Dubai: Autodrome open to F1 testing should the opportunity present itself

Dubai Autodrome is ready to host and would welcome Formula 1 testing at the venue Talk of increased Formula 1 testing in 2014 has prompted speculation that Dubai Autodrome may be added to the testing schedule from next year onwards. At a meeting in Montreal, during the Canadian Grand Prix weekend, teams agreed to extend [...]

Qatar: Dubai resident Erikas Savickas heads off to race the Losail track

The Erikas Savickas Report The UAE Sportsbike Championship may be over, but the Qatar championship still had 2 rounds to go, with the latest event being on the weekend of June 7th & 8th. Erikas enrolled an additional team member for the event. Ian Rodgers (race engineer to Mahmoud Tannir) agreed to come over and [...]

UAE: Al Qubaisi in Le Mans debut with EMAL sponsored JMW Ferrari teamed with Al Faisal and Bertolini

Abu Dhabi, UAE, 13 June, 2013: Emirati driver teams up with Prince Abdulaziz Bin Turki AlFaisal and Italian star for first appearance in legendary endurance race. The UAE’s Khaled Al Qubaisi will team up with Saudi Arabia’s Prince Abdulaziz Bin Turki AlFaisal and Italian driver Andrea Bertolini to make his first appearance in the legendary 24 Hours [...]

Porsche: Successful rollout for new Porsche LMP1 sports prototype

Dubai. The new Porsche LMP1 sports prototype, which will compete in the sports car World Endurance Championship (WEC) and in the 24 Hours of Le Mans from 2014, successfully completed its first rollout today on the Porsche test track in Weissach. Before the eyes of some board members of Porsche AG, Porsche works driver Timo [...]

WSBK: Melandri and Laverty share the wins, Guintoli extends his lead in Portimao

Portimao (Portugal), Sunday 9 June 2013 –  Round 6 race day at the Autodromo Internacional do Algarve was a mix of great performances and big disappointments for some of the protagonists of the eni FIM Superbike World Championship. Today’s winners Marco Melandri (BMW Motorrad GoldBet) and Eugene Laverty (Aprilia Racing Team) experienced some tough luck [...]