Todd Kelly stood beside a bank of computers in the NISMO bunker in Fuji, Japan. “Do you want to see the car?” he asked, surrounded by an army of small men wearing white coats. One of the NISMO gurus nodded. Todd brought up a picture of his Jack Daniel’s Commodore, the V8 Supercar he had…
Erebus Motorsport has ended conjecture over what marque it will race in 2016 by confirming it will switch to Walkinshaw Racing-built Commodores. The squad announced it has formed a relationship with Holden after it was reported late last year that it had been in customer talks with the Melbourne-based Walkinshaw Racing. After campaigning Mercedes-Benz machinery…
Work on Ferrari’s 2016 challenger was delayed due to their late push last year, but president Sergio Marchionne says they won’t “bitch” about it and will try to offer Mercedes a “proper challenge”. Having finished fourth in the Constructors’ Championship in 2014 after failing to win a single race, Ferrari hit back in 2015 with…
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner believes that Mercedes Head of Motorsport Toto Wolff has made it difficult for any negotiations to develop between the top teams on the Formula 1 circuit. Horner is of the opinion that some progress was being made during the summer, after Red Bull owner Dietrich Mateschitz and Niki Lauda had…
Toby Price’s lead on the Dakar Rally has ballooned to almost half an hour after his only real rival for overall honours struck trouble on Stage 9. While Price set a searing pace to claim his fifth stage victory aboard his KTM, Paulo Goncalves’ challenge for victory ended when a branch pierced his Honda’s radiator…
Factory Volvo V8 Supercar driver David Wall is recovering well from a skin graft to his burned big right toe and is confident he will get the green light to go racing when he meets with his surgeon on April 13. Wall suffered what has now been confirmed as a third degree ‘full thickness’ burn…
Niki Lauda is fully expecting Nico Rosberg to turn ‘nasty’ at some stage after accusing the German and team-mate Lewis Hamilton of being ‘egocentric bastards’. Hamilton spearheaded a Mercedes one-two at the Shanghai International Circuit, claiming his fourth Chinese Grand Prix victory and the 35th overall of his Formula One career. Rosberg, though, effectively accused…
Lewis Hamilton produced an exceptional display of race management to clinch his fourth Chinese Grand Prix victory. The double Formula One champion’s drive at the Shanghai International Circuit was befitting of his status to underline a thoroughly dominant weekend after topping every practice session ahead of claiming his 41st pole and 35th win. Come the…
Lewis Hamilton’s love of the Shanghai International Circuit continues to show no bounds as the reigning Formula One champion again claimed pole position for the race. Hamilton now has a record five poles to his name at the track, and three in succession, to take his tally to 41 overall in his career. The 30-year-old…
Pirelli’s Paul Hembery has urged Formula 1 to make radical changes to its format before committing to a new tyre supply contract. The Italian tyre supplier’s F1 chief told The Guardian newspaper that he fully supports efforts by Bernie Ecclestone to spice up ‘the show’. Ahead of the next official tender process to be the…
