Ferrari has lost its legal battle in France today that would see a block on the 2010 rules regarding a budget cap. With that loss, the major teams that are boycotting the championship next year only have a few days left to file their entry for the 2010 season. Ferrari were told that they had no reason to stop the budget cap the FIA has put in place to regulate costs due to the sport. The FIA argued that the Maranello team had not used the veto when it had…
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Rally – Sordo Looks to Elevate
For the last year and a half the story has been Mikko Hirvonen battling and coming up short more times than not to 5 time champion Sebastian Loeb. Now Hirvonen has another problem, As Loeb drives away with the title, Danni Sordo now looks to surpass Mikko this year and give Citroen a 1/2 in both titles. Last year’s Italian Rally saw Sordo disappoint with a 5th place overall. Sordo believes this year that a strong showing in Italy will set the pace for the rest of the year. This…
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Rally – Pastrana Wins Oregon Trail
Round 4 of the Rally America championship has ended and Travis Pastrana brings home his second victory in a row for Team Subaru North America. With this win, Pastrana now moves to the top of the points table. Pastrana had a relatively uneventful final day as he continued to cruise through the Oregon countryside. Pastrana increased his gap from day 2 to finish 57 seconds ahead of Rockstar Energy’s Tanner Foust. Foust spent most of the weekend trying to find a quick pace to challenge Pastrana had a serious near…
Read MoreIndyCar – Day 3 of Qualifications
The back of the grid was formed today for this years Indianapolis 500 and topping the time sheet was Newman Haas Lanigan’s Robert Doornbos. After a disasterous first weekend of qualifications, the second NHL car put up a speed of 221.692. The day got off to a wet start as a cold front came through the region last night and into this morning causing heavy rain to fall on the speedway. E.J. Viso was the first car out at about 3:35 eastern and a number of variables played into the…
Read MoreRally – Pastrana Leads Oregon Trail
The Oregon Trail Rally has lived up to the excitement generated by the first three rounds of the championship. Teams traded the lead on day 1 and day 2 has shown one driver pull out a large lead. Day 1 saw Tanner Foust jump out to a small lead of just about 4 seconds over Team Subaru driver Travis Pastrana. This was a great start for Foust as he continues to battle with Andrew Comrie-Picard for top spot in the points. Speaking of ACP, after day 1 he was 6…
Read MoreF1 – Max and FOTA Still at Odds
A meeting between Max Mosley and FOTA on the 2010 rules has left the two parties in the same position as before the meeting. Mosley has said the rules will stay and he will continue the two tier budget cap system that has the manufacturers up in arms. However, all is not lost as Autosport is reporting that the teams are currently in a meeting of their own formulating a response to today’s events. This is not all bad though, Mosley stated to the reporters that the teams broke away…
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Rally – Oregon Trail Preview
The Rally America series blazes the Oregon Trail this weekend for the fourth round of the championship. Competition will open later today as the battle for the national championship blazes on. The top of the standings are close with Andrew Comrie-Picard with a slender 3 point lead over Tanner Foust and Travis Pastrana. The rally will bring about over 100 miles of twisty road. Drivers can expect woodland areas as well as high speed farming roads that will make this rally just as exciting as those that have come before…
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