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LIUZZI JOINS IMPRESSIVE GOLD COAST LINE UP
Current Formula One driver Tonio Liuzzi will join Le Mans stars Sebastian Bourdais and Stephane Sarrazin, Indycar drivers Will Power, Ryan Briscoe, Helio Castroneves and Dario Franchitti on the streets of Surfers Paradise for the second Gold Coast 600 in October. The event, which replaced the popular Champcar race, will see International drivers team with Australian and New Zealand's best in the 640 BHP pushrod V8 Supercars. The impressive driver line up is another feather in the cap for V8 Supercars and their visionary Chairman and colourful Broadway Impresario Tony Cochrane. Cochrane threw the Queensland Government a life line after the collapse of the A1GP series, promising to turn the domestic V8 series round into an event of genuine International interest. With this driver line up he seems to have already achieved this. “We are delighted with the final field of international drivers that we have so far and we still have a couple of surprises to come,” said Cochrane. “To be honest, the interest has been that strong that we could have filled 60 spots on the grid with international drivers and that is a great sign for the event and its future." Cochrane admitted that while many of the drivers might not be household names in Australia, they are all high-profile drivers in their own countries and their involvement in this event will help create so much more international interest for the Gold Coast and Queensland. “It is safe to say everyone will know who they are by the time they leave here." he said.
Continue reading...HAMILTON TAKES VICTORY IN GERMAN THRILLER
25. July 2011
Lewis Hamilton has taken his second win of the year and one of the most satisfying of his career in an electrifying Grand Prix at the Nurburgring overnight. The Briton leapt from second off the line to take first place from polesitter Mark Webber, who suffered yet another of his pedestrian starts. The battle for first was [...]
Continue reading...PENALTY COSTS EVANS GP3 VICTORY
24. July 2011
New Zealand driver Mitch Evans looked set to become the first double GP3 race winner of 2011 until a 10 second stop-and-go penalty mid way through the race. The drama began when light rain started to fall as the 30 drivers lined up on the grid. At the front of the field Evans and Antonio Felix [...]
Continue reading...BRABHAM ON TOP AT SANDOWN SATURDAY
23. July 2011
Series leader Matthew Brabham has set the early pace for the third round of the CAMS' Victorian Formula Ford Championship at Sandown International Motor Raceway. Brabham set a fastest lap of 1 min 15.9138 seconds to start from pole in Saturday afternoon's first race. The Mygale driver recorded an all away win to lead home Spectrum drivers Sam Power and Caleb Rayner. Unlike the previous round held at Sandown, drivers were on their very best behaviour after a warning from the meeting's driving standards officer Luke Ellery that a repeat of last meeting's behaviour would not be tolerated.. Ellery warned drivers that officials would take a dim view of any incidents that brought out a full course yellow, or a red flag. Fields in the Formula Fords, were large enough to be able to split the Formula Ford 1600 cars into their own race. Scott Andrews in a Spectrum recorded an all away win from an impressive Adrian Lazararo and Lachlan Marshall. In other events at Sandown...
Continue reading...FAST KIWI TAKES GP3 POLE IN GERMANY
23. July 2011
New Zealand teenager Mitch Evans took his second pole position of the season for MW Arden in a closely fought battle for the top spot at Nürburgring today. The Series front runner was just 0.035 seconds ahead of Antonio Felix Da Costa in second. The field hit the track in much improved and sunny conditions for [...]
Continue reading...GRAND PRIX COSTS $50 MILLION BUT IS SYDNEY READY TO POUNCE ?
23. July 2011
The 2011 Australian Formula One Grand Prix cost Victorian taxpayers in excess of $50 million to run, the Victorian State Government announced today. Meanwhile, an independent costing report has estimated the immediate economic benefits to range between $32 million and $39 million and created 350 jobs. Despite this, Victorian tourism minister Louise Asher defended her government's subsidy of the race. 'You have to look at the whole year, at ongoing branding of Melbourne,' she said earlier today. This year's expense was a $700,000 increase on last year's estimated $49.3 million loss.
