JAXQuickfit Tyres today announced support for Hertz MINI Challenge series leader Chris Alajajian for the final three rounds of the 2010 season.
The GP3 Series exists to train young drivers for the demands they will face at the pinnacle of single-seater racing in the future, such as Formula One, which will be supplied by Pirelli from 2011. At Spa, the champions of tomorrow learned some hard lessons.
At this time of year all motorsport talk is of the two long distance V8 endurance races at Phillip Island and of course Bathurst. This year though the teams have been thrown a curved ball because the rules stop them pairing up the two regular drivers.
The 23-year-old Cougar Bourbon Honda Racing rider proved unstoppable from pole position in race one, despite coming under fire from Jamie Stauffer, starting from 8th on the grid, who zeroed in on board the Ducati Motologic 1198R
The V8 Jeep Grand Cherokee has won its class, ‘Extreme 4WD’, every year since its debut five years ago, but has had a mixed season this year. That all changed though when Colin Hunter, navigator Simon Campbell and the Queensland-based Extreme MotorSports crew finished first in class in the MTQ Engine Systems Griffith 700
AUTOMOTIVE MANUFACTURERS UNDERSTAND THERE IS LITTLE REASON TO SPEND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS DEVELOPING THE RIDE AND HANDLING QUALITIES OF THEIR NEW VEHICLE IF THEY ARE GOING TO OMIT THE VITAL INFLUENCE OF THEIR ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT (OE) TYRES. OE TYRES PLAY AN INTEGRAL ROLE IN ACHIEVING THE VEHICLE’S DESIRED COMFORT AND PERFORMANCE CAPABILITIES.
DUNLOP TYRES WILL PLAY A LEADING ROLE IN THE UPCOMING RACE MEET AT PHILLIP ISLAND NEXT MONTH (SEPTEMBER 10-12), WITH BOTH THE V8 SUPERCARS AND AUSTRALIAN SUPERBIKES COMPETING AT THE SAME EVENT.
Continental has developed a tyre pressure monitoring system that can report directly to smart phones via pressure sensors in intelligent tyres.
Pirelli, which recently tested its Formula One tyres for the first time, is supplying the inaugural GP3 Series with control rubber this year, putting the emphasis firmly on driving talent. With 30 identical 280-horsepower cars on the GP3 grid, all the young drivers get the same chance to impress in front of Grand Prix crowds
But while the event format has changed, there was a distinctly familiar face standing at the top step of the podium on Sunday afternoon after Loeb swept to his eighth victory on the punishing asphalt roads through Germany’s Mosel and Saarland regions to add another record to his impressive list of achievements.