Team Peugeot Hansen will be back in action in this year’s FIA World Rallycross Championship which promises to deliver yet another fiercely fought season, with the calendar due to kick off in Barcelona, Spain, on April 1-2. Sébastien Loeb and Timmy Hansen have the 2017 Drivers’ and Teams’ crowns in …
Read More »RENAULT SPORT FORMULA ONE TEAM RETAINS JOLYON PALMER FOR 2017
Renault Sport Formula One Team is proud to announce that it will retain Jolyon Palmer for the 2017 season. Jolyon will join the recently-announced Nico Hülkenberg to complete the team’s 2017 race driver line-up. Twenty-five year old Jolyon joined Renault Sport Formula One Team’s predecessor Lotus F1 Team as Third …
Read More »FIRST BEAULIEU SUPERCAR WEEKEND GETS OFF TO A RACING START
Over 450 of the world’s most prestigious supercars roared and thundered into the grounds of the National Motor Museum to join the first ever Beaulieu Supercar Weekend, on 20th and 21st August 2016. Over 13,000 visitors to this new two-day celebration of high-performance motoring had the opportunity to get up-close …
Read More »DS VIRGIN RACING CLAIMS THIRD PLACE IN THE FIA FORMULA E CHAMPIONSHIP
DS Virgin Racing proudly claimed third place in the FIA Formula E Teams’ Championship for 2015-16, after a dramatic finale at the London ePrix. DS Virgin Racing driver Jean-Eric Vergne also secured the team’s fourth podium of the season, with third place in the opening race on Saturday. After a …
Read More »PAUL RICARD BRACED FOR SEAT LEON EUROCUP ACTION
Following the first two rounds of the 2016 series staged at Estoril (Portugal) and Silverstone (UK), the renowned circuit of Paul Ricard will entertain the SEAT Leon Eurocup for the third time and for what will be the third round of the current contest. Opened on 19th April 1970 by …
Read More »FORMULA 1 PIRELLI SPANISH GRAND PRIX
Renault Sport Formula One Team finished a close-packed thirteenth and fourteenth in yesterday’s Pirelli Spanish Grand Prix at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. A different strategy was employed across the two cars, with Kevin Magnussen changing to a three-stop race and Jolyon Palmer running to two stops. Both drivers were right …
Read More »FEARSOME FLAT-OUT THRUXTON FOR RENAULT UK CLIO CUP TITLE RACE
Hampshire’s fearsome high-speed Thruxton circuit this weekend (Sat 7/Sun 8 May) hosts the Renault UK Clio Cup’s latest two rounds as it again stars alongside the Dunlop British Touring Car Championship at what is traditionally one of the county’s biggest sporting fixtures of the year. Anticipated warm weather, excellent views …
Read More »SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO JAMES HUNT AT THE SILVERSTONE CLASSIC
The headline grabbing career of one of Britain’s most charismatic and colourful sportsmen will be celebrated at this summer’s Silverstone Classic (29-31 July). It’s exactly 40 years since hard driving, fast living James Hunt overcame all the odds to win the FIA Formula One World Championship in 1976 – a …
Read More »McLAREN 650S GT3 TAKES VICTORY IN LONG BEACH
On a busy weekend on both sides of the Atlantic for McLaren, Factory Driver Alvaro Parente starred in the 650S GT3, securing pole position and winning in his first appearance at Long Beach in the Pirelli World Challenge. Closer to home, the 650S GT3 and 570S GT4 – the latter …
Read More »BIGGEST OPENING ROUND GRID FOR RENAULT UK CLIO CUP IN THREE YEARS
The Renault UK Clio Cup’s grid size for its opening two rounds of 2016 at Brands Hatch this weekend has been further boosted by late entries for Peter Felix (Hinckley) and local Rory Green (Hildenborough) with the 20Ten Racing and WDE Motorsport teams respectively. Felix’s and Green’s participation takes the …
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