Drivers: Lewis Hamilton
Location: Silverstone
Track Length: 5.141km
Weather: Warm but cloudy. Less windy than previous days.
Track temperature: 30C (max)
Air temperature: 22C (max)
Laps run today: 88
Laps run in [...]
Archive for June, 2008
F1: McLaren Mercedes Silverstone test notes 2008-06-26
Published June 27th, 2008 in Formula 1. 0 CommentsAT&T WILLIAMS AND NICO ROSBERG TO RUSSIA
Oxford, UK. The AT&T Williams team today
confirmed that they would be taking part in the Moscow City Racing event on
Sunday, July 13. The event, which brings Formula One to major metropolitan
centres around the world, will take place against the stunning backdrop of the
Kremlin, in the heart of the Moscow.
Nico [...]
Source:F1: Silverstone test times 2008-06-26
Silverstone Test, Day Three
Driver: David Coulthard
Car: RB4 01
Time: 1:22.232, Laps: 30
Fastest Lap: L. Hamilton 1:19.170
Circuit length: 5.141 km
Silverstone might well be the nearest circuit to the Red Bull Racing facility in
Milton Keynes, [...]
Seconds Out for Trulli
Driver: Jarno Trulli
Track Length: 5.141km
Jarno Trulli returned to the cockpit of the TF108 today for the first time
since his hard won podium at Sunday’s French Grand Prix. The Italian arrived
from Magny-Cours to take over driving duties for Panasonic Toyota Racing on
day two of this week’s Silverstone test. After an overcast morning that
brought [...]
Audi comes as championship leader to home race
Ingolstadt — Another huge event is on the Audi Sport race schedule
only 14 days after the Audi R10 TDI prototype’s magnificent victory in
the 24 Hours of Le Mans: The Norisring race in Nuremburg, the Audi
team’s “home race”.
Thousands of Audi fans and employees from Ingolstadt and Neckarsulm flood
year for [...]
FAST FACTS
David Ragan
* The 2007 Sprint Cup season was Ragan’s first year competing full-time
in the series. Ragan visited New Hampshire Motor Speedway twice in 2007.
His best finish was 15th in the spring race.
* Ragan has competed once in the Nationwide Series at Loudon. He
qualified 11th and finished 18th.
* Ragan has two Craftsman Truck Series starts [...]
CHARLOTTE, NC (June 25, 2008) — Robby Gordon heads to New Hampshire
Motor Speedway this weekend, a track that produced one of Gordon’s
most memorable feats as a professional driver — his first NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series victory on November 23, 2001. Along with his win,
Gordon has scored two top-five and three top-ten finishes at the
1.058-mile oval track.
Gordon, [...]
J.J. YELEY
A Vast Array of Experience at New Hampshire
CORNELIUS, N.C., (June 24, 2008) — If a racing series has conducted an
event at New Hampshire Motor Speedway (NHMS) in Loudon, odds are J.J.
Yeley has been a part of it at one time or another.
Yeley, driver of the No. 96 DLP HDTV Toyota Camry for Hall of [...]
ANOTHER TOP-FIVE RUN AT NHMS? GORDON SECONDS THAT
LOUDON, N.H. (June 24, 2008) - The number of laps in this Sunday’s LENOX
Industrial Tools 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway (NHMS) has increased by one
since last year, and Jeff Gordon hopes to do “one” better than his 2007 results at the
1.058-mile oval.
In 2007, both events at NHMS [...]
LOUDON, N.H. (June 24, 2008) - In order for Miller Lite Dodge driver Kurt
Busch to compete in the 1,837.358 miles of racing scheduled this month along
the NASCAR Sprint Cup tour, Bill and Cindy Lewis will drive a total of
10,604.440 miles.
The Lewises, currently the lone husband-and-wife transport-driving team
along the top stock car racing circuit, are among [...]
New Hampshire Cup Race is Meaningful for McDowell and his #00 Champion
Mortgage Michael Waltrip Racing Team
LOUDON, N.H. (June 25, 2008) — Michael McDowell aims to top his
best career finish this weekend as he enters New Hampshire Motor Speedway
for the first time with his #00 Champion Mortgage Toyota Camry.
“The only racing experience I have at
New Hampshire [...]
Jamie McMurray
No. 26 IRWIN Industrial Tools Ford Fusion
McMurray on racing at New Hampshire International Speedway:
“Ever since Roush Racing teamed up with the Fenway Sports Group and
the Red Sox, I’ve become a huge fan of the race weekends in Loudon.
This week, we get to attend the game on Wednesday evening, which should
be a lot of fun [...]
*Race To The Chase Begins At New Hampshire
*Winning A Crucial Component For Chase-Eligible Drivers
*Kenseth Roars Back Into Chase Contention
*In The Loop: Victories Scarce For Former Series Champions
New Hampshire Marks Start Of “Race to the Chase”
Summer’s arrival means the “Race to the Chase,” the 10-race stretch that
precedes the “Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.”
The Race to [...]
Dario Franchitti and the No. 40 Target/Guitar Hero: Aerosmith Team (NSCS)
and the No. 40 Fastenal Dodge Team (NNS)
First start for Franchitti: This week will be Dario Franchitti’s
first start at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway (NHMS) in the Sprint Cup
Series. So far this season, Franchitti has an average start of 30.28 and
an average finish [...]
JEFF BURTON, NO. 31 LENOX INDUSTRIAL TOOLS IMPALA SS, leads Team Chevy
to New Hampshire Motor Speedway (NHMS) with a record four (4) wins to
his credit, ‘97, ‘98, ‘99 and ‘00, more than any other driver. The
driver of the Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet has 26 previous starts
at NHMS and has scored seven (7) top-five finishes including [...]
Magny-Cours: Tech File
The Grand Prix circuit in Magny-Cours includes an interesting variety of
challenges for drivers and cars alike: three high-speed corners at the
start of the lap; a very slow hairpin at Adelaide; two enjoyable
high-speed chicanes; and more changes of gradient than the flattening eye
of television shows. As always, the ideal set-up will be about finding
the [...]
RED BULL’S SHORT HISTORY OF FRANCE
Q: Why did the Emperor Napoleon
always keep his left arm inside his coat?
A: So that he could always check he had his can of Red Bull with him!
French History… uncovered!
Why did Zidane head butt an Italian player in the last football World Cup?
Because the Italian had suggested he didn’t like [...]
“I need a good result after the two races with no points”
Maranello, 17th June 2008 - I don’t remember when I had such a great lust
for winning! The Team had prepared a car, which was able to be strong on all
the tracks, but it didn’t go well during the last races. We especially had
different problems [...]
F1: Surtees honored with Order of the British Empire
Published June 20th, 2008 in Formula 1. 0 CommentsEnglishman John Surtees, to date the only man to have won world
championships on two and four wheels, has been honored by Queen
Elizabeth II with an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE),
announced with issuance of the annual birthday honors list.
Surtees, 74, raced for the Norton works team in the 1950s, winning 68
of 76 [...]
