After winning last year’s Formula Student competition, the Cardiff University team this year could only manage 13thplace. The international challenge competition to design, cost and compete with a single seater racing car attracted nearly 30 university entrants from all over the world and the top team came from Monash University of Australia, who took the … [Read more...]
Racing
Pikes Peak VW record, from above
A helicopter view of the new electric car record on Pikes Peak in America is now available on YouTube. Driver Romain Dumas shattered the five year old record set by Sebastien Loeb by 16 seconds and took 7m 57.148s in the 680ps VW sports car up the 12.42m course overlooking Colorado Springs. Just 250 days had passed between the announcement of the Pikes … [Read more...]
Road racers get new track for July
Competitors at this year’s Aberdare Park Road Races will be the first to experience an improved track after Aberaman Motorcycle Club secured funding to resurface the circuit before this year’s meeting on 21 & 22 July, writes Peter Hughes. The park, located just ½ mile from the centre of the South Wales town, first hosted motorcycle … [Read more...]
Slick speedy Seb slips into seat with seconds to spare
Ultra-quick endurance racer Seb Morris made a dramatic, and very unexpected, eleventh hour return to the British GT Championship at Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit on Sunday where the reigning champion reunited with Rick Parfitt Jnr in the category’s biggest race of the year. With Parfitt Jnr’s regular 2018 team-mate Ryan Ratcliffe sidelined by food … [Read more...]
Morris storms out of twilight with trophy
Wrexham's Seb Morris made a very welcome, and richly deserved, return to the Pro-Am podium during round three of the Blancpain Endurance Cup season at Paul Ricard in France on Saturday with a second place in the six-hour ‘into the night’ race. Along with team-mates Derek Pierce and Rob Smith, 22-year-old Morris (above) produced a scintillating … [Read more...]
Welshman brings new car brand to TCR UK
Following a successful test at Hockenheim, the Wolf-Power Racing team has confirmed that it will enter a Renault Mégane TCR for Welsh driver Alex Morgan in this weekend’s race meeting at Brands Hatch. The event will mark the car’s debut in TCR UK and brings the number of car brands entered in the championship to seven. The Mégane is one of … [Read more...]
Morris eyes South of France success
Bentley Continental GT3 driver Seb Morris is eyeing a swift return to the Pro-Am podium during round three of the Blancpain Endurance Cup in France this coming Saturday, 2 June, where the longest race of the season so far awaits – the six-hour Paul Ricard 1,000km. Little more than a week removed from the bitter disappointment and frustration of an … [Read more...]
Circuit of Wales was a car crash for Welsh Government
Senior civil servants in Wales have been criticised by the Welsh Public Accounts Committee over their botched handling of financial affairs surrounding the failed £433M Circuit of Wales. The committee said the officials made "inexplicable decisions" about the spending and authorised £9M initial investment, but it’s unlikely to see £7.3M returned as the … [Read more...]
May Day madness at Castle Combe
There isn’t anywhere else you should be than the grassy banks of Castle Combe Circuit on Bank Holiday Monday. It's going to be a fantastic meeting with 10 races, including something for everyone in the line-up. It is the sixth instalment of the Dave Allan memorial race held by Honda Manufacturing UK, based in Swindon. This 45 minute endurance race is … [Read more...]
Seb second in season opener at home of speed
Blancpain Endurance Cup debutant Seb Morris produced a remarkable performance during the opening event of the 2018 season at Monza in Italy on Sunday. He drove to second place in the Pro-Am class for Team Parker Racing. The 22-year-old Welshman, who is part of the prestigious British Racing Drivers’ Club ‘Superstar’ programme and MSA Team UK, was on … [Read more...]
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