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, …
Goodyear Formula Drift Malaysia qualifying – big names all through, intriguing top 32 tandem battles tomorrow!
It was a good day of drifting at Dataran Merdeka today, where 40 drifters and their machines battled to get into tomorrow's top 32 showdown, where the men and machines will go …
EXCLUSIVE: Team Lotus feature video and interviews
As mentioned in our previous article, we have recently visited Team Lotus' Formula 1 factory in Norfolk, UK. We have already given you a report on the factory tour and we promised …
Formula Drift Malaysia 2010 happens this weekend at Dataran Merdeka, 40 drifters vie for the crown!
Drift fans, Formula Drift Malaysia is back! The final round of the Formula Drift Asia series for 2010 will be held this weekend (18-19 December) at Dataran Merdeka right in front of …
EXCLUSIVE: We visit the Team Lotus factory in Norfolk!
Malaysia's involvement in Formula 1 is now greater than ever. It first started off with Petronas' engagement with the Sauber Formula 1 back in 1995 and then the hosting of the Malaysian …
Bahar: Renault F1 deal cost one third of what Tony asked
When news broke that Group Lotus was buying into the Renault F1 Team, one of the more popular questions was why couldn't they just invest in Tony Fernandes' Team Lotus. Wouldn't that …
VW give thumbs up to new F1 engine rules – joining soon?
Volkswagen has managed to resist the temptation of joining Formula 1 so far. As recent as early this month, the new Porsche boss Matthias Mueller "ruled out" the series. "F1 is a …
