (AMG Mercedes C-Class) came home second. The first win of the year for the Mercedes-Benz C-Class was the 142nd for the brand out of 303 DTM/ITC races since 1988 and the 86th 1-2 victory. After 33 laps, Green took the chequered flag 3.166sec ahead of Di Resta. Bernd Schneider (Genuine Parts AMG Mercedes C-Class) ended up fourth, 9.410sec behind the winner. The Hitech Junior team came close to a points-scoring result in the opening round of the 2008 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Championship at Spa-Francorchamps on Sunday…read more The Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup opener at Spa resulted in a 1-2 for SG Formula with Daniel Ricciardo winning followed by Andrea Caldarelli in second ..race report 05-05-08 A1GP World Cup of Motorsport will hold it's end of season awards at a glittering Gala Awards dinner tonight in the Hilton Park Lane in London. Everyone involved from Teams to drivers, sponsors and officials will get together honour the achievements of the season, including of course Switzerland's championship,..read on Jota Sport's Sam Hancock
Freddy Nordstrom had a pretty bad weekend in the SEAT Cupra Championship held at Donington Park on Sunday. A poor qualifying session, hindered by Technical problems left him in a lowly 13th for both of the weekend’s races. It got worse come race day as the problems got worse resulting in two retirements..read report Dino Zamparelli won both the Ginetta Junior Championship races at Donington to extend his championship lead to a massivel 75 points Double poleman Josh Hill brought his car home for his first podium..read report SEAT Cupra Championship
competitor Robert Lawson Jonathan Ridley-Holloway did not have a great weekend at Donington in the Elf Clio Cup. After a difficult qualifying session he finish the first race on Saturday down in 12th. However things got worse on Sunday when he was forced to retire after an incident at Goddards on the opening lap..read report Daniel Lloyd produced by far his best race performance of the year during round eight of the 2008 Ginetta Junior Championship at Donington Park yesterday, Sunday, 4th May, the 16-year-old securing his first ever podium finish in cars after a terrific drive...read report Phil Quaife Martyn Bell kept Arkas Racing with Sunshine.co.uk in eighth in the HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship’s Independents Team Trophy table afte a tough weekend for the team at Donington..read report Andrew Herron made it to the podium for the first time in the SEAT Cupra Championship in Round 6 yesterday at Donington Park ..read report Will Bratt ket the momentum going in his Spanish F3 campaign by bringing his car home in fourth place at Jarama yesterday to go up to sixth in the championship..report Alexander Sims produced a great drive at Donington Park yesterday (Sunday, 4th May) in round 6 of the Formula Renault UK Championship to climb up to third place after starting from sixth on the grid ..read report
In-Tune Racing’s Michael Doyle
SEAT Cupra Championship newcomer Robert Lawson, driving fro Bardon/JHR took 2 wins from 2 at Donington yesterday, stretching his lead in the title chase ahead of Martin Byford to18 points..full report The Porsche Open runners lead the grid as the Open and Porsche Club Championship fields combined to provide a monster grid to entertain the crowd at Brands Hatch's A1GP meeting. Paul McLean won Saturday's race while Mike Donovan won on Sunday..report Gary Duckman and Ian White meanwhile came out as winners in the two Porsche Club Championship races ..report Jason Plato and the SEAT Leon TDi claimed their first win of 208 at Donington yesterday(Sun and smashed the lap record in the process. This makes the Leon TDI the first car to win with a diesel engined car in the 50 year history of the BTCC. Darren Turner then completed a superb weekend for the team by winning the third and final race...read report Dean Stoneman scored his first win in the Formula Renault UK with Michelin Championship at Donington yesterday (Sunday, 4th May) .Startinng from the front row it took him unitl just lap 3 to pass poleman Adriano Buzaid to take a well-deserved win with Buzaid second and Alexander Sims third..report Ben Winrow continues to dominate the Elf Clio Cup, winning his fourth race of the season yesterday at Donington Park. He won the race by over 3 seconds from Mike Robinson while Gavin Pyper was third..read report
A1 TEAM USA’s Jonathan Summerton finished second in the A1GP Sprint race at Brands Hatch, but mechanical problems reduced a top-10 run to 12th on Sunday in the Feature in the A1GP World Cup of Motorsport. Summerton started second in the Sprint and ran there throughout the 15-lap race for the team's third straight podium.finish. However the team's bid for a top 10 placing in the championship went awry in the Feature’s second mandatory pit stop on the 35th lap."We’d been stopped for four or five seconds and the engine suddenly shut off,” Summerton said. “We don’t know why.” Stalled for several seconds before being push started, Summerton rejoined in 16th place and moved up to 12th at the flag. Sadly this left A1 TEAM USA outside the points and dropped it to 12th in the final standings. “It was good to finish on the podium in the Sprint and we were happy for that, but it’s a very big disappointment when it comes down to the car making the final decision on where you finish in the championship,” Summerton said. “We started having gearbox problems, slipping gears, just before the second pit stop and it made it difficult to gain positions. Then, the engine quit and we lost several positions. What can you do? It was the car that caused us to lose our shot at 10th in the standings.” 05-05-08
