Dakar : News from scrutineering
Next stop, Buenos Aires ! The administrative and technical scrutineering for the Europeans finishes Thursday evening at Le Havre where the last of the 710 vehicles will go through a mandatory series of checks.

From then on the machines will be waiting at the Parc Fermé at the harbour of Le Havre, ready to board. The ‘Grande ... [ more ]

Dakar : Firsts news from scrutineering
A first series of technical and administrative scrutineering started today at the docks of Le Havre. In two days, close to 720 vehicles will be fully checked, that's 80% of the total of cars, bikes, quads, trucks and assistance vehicles that will take part in the 2009 edition of the Dakar.

Only most of the professional ... [ more ]

Volkswagen masters Baja 1000
At the maiden race of the Baja Race Touareg TDI Volkswagen mastered the extreme rigours of the famous Baja 1000 straight away. After more than 1,000 kilometres through the rough terrain of the Mexican peninsula California the drivers, Mark Miller and Ryan Arciero (both USA), safely brought the newly developed prototype home to the ... [ more ]

On November 26th and 27th
The Dakar Argentina Chile 2009 will start in Buenos Aires on January 3rd. Before competing over more than 9000 km, competitors have to send their vehicle to Argentina.

It will be in Le Havre (France) next Wednesday and Thursday (the 26th and the 27th of November) where the vehicle will go through technical scruteenerings before ... [ more ]

On the Rally of Tunisia 2009
Desert, adventure, navigation, competition and conviviality are the foundations of the 2009 edition.

The Rally of Tunisia will be the first leg of the World Cup Cross Country Rally for Car- Truck and the Motorbike-Quadbike World Championship. On the programme of this major African rally: a labyrinth of sandy and technical ... [ more ]

A big shift in tactic at STR - Berger out!
In a statement issued Tuesday, Red Bull announced that it is taking over the 50% stake held in the Toro Rosso team by Gerhard Berger's company, pending consent to the transaction by the relevant authorities.

Added to the other half previously owned by Red Bull, Dietrich Mateschitz's energy drink empire now effectively ... [ more ]

The physical demands of racing on all staff
The Honda Racing F1 Team has opened the doors to a new gym facility at its headquarters in Brackley. With the high physical demands of working for a modern Formula One team, good levels of health are essential for not only drivers but also the rest of the staff.

Employees at Brackley have had access to a gym ... [ more ]

Williams' Chief Designer talks transition
Despite the racing season having come to a close, Formula One teams are still running flat out in order to prepare for next year.

In fact, to cite one example, work on the Williams team's 2009 challenger started as early as April this year when the FW30 was only just entering the European rounds of the Championship. ... [ more ]

And came back stronger
From the disappointment of 2006 and 2007, Valentino Rossi came back strong in 2008.

The MotoGP World Champion with a record-breaking points total, the Fiat Yamaha rider used the bad experiences of his dry two years to his own advantage this past season, as he himself acknowledges.

“I think that in those two years I learnt ... [ more ]

At the Island
The Kawasaki Racing Team were met with perfect conditions as they arrived at the Phillip Island circuit in Australia today, to start the first of three days of development testing ahead of the annual test ban, which comes into force on 1st December.

This is an important test for Kawasaki, as all the data collected during these three days ... [ more ]

For final test of 2008
Fourteen riders are set for participation in the Official MotoGP Test at the Circuito de Jerez this week, a two-day run-out at the Spanish track which marks their final action of the year.

The riders will be on track in Southern Spain from Wednesday.

The only members of the provisional 2009 grid not riding in the final official ... [ more ]

In the Spanish Open finale
Randy Krummenacher won the last race of the Spanish Open and the last race of the season at Jerez de la Frontera!

After a hard but fair battle, Krummenacher beat the Spanish Champion Efren Vazquez with a couple of tenths on the finish line and gave the team the first victory of the season. Jerry van de Bunt broke down in the ... [ more ]

At the wheel of the 908 HDI FAP
Just ten days after testing the Red Bull Renault RB4 in Barcelona, 2008 WRC champion Sebastien Loeb was back behind the wheel at Paul Ricard.

Courtesy of sponsor Total, Loeb was invited to test the Peugeot 908 HDI FAP LMP1 contender at the French test circuit. While Loeb tested the LMS machine, Stephane Sarrazin took over ... [ more ]

A Loeb duo competing at Rallye du Var
Five-time World Rally Champion Sébastien Loeb has signed up to participate in this week-end's final round of the French championship, but he won't be driving his habitual Citroen C4 WRC nor will his usual co-driver Daniel Elena be sitting on his right.

Loeb will be competing at the wheel of a Citroen C2 Super 1600 ... [ more ]

A reward from Citroen for his JWRC results
For the second year running, the prize put up by Citroen should a C2 Junior Experience competitor succeed in coming third in the Junior World Rally Championship was a test drive at the wheel of one of the brand's World Rally Championship cars.

Accordingly, this Friday November 28th, Martin Prokop and his co-driver ... [ more ]