The UAE’s first junior single seater racing series, Formula Gulf 1000 (FG1000), gets underway in earnest this October, with some of the hottest Emirati and expat talent set to battle it out for the most prestigious junior motorsport title in the Middle East. The fourteen-race programme, which will run under the auspices of the Automobile [...]
Indianapolis (USA): India’s Armaan Ebrahim, who has several firsts to his credit, added another by securing a race seat with Bryan Herta Autosport team for the 2012 Indy Lights Series. Barely three weeks since winding up his Formula 2 campaign in Austria, 22-year old Armaan participated in an intense day of testing here on Tuesday [...]
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 [...]
Abu Dhabi, UAE (4 May 2010): An Etihad Airways Airbus A320 dwarfs a Formula Yas 3000 racing car as it lifts off at 256 km/h at Abu Dhabi international airport to mark the take-off of ticket sales for the 2011 Formula 1TM Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Forty per cent of grandstand tickets for [...]
Donington Park, UK; Sun 24th Apr 2011: Protyre Formula Renault BARC Championship rookie Zaamin Jaffer made a strong start to the 2011 season at Donington Park today, Sunday, 24th July, by just missing out on a top six finish on his racing debut in a ‘slicks and wings’ car. Taking seventh place in round one, [...]
Parthiva Sureshwaren is the latest returnee to secure his place on the 2011 FIA Formula Two grid – becoming the second Indian driver to be confirmed for the championship’s third season. The Chennai-born racer joined F2 for 2010, and after a solid start at Silverstone and Marrakech he scored his best result of the year [...]
Geneva, Switzerland – (March 1, 2011) – Infiniti, the global luxury automotive brand from Japan, announced today a marketing agreement with Formula One World Champions, Red Bull RacingRenault, covering the 2011 and 2012 F1 seasons. Leveraging the co-operative power of the Renault-Nissan Alliance, a unique triumvirate has been created with Red Bull Racing, focused on [...]
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 [...]
Manama, 15th February 2011: In the light of recent events in the Kingdom of Bahrain and attendant coverage in the international media, the Bahrain International Circuit has today (Tuesday) issued a statement regarding the forthcoming Formula 1™ testing on March 3-4-5-6 and the Gulf Air Formula 1™ Bahrain Grand Prix on March 11-12-13. Bahrain International [...]
