Fairuz Fauzy is Lotus Renault GP reserve driver for 2011!
Lotus Renault GP has just announced that Fairuz Fauzy will be their reserve driver for the 2011 season. Fairuz only just recently parted ways with the other Lotus in early December 2010, …
LIVE from the Monte Carlo Rally – Proton R3 Rally Team kicks off IRC 2011 with improved car and new driver lineup
We're reporting to you live from the Monte Carlo Rally, which is the opening leg of the 2011 Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC). Yours truly is shivering in the town of Valence, France …
Lotus-Renault GP’s livery may run into trouble in Canada
If it looks like a pack of cigarettes, it must be a F1 car. Of course that's quite a ludicrous proposition, even if we've all seen F1 cars smoking, but apparently a …
Ford Fiesta RS WRC to debut in test session in Finland
Click to enlarge More on the Ford Fiesta RS World Rally Car, as well as more photos of it in the full livery it will wear this season. The car is set …
Nasser Al-Attiyah and Timo Gottschalk win 2011 Dakar Rally – Volkswagen Race Touareg 3 makes it three wins in a row
Volkswagen has won the 2011 Dakar Rally, making it the third successive win in the event for the brand, and Qatari driver Nasser Al-Attiyah has become the first Arab to win the …
Lotus-Renault GP unveil livery, aims for victories in 2011
Lotus-Renault GP has unveiled the finalised livery for its 2011 car at the Autosport International Show in UK. While the revived iconic black and gold colour scheme (with some splashes of red …
CUSCO to sell Proton Satria Neo rally car in Japan
Pretty soon, MEM won't be the only company around doing up Proton Satria Neos as rally cars as today Proton announced that Japanese auto parts company CUSCO will be buying standard road-going …
Avitas Control-1 – perfect for the racer on a budget
Here's something for the racer on a budget to chew on. Turkish composite specialist Avitas has taken the covers off its first complete car, the Control-1, at the Autosport International 2011 show …
Ford Fiesta RS WRC car breaks cover in 2011-spec livery
The 2011-specification colour scheme which Ford's Fiesta RS WRC car will wear for this year's FIA World Rally Championship has been unveiled at the Autosport International 2011 show in Birmingham. The official …
F1 has taken an ugly turn, says an unhappy Jarno Trulli
Team Lotus' Jarno Trulli is an unhappy man. How do we know? Our man Harvinder caught up with the veteran Italian driver recently and managed to coax this out of him: "It …
Branson’s stewardess duty delayed due to skiing injury
Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson is supposed to serve on an AirAsia X flight as stewardess after his Virgin Racing team lost out to Tony Fernandes' Lotus Racing. The Malaysian AirAsia boss …
Narain Karthikeyan returns to Formula 1 via HRT
Indian driver Narain Karthikeyan is making a Formula 1 comeback, and his 2011 race seat will be courtesy of HRT. There's no official statement from the Spanish-based team yet, but Karthikeyan has …
MINI signs Citroen’s Dani Sordo for WRC 2011 campaign
MINI has signed Dani Sordo to drive its WRC car for the 2011 season. The 27-year old Spaniard crosses over from the successful Citroen team, and will join ex-IRC champ Kris Meeke …
Customer MINI rally car beats works team to WRC debut
As we now know, BMW owned MINI is back the rally scene with Prodrive and will join selected events in this season's WRC before committing to a full season in 2012. But …
Proton R3 Rally Team to compete full 2011 season of the IRC and APRC, starting with Monte Carlo Rally this month
Click to enlarge The Proton R3 Malaysia Rally Team will compete the full 2011 season of both the Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) and the FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championship (APRC), as announced …
Transcript of interview with Team Lotus’ Heikki Kovalainen
This is the final transcript of a series of interviews which we conducted during our tour of Team Lotus' factory in Norfolk. This transcript centers around an interview with the team's Finnish …
Transcript of interview with Team Lotus’ Jarno Trulli
As promised, here is the transcript of the interview we had with Team Lotus' veteran driver, Jarno Trulli. You can even catch him admit that 2010 was his worst ever season in …
Transcript of interview with Team Lotus’ Mike Gascoyne
Just about a week ago we released a full feature video that centers around interviews with key Team Lotus personnel including the drivers and Mike Gascoyne. We understand that the video was …
EXCLUSIVE: Video interviews with Team Lotus personnel
Keeping up with our reports on Team Lotus following our recent visit to its factory in Norfolk, we now have video interviews with the team's key personnel. Apart from interviews with drivers …
Daigo Saito wins Formula Drift Malaysia as locals falter, Tengku Djan is the 2010 Formula Drift Asia champion!
Japanese drifter Daigo Saito has won Formula Drift Malaysia 2010. The 2008 D1GP champion, who drove a TRC Racing Team Toyota Aristo, beat Thai hotshot Kokae in the finals. Another Japanese drifter, …
