Home Four wheelers Car buzz oi-Ganesh By Ganesh Published: Wednesday, June 11, 2014, 17:16 [IST] Porsche is making a historical return to Le Mans 24 Hours and it is giving its customers the chance to celebrate this momentous occasion with it by launching a special limited edition model with the iconic Martini Racing livery. The Porsche 911 Carrera S Martini Racing Edition is available in white and black body colours and wear the red and blue stripes on the bonnet, roof and sides proudly. Porsche has had a long and rich connection with Martini Racing and legendary Porsche race cars such as the 917 and 935 "Moby Dick from the 1970s and more recently the 918 Spyder have worn this livery. Arguably, Porsche cars look the best in Martini Racing livery. Besides the beautiful livery, the Porsche 911 Carrera S Martini Racing Edition also gets a Aerokit Cup body kit which includes a special front apron spoiler lip and a …
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Poll: Should Formula 1 have the same stewards at every race? · RaceFans
The latest controversial decision over Formula 1’s racing rules has prompted fresh discussion over whether those in charge of policing the sport are making consistent decisions. Advert | Become a Supporter & go ad-free Among those who see room for improvement, some believe having the same stewards in charge at every event would be a step in the right direction. At present the stewards for each weekend, who rule on matters ranging from driving infringements to technical matters and more besides, are drawn from pools of multiple chairpersons, driver stewards and others. But according to Lewis Hamilton , FIA F1 race director Michael Masi recently told drivers similar incidents may be handled differently by different stewards . This appears to leave room for inconsistency. Has the time come for F1 to appoint permanent stewards who accompany the series from venue to venue? Would this change be more likely to produce decisions which are viewed as being consistent …
Di Resta to race for Force India, H?�??lkenberg to test
Paul di Resta will make his F1 debut with Force India in 2011. The team confirmed the signing at a press conference for sponsor Whyte & Mackay in Glasgow following ending months of speculation. Di Resta will take Vitantonio Liuzzi’s place at the team alongside Adrian Sutil, even though Liuzzi originally had a contract to race for the team in 2011. Di Resta said: [‘I’m] very excited for this, it’s great to be doing this in Glasgow, announcing this news. Last year I became third driver here and good things happened so here’s hoping we get more good things. I’ve not set any ambitions for this year, I want to enjoy it but ForceIndia have plans and ambitions. I think Silverstone could be a personal highlight this year. [I’ve] had no advice from my family yet but sure they’ll offer it! Paul di Resta The team have also signed ex-Williams pilot Nico H?�??lkenberg as their test and reserve driver. Team principal Vijay Mallya said: I am genuinely excited by the …
Vettel’s 14 points behind but should be leading the title race by 59 · RaceFans
Sebastian Vettel should be going into this weekend’s Korean Grand Prix on the verge of clinching the world championship. Instead a combination of unreliability and a few disastrous mistakes at the wheel mean he’s trailing championship leader Mark Webber with three races to go. And with this year’s championship so finely poised any further mistakes by driver or team in the final race could carry a high price. The ‘what if’ world championship The points table below was created using race finishing orders that were altered to remove drivers’ mistakes or car failures. For each race a new finishing order was created based on the original results but with drivers being credited for places or finishes lost due to mistakes or car failures. For example, the finishing order for Bahrain became Vettel-Alonso-Massa-Hamilton, ‘editing out’ the exhaust failure that dropped Vettel from first to fourth in the real race. Think of it like one of those science fiction programmes where …
Can Kondo Racing make a piece of SUPER GT history?
