When the head FiA job was up for grabs between Jean Todt and Ari Vatanen, I was obviously pulling for Ari because I think that his rally career would be perfect for the return to glory. He new what fans liked and what needed to be done to return our beloved sport to the premier level and shut the IRC up. He lost. Now Jean Todt who has had a stint in both the WRC and F1 has announced at the official WRC launch in Paris, that he will see…
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Le Mans – Aston Performs a 180
A few weeks back we had originally posted a story that indicated Aston Martin was not going to have a factory effort in the Le Mans championships around the globe. They have decided to do a 180 and seize an opportunity that has been provided. We have noted this off season that the LMP field was rather lacking and that was putting it nicely. Both Audi and Peugeot are running very select races and the American prototype program is virtually non existent. Enter newly named series vultures Aston Martin to…
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