Tim Bridgman claimed his fourth win 'on-the-trot' in the Porsche Carrera Cup GB today at Donington Park when Phil Quaife was penalised for overtaking under yellows. Quaife had won the race 'on the road' but dropped back to third in the amended results behind Bridgman and Michael Caine...report A1 Team Switzerland are the Champions of the 2007/08 A1GP World Cup of Motorsport, after coming home in fourth place in this morning's A1GP Sprint race at Brands Hatch Team GB's Robbie Kerr claim a superb home win with USA's Jonathan Summerton continuing recent upturn in form taking second. In the Feature race this afternoon A1 Team India and Narain Karthikeyan took their second victory of the 07-08 A1GP season just holding off Britian's Robbie Kerr by a little over a second. The result confirms Team GB's third position in the championship ahead of France. India's win moves them into tenth...full report Wayne Boyd once again dominated in the British Formula Ford Championship, this time at Brands Hatch where the sereis was on the support bill for A1GP. Boyd dealt with a strong challenge from Westley Barber in the first race on Saturday before taking a lights-to-flag victory this morning...report Jon Lancaster endured a troublesome second round of the F3 Euro Series at Mugello. After gearbox gremlins in qualifying left him at the back of the grid for the first race he never really recovered especially as overtaking is notoriously hard at the Tuscan track..read more
Adriano Buzaid won his first race in the Formula Renault UK with Michelin Championship after a perfect race from pole position at Donington Park this morning(Sunday)..report Tim Bridgman took his 3rd win in a row at Donington Park this morning(Sunday 4 May) in round five of the Porsche Carrera Cup GB. Tim Harvey looks destined to always be the 'bridesmaid' in this years championship after he took his FIFTH second place of the year, ..read report
Will Bratt drove a great race after being held-up at the start for the first round of the 2008 FIAT Spanish Formula 3 Championship at Jarama yesterday (Saturday, 3rd May) to grab a top five finish ..read report Formula Renault UK team Manor Competition has a great chance of victory at Donington Park today, Sunday, 4th May, after Alexander Sims put his car on the front row of the grid for the fifth round. Having secured his first ever win in cars during the same race meeting last year, 20-year-old Sims looks well placed to repeat the result after a time of 1m 05.737 seconds (107.18mph) during round five qualifying. Team-mate Henry Surtees produced his best qualifying performance in Formula Renault UK with an excellent fifth, a lap of 1m 05.956 seconds (106.83mph), while Kris Loane ended the round five session seventh quickest with a time of 1m 05.984 seconds (106.78mph).Tom Armour continued to make inroads with the 17th best time, 1m 06.764 seconds (105.53mph). Daniel Lloyd will start the first of today’s two Ginetta Junior Championship races at Donington Park National Circuit from seventh on the grid. The Tockwith Motorsport driver achieved a best time of 1m 28.962 seconds (79.20mph) during this afternoon’s 15-minute qualifying period to secure his place at the head of row four for tomorrow morning’s seventh round of the campaign – just three 10ths of a second away from the top four. With each driver’s second fastest qualifying lap setting the grid for round eight, the BRDC Stars of Tomorrow Scholarship winner managed a lap of 1m 29.577 seconds good enough for an eighth position start. Andrew Herron achieved his best qualifying performance in the SEAT Cupra Championship at Donington Parkon Saturday, 3rd May, missing out on pole by just 0.005 seconds. Herron the1.96-mile National Circuit in 1m 14.792 seconds (94.20mph) during round six qualifying for a front-row position alongside JHR Developments team-mate, and current championship leader, Robert Lawson for the second of tomorrow’s races. During the earlier round five session Andrew posted the third fastest time with a lap of 1m 14.950 seconds (94.01mph), just 0.178 seconds shy of the front of the grid 03-05-08 India's Narain Karthikeyan
Jason Plato qualified his Leon TDI on the front row of the grid for Round 7 of the HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship today at Donington. Team-mate Darren Turner will line up immediately behind Jason tomorrow on the second row, having qualified 4th .SEAT Sport UK tested a new set-up for its diesel-engined touring car during the morning’s two Free Practice sessions, and with Jason and Darren finishing 4th and 5th in Free Practice 1 and 2nd and 3rd in Free Practice 2 the team carried that new-found knowledge into qualifying. The Holiday Inn backed Leon TDI was particularly quick in the first two sectors around the 1.96-mile National Circuit, and in sector three it could reach 138mph on the long straight under the famous Dunlop Bridge. Rounds 5&6 of the 2008 SEAT Cupra
Championship look promising after qualifying at Donington today.
