Road-legal 'Ring master

Posted by Bill Thomas at 4:21PM on Thursday 01 February, 2007 10 Comments

You've probably been seen a few good YouTube vids - there's some fantastic stuff on offer. If you haven't watched Michael Vergers setting the production (ie road-legal) car record around the Nürburgring, then shame on you...

2007: the end of MotoGP?

Posted by Nick Trott at 10:30AM on Friday 26 January, 2007 6 Comments

The new 800cc MotoGP bikes are 190cc down on last year's machines, but in recent testing they're as quick as last year's 990cc bikes.

Let's be honest here - the new 800cc bikes were never, ever going to be slower than the 990cc machines...

Racers' kids. Why the fascination?

Posted by Nick Trott at 4:00PM on Wednesday 24 January, 2007 1 Comment

The news that James Hunt's son Freddie is serious about a career in racing is deeply fascinating.

There has been a flood of racers' kids hitting the circuits recently, but the thought of Freddie Hunt making a stab at it gives me goose bumps. And I suspect I'm not the only one....

TV killed the rally star

Posted by Nick Trott at 5:30PM on Tuesday 23 January, 2007 22 Comments

So, here I am just about to give WRC's TV coverage a kicking when I watch a re-run of the Monte Carlo Rally on Eurosport and...

...it's quite good actually.

Not up there with Channel 4's old WRC TV show, but good nonetheless...