Asian Motor Sports

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The Asian Formula Three Corporation is considering switching to become a ‘winter series’ running in the European winter months. This will enable more Europeans, Americans and Japanese to compete and it has the added bonus of catching the best weather conditions in the Asian region.
An AF3 spokesman reported “This is only in the discussion stage [...]

Singapore’s ace racing driver, Denis Lian, recently announced his participation for the upcoming 2006/2007 A1 Grand Prix season.
The A1 Team Singapore just confirmed their participation two short weeks ago and with the backing of about 13 talented engineers, mechanics and crew, the team is set to build up a great racing outfit.
Denis Lian will partner [...]

The 2006 Japanese Championship Formula Nippon 5th Round at Autopolis, August 6th, 2006
It was an extremely hot race day on Sunday at Autopolis. Though it was cool during the free practice run that begun at 9:00 a.m., by the time cars headed to their grid positions, temperatures rose to 32C, and pavement temperatures to 43C.
The [...]

“Following discussions last week, Jacques Villeneuve and the BMW Sauber F1 team agreed to terminate their current contract with immediate effect five races ahead of schedule,” the BMW Sauber F1 statement said.
But weren’t the discussions last week dealing with an “injury” sustained in the German GP? Silly me! “I will now have more time to [...]

On 5th August, two qualifying sessions and race 1 of All-Japan Formula 3 Championship Round 6 was held at Auto Polis where the series was opened for the first time. All sessions were favored with very fine weather, and it was the perfect day for Kazuya Oshima (TOM’S). Oshina took double poles and won the [...]

FIA WTCC HEADING BACK TO EUROPE
After the two American events – at Curitiba, Brazil and Puebla, Mexico – the FIA World Touring Car Championship faces a one month summer break before resuming at Brno,
Czech Republic.
The Czech racetrack will host rounds 13 and 14, marking the beginning of the series’ second European phase that will continue [...]

On 4th August, the free practice of All-Japan Formula 3 Championship was held at Auto Polis where the series was opened for the first time. Roberto Streit (INGING) set the pace, and TOM’S drivers, Kazuya Oshima and Adrian Sutil followed.
It was a fine day and each 1 hour session was held in the morning and [...]

Pink Floyd drummer, Nick Mason, got a taste of A1 Grand Prix power when he drove the car at the Snetterton race circuit in Norfolk this week and pronounced he was there to have fun. Although he also said he was going to be cautious, these days he is ‘almost’ as famous for his car [...]

After a rare two-week break between races, NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series driver Marcos Ambrose is relaxed and ready to return to action at the Indianapolis Raceway Park this weekend.
The Australian born driver will be looking to wave the Aussie flag in the city regarded as the home of US motorsport but the double V8 Supercar [...]

The A1GP World Cup of Motorsport will bring speed and excitement to the streets of Manchester, UK this summer as part of Sky Festival. In a UK-first, six elite A1GP cars and drivers will complete a 1.5km course, through the centre of Manchester from 2-3pm on Sunday 13 August – the third and final day [...]

Jos Verstappen will again drive for A1 Team Netherlands in the upcoming season of the A1GP World Cup of Motorsport, which kicks off at Zandvoort on October 1.
It was a long wait, but finally there is the confirmation that the successful trio of Jos Verstappen, Huub Rothengatter and Jan Lammers agreed to join forces for [...]