Robert Lawson (Bardon/JHR) smashed the lap record in a Cupra
around the track with Carl Breeze (Blue Chip/Welch Motorsport) and
Lawson’s JHR team mate Andrew Herron (Brian Herron Plant/JHR) also
beatinh the record to take 2nd and 3rd positions on the grid
respectively. The JHR team clearly know the set-up for this track, their
third driver James Appleby (Hardinge Machine Tools) also running 8th
quickest in Round 5 qualifying and 7th in Round 6. Adriano Buzaid was fastest in qualifying and is on pole position for rounds five and six of the 2008 Formula Renault UK with Michelin Championship during qualifying at Donington Park on Saturday, 3rd May..read more Tim Bridgman (Team Parker Racing) was quickest in qualifying for the Porshce Carrera Cup at Donington lapping more than a second underneath the existing lap record. ..read more A1 Team GB
A1 TEAM USA’s Jonathan Summerton was third behind team China's Confu Cheng ..read more The 17th and 18th rounds of
the 2008 FIA WTCC will be at Imola on September 20th and 21st. It
was announced on Friday . The race will replace the Swedish meeting that
was due to take place in Anderstorp on the same weekend and that was
cancelled by the FIA following a request from the Swedish National
Sporting Authority (SBF), after the Championship and the Event Promoters
have failed to reach a commercial agreement, the Swedes hope to be back
in the WTCC next year. The Change has been approved by the Touring Car
Commission but needs to be ratified by the World Motor Sport Council in
June. Massimo Cimatti, president of GruppoNorman and Formula Imola
said: "Imola is back on track! We are delighted to launch our new motor
sport calendar with a world championship event such as the WTCC. This is
a major reward for all the efforts we have made in these first months of
management of the circuit." Will Bratt was fastest in testing for this weekend's opening round of the FIAT Spanish Formula 3 Championship at Jarama ..read more Before heading to Valencia, some WTCC teams will take part in a two-day official test at Oschersleben, Germany, next week. The test will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday, May 6th and 7th, in preparation for the championship event that will be hosted by the German track later in the season, on August 30th and 31st. The following teams have confirmed their participation, making a total of eleven cars: BMW Team Germany, BMW Team Italy-Spain, BMW Team UK, Chevrolet, N.technology, SEAT Sport and Russian Bears Motorsport. Russian Bears Motorsport completed their first tests with the WTCC LADA 110 car on the Dutch racetrack of Zandvoort. The Russian machine hit the track twice in a few days. On the first occasion Viktor Shapovalov completed only six laps before a visit to the gravel trap prematurely ended this run. The team returned to Zandvoort last Wednesday, and Shapovalov drove for another 25 laps before handing the controls to his Dutch team-mate Jaap van Lagen who completed a further 7 laps. No technical failures were reported and the team will take part in next week's two-day WTCC official test at Oschersleben. "The car is running ok, but we need more time to fine tune it," team manager Dmitry Bernikov declared. LADA are on schedule to make their first appearance in the WTCC at Valencia in three weeks. 02-05-08
Jon Lancaster A1GP World Cup of Motorsport has confirmed the first race of the 2008/09 season to be held at the Mugello circuit in Italy on 21 September 2008 2007 evo Caterham Eurocup champions Clive Richards and Richard Hay will head up the entry for this year's opening rounds of the Championship when it visits Spa next weekend (10/11 May) ..read more First TV slots
for Heritage GT Car Challenge.
