Abu Dhabi, UAE; 24 February 2011 – Yas Marina Circuit today announced the entertainment schedule for this Friday’s Formula Drift Urban Skills event. Not only will spectators be able to experience the excitement of the world’s leading drift series, they will also be able to enjoy a range of off-track activities including dance shows, street [...]
Sepang, Feb 24th 2011: The third and final day of the second pre-season MotoGP Test at Sepang concluded on Thursday, and rounding off the three days as the fastest rider on each was Casey Stoner. Getting well under the 2’00” mark with a best effort of 1’59.665 – Valentino Rossi’s 2009 circuit best lap had [...]
Wed 23rd Feb 2011- Day two at the official MotoGP Test at Sepang ended with the RC212V having once more displayed its pre-season strength, as Repsol Honda trio Casey Stoner, Dani Pedrosa and Andrea Dovizioso took the three top positions on the timesheet. With the heat having intensified and the track temperature reaching over 60ºC at [...]
Phillip Island (Australia), Tues 22nd Feb 2011: the Althea Racing team, and rider Carlos Checa, concluded testing at the Phillip Island track, with fantastic results. The Spanish rider, having been fastest on track yesterday recorded a 1m30.578. With this extremely impressive time, Carlos and his Ducati 1198 also smash Laconi’s 2009 Superpole lap record by [...]
Monday February 21st, 2011 – The Bahrain International Circuit (BIC) today announced that the Kingdom of Bahrain would withdraw from hosting this year’s F1 Grand Prix race so that the country can focus on its process of national dialogue. Last Friday, Bahrain’s Crown Prince – HRH Prince Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa – initiated a new [...]
Qatar, Losail, Feb 19th 2011: Alexander Cudlin stays unstoppable and he grabs again 50 points at Losail International Circuit this weekend. In race one, the Australian got pole position and lead the race almost from the beginning, only Nasser Al Malki and Mishal Al Naimi could follow his rhythm but at the middle of the [...]
Fri 18th Feb 2011: It was a bumper day of top notch karting at the Dubai Kartdrome on Friday, 18 February, featuring the RMC classes in the UAE national championship, the DAMC club championship and the SWS sprint races. Max Seniors: Knopjes dominates Maurits Knopjes openly regretted that pace setting Edward Jones was not present on [...]
GP2 Asia Series, Porsche GT3 ME Cup and the WGA V8 Supercars races in Bahrain were cancelled by Thursday 17th in preparation for this weekends racing due to recent events that have unfolded in the Kingdom, racing was scrapped after medical staff at the track were urgently assigned to hospitals in the capital, where protests [...]