Just a couple of races ago, de Oliveira was not feeling hopeful about Kondo's chances of repeating its success from last year, citing the strength of the all-new works Subaru BRZ that led the championship by a fairly comfortable 12 points with two races to go. But a tough penultimate round of the season at Motegi for Subaru pair Takuto Iguchi and Hideki Yamauchi, combined with a surprise trip to the podium for de Oliveira and Fujinami's Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3, means now there's only six points in it heading into the deciding race of the season. Kondo pulled off something of a coup at Motegi by making a no-tyre change strategy work with its Yokohama rubber, which is slightly ironic as de Oliveira was a vocal proponent of such tactics all season round at the start of the year. This weekend however, teams are obliged to replace all four tyres, while the success ballast is also gone, making it a straight fight for glory. Motorsport.tv is showing this weekend's SUPER …
Wolff ‘rejected Bottas-Russell swap idea for final two races’
Toto Wolff is reported to have shot down a suggestion that Mercedes should call up George Russell for the last two races of the season. Russell has only the Saudi Arabian and Abu Dhabi Grands Prix remaining of his three-year ‘loan’ spell at Williams before the Mercedes junior driver is promoted to the reigning World Champions’ team for 2022. In joining Lewis Hamilton for next season, the Briton will replace Valtteri Bottas who is moving on to Alfa Romeo after five years with Mercedes . But with every point increasingly valuable in the titanic battle with Red Bull for both of this season’s titles, it has been suggested due to Bottas’ inconsistency this year that Mercedes could fast-track Russell’s elevation to give them a stronger hand for Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi. For last season’s penultimate round, the Briton did find himself in a Mercedes at the Sakhir Grand Prix when Hamilton tested positive for COVID-19. Russell made an immediate impact, being right on the pace and …
Mazepin unsure if he’ll have “too fat” Haas F1 chassis for final races
Earlier this year, the Russian complained that he was running a chassis that was heavier than the one used by teammate Mick Schumacher . Finally, at the Belgian Grand Prix, Mazepin got the lighter chassis, which at the time he said had "massively improved" his one-lap pace. But the Russian driver was forced to revert to the heavier chassis after damaging the other one in opening practice for the Qatar Grand Prix, which he completed with the older, heavier version. "Back again with the heavy chassis, as I previously said, it handles fine but when you're carrying extra weight on you, it's just not optimal for the laptime," said Mazepin after the Losail event. "You know there's a reason why drivers don't eat French fries and then sandwiches... The chassis is a little bit too fat for me." He added: "Obviously we've got two more races. I'm hoping it will be back for Abu Dhabi but I'm focusing on making the job myself and I need to maximise it. "So if it doesn't come …
Sydney S5000: Cameron wins wet Tasman feature race
The TCR Australia race winner put in a stunning drive in difficult wet conditions on what is his S5000 debut. He cruised past polesitter and experienced open-wheeler ace Tim Macrow just a few corners after the race went green, never looking back once in front. Cameron's measured drive in the tough conditions yielded a 4.5s win and an early lead in the Tasman Cup standings heading to Bathurst. The fight for second behind Cameron was one of survival. Macrow lost spots to Roberto Mehri and Nathan Herne in the opening laps, only for ex-Formula 1 driver Merhi, who had set off after Cameron, to spin and drop back to fifth. Herne then ran second until he spun, which opened the door for reigning Gold Star winner Mawson, who endured a tough Saturday with a high-speed spin in Race 1, to turn his weekend around with a well-crafted second place. Merhi recovered to third place ahead of Macrow while Luis Leeds and James Golding rounded out the top six, the latter surviving a …
Archive: Why Tarquini’s passion for racing survived F1 “humiliation”
One of the funniest things some racing drivers do is earnestly claim that the only real reason they moved to - insert name of salubrious tax haven here - was because of the mountains/sea/lake/weather/low crime rate (delete as appropriate). Perversely, these same people are often still described as "favourite sons" of whichever place they were born, even thou they would obviously never dream of ever setting foot there again. Which is what makes Gabriele Tarquini somewhat different. He was born in Giulianova - halfway down the eastern coast of Italy, more or less directly opposite Rome - and that's where he still lives now: right in the bustling centre of the town, in a spacious apartment overlooking the main square. "Why would you live somewhere else like Monaco when you can live here?" he gestures from his balcony, indicating Giulanova's picturesque piazza with its church shaded by palm trees and beyond that the sea, flanked by a lengthy promenade where beautiful people in …