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Latest Track Car From Lotus Offers "Straight Out Of The Box" Thrills

Latest Track Car From Lotus Offers "Straight Out Of The Box" Thrills

Lotus Sport, the motor Sport Division of Lotus Cars Ltd, has Unveiled the MY2008 Lotus Sport Exige Cup 260. ... Continue reading

Inside a Formula One Racecar: Materials in F1 - VIDEO FEATURE

Inside a Formula One Racecar: Materials in F1 - VIDEO FEATURE

October 2, 2007: Latest in a series of videos about the Panasonic Toyota F1 race team. In this episode you'll find out about the "space-age" technology and materials that go into building a competitive car. To watch the other episodes click on the respective links below. ... Continue reading

SPECIAL EVENT (BOULDER) - Carroll Shelby and Other Racing Legends to Attend Shelby American Collection's 11th Annual Holiday Gala

SPECIAL EVENT (BOULDER) - Carroll Shelby and Other Racing Legends to Attend Shelby American Collection's 11th Annual Holiday Gala

Carroll Shelby, Bob Bondurant, Phil Remington and other racing heroes will headline the Shelby American Collection's 11th annual celebration at its museum in Boulder on December 1, 2007. The annual holiday party honors the race history of Carroll Shelby, his legendary 1960s Shelby American Team and the automobiles they ... Continue reading

SPECIAL VIDEO EVENT (GERMANY) Alternative Fuel Volvo Wins at Nürburgring

SPECIAL VIDEO EVENT (GERMANY) Alternative Fuel Volvo Wins at Nürburgring

NURBURGRING, Germany - September 20, 2007: Competing in the "alternative fuels" division, a converted Volvo S40 using bio-ethanol recently won a 6-hour race in Nürburgring, Germany. Team HEICO SPORTIV's two drivers Patrick Brenndörfer and Martin Müller took turns to help steer the vehicle to victory. This is the sec ... Continue reading

A Glimpse at the Life of Formula One Racer Ralf Schmacher - VIDEO FEATURE

A Glimpse at the Life of Formula One Racer Ralf Schmacher - VIDEO FEATURE

July 27, 2007: Ralf grew up in Kerpen, Germany, just a few miles from the Panasonic Toyota Racing’s factory in Cologne. He started riding karts when he was two, raced in club championships by the age of five, and made his Formula 1 debut 10 years ago, challenging his brother, Michael, on the race track. Ralf stood ... Continue reading

Martin Brundle, Former F1 Driver Examines Physical Challenges of Racing - VIDEO FEATURE

Martin Brundle, Former F1 Driver Examines Physical Challenges of Racing - VIDEO FEATURE

Martin Brundle, former F1 driver and TV pundit, investigates the physical effects of driving a Formula One car by undergoing a series of assessments at QinetiQ's human performance laboratories. ... Continue reading

VIDEO FEATURE - The Race to the Track: Logistics in Formula 1

VIDEO FEATURE - The Race to the Track: Logistics in Formula 1

COLOGNE - JULY 3, 2007: Formula 1 is all about racing but away from the competitions, a different kind of race is fundamental to the workings of Panasonic Toyota Racing. For the team’s logistics department, there is a constant race against time to get the cars, spare parts and pieces of equipment, to the track on ... Continue reading

RACING SPONSORS (VIDEO FEATURE) - ING Launches Formula 1 Race Index

RACING SPONSORS (VIDEO FEATURE) - ING Launches Formula 1 Race Index

Ahead of the Monaco Grand Prix on May 27, ING launched its Formula 1 Race Index to provide new and existing Formula 1 fans with a clear and instant appraisal of the stresses and strains of all 17 Grand Prix circuits in the race calendar, providing a 'league table' ranking of the most difficult and challenging circuits. ... Continue reading

Apex Motorsport's Jaguar XKR GT3 Making Progress

Apex Motorsport's Jaguar XKR GT3 Making Progress

LONDON - March 12, 2007: Apex Motorsport's brand new Jaguar XKR GT3 has now completed the first two of its planned pre-season test sessions and, at the same time, re-united one of sports car racing’s most successful drivers with the Jaguar marque. Andy Wallace, winner of the 1988 24 Hours of Le Mans, as well as co ... Continue reading

Honda Racing F1 Team - Barcelona Test Report

Honda Racing F1 Team - Barcelona Test Report

BARCELONA, SPAIN 14 FEBRUARY END OF TEST REPORT The Honda Racing F1 Team concluded a three-day test at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona today. Running with two RA107 chassis for the first time, race drivers Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello conducted the majority of the test programme, supported by Christian Kl ... Continue reading

Hinchcliffe Powers A1 Team Canada to Top-Five in Qualifying (W)

Hinchcliffe Powers A1 Team Canada to Top-Five in Qualifying (W)

Canadian James Hinchcliffe Powers A1 Team Canada to Top-Five Qualifying Slot Qualifying, Round 2/12 - A1GP World Cup of Motorsport, Brno, Czech Republic Brno, Czech Republic (October 07, 2006) - Toronto's James Hinchcliffe powered A1 Team Canada to its highest ever Sprint race qualifying slot today, fifth place, ahead ... Continue reading

Michelin 2006 Italian F1 GP - Race

Michelin 2006 Italian F1 GP - Race

If the following text-only file is not easily readable, particularly any tables of numbers, try enlarging this window since every line has a forced end and there is no word-wrap. Otherwise, this report will look and print better from the following PDF file: http://www.sportssystems.com/applib/PDFload.cfm?file=/email/fi ... Continue reading

Italian GP 2006 - RACE

Italian GP 2006 - RACE

If the following text-only file is not easily readable, particularly any tables of numbers, try enlarging this window since every line has a forced end and there is no word-wrap. Otherwise, this report will look and print better from the following PDF file: http://www.sportssystems.com/applib/PDFload.cfm?file=/email/fi ... Continue reading

2006 Italian Grand Prix - Qualifying

2006 Italian Grand Prix - Qualifying

2006 ITALIAN GRAND PRIX MONZA 09 SEPTEMBER QUALIFYING The Honda Racing F1 Team's Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello made it through to the final qualifying session in Monza today, in which they posted the 6th and 9th fastest laps respectively. They will line up on the 3rd and 5th rows of the grid for the start of tom ... Continue reading

Michelin 2006 Italian F1 GP - Qualifying

Michelin 2006 Italian F1 GP - Qualifying

If the following text-only file is not easily readable, particularly any tables of numbers, try enlarging this window since every line has a forced end and there is no word-wrap. Otherwise, this report will look and print better from the following PDF file: http://www.sportssystems.com/applib/PDFload.cfm?file=/email/fi ... Continue reading

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