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British driver, Gary Paffett brought Mercedes back to the top step of the podium last weekend, winning the opening round of the 2010 DTM season in Hockenheim. The McLaren Meredes test driver, driving a Salzgitersponsored AMG Mercedes C-Classe lead a 1-2-3-4 Mercedes star finish. Earlier in the weekend, Paffett had claimed Pole in the final Qualifying
Gil de Ferran, 2000, 2001 Champ Car champion and 2003 Indy 500 winner, enters his final race as a driver this weekend at Laguna Seca, the finale to the 2009 ALMS championship. There are a number of celebrations to mark his retirement, the most prominent being the de Ferran Motorsport Acura LMP1 car carrying a cool Chaparral inspired livery. Jim Hall
It has been a while, with a long summer break, but the British Touring Car Championship returned to the track last weekend at Snetterton, in Norfolk. Current Champion Fabrizio Giovanardi and Colin Turkington shared the top spot of the podium during the three race event. Turkington was a little fortunate to take the final race win of the day after original
BMW continued their winning streak at the last round of the World Touring Car Championship in Brno last weekend. Alessandro Zanardi won the first race of the weekend after starting from third on the grid. The ex IndyCar champion was helped to the win by one of the strangest maneuvers I’ve seen on a track in a long time. Augusto Farfus led from
Valencia, Spain played host to rounds 9 and 10 of the World Touring Car Championship. Following the farce at Pau last month, the series has regrouped and the FIA have revised their Turbo Boost tolerance. This may have taken some of SEAT’s advantage away, but reasonable notice this time allowed the Spanish marquee to adjust their cars. It seemed
After some uncertainty earlier in the month, due to construction work for the 2010 British Grand Prix, the Donington rounds of the British Touring Car Championship took place this past weekend.The series added two new race winners for this season, making 8 winners in 9 races. Current champion, Fabrizio Giovanardi in his 888 Vauxhall Vectra was initially
Rounds three and four of the 2009 World Touring Car Championship took place this past weekend in Puebla, Mexico. SEAT continued their winning ways with two more wins, but BMW were much closer, much to the delight of the German Manufacture and their drivers. Swede, Rickard Rydell, took his first win of the season despite some tyre issues towards the
Porsche clinched the remaining two manufacture championships at the final round of the American Le Mans series last weekend. The DHL Penske Porsche of Romain Dumas and Timo Bernhard finished on the LMP2 podium, scoring one more point than Acura, securing the manufactures crown. Meanwhile in GT2, valuable points from the Farnbacher-Loles team resulting
The Jewel in the American Le Mans Series crown takes place this weekend at Atlanta, Georgia. ‘Petit Le Mans’ is a 10 hour endurance event at the Road Atlanta circuit. Its a unique event for the ALMS, so there are quite a few extra entries. With the Credit Crunch having a major impact in the USA, many see this event could be the peak of competition
The final three rounds of the 2008 British Touring Car Championship took place at Brands Hatch last weekend. Vauxhall driver, Fabrizio Giovanardi needed just 9 points to secure his second consecutive title and despite being pushed onto the grass and finishing 14th, championship rival, Jason Plato could only finish 5th, ensuring Giovanardi of the title