MOTORSPORT MONDIAL Checa checks out. Motorsports season is heating up all around the world. Past weekend saw the opening round of the 2011 World Super Bikes in Australia. Carlos Checa of Spain wins both races of the weekend at Phillip Island, track which can only be described as super splendid. Checa rides for Althea Racing […]
Men and Machine Photo: Ferrari/Getty Images A Look at the 2011 F1 Title Contenders This is the Ferrari F150th Italia. The name game. The red machine is not to be confused with a pick-up truck offered by the Blue Oval. The Ford vs. Ferrari history goes back to glory days of Le Mans, where the […]
F1weekly podcast number 487 featuring Motorsports Mondial with Nasir Hameed and… This weeks special repeat interview with: Jacky Eeckelart. Jacky Eeckelart is a Belgian racing engineer who was born in Antwerp, the diamond capital of the world. He cut his teeth in Formula Ford and Three as a driver. Eeckelart has worked as an enginner […]
Photo: attwilliams.com Williams has launched its 2011 livery at its factory in Didcot. New sponsor PDVSA, the state-owned Venezuelan oil company, features prominently and the livery as a whole is a nod towards the Rothmans-sponsored Williams of the mid-1990s. However, the team has mainly stuck to its corporate colours of blue and white. The car […]
Photo: LotusrenaultGP.com Barcelona Test, Day 4: A race distance for Nick The final day in Barcelona saw Nick back in the R31 as the team wrapped up its third pre-season test session. Driver: Nick Chassis: R31-01 Fastest Lap: 1:23.657 Position: P4 Total laps: 95 What we learned : – A new front wing was fitted […]
Sun set on 2011 Bahrain Grand Prix Photo: Hasan Jamali/Associated Press The unwashed masses have taken the opening round of the 2011 Formula 1 World Championship to the cleaners. Bernie Ecclestone, The Tsar of F1 circus, was given the news by Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa. The Prince proclaimed, as reported on […]