Archive for March, 2007
Alex Yoong Wins A1GP Sprint Race
Alex Yoong followed up his dominant qualifying display with a straightforward win in the A1GP sprint race in Mexico City.
The Team Malaysia driver led from the rolling start through to the finish, with only Team Great Britain driver Oliver Jarvis managing to stay anywhere near him. But even Jarvis was never close enough to threaten [...]
Tander Scores Triple Win in Perth
Holden’s Garth Tander had a perfect round at Perth’s Barbagallo Raceway, winning race two and three yesterday to add to his race one win in the V8 Supercar Championship second round.
Tander dominated in Perth like no one in recent memory. After being quickest in official practice on Friday, he was on pole after qualifying on [...]
Malaysian on A1GP Mexico Pole
Malaysia’s Alex Yoong has taken pole position for Sunday’s sprint race at the Mexican A1 GP, the ninth round of the season.
The former F1 driver set an aggregate time of two minutes 53.138 seconds for his quickest two laps around the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez.
Yoong overcame tyre problems to set the fastest lap in three of [...]
Tander’s Home Field Advantage in Perth
Toll HSV Dealer Team’s Garth Tander finally took his first V8 Supercar win at home, leading home a 1-2-3 for Holden in race one of the Bigpond 400 at Barbagallo Raceway.
Tander led home teammate Rick Kelly for a Toll HSV 1-2, with Holden Racing Team’s Mark Skaife completing an all-Holden podium.
It could have been a [...]
Karthikeyan Signs with FIA Speedcar Series
Williams F1’s test driver Narain Karthikeyan has announced that he will take part in the Speedcar series this season, the competition that will pit 24 identical 600bhp cars against each other on tracks across Asia and the Middle East.
Karthikeyan is the first Asian driver to be announced as a competitor in the championship.
“I am very [...]
Black Beauty on Pace in Mexico
The New Zealand team has set the fastest time in the first official practice for the weekend’s 9th Round of the A1GP World Cup of Motorsport in Mexico.
After a slow start on the bumpy 4.46km Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez circuit in Mexico City, Kiwi driver Jonny Reid hit his straps to edge out Great Britain and [...]
Beijing A1 Grand Prix Dropped
BEIJING, March 23 (Reuters) - The Beijing round of the A1 Grand Prix series, one of two in China, will be dropped for next season because the promoters cannot afford to cover the “huge” losses, the Shanghai Daily reported on Friday.
The Chinese capital made its debut in the second season of the “World Cup of [...]
Marcos Ambrose Busch Practice Results
Team Australia’s Marcos Ambrose has made a fast start to this weekend’s Sharpie Mini 300 by recording top ten times in practice at Bristol Motor Speedway today.
Ambrose topped rookie practice in the Aussie Vineyards-backed #59 Kingsford Charcoal Ford Fusion and was tenth fastest in opening practice at the 0.533 miles (0.858km) Bristol venue, before rounding [...]
Armaan Ebrahim Signs with F-V6 Asia Team
India’s youngest and hottest racing star, Armaan Ebrahim formally signed the contract with Team TARA-DTM in Zuhai, China today.
TARA is part of the global Tara Group Ltd based in Malaysia and Singapore. The TARA group is headed by its Chairman, Mr Helmi Abdullah, whose son Hafiz Koh is Armaan’s team mate. Taking note of his [...]
Hollings Denied Aussie F3 Sweep
If this weekends’ non-championship Kumho tyres Australian Formula 3 races at the Australian grand Prix are any indication a rivalry between Tim Macrow and British driver Charlie Hollings will dominate headlines in this years Gold Star championship.
The two drivers fought out each of the four races at the Albert Park circuit in Melbourne this weekend [...]
