Stephane Peterhansel closed into Carlos Sainz’s overall lead after taking his first stage victory of the 2011 Dakar Rally. The BMW driver took advantage of navigational mistakes by Sainz and Nasser Al-Attiyah to lead over a long stretch of dunes in the 459km stage in Chile. He lead for nearly four minutes at its peak, though Al-Attiyah [...]
RACE CRAFT WITH IGNITION.MY: MODULE 1 With the advent of Saturday Night Fever, we decided that it’s about time we shared some of our knowledge and experience on what is known as ‘Race Craft’. This is Module 1 of a multi-part series of articles which we will put up to discuss and define on-track door-to-door [...]
Carlos Sainz scored his 20th career Dakar Rally stage victory on Wednesday and extended his overall lead as the event moved into Chile. Sainz is now within two wins of Stephane Peterhansel’s record 22. Peterhansel’s BMW led, being 15 seconds quicker than Sainz, but he was delayed by a puncture later in the day and slipped [...]
Enjoy the gallery our the best photographs from the Saturday Night Fever Series Preview Round held at Sepang Circuit’s North Track on Christmas night. Click on any of the thumbnails below to open the full-size picture.
Ignition.my has worked out an arrangement for Key Vector Sdn Bhd and Federal Competition Tires to provide the Federal FZ-201 semi-slick tyre for Saturday Night Fever participants. Tyres will be on sale on the Friday prior to each SNF event, at the Federal garage at the Sepang Circuit Paddock garage (Saturday afternoon TBC). Fitting and [...]
Nasser Al-Attiyah, who started the day third, won his first stage of this year’s Dakar Rally on Tuesday, while his Volkswagen team-mate Carlos Sainz still holds the overall lead. Al-Attiyah, initially trailing Stephane Peterhansel’s BMW, quickly caught Sainz and trailed the Spaniard home to record a 25-second advantage and his 9th Dakar stage win. But [...]
Kimi Raikkonen says his rookie season with the Citroen Junior Rally Team has taught him a huge amount. “For sure I have improved as a driver this season,” said Raikkonen. “Rallying is a lot harder than F1, certainly for me. If you can drive on some of the roads we did this year, you can [...]
Carlos Sainz extends his lead, 3m05s clear of X-Raid BMW’s Stephane Peterhansel in the overall standings, after winning today’s Cordoba to San Miguel leg by 1m03s. Sainz’s team-mate Nasser Al-Attiyah was second quickest on stage two, which brings Al-Attiyah to within 14s of Peterhansel’s second position in the outright results. While VW still holds three of the top four, [...]
Speed Challenge Round 2 event scheduled for the afternoon of Sunday 9 Jan 2011 has been cancelled, as unfortunately the organisers have not been able to get the numbers required. Perhaps it’s too early in the year yet for such an event… perhaps kids going back to school… perhaps everyone’s still recovering from New Year’s [...]
RCA Track Event Sunday 9th Jan 2011, 9am – 12noon RCA track day, first of the New Year!! As usual, it’s at Sepang full F1 circuit and limited to 60 cars, so do be quick to make your booking! Following are the details: Track : Sepang International Circuit Date : Sunday 9th Jan 2011 Time [...]
Reigning champion Carlos Sainz kicked off his Dakar title defense on Sunday by winning the opening stage. The Volkswagen driver finished ahead of Dakar legend Stephane Peterhansel, who was driving in the X-Raid BMW. Sainz dominated the stage from Victoria to Cordoba, crossing the finish line with a time two hours and 18 minutes. “For [...]
January in South America. Time for dakar, where men and machine, 2 wheels or 4 wheel or more take to the desert for 2 weeks of adrenaline. This year, once again it’s Argentina and Chile, over 9000km to be travelled, 5000 of those as rally stages. There will be 13 stages in all where 50 [...]
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