In our effort to continuously improve the safety of the event and the drivers in SNF, for Round 2 (Mar 5) we are introducing Gloves to be COMPULSORY ATTIRE. For Round 3 (April 23), Balaclavas will be COMPULSORY. A few things on this: 1: Items DO NOT NEED TO BE FIA-SPEC That means that any [...]
After Chinese New year the initial shocker was current Saturday Night Fever superstar and multiple winner Jon Teo throwing down the gaunlet with a best time of 1m44.517s. Just a few days later, Md Shahril Nindar casually walked into Motorsport Playground, sat comfortably in the simulator, put his foot down, and blitzed around the Trial [...]
Speedworks have made bolt-on turbo kits seem so simple, but there’s definitely nothing simple about their Myvi 1.3 turbo kit that we tested: 136hp and 174Nm torque. The torque more than anything provides an incredible surge of acceleration, yet the result is so smooth that you can cruise down the highway at speeds that would [...]
We now have some official indicative times for the Couch Racer Challenge, and oh boy they’re pretty quick! After the Chinese New Year break we’ve had an influx of virtual reality drivers hit Motorsport Playground to set a quick time but lo-and-behold: it’s current SNF superstar Jon Teo who has set the gaunlet with a [...]
Our buddy Irwan Shahrin is a finalist for the Castrol Nurburgring Nordschleife experience, and he had a job to test and review their top lubricant: the fully-synthetic Castrol Edge Sport. His BMW E36 M3 Cabriolet runs 0W-40, and after a week of hardcore driving which included a drifting session and a 1600km roundtrip to Krabi [...]
Unbeknownst to many, Sepang has been hosting an annual get-together of Japanese car freaks every February, in a special series called the “K4GP”. Featuring 2/3-sized cars based on the successfully popular Japanese “Kei-car” concept, you’d be mistaken if you’d thought that meant a gaggle of Kancil-looking things. And oh you’d be so, so wrong.. The [...]
Ferrari’s new F1 challenger , the car formerly known as the F150, is now known as the Ferrari F150th Italia. This name change(?) was forced onto the Italians, after Ford has threathened to sue Ferrari over trademark infirngement. As to them the F-150 represents only 1 thing, which is their top selling Pick-up. Come on. Do the [...]
Brilliant video capturing the essence of what Saturday Night Fever is about! This is Round 1, held on 15 January 2011. Thanks to mate Ronald Yeo! Saturday Night Fever from Ronnabinatic on Vimeo.
This is the car ONE lucky joker will drive in Saturday Night Fever on 23 April when he/she wins the Couch Racer Challenge! Just announced today, limited in number, and developed and produced by R3, this baby features Stage 2 upgrades to the standard 1.6-litre CAMPRO S4PH engine and is rated at 145 brake horse [...]
Registration is now officially open for Saturday Night Fever Round 2 on 5th March 2011. As usual, it will be at the Sepang North Circuit, and track activity starts at 7pm. Each category except SuperCompact will feature 3 heats, so we are going back to the original formula. In simple terms, that means more action! [...]
A compilation of the most interesting photographs from the Saturday Night Fever Series, Round 1 held at Sepang Circuit’s North Track on 15 Jan 2011. Click on any of the thumbnails below to open the full-size picture. More will be added later.
News has been pouring in that Robert Kubica suffered multiple injuries after crashing in a Rally. He may miss most, if not all, of the 2011 season as a result. This happened only a few days after setting fastest times in a pre season test in the new 2011 Lotus-Renault R30. Robert’s a true petrol [...]
Lotus Renault’s 2011 driver line up is sounding like Premier League team. They now have FIVE reserves drivers in addition to the 2 race drivers. It has retained 2010 reserves Ho-Pin Tung and Jan Charouz, and added former Lotus third driver Fairuz Fauzy. Robert Kubica and Vitaly Petrov (not in pic) are retained as race drivers. Former HRT driver [...]
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