Hyundai will return to the legendary Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, Colorado and also known as 'The Race to the Clouds,' on 23 June. This year’s 12.4 miles race to the 4,720ft summit on America’s Mountain will mark another milestone in Hyundai’s long history with the Colorado event, an effort that began in 1992 and one of the team's four drivers will be WRC competitor Dani Sordo. The FIA … [Read more...]
Autosport International: Gunther Steiner opened event
For many years known as The Racing Car Show and based in London’s Olympia, Autosport International or A24 as this year’s show was dubbed, traditionally marks the start of a new season and without fail, Europe’s largest annual motorsport expose provides a great platform for the sport to showcase plans for the coming year. It also brings together old friends, creates new friends, and harvests the … [Read more...]
Rally.TV launched for fans
In an era where innovation meets adrenaline, WRC Promoter continues to set new benchmarks for rally broadcasting. It pushed the envelope in 2018 by providing more live content than ever thought imaginable and will soon introduce Rally.TV: Your 24/7 home of rally and rallycross that promises to reshape the landscape of motorsport coverage worldwide. Just launched, the revolutionary Rally.TV app … [Read more...]
Weekend roadtest: GWM Funky Cat 1st Edition
The UK’s electric car revolution is becoming a bloody affair. From initially resisting the new technology on cost grounds including writing off established investments in petrol and diesel engine technology and having to develop hybrid or pure electric powertrains, along with making tens of thousands of workers redundant, manufacturers have struggled to convince buyers into showrooms or on-line … [Read more...]
World Rally Car Era celebrated at Rallyday
Since inaugurated in 2001, Castle Combe-based Rallyday has established itself as the ‘Go To’ event for rally fans in the UK. This year the organizers of Europe’s biggest one-day rally show were mindful of the sad passing of our inspirational and much-loved monarch, her majesty Queen Elizabeth II, and a minute’s silence and black armbands some of the discreet marks of respect shown by … [Read more...]
Rallycross enters the electric era
The FIA World Rallycross Championship is on the Road to Hell this weekend, for the start of the series’ eagerly-anticipated electric era at Ramudden World RX of Norway 13-14 August – and an electrifying spectacle is firmly in prospect. Following months of hard work behind-the-scenes, the championship’s ultra-powerful electric beasts – whose twin motors, pushing out 500kW (equivalent to 680bhp) … [Read more...]
Pembrey thriller for Rallycross fans
Julian Godfrey (Heathfield) and Derek Tohill (Dublin) claimed a win apiece in the third and fourth rounds of the Toyo Tires Motorsport UK British Rallycross Championship at Pembrey Circuit last weekend to hold a joint points lead at the mid-season point of the of the eight-race series. Racing his multiple title-winning Ford Fiesta Supercar, Godfrey topped the Intermediate Classification in both … [Read more...]
Pembrey wins major rallycross rounds
Most of the British Rallycross championship this season will be contested at the acclaimed Pembrey circuit. The venue between Llanelli and Kidwelly underwent a major privately funded investment three seasons ago and competitors have praised the Pembrey team, led by Phil Davies, for the course and the challenge it presents. The calendar for the Toyo Tires Motorsport UK British … [Read more...]
Pembrey Circuit gears up for bumper events
A bumper package of events will take to Pembrey Circuit this season. Coming off the back of a hugely successful 2018 campaign for the South Wales-based venue which saw a glittering array of events take place and spectators line the bankings each weekend, the British Automobile Racing Club is track is gearing up for more of the same. The new season will kick off in early April with the Drift … [Read more...]
Higgins sweeps to Toyo Tires title
Albatec Racing driver Mark Higgins from Montgomery came out on top of a three-way fight for the 2018 Toyo Tires MSA British Rallycross Championship in the final round at Silverstone Circuit to secure the title with a dominant victory at the weekend. Three-time MSA British Rally Champion Higgins entered the final round third in the standings, five points adrift of leader Ollie O’Donovan (Iver) … [Read more...]