Schedules for the TV coverage of the opening races in the 2008 Heritage
GT Car Challenge have been announced.Highlights of the pair of races at
Donington Park in April will first be screened on Sky Sports Extra
during the early evening of Tuesday 27 May, with a further five repeat
broadcasts. The Swiss Matech Racing team took off on a high note at the first round of the FIA-GT3 European Championship in Silverstone, with the Ford GT scoring a double victory. The team managed by Martin Bartek is entering, with the full support of Ford Racing, three Mustang FR500GT3s in the FIA-GT3 European Championship, one will be driven by the Belgian Eric De Doncker and the Canadian Scott Maxwell. The performances of the American muscle cars has improved from last year but the development work continues. Any drivers interested in the Mustang FR500GT3 challenge and want to join a young, dynamic and professional team should contact Valérie Guillon (e-mail: guillon@matech-concepts.ch). The next race is the second round of the FIA-GT3 European Championship at Monza on 16-18 May Australian F3 race winner Leanne Tander will drive in the Australian Mini Challenge at Barbagallo Raceway next weekend(May 9-11) in a second Mini Challenge Uber-Star car in support of the BigPond 400…read more The PSL Karting-supported
Kohilo Racing team Tim Bridgman set the pace in testing for this weekends rounds of the Porsche Carrera Cup GB at Donington yesterday(Thursday)..read more Andrew Cadell led both sessions during opening practice on Thursday for the inaugural Ford Racing Mustang Challenge for the Miller Cup race on Saturday. Cadell, a former SCCA National Champion showed some quick adaptation to the Mustang, which he had never driven before, setting a time of1:36.932-seconds at Road Atlanta. "These are fun cars," said Cadell, “There is a lot more power than I've ever had to work with, but it didn't take much time to get used to it. We still have a lot to learn with the car but this was a great way to start the weekend off. I know the times are going to get closer and closer but hopefully we can stay on top!" Qualifying for Saturday's race is today(Friday) at 1:00 , see www.mustangchallenge.com for more info Competitors in this weekend's Ford Racing Mustang Challenge for the Miller Cup at Road Atlanta can win a seat in a Ford Mustang FR500C in the 2009 season-opening Grand-Am KONI Challenge Fresh From Florida 200 at Daytona International Speedway as a Champion's Bonus. The Ford Mustang FR500C that competes in the GS class of the KONI Challenge Series features the 5.0-liter Cammer engine and represents the next step up in the Ford Mustang racing ladder from Mustang Challenge. "We are excited to offer not just a complete competition ladder for Ford Mustang drivers, but to also help reward their success by creating the opportunity to make that next step up with the chance to race at Daytona in the KONI Challenge," said Jamie Allison, Manager of the Ford Racing Performance Group, North America. "The Ford Racing Mustang Challenge is going to be a great place for drivers to hone their skills, and the FR500C has proven to be a highly competitive entry in KONI competition. Hopefully the FRMC Champion can add to the FR500C's long list of wins again next season." A1 Team Great Britain is looking to win it’s home race this weekend at the Brands Hatch. The team plan to push France out of third place in the 2007/08 A1GP World Cup of Motorsport. Team GB currently lies 12 points adrift of they French, with 32 points available in Sunday's races. Robbie Kerr will again lead the team backed by James Winslow as reserve and rookie driver. Kerr will be returning to Brands for the third year in a row for A1 Team GBR having won last year, A1GP's first home race win, in the Sprint event. On Sunday he will have to beat France's Franck Montagny if the Brits are to have any chance of third place in the Championship.
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(Shell Helix Ultra) took his second MINI CHALLENGE win at Barbagallo
Raceway today(Ssaturday), however the incident packed 15 lap race
was marred by a single car rollover involving former Wallaby, Ben Tune.
heads to Thruxton next weekend, 17th/18th May, for the next 2 rounds of
the Formula Renault UK Championship. Currently fourth overall in points
table, Alexander has been picking up points on a consistent basis this
year but so far that first win has eluded him, despite being one
of the quickest drivers in the season so far. “We’re aiming for wins
again, the same way we go into any race weekend”, he said , “During the
Thruxton test last month we didn’t produce our best performance and when
we did try a change on the car, it snowed! Unfortunately that meant we
couldn’t try what we wanted but hopefully we’ll be in a half decent
position for qualifying next weekend and then build from there. Being a
second year driver, if I can’t be on pole position for both races I’m
still confident I’ll be able to fight among the top three and achieve
some good results.” While freely admitting Thruxton hasn’t been one of
his stronger venues, Alexander remains confident of taking the fight to
his main championship rivals during rounds seven and eight. Qualifying
will take place on Saturday, 17th May, at 09.25 and 15.10 respectively.
