Feb 14, 2002
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE HANSON SIGNS WITH VOLVO ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. (February 13, 2002) - Former Formula Ford 2000 Zetec Championship Rookie of the Year James Hanson has announced he will drive a Prodrive-prepared Volvo S60 in this year’s European Touring Car Championship. Rickard Rydell will partner Hanson at Pro ... Continue reading
TACH European Bureau Chief Andrew Frankl 2001 Year End Report
Jan 17, 2002
It is very difficult indeed to talk about things purely automotive in view of the Sept 11 atrocities because apart from the appalling human tragedies the events also had serious ramifications for the auto industry as well. Don' t get me wrong-nothing but nothing was, is and will be as important as those totally innocen ... Continue reading
Mitsubishi Dominates Dakar Rally
Jan 17, 2002
Dakar, 01/15/2002 - The 24th Arras-Madrid-Dakar Rally was dominated by Mitsubishi off-road vehicles, with drivers using a Mitsubishi Pajero or the off-road pickup Mitsubishi L200 taking all of the top eight places. The 9,436-km race was won by Japan’s Hiroshi Masuoka, who came in 22 minutes ahead of last yearR ... Continue reading
Jaguar Racing Launches 2002 F1 Challenger and Announces Technical Partnership With Oil Company
Jan 4, 2002
MILTON KEYNES, England, Jan 4 -- The Jaguar Racing team today unveiled its 2002 challenger, the Jaguar R3, opposite its factory in Milton Keynes, England. Building on lessons learned in 2000 (with R1) and 2001 (R2), this season's challenger is a more adventurous design than either of its predecessors. R3 was designed b ... Continue reading
NEWS - Provisional approval from FIA for Premier1 GP
Oct 11, 2001
For a hard copy of the following news story please open the attached PDF file with Acrobat Reader and select print from the file menu. Provisional approval from FIA for Premier1 Grand Prix series Zurich, 10 October 2001: The Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), motor sport's international governing body, ... Continue reading
ALMS Petit Le Mans preview - BMW Motorsport
Oct 2, 2001
1 October 2001 ALMS final - Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta on 6 October 2001 Match point for BMW Munich. Champion manufacturers BMW are 1,000 miles away from potentially winning the driver and team classifications in the GT class of the American Le Mans Series. That's the distance covered by the Petit Le Mans race, in w ... Continue reading
Rossi maintains points lead after rainy Valencia GP
Sep 24, 2001
VALENCIA GRAND PRIX, VALENCIA, Race Day, Sunday September 23 2001 HONDA RACING PRESS INFORMATION Alex Barros (West Honda Pons NSR500) came within 0.293 seconds of winning his second GP of the year at Valencia today. The Brazilian rode a dazzling race in treacherous damp conditions and but for a cautious tire choice mig ... Continue reading
Italian GP race - BMW WilliamsF1 Team win
Sep 16, 2001
Italian GP - RACE September 16, 2001 Weather: Dry and sunny. Air temperature 20°C. Track temperature 28°C. A very sombre weekend for everyone at Monza ended on a high note for the BMW WilliamsF1 Team with Juan Pablo Montoya winning his first Grand Prix and Ralf Schumacher coming third.This win has been overshadowed b ... Continue reading
Entries open for Kumho Tyres Scottish Rally
Aug 14, 2001
Entries open for Kumho Tyres Scottish Rally Regulations have now been published for the Kumho Tyres Scottish Rally postponed from its original June date because of the foot and mouth restrictions. Now running on the weekend of Saturday, September 15 and Sunday, September 16, the Royal Scottish Automobile Club (Motor ... Continue reading
Hungarian Grand Prix - Preview
Aug 11, 2001
PREVIEW Hungarian Grand Prix, 17-19 August 2001 As Honda and its partner teams, Lucky Strike BAR Honda and Benson and Hedges Jordan Honda, move to Budapest for the Hungarian Grand Prix after a three-week break from the racetrack, the everyday challenge of technological development has continued behind the scenes for th ... Continue reading
German Grand Prix - Qualifying
Jul 28, 2001
HEATWAVE AT HOCKENHEIM Montoya takes first pole as Honda-powered teams endure difficult session Jarno Trulli, aboard his Benson and Hedges Jordan Honda, was the highest Honda-powered driver in today's qualifying session for tomorrow's German Grand Prix at Hockenheim, setting the 10th fastest time. Jacques Villenueve to ... Continue reading
British Grand Prix - qualifying
Jul 14, 2001
BEST COMBINED QUALIFYING FOR HONDA SO FAR Trulli and Frentzen qualify fourth and fifth for British Grand Prix Jarno Trulli and Heinz-Harald Frentzen took their Benson and Hedges Jordan Hondas to fourth and fifth grid positions respectively in qualifying to record Honda's best overall qualifying performance so far this ... Continue reading
British GP free practice - BMW WilliamsF1 Team
Jul 14, 2001
British Grand Prix - FREE PRACTICE 13th July 2001 Weather: Rain for the final ten minutes. Air temperature 17°C average. Track temperature 19°C average. It was a trouble-free start to the British Grand Prix weekend for the BMW WilliamsF1 Team with Ralf Schumacher 8th and Juan Pablo Montoya 17th. Ralf Schumacher Posit ... Continue reading
British Grand Prix - Free Practice
Jul 14, 2001
FIFTH FOR FRENTZEN IN FREE PRACTICE Jordan Honda driver goes fastest of Honda-powered foursome Heinz-Harald Frentzen (Benson and Hedges Jordan Honda) finished fifth fastest to head the Honda quartet in today’s free practice session for the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. His Jordan Honda team-mate Jarno Trulli ... Continue reading
British GP preview - BMW WilliamsF1 Team
Jul 6, 2001
British Grand Prix -13/14/15-07-01- PREVIEW The British Grand Prix at Silverstone is the second home race for the Anglo-German BMW WilliamsF1 Team and one that holds great memories for Frank Williams and his Grove-based team. It was here in 1979 that WilliamsF1 had its first win with Clay Regazzoni driving the FW07. Si ... Continue reading
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