Faces Going Places Photo: Tom Blomqvist Tom Blomqvist. Quick & Confident Tom Blomqvist burst upon the racing scene last year taking the title in the very competitive Michelin Formula Renault UK series. The 16-year old son of Stig, of Audi Quattro and world rally championship fame, grew up racing karts in New Zealand. Call him […]
Gilles Villeneuve Passion for Performance Painting: John Ketchell January 18, 1950: Gilles Villeneuve is born on this day. The son of a piano-tuner played his own racing rhapsody, starting with snowmobiles in his native Quebec. Hauling his family race to race he set new standards in Formula Atlantic. Waves he made with gutsy and relentless […]
António Félix Da Costa The Portuguese F1 Explorer Photo: www.felixdacosta.net Portugal has a rich motor racing history. The first Portuguese Grand Prix was held in 1951 on the Boavista street circuit in Oporto. The non-championship event was won by local driver Casimiro de Oliveira in a Ferrari 340. Boavista also played host to the inaugural […]
Podcast number 482 Motorsports Mondial with Nasir Hameed and… Special repeat interview Mr. Tony Brooks. Laguna Seca presents: JAGUAR’S RICH RACING HERITAGE TO BE CELEBRATED AS FEATURED MARQUE Reunion to Celebrate 50th Anniversary of Jaguar E-Type and 60th Anniversary of Jaguar’s First Le Mans Win The storied racing heritage of one of Britain’s legendary motor […]
Sacré bleu! (Reuters) – The Renault Formula One team slapped a silencer on the French national anthem on Thursday after announcing they will race under a British licence this season. With no active French F1 drivers, and no French grand prix since 2008, Renault were the last ones flying the flag for a country whose […]
Photo: Ben Daniels Podcast number 481 Motorsports Mondial with Nasir Hameed and Special repeat interview Nigel Mansell part two. Lotus Renault GP presentation of the R31 in Valencia Lotus Renault GP is pleased to announce that the media presentation of the team’s new challenger, the R31, will take place on Monday 31st of January at […]