Both races will follow on Sunday, 18th May, with round seven timetabled
to start at 11.35 and round eight scheduled to get underway at
16.00. Meanwhile, highlights of the second round of the season – which
took place at Brands Hatch in Kent at the end of March – will be
featured on the Motorsport UK magazine programme on Freeview, digital
satellite and cable channel ITV4 at 17.00 this coming Tuesday, 13th May.
has been busy the last couple of months. Not only has he taken
part in the opening rounds of the Stars of Karting series in Utah and
Florida and 'over the pond' racing in Europel, he now has this local
series, the Ontario Regional Karting Championship kicking off this
weekend as well!..
Harold
Primat and Christophe Tinseau
Jesse
Wakeman faces a race against time after his car was wrecked in the 5
car smash during last round. He now has to hope it will be back in one
piece for this weekend's fourth round of the Kumho Tyres
Australian Formula 3 Championship at Mallala Raceway - his home round...
on
the streets of it’s home town of Huntingdon on October the 12. The
highlight of which will be a parade of the company’s racing cars ..
the 2007 Avon Tyres British GT Championship winners, have joined up with
the Swiss Matech Racing Team to drive one of their Ford GT’s for the
rest of the FIA GT3 European Championship, starting at Monza on 17&18
May. 
went to Shaun Lynn’s Cologne Capri(pic Paul Williams)
with by just over 8 seconds. Second place was the BMW 3.0 CSL of Ian
Guest with a second CSL driven by Alex Elliot in third. The Mayday
Mayhem race saw Jamie Boot victorious in his TVR Griffith from Dave
Edwards Camero and Briuce Chapman’s Ford Capri. 
and
in the Oldies but Goldies Richard Posting brought his Austin A40 home in
first place, 1.8secs ahead of Paul De Havilland’s XK150. Adam Ealand was
third in a TR3A. 
The Shaw and Oliver BMW 1800T was third. 
scored
fourth and fifth places respectively in rounds five and six of the
Porsche Carrera Cup GB at Donington Park..
continues to dominate the series winning again at Donington Park
yesterday, Sunday, 4th May, taking his tally to 4 wins from 6 races
this year. He has now extended his lead at the top of the championship
to 18 points over his nearest rival Martin Byford. “This weekend has
been unbelievable, everything has been absolutely perfect but I have to
be thankful to the team really for providing me with the car to be able
to do that”, said Robert after Sunday afternoon’s second race, “We
played it right, we went well in testing on Thursday so we knew we had
the pace. To come out on Saturday and get two pole positions was
fantastic in itself but to convert those into wins was just
unbelievable. I’m very pleased. I’m trying to do the best job I can
behind the wheel but as I always say, without the support of my sponsors
Bardon Aggregates and Bardon Concrete I wouldn’t be able to do this,
they make it happen.”
lost his win in the sixth round of the Porsche Carrera Cup GB at
Donington Park yesterday when race officials hit him with a two second
penalty for passing under yellows handing the win to Tim Bridgman.
got
his BTCC championship off the mark yesterday with his first points of
the year at Donington in the Independents Trophy ..
Josh
Hill dominated Ginetta Junior Championship qualifying at
Donington Park National Circuit on Saturday taking his first pole
position in only his fourth race meeting. Setting a time of 1m 28.093
seconds (79.98mph) to lead the field for round seven, his second fastest
time was also good enough for pole in round eight ..
Ben
Winrow contiunes to lead the Elf Clio Cup title chase after another
win, this time in round five at Donington Park yesterday. The Team
Pyro driver started from the ELF/Atol pole to win from Robertshaw
Racing’s Derek Pierce and Robert Gaffney who were second and third
respectively ..
took pole for
tomorrow's A1GP feature race after Robbie Kerr set the fastest time for
the Sprint tace at the A1GP meeting at Branda Hatch. Kerr will
start the Feature race from the front row after coming second to the
Indian..
topped the time sheets in the second of Friday's practice sessions
at Brands Hatch, the first involving the main drivers. Robbie Kerr set a
time of 1:14.891secs, 0.234secs ahead of second placed Congfu
Cheng of China.
sufferred from mechanical woes in qualifying for tomorrow's round of
the F3 Euro Series at Mugello in Italy. During the session his gearbox
decided to 'play-up' leaving the 19 year old back in a very
dispointing 22nd place on the grid. 