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AUDI SAYS GOODBYE TO ONE ERA, READY FOR ANOTHER

24. March 2012

Audi said farewell to their first generation Audi R18+ dominating the opening round of the new World Endurance Championship with a comfortable one, two finish at the Sebring 12 hour race in Florida. The experienced team of Allan McNish, Dindo Capello and Tom Kristensen in the Audi R18 diesel took the win to give Kristensen a record six wins at Sebring. Co-Driver McNish registered his fourth win with Cappello now stands between them on five victories. A sister Audi R18 diesel of Timo Bernhard, Romain Dumas and Loic Duval finished a strong second albeit four laps behind the winners. Third place and the first of the petrol powered cars was the P2 HPD ARX-03b of Starworks Motorsports. Driven by ex Peugeot works driver Stephane Sarrazin, Vicente Polotlicchio and Ryan Dalziel. The trio played the fuel economy game and won although Sarrazin admitted that he was running desperately low on fuel at the finish.

NISSAN DELTAWING CONTINUES TESTING & YES IT DOES TURN

23. March 2012

It was the question on everybody’s lips. Would the revolutionary DeltaWing project car actually turn corners? Now one really doubted its capacity to go fast in a straight line, the car looks fast just standing there, but with that narrow front end and super skinny Michelin tyres how would the car corner. Well as this video from [...]

JENSON ON THE BUTTON IN MELBOURNE

18. March 2012

Jenson Button took home the first 25 points of the 2012 season after a dominant dominant drive at the Australian Grand Prix. The 2009 World Champion and now three times Melbourne winner rocketed from P2 on the grid to lead the race home, virtually leading from start to finish. Button swiftly passed his team-mate Lewis Hamilton on the way down to the first corner after the younger Briton pulled slowly off the line. He quickly established a three second buffer, from which point he remained untouchable. Reigning World Champion Sebastian Vettel hauled his Red Bull into second place, despite an uncompetitive qualifying session that had him starting from P6. Vettel jumped one place to fifth off the line after Mark Webber suffered from a problematic getaway, from which point he applied pressure to fourth-running Nico Rosberg, and quickly passed him. Although Vettel succumbed to an early and uncharacteristic mistake in the chase for third-placed Michael Schumacher, a brief excursion onto the grass triggered a mechanical failure in the W03, gifting the younger Champion P3.

McLAREN ON POLE AS AUSSIE GP GEARS UP

18. March 2012

Lewis Hamilton has secured pole position for the first race of the season at the Australian Grand Prix. Hamilton posted an untouchable time of 1minute 24.922seconds, keeping a one-tenth buffer between him and second on the grid Jenson Button. Most impressive, however, was second-time rookie Romain Grosjean’s effort, which landed him and his Lotus on the grid’s [...]

SEBRING 12 HOURS LIVE

18. March 2012

FIA WEC - 12 Heures de Sebring USA 2012 by fiawec

DELTAWING POWERED BY NISSAN

14. March 2012

Nissan have announced their involvement in the revolutionary DeltaWing project for this year’s Le Mans 24 hour race. The car, which is half the weight and has half the aerodynamic drag of a conventional racer, will be powered by a 1.6-litre turbocharged four-cylinder engine. Nissan now joins the existing group of core partners - US-domiciled British designer Ben [...]

FORMULA 5000 LEADS AUSTRALIA’S BIGGEST HISTORIC RACE WEEKEND

9. March 2012

New Zealand driver Steve Ross (McRae GM1) is set to claim the 2011/12 MSC F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series crown at Australia's biggest and most prestigious classic motor racing meeting this weekend. Ross and 27 other F5000 drivers are amongst the 500-odd entries for this weekend's Phillip Island Classic meeting at the 4.4km circuit an hour-and-a-half's drive south of Melbourne. After finishing second to series super-vet Ken Smith (Lola T430) for the past two years Ross crossed the Tasman earlier this week with an 88 point lead over fellow McRae GM1 driver Aaron Burson with Rotorua man Brett Willis (Lola T330) third. Though defending series champion Ken Smith will not be at the meeting the field includes Burson, Willis, Class A (for earlier cars) standout David Arrowsmith (Lotus 70) and former series champion Ian Clements (Lola T332). It also includes UK-based series regular Greg Thornton (Chevron B24) and two of the three US drivers who contested some of the New Zealand rounds of this season's MSC series, category original Eric Haga (Lola T190) and top US historic single-seater racer Harin de Silva (Surtees TS8). The growing strength of the category across the Tasman can also be seen in the strong domestic entry - with 15 cars led by series regulars Chris Lambden (McRae GM1) and John Bryant (Lola T140) in local hands.

WHO’S JOSEPH KONY ? AND WHY THE HELL SHOULD I EVEN CARE ?

8. March 2012

This story has nothing to do with cars, or the people that race them. It's not about new and advancing automotive technology or stunning works of imagination and artistry inspired by the automobile. No, this story is actually important. You may not have heard the name Joseph Kony, or like me, heard it in passing, read a story in a newspaper or on-line, and shook your head and then promptly forgot all about it as you focused your attention on how truly hideous the current crop of Formula One cars are. No, you want hideous? Want something really ugly to get upset about?

YO! HHF REVEALS THE PLAN, HE’S GONNA BE SPONSORED BY THE MAN

7. March 2012

Flo Rida backs Frentzen in all-star Carrera Cup campaign Australia. Florida-born rapper Flo Rida has joined forces with former Formula 1™ ace Heinz-Harald Frentzen for the coming Porsche City Index Carrera Cup Australia round at the Formula 1™ Qantas Australian Grand Prix, March 15-18. The unique partnership will see the American music artist feature on the livery [...]

AUDI ON POLE TO DEFEND BATHURST 12 HOUR CROWN

25. February 2012

Defending Champion Audi will start from pole position for tomorrows Bathurst 12 Hour race at Mount Panorama. The Phoenix Racing Audi R8 LMS with 2011 winners Christopher Mies, Daryl O’Young and newcomer Christer Jens set the best three-driver aggregate time today to take pole position, their 6 minutes 28.65 seconds enough to edge out a pair [...]

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AUDI SAYS GOODBYE TO ONE ERA, READY FOR ANOTHER

NISSAN DELTAWING CONTINUES TESTING & YES IT DOES TURN

JENSON ON THE BUTTON IN MELBOURNE

McLAREN ON POLE AS AUSSIE GP GEARS UP

SEBRING 12 HOURS LIVE

DELTAWING POWERED BY NISSAN

FORMULA 5000 LEADS AUSTRALIA’S BIGGEST HISTORIC RACE WEEKEND

WHO’S JOSEPH KONY ? AND WHY THE HELL SHOULD I EVEN CARE ?

YO! HHF REVEALS THE PLAN, HE’S GONNA BE SPONSORED BY THE MAN

AUDI ON POLE TO DEFEND BATHURST 12 HOUR CROWN

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