Archive for November, 2006
Coulthard Takes Porsche GT3 Cup Win
Fabian Coulthard was the man to beat at the second round of the 2006/07 Battery Town Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge season at Christchurch’s Powerbuilt International Raceway at Ruapuna Park over the weekend.
The 24-year-old Aucklander, who won Australia’s Carrera Cup championship in 2005 and moved to the V8 Supercar class across the Tasman this year, pipped [...]
Besnard Maintains Series lead With Win
Gold Coast driver David Besnard recorded a race win to maintain his series lead after a drama packed weekend in Round 2 of the New Zealand V8 Championship at the Ruapuna circuit in Christchurch Sunday.
Besnard showed his best fighting qualities to come back from mechanical dramas, twice being spun out by opposing cars and a [...]
Jani Sprints Way to Sprint Win
Neel Jani made Switzerland the sixth different winner in seven races when he romped to a comfortable lights-to-flag victory in the Sprint race for the fourth round of the A1 Grand Prix at Sepang, avenging his final lap defeat in last year’s race.
Making the most of his pole position and the short Sprint race distance, [...]
Lowndes Scores Race Three Win
Ford’s Craig Lowndes has claimed third spot in the final race of the Bahrain Desert 400 to take the V8 Supercar Championship right down to the wire.
Rival and overall championship leader Rick Kelly could only manage fifth which means his advantage in the overall standings has been slashed to just seven points heading into the [...]
V8 Supercar Championship Tightens
RACE ONE
Jason Bright is the King of the Desert, but it’s the battle for the series crown that heated right up at the Bahrain International Circuit.
Bright became the inaugural winner of the V8 Supercars Middle East round, claiming victory in the Desert 400 after nearest rival Garth Tander jumped the start in the final heat [...]
Neel Jani Captures Sepang Pole
Neel Jani has taken Switzerland’s first pole position of the season after qualifying for the Malaysian A1 Grand Prix at Sepang.
The 22-year-old, who pulled off the same feat at the 5.5-km circuit last year, set the fastest time in two of the four 15 minute-long sessions to edge ahead of New Zealand’s Jonny Reid.
“This was [...]
Slick Bahrain Takes Caution
AUSTRALIA’S leading V8 Supercars drivers yesterday gave the Bahrain International Circuit their tick of approval but warned fans to expect the unexpected in the weekend races.
The drivers struggled to control their cars in Thursday’s practice sessions but said the track, designed to accommodate Formula One cars, would provide a multitude of scenarios in the three [...]
Tander on Bahrain Pole
Toll HSV Dealer Team’s Garth Tander has taken pole position for today’s race one of the inaugural Desert 400 in Bahrain.
Tander topped qualifying and maintained the position after the shootout. He was closely followed by Ford Performance Racing’s Jason Bright, who topped the opening practice session yesterday.
The second row is comprised of a pair of [...]
V8 SuperCar Bahrain
Manama, 23rd November 2006: The Australian V8 Supercars Series has arrived north of the Equator for the first time in its illustrious history to an enormous welcome from the Kingdom of Bahrain. The Desert 400 race weekend has already established itself as one of the highlights of the international calendar of events at the Bahrain [...]
O’Young PCCA Champ
The 2006 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia was crowned off in fine style at the annual Macau Grand Prix weekend with perhaps the finest race of the season, an event dominated by newcomer Danny Watts.
Second was Cref Motorsports’ Keita Sawa, earning an impressive podium finish in his Macau debut, while Tomo Racing’s Shinichi Yamaji held on [...]
