Archive for November, 2008
Swedish STCC team Flash Engineering has dusted off one of their show room pieces — the 1999 Volvo S40 Super Touring monster. It was originally ran by the team between 1998 and 2002 and was on the top of the STCC podium ten times. Jan “Flash” Nilsson took the car for a shake-down at the [...]
Former Formula 1 racer and current World Touring Car Driver Tiago Monteiro has confirmed that he has purchased the Spanish GP2 team BCN Competicion together with businessman Jose Manuel Guedes. The team will be renamed Ocean Racing Technology. BCN currently runs Luca Filippi and Hiroki Yoshimoto in the GP2 Asia series and Ocean Racing Technology [...]
I embrace the return of slicks to Formula 1 and the prospect of more overtaking sounds promising. But the new 2009 F1 cars are absolutely hideous! It’s going to take a long time to get used to them. The wide front wings in combination with the tiny rear wings makes it look all wrong. I [...]
Red Bull Racing’s Mark Webber is going to miss out on probably all winter testing after his bike vs. car incident a few days back. This unfortunate event will be something positive for two of the youngsters from the Red Bull Driver Development Program. New Zealand’s Brendon Hartley and Switzerland’s Sebastien Buemi will take over [...]
