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ON THE BUTTON IN HUNGARY
Jenson Button has commemorated his 200th Grand Prix start with a scintillating win of strategy in Hungary overnight. The Briton, who won his first Grand Prix at the Hungaroring in 2006, came from negotiated a green circuit and two rain sessions to take his 12th career victory and second of the season. 'For some reason I like these conditions, don't ask me why', said Button after the race. 'All round, an amazing weekend'. 'A great call by the team to put me on the prime tyres when they did.' 'I think we're going into the break on nice high.' He led home championship leader Sebastian Vettel who, despite not taking victory for the past four rounds, has extended his championship lead to 85 points over teammate Webber. 'I couldn't push as hard as I would like to', commented Vettel. 'Second today was an important step. Nevertheless, I think the win was in reach today and we didn't get it'. 'It's clear now that they [McLaren] have done a step forward and we need to make sure we come back.' Fernando Alonso completed the podium with a strong third place finish, confirming Ferrari's return to form is able to persist through all conditions.
Continue reading...SPA 24 HOURS LIVE!
29. July 2011
The Spa 24 hour race is one of motorsports greatest challenges. This weekend join over 60 of the fastest GT3 and GT4 cars as they take on the 2011 TOTAL Spa 24 hour race LIVE. The race starts Midnight Saturday Australian time and promises plenty of action. So join us here and enjoy one of the world’s [...]
Continue reading...BELGIAN BMW TAKES SPA 24 POLE
29. July 2011
The typical Spa weather produced an exciting end to qualifying at the Total 24 Hours of Spa. At the chequered flag it was Belgium’s Maxime Martin in the Marc VDS Racing Team BMW Z4 who claimed the top spot with a lap of 2m24.488, to the head of the 62 car field for the [...]
Continue reading...LIUZZI JOINS IMPRESSIVE GOLD COAST LINE UP
28. July 2011
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...WEBBER ON POLE FOR GERMAN GP
24. July 2011
Mark Webber has taken his third pole position of the season to start from P1 for the second consecutive race at the Nurburgring. Webber set his lap within the first five minutes, which saw Alonso and Hamilton swap fastest times before the RBR-7 put four-tenths between the Australian and his nearest competitor. "The form's been getting a little bit better over the last couple of races," said Webber post-qualifying. "The boys did a great job with the car. They had some pretty late nights in the lead up to this event. "If someone was to get me, they'd deserve it because I couldn't have gotten much more." Despite starting from pole twice this season, Webber has failed to lead a single lap so far in 2011, often conceding his position off the line. "I'll be in there [tomorrow] pushing very, very hard, don't worry," he said confidently. The first stint of Q3 saw Sebastian Vettel follow him closely, slotting in behind his teammate by little more than a tenth, keeping Fernando Alonso's Ferrari at bay by a further 0.4 seconds. It was Hamilton, however, who throw his unlikely hat into the ring to compete for pole during the Q3's second stint, posting a time faster than anyone in the first sector. "It was one of the happiest and most comforting laps I've ever had, it's just incredible" commented a joyful Hamilton. The Englishman, however - who spent most of the weekend talking his chances down - fell painfully short, with less than one-tenth separating him from Webber, not that he seemed to mind. "That was a good lap," he said over team radio as qualifying finished. "That was a wicked lap." "We definitely underestimated how good the car would be when we went to light fuel," he added in the post-qualifying press conference. "A huge congratulations to my team, a fantastic effort. I'm really happy I could put it up here for them." Hamilton's last-ditch efforts meant that Vettel was relegated beyond the first row of the grid for the first time this season, breaking a fourteen race streak.
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.
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