Rally – Could Gronholm Compete Again in 2010?
The opening round of the WRC saw one of its past champions come back to contest one of his favorite rallies. Things did not go Marcus Gronholm’s way however. The two time champion had electrical problems as well as a puncture that resulted in his 21st place finish. However, team owner Mattias Therman says he would be happy to have Marcus in the car again this year. Marcus has since retired from the WRC with two world championships and participated in a number of rallycross events. Last year the Finn…
Read MoreF1 – Report: USF1 on Serious Life Support?
I will preface this by saying I am not on an anti USF1 slaughter fest and am willing to admit that the factory for sale post may have been slightly hasty on my behalf; however there are new troubling rumors that Peter Windsor’s dream may be over and they may have some traction. With only one driver and no cars and with about a month left before Bahrain, USF1’s main financial backer Chad Hurley MAY be leaving the team in favor of Campos Meta or Stefan GP. The rumors have…
Read MoreRally – WRC 2011 Calendar Could Surprise
As the WRC continues to pick up steam and take the fight to the highly competitive and entertaining IRC, there are still some gremlins in the WRC closet in regards to the scheduling of events. North Star One is hoping to kill the gremlins with its proposal of the 2011 calendar that could have a surprise in store for rally fans. The problem with the WRC is the number of events on the calendar as opposed to the number of events that wants to be on the calendar. There are…
Read MoreIndyCar – de Ferran Motorsports Teams with LRD
Luczo Dragon Racing released a statement today revealing that LDR and de Ferran Motorsports will join forces for the 2010 season. This is great news for the former Indianapolis 500 champion’s suddenly ailing team. Last year, Gil announced that 2009 would be his last year in the cockpit of a racecar and he was going to focus on being a team principal fielding both an ALMS prototype effort and a two-car effort in the IZOD IndyCar Series. As the season ended, and we got deeper into the off-season, it became…
Read MoreF1 – USF1 HQ for Sale???
In a story that has been originaly reported by The Inside Line, the USF1 HQ in Charlotte NC is reportedly up for sale. There has been no official announcement, however the listing does indicate that the building is a Formula 1 race shop and that there had been $620,000 in renovations since last year. The lease was orginally until 2014, and this teamed with no second driver announcement has to have folks scratching their head. Seeing as though we have no current press release, it is uncertain what effects this…
Read MoreIndyCar – The Lola Project Revisited
Today, Lola followed their initial press release which revealed their intent to bid for the 2012 IZOD IndyCar Series chassis contract with a second, more fulsome press release including sketches of their proposed chassis. It must be said that the outward appearance of the chassis is rather uninspired and stale. There’s nothing genuinely new, innovative or modern about the looks of the chassis. Lola does bring some very interesting concepts with their bid that could lower costs, and bridge the equipment gap between the IZOD IndyCar Series and the Firestone…
Read MoreRally – WRC Odd Couple?
There are a number of odd couple scenarios that we can see this season already in the WRC. Raikkonen and Ogier, Ken Block and M-Sport are just a couple that come to mind. Today it was announced that Monster Energy and Stobart will now join forces. Starting this weekend in Sweden, both Monster and Stobart will grace the cars of Ken Block and UK driver Matthew Wilson. Stobart, a UK based logistics firm, has been the primary sponsor of the M-Sport satellite team at rallies premiere level. Stobart Group CEO…
Read MoreRally – Hirvonen Takes Sweden
Mikko Hirvonen has started off his 2010 campaign in style as he has won the Rally of Sweden. The Finn defeated Sebastian Loeb by a margin of around 42 secs. The battle raged in the morning stages as Sebastian Loeb took an early lead. However, a differential change at the mid day service park saw Mikko surge ahead of his title rival. Once ahead, the Ford number one began to pull away until Sebastian threw in the towel and Hirvonen was able to take the opening round by 42.3 seconds.…
Read MoreOpEd – Beauty Pageant or Racing Series?
The interwebs have been all a buzz over the release of the chassis concepts for the 2012 IZOD IndyCar Series from Dallara, Swift, and especially the much anticipated Delta Wing. There’s been much commentary offered for and against all of the designs, but none has received more discussion and more scorn than the extremely radical concept car from Delta Wing, LLC that was revealed last Wednesday at the Chicago Auto Show. We’ve gone over various aspects of the proposed concepts here, as have many others, and there are certainly a…
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