INDIANAPOLIS (Sunday, May 29, 2011) – JR Hildebrand stood beside a crumpled car and ran his fingers through his hair, trying to discern just what transpired on the final lap of the 100th anniversary Indianapolis 500. The 23-year-old Californian was a few hundred yards from being the first rookie to win the race since Helio [...]
Dubai: May 28th 2011: Fabienne Lanz the darling of the Dubai Kartdrome made history as she took the coveted first place chequered flag on behalf of her team Dubai Falcons, breaking the two year grip of the Batelco team who failed to make the podium this round. This is her fifth campaign in the endurance [...]
28 May 2011- Dubai Falcon Racing Team led by Sheikh Hasher Al Maktoum, including with ace kart drivers Mohammed Al Mutawaa, Saeed Al Mehairi, Fabienne Lanz, and managed by Mike Wilkes took top honours at the end of the grueling Motorcity 12 Hours at Dubai Kartdrome today (Saturday, 28 May). It was the second round [...]
Tuesday 24th May 2011: It will be hot, make that very hot, possibly 45 degrees, it will be fast and it will be furious as the region’s elite in leisure karting teams take on the Motorcity 12 Hours endurance race at the Dubai Kartdrome. Bahrain’s finest, Batelco triumphed in the first round of the championship [...]
Bahrain, May 23rd 2011: Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa, First Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports and President of the Bahrain Royal Equestrian and Endurance Federation, opened on Monday the “Love and Loyalty” exhibition and festival at Bahrain International Exhibition and Convention Centre in Sanabis. The event is being held [...]
Spain, Sun 22nd May 2011: In a tense battle of dominance Red Bull Sebastian Vettel held off the advances of McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton over the 66 laps of Grand Prix of Barcelona at Circuit de Catalunya in Spain. Hamilton’s fellow Brit team mate Jenson Button held off, on one less pit-stop to secure third [...]
Dubai, 17th May 2011- Today marks a new date in the history of motorsport in the Middle East as Maserati launches the Maserati Trofeo one-make racing championship in the region. The series is backed by the Maserati factory in Modena, Italy and will feature up to 16 mechanically-identical Maserati GranTurismo MC Trofeo race cars battling [...]
May 17th 2011: Silverstone Circuits Limited, and its owner the British Racing Drivers’ Club (BRDC), today opened the circuit’s state-of-the-art new Pit, Paddock and Conference complex – The Silverstone Wing. His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent, KG, who is also President in Chief of the BRDC, formally opened the new building that represents the [...]
May 16th 2011: V8 Supercars today announced a new ownership structure and a significant capital investment to support the continued development of one of Australia’s fastest-growing sports. The 18 V8 Supercars racing teams and founding investor, Sports Entertainment Ltd (SEL), have entered into a sale agreement with Australian Motor Racing Partners Pty Limited (AMRP). AMRP [...]
Sachsenring, Germany,14th May 2011- JRM Racing were aware that last week’s double-race victory in the Algarve was unlikely to be repeated this weekend in Germany. However, the team were able to overcome the challenges that the narrow and twisty 3.7km (2.299-mile) track at Sachsenring near Chemnitz presented and emerged from round four of the FIA [...]
