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Junior Ginetta.

British Racing Drivers’ Club (BRDC) Stars of Tomorrow Scholarship Winner Daniel Lloyd is relishing the prospect of racing at the country’s fastest track next weekend, 17th/18th May, when the Ginetta Junior Championship visits Thruxton Circuit in Hampshire for the ninth and 10th rounds of the 2008 season. The Huddersfield 16-year-old is still celebrating after achieving his first ever podium finish in cars at Donington Park last Sunday, 4th May, but now attention turns to the truly spectacular Thruxton track which offers one of the greatest ... » Read more

Formula Renault 2.0 Italy.

The Italian F.Renault will be visiting the Hungaroring for the first time this weekend, as the series faced a schedule change for 2008, with the inclusion of two trips to Eastern Europe. Together with Hungary, Czech Republic will join the list with an event starting on May 24-25 at Brno, in order to capitalize from the growing interest towards motorsports, and Prema is deeply involved in this vision by fielding young Lithuanian driver Kazimieras Vasiliauskas. A rookie to open-wheel racing, Vasiliauskas is coming directly from Karting to one of ... » Read more

Le Mans Series.

A superb podium finish for Harold Primat and Christophe Tinseau in the last round of the Le Mans Series at Monza has left the Pescarolo Sport duo lying fourth overall in the championship and the best-placed petrol-powered car heading to round 3 at Spa-Francorchamps this weekend. With confidence already high, the pair’s Pescarolo 01-Judd gets a new aero package for the trip to Belgium, leaving the Geneva-based Primat hopeful of another strong result. Harold on the season so far – “We are delighted with the start we have made and sixth place i... » Read more

Junior Ginetta.

If his car had one, chances are that Ashley Craig wouldn’t have Oasis’ ‘Roll with it’ on the stereo. Especially after his spectacular crash at Donington Park, Leicestershire last Sunday (4 May). Prior to this, the Dorset teenager’s weekend had started with a superb performance on Saturday (3 May). After qualifying in 12th place, Ashley delivered a drive that drew praise as he picked his way through the field to take the chequered flag in 4th place, his best finishing position this season. He explains: “During qualifying, I couldn’t pic... » Read more

Karting.

Northern Ireland’s Stirling brothers have made history by qualifying for the Bridgestone Cup at Lonato, near Lake Garda in Italy in October - the first time that three members of the same family have qualified for the prestigious race, at once. Reigning British Open KF3 Champion, 14-year old Carl had already qualified after winning the first qualifying race at PFi in Lincolnshire (6 April), but triumphed again at the second round on Sunday (4 May). In a thrilling final, Carl waited until the last lap to make his move for the lead, and then h... » Read more

ASCC.

F3 racer Rodolfo Avila will join Mastercar China for the 2008 Asia Supercar Club (ASCC) series. The 21 year-old Macanese will drive an update Ferrari 360 Modena Challenge prepared in Italy. Avila, who raced in British F3 and International Formula Master, has already completed an extra-race with the Italian squad, and his strong performance at Shanghai Extra Race was one of the reasons for the agreement. Consisting of 10 races, the 2008 ASCC will kick off at Sepang on 16 of May. Taking in circuits such as Okayama, Chengdu, Zhuhai and F1 trac... » Read more

AFOS.

Each year, the Asian Festival Of Speed opens its gates to a large number of car club members to display their cars and enjoy the race weekend. This year, Motorsport Asia, the organizers of the Asian Festival Of Speed, are planning to host the Biggest ever Car Club gathering in support of the Biggest ever AFOS event, during the season opener at Sepang International Circuit this 18th May 2008. In 2007, the collaboration between the various car clubs in Malaysia saw a turnout of 480 cars on display at the Mall Area of the Sepang Circuit, insta... » Read more

World Series by Renault.

Carlin’s World Series team returned from Spa- Francorchamps with mixed feelings this week, having seen Mikhail Aleshin claim the team’s first podium finish of the season while team mate Robert Wickens endured another frustrating weekend. Aleshin continued his consistent start to the season to finish fifth in race one and third in race two and take second in the drivers’ standings. The team made a steady start to testing, with the Red Bull duo finishing the final test session on Friday in the top ten. Keen to improve further, the Carlin tea... » Read more

Formula 3 Australia.

South Australian driver Jesse Wakeman faces a race against time to get his shattered race car back on track for next weekends’ fourth round of the Kumho Tyres Australian Formula 3 Championship at Mallala Raceway - his home round. After posting one of his most impressive performances yet in the first practice session, 20-year-old Wakeman was an innocent party in a five-car smash at Oran Park that left his Dallara F301 – Spiess Opel entry massively damaged and his rookie season in F3 hanging in the balance. Wakeman was the last of four cars... » Read more

Skip Barber Eastern Regional.

The French driver Julien Gerbi finished 2nd of the 2008 US Barber Mazda Series first round, before taking the win on the second round Sunday. Last week-end, the track of VIR hosted the 2008 US Barber Mazda Series first and second rounds. More than 30 drivers took part to this race, including Julien Gerbi, 10th of the 2007 national edition. Race 1 : Qualified 6th during Saturday morning session, Julien took a carefull start from his outside grid position. After the 1st lap, he was already in 4th position, just behind Court Vernon that he ... » Read more