Continue reading...AUSTRALIAN GP: EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN
21. July 2011
Classic touring cars of the 1970's and 80's will be a feature of next year's Australian Grand Prix meeting at Albert Park. Organisers of the Grand Prix are hoping that the popularity of the classic Commodores, Falcons, Sierras, and Nissan GTRs, will drag fans through the gates for the race in late March 2012. Australian Grand Prix Corporation CEO Andrew Westacott made the announcement at the Australian premiere of the award winning documentary Senna, which was held at Melbourne's Crown Casino. The decision to run the classic touring cars comes after the success of the Formula 5000s that have run at Albert Park for the last few years as well as the large crowds at the Phillip Island Historic meeting held the week before the Grand Prix. Mr Westacott also announced the return of the Carrera Cup, and of course the popular V8 Supercars. Other support events are expected to be announced in the coming months. In an attempt to attract more women into the event, Mr Westacott also announced a "Ladies Lounge" to be held at the point restaurant at Albert Park. "The Ladies Lounge will be held on the Saturday and Sunday of the event and will allow fans to get dressed up and experience the fun of the Grand Prix while relaxing and soaking up a stylish." Mr Westacott said. Grand Prix organisers will be hoping that the new announcements will halt the slide in attendance at the Grand Prix which continues to come under pressure from sections of the public and mainstream media. The contract for the event is scheduled to finish in 2015.
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10. July 2011
A big weekend off the track for the V8 Supercars with the announcement of the newly formed V8 Supercars Commission. The Commission will act as an expert resource for the V8 Supercars board of directors and management team, with a primary focus on racing rules, regulations and race formats. The seven member body formally comes into existence today. As expected five touring car champion Mark Skaife has been appointed chairman-elect and will take up the role in October, after the Bathurst 1000. In the interim, Tim Edwards, team principal of Ford Performance Racing, will serve as chairman. Skaife has announced that when he takes up the role he will completely quit driving V8 Supercars. There has been no announcement regarding his television commentary commitments or his company's role in the CAMS Rising Star programme. Skaife will be joined in the commission by V8 Supercars CEO, Martin Whitaker, Shane Howard, The Chief Operating Officer of V8 Supercars, Three representatives of the V8 Supercars teams: Tim Edwards, Brad Jones and Ross Stone. As well as an independent member, who will have no commercial ties with V8 Supercars, that member will be former Motorsport News publisher and sometime F5000 driver Chis Lambden. The Commission chairman, team representatives and independent member will be appointed for two-year terms.
Continue reading...AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX ANNOUNCE NEW PR PARTNER
7. July 2011
The Australian Grand Prix Corporation (AGPC) has announced the appointment of Elite Sports Properties (ESP) as their Public Relations and Communications agency for 2011/12. ESP, created by former Collingwood AFL champion Craig Kelly and Olympic Swimmer Rob Woodhouse, is one of the countries biggest Sports marketing agencies and is well known in Australian Football circles with the management of some of the nation's best known AFL identities like Nathan Buckley. The new agreement will see ESP commence work immediately, providing public relations and media support services in the lead up to and during both the 2011 IVECO Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix and the 2012 Formula 1™ Australian Grand Prix. General Manager of Marketing and Communications at the Grand Prix, Amanda Chase, said they are excited to partner with ESP and to work year-round with them in promoting both world class events. “Throughout the pitch process, ESP demonstrated an excellent understanding of our brief, as well as fantastic creativity and a great awareness of the Australian media landscape,” she said.
Continue reading...RICCIARDO TO MAKE F1 DEBUT NEXT WEEKEND
30. June 2011
Western Australian driver Daniel Ricciardo is set to make his Formula One debut next weekend at Silverstone. Ricciardo will replace Indian driver Western Australian driver Daniel Ricciardo is set to make his Formula One debut next weekend at Silverstone. Ricciardo will replace Indian driver Narain Karthikeyan at Hispania Racing. Riccardo is the test driver for Toro Roso but [...]
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