Archive for June, 2007

BTCC Oulton 2: Turkington’s split-second win

Colin Turkington held Fabrizio Giovanardi back by a tiny margin to win the second race at Oulton Park. The Honda crossed the line 0.046s ahead of Giovanardi’s Vauxhall.
The track was wet for the second race and Oldhall corner produced its usual chaos. Dave Pinkney, Jason Hughes and Erkut Kizilirmak all collided on the first lap.
Tom [...]

BTCC Oulton 1: Giovanardi takes championship lead

Fabrizio Giovanardi moved into the lead of the championship by finishing second behind Gordon Shedden.
Shedden took his first win of 2007 and the second for Team Halfords’ new Honda Civic. Colin Turkington was third after starting on pole.
Former championship leader Jason Plato could only manage seventh while carrying maximum ballast on his Seat.

Pizzonia faces GP2 axe

Former GP2 racer Ernesto Viso got his first test of 2007 as speculation mounts that Fisichella Motor Sport International is to drop Antonio Pizzonia.
Ex-F1 racer Pizzonia has scored one point in five races in the F1 feeder series while fellow former F1 driver Timo Glock leads the championship.
Viso was Glock’s team mate at iSport last [...]

WTCC Brno 2: BMW crush rivals again

BMW filled the podium at the second race in Brno just as they had in the first.
There was controversy early in the second Brno race as Alessandro Zanardi, who was waiting to serve a penalty, collided with leader Alain Menu.
Andy Priaulx battled impressively from last on the grid to score points for seventh after some [...]

Audi defeats Peugeot in Le Mans 24 Hours

The Audi team won a dramatic Le Mans 24 Hours with Peugeot second on their return to the classic race.
The diesel Audis held the first three positions early in the race. But Mike Rockenfeller crashed heavily in his stint and Dindo Capello later crashed out when a wheel came off his car.
This left a single [...]

WTCC Brno 1: Porteiro crusies, Priaulx loses

An unexciting first round at Brno had dramatic implications for the championship: leader Andy Priaulx was taken out at the corner, scored no points, and will start last for the next race.
Priaulx’s rivals Jorg Muller and Augusto Farfus finished second and fourth respectively, meaning Farfus now leads the title race.
Felix Porteiro took his maiden win [...]

Qualifying penalties boost Priaulx

Andy Priaulx’s hopes of extending his World Touring Car Championship lead got a boost today. His closest rivals - and BMW team mates - were penalised after qualifying at the Czech circuit of Brno.
Jorg Muller and Augusto Farfus lost third and sixth places respectively after stewards adjudged they had set their fastest times while a [...]

Champ Car Portland: Bourdais gets NHL’s 100th win

Sebastien Bourdais put in a typically consummate performance to win the Grand Prix of Portland and give the Newman-Haas-Lanigan team its 100th Champ Car victory.
Justin Wilson made the early running, scorching ahead of the pack, but Bourdais reeled him in with relentless pace and ultimately made the win look easy.

DTM Brands Hatch: Champion’s drive by Schneider

Bernd Schneider gave a typically virtuoso performance to win at Brands Hatch under intense pressure from the Audis of Martin Tomcyk and Mattias Ekstrom.
Schneider took the lead through some canny strategy and by being one of few drivers to successfully execute any passes. It saved him valuable time in traffic around the short Brands Hatch [...]

F3 Euro Brands 2: Mortara cruises home

Edoardo Mortara and Sebastien Buemi lined up first and second on the grid, and sure enough that was the order they came home in.
This was to take nothing away from a fine performance by the Signature-Plus driver. But there was little in the way of excitement - at least not until after the chequer when [...]

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