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Everyone whom even once watched the struggle on F1 tracks knows - sometimes the winner is separated from the won by the tenth, and even the centiseconds. Everybody knows about the great importance of each pit-stop: after all sometimes overtakings and destiny of rally are made exactly on pit lane, but not on the track. We will try to understand more in detail what occurs during these short stops. Read more...

Champions' Race
The ex DTM series champion Mattias Ekstrom has managed to become the winner of race of champions on the Wembley Stadium... Read more...

Several words after the last season?
For certain among people reading these lines will be found some person which on October, 26, 1986 were observing live Australia Grand Prix events and saw, how on Naijel Mansell's Williams, which was rushing to the first champion rank in his career, his left rear tire has blown up. Read more...

Lewis Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton has taken part in shootings of popular British automobile show Top Gear. On proving ground driving the family car Suzuki Liana McLaren's racer has tried to surpass record time of Stig - a mysterious test-pilot of Top Gear. Read more...

Fernando Alonso
Fernando Alonso since his childhood dreamed to perform as McLaren member. Remember, one year ago about this only the laziest did not speak and did not write... Read more...

Mikko Hirvonen has won Japan rally - the third in his career. Ford team's number two excellently has coped with the artful conditions of this complex race which have beaten out from struggle two applicants for a title of the world champion Marcus Gronholm and Sebastien Loeb, - and also race's ex leader Jari-Matti Latvala... Read more...

One day after McRae's death in the air crash, a helicopter operated by Prodrive's chief David Richards was wrecked. He and his wife were coming back from the Belgium Grand prix... Read more...

I shall tell fairly: long time ago I have put an end to this Formula1 season.
First, I'm tired of infinite scandals and proceedings. Secondly, there is no even a hint on an intrigue, on real struggle and both of the possible candidates on a champion title are infinitely unpleasant to me... Read more...

There now! It was needed only to enliven my blog and Ferrari's affairs and personally Kimi Raikkonen's have picked up... Read more...

It seems, that besides of a lot of outside problems of McLaren team, has been added one of the major problems - split in the team... Read more...

Fuji Heavy Industries has began the sale of a special complete set of current generation of cars Subaru Legacy Wagon and Subaru Legacy B4 which has received the name " tuned by STI "... Read more...

Three races - three winners. In Bahrain Felipe Massa gave no chances to his rivals, he has started from the pole position and finished the first... Read more...

Why? Why Alonso again? I was fun of McLaren for so many years, and all these years they were followed by series of misfortunes. Could it be true that now when this holier-than-thou joined that team, McLaren's affairs will be on the mend? If he will become a champion in this season being a pilot of my EX favourite team, I'll stop watching Formula 1... Read more...

During the technical commission, hold after the Portugal rally finished, the pilots of the Ford team have been punished 5 minutes... Read more...

The first stage of The World Championship was finished sufficiently predictable: the winner is Kimi Raikkonenn the Ferrari's debutant in fighting conditions. Fernando Alonso, the active champion, was the second!... Read more...

Bernie Ecclstoun is dissatisfied with the system of the points' charge in the World Championship. He considers that present scheme makes the races less interesting... Read more...

So, the Pirelli company won a tender regarding the tyres supply on the monopolistic market during the three seasons- 2008, 2009 and 2010... Read more...

The legendary circuit Spa-Francosham in Belgium come back again in the list of Formula-1 . According to the official press release FIA, the summer test laps will pass on this motor-racing circuit from 10th till the 12th of July, right after the Great Britain Grand Prix... Read more...

Marcus Gronholm had his 26th victory in his career and the 5th in Sweden, when he won in the final rally special circuit. This fact permitted him to become equal with the recordsman of the lap, Stig Blomcuist... Read more...

On a press conference in Abu Dhabi, organized for the signing of contract for Grand Prix realization, Berny Ecclstone expressed his own point of view on the next Formula 1... Read more...

Motor rally in Switzerland and Norway - It will be snowing!... Read more...

On the second testing day in Heres, Renault R27 proved to be faster than other competitors. The last ones was represented only by Davidson at the Super Aguri and by Nakadjima at the Williams.The best part of the day has been shown by Jancarlo Fizikella, which passed his best lap in 1:20.193. He was faster than yesterday with half second... Read more...

