Amidst the cloudy rainy day in Assen, following another Simoncelli triggered crash, “Next Big Thing” Ben Spies scored his maiden MotoGP victory. American Spies chose the perfect day to win his first MotoGP, this weekend being Yamaha’s 50th Annivessary in MotorRacing , racing in special Annivessary colours. And that the win came at Assen made [...]
Pike Peak top entrants, Rhys Millen and Nobuhiro “Monster” Tajima gave an exclusive insight to their chances in this year’s Pike Peak Hillclimb. Rhys will be running the Le Mans-esque racer and Tajima in his trusted Suzuki. In case you didn’t know Pike Peak Hill Climb is this weekend.
A huge crash at the first hour of the 2011 Le Mans 24 hours race. Two time Le Mans winner Allan McNish tried to overtake a slower car in the middle of a corner but ended up clipping the Ferrari. The contact sent both cars into the barriers at high speed, sending debris scaterring all [...]
F1? Poseur boys and boy band wannabees. World Touring Cars? Old hats in tin tops. You want racing? You want action. In GT1 we had great dicing, and we had thrash driving. Aston vs Nissan anyone? You hit me? I’ll hit you harder. And while their teammates where taking each other out, the top 2 [...]
After the Monaco GP, Pussycat Doll Fan Boy, Hamilton mouthed off about his penalty, believing it’s a conspiracy. Wake up Lewis. If the Stewards keep hauling you up, something is wrong. And he went all Ali G as well. Watch the Video
The final round of the GT Asia Series at the Asian Festival of Speed came to a thrilling end. Some heavy shunts, mistakes and a couple laps behind the safety car provided some drivers the lucky break they needed, but left others pondering what happened. It all started well with Tunku Hammam Sulong getting a [...]
A 850hp monster powered by a Nissan GTR V6 engine. That’s what Dacia is going to use to compete in this years Pikes Peak International Hillclimb! Built in collaboration with Renault Sport Technologies, the one-off racer was constructed by Tork Engineering. It will compete in the Unlimited class which has very lenient regulations and thus [...]
With Formula 1 being the pinnacle of of world motorsport, it naturally has a huge following. All of us here at Ignition.my are fans too. But then there area also the sceptics who question the relevance of Formula 1 with statements like its a ego feeding sport with no clear relevance to road going cars. [...]
Hats off to the Pennzoil GSR Racing team for successfully retaining the A6 class win in Rally Queensland for cars participating below the 1.6 cc category. The team also won in Johor Malaysia during Round 1 of the Asia Pacific Rally Championship (APRC) in April. Tough it was a tough race for the team with [...]
Team Proton R3 dominated the 2nd round of the Malaysian Super Series (MSS) with a 1st and 2nd finish in Race 1 and 2. As usual, weather conditions at the Sepang Circuit was hot and dry with rain in the later part of the afternoon. With in-car temperatures rocketing for race 1, both drivers kept [...]
Kimi Raikkonen started from 31st in his maiden oval race, after running 30th fastest in both practice sessions early in the day. However he managed to work his way to 15th after several fullcourse Yellows. “The racing was fun, it’s a new thing but too many cautions,” said Raikkonen “Every time when you start feeling [...]
Reigning World Champion Jorge Lorenzo and teammate Ben Spies, 2010 Rookie of The Year will be aboard bikes in Yamaha’s iconic Red, White historic colours. The bikes will use the new livery for 2 races, Assen and Laguna Seca.
Three times British Rally champion, Mark Higgins won the 2nd round of APRC in Rally Queensland, in which Proton’s challenge ended after early pace setter Atkinson had to retire after an electrical failure. Higgins started the final stage 1.6 seconds behind, but after 34 km turned the deficit into a 15 seconds advantage. A record [...]
Le Mans circuit delivered a dramatic race with Marco Simoncelli surviving a Ride Through Penalty after taking Dani Pedrosa out in a overtaking maneuver. Both riders were on it for 2nd place, and Simoncelli overtook Pedrosa round the outside. Unfortunately Simoncelli left Pedrosa with no space to go. Pedrosa suffered a broken right collarbone as [...]
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