The season of international rally championship has started. It takes place in Monte Carlo, where there is the most well known and one of then most difficult race circuit. In winter, this circuit has some unpredictable areas: some are covered with water, some with snow or ice; meanwhile some other areas are completely dry. However, this fact never stopped the racers, on the contrary, it inflamed their spirit and made for the true contest... Read more...

For the time being no substantial changes in the Dakar leaders group are not mentioned. Among the motorcyclist the first place is taken by Koma (40:55.10), which gains approximately 1 hour, beating his opponent Depre (41:49.53). Another french racer, David Castro, occupays the third position, but lost 1,15 hours (42:10.22)... Read more...

So it happens the most expected by the car racing fans event -Dacar starts!
According to the facts, during three days all the cars passed machine technical inspection and it was allowed 510 participants: 254 motorcyclists, 180 cars and 85 trucks... Read more...

Within the next few years Formula-1 will undergo great changes.
In five years F-1 race cars will be filled up with spirit or with vegetable oil and they will not lose energy while braking because of compound electronics and decrease of tracking force. Also race cars will be equipped with turbine motors with direct fuel injection.... Read more...

Dakar 2007: The Schedule Was Changed Once Again.
Few time remains before the start of the first major competition of the year 2007 � Marathon Rally Dakar. But the organizers of the rally are still optimizing its schedule... Read more...

So, it was announced the official list of the participant teams of the World Championship in Motor Ralli 2007. As before under the first two numbers will participate the Cytroen team. Under the third and fourth numbers will participate the Ford teams. The fifth and sixth numbers has been taken away by OMV Kronos Citroen from Subaru team which won the contest last time.
That means that the Subaru racers will participate under the seventh and eighth numbers... Read more...

Jean Todt: "I want to leave but�"
Jean Todt, the director of Ferrari, said that he wanted to leave the team but couldn't do it because of the changes in the team, to be more precise because of Schumacher's retiral and leave of Ross Brown (or a break they call "a leave")... Read more...

The technical characteristics of the route for the Paris-Dakar rally are already known. The race will take place from 6 to 21 January 2007... Read more...

Mika Hakkinen drives a racing car again.
Today at 9 a.m. Mika Hakkinen returned to Formula 1 to participate in a formal event. He is taking part in test program for McLaren at Circuit de Catalunya to get acquainted with new Formula 1 car. Read more...

Before the last stage of the championship start we already know the winners of three out of four titles. Sebastien Loeb won the champion title in Drivers' class in Rally Australia. After New Zealand Rally it became obvious that in Manufacturers' Championship the champion will be Ford and in the Production class it will be Nasser Al-Attiyah... Read more...

It is believed that there exist three world "cult races": Grand Prix Monaco, the 24 hours of Le Mans, France, and Indianapolis 500, Indiana, USA. I have my own opinion... Read more...

Here is one more type of racing that I don't understand at all - it's traditional street-racing, famous quarter mile� Read more...

Mud, far not splitting speed, and frequent breakdowns. In British Pullboro, West Sussex, annual 12 hours lawn mower racing takes part.
This idea was suggested by the winners of famous races in Le Mans and Dayton as far back as in 1970s... Read more...

In 2005 he was one of 6 drivers who risked to participate in this race. In 2006 he lead his team to victory. In 2007 he won't participate in races at all� if only he will become one of the managers of the team� Read more...

Mikko Hirvonen won his first rally (Australia Rally) having shown the best time at the last stage... Read more...

Off-road rally raid is one of many disciplines in auto-racing.
To understand what rally raid is we should begin with some formalities and definitions. Rally raid is automobile racing on highways or in off-road conditions... Read more...

When for some people this year's Grand Prix Brazil was just a pleasure, for the others it was like a farewell to Schumacher... Read more...

World Rally Championship happens to be quite boring and predictable this year. It is quite evident that Sebastien Loeb has advantage over his rivals and the struggle for win or better to say the illusion of struggle takes place only at some stages� Read more...

I've never been a fan of Michael Schumacher. Nevertheless, I have to acknowledge the fact that he is great!
Yesterday he once again proved it to be true having won a beautiful and telling victory (although it was a little bit unexpected) at China Grand Prix. Read more...