Invicta Informant Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 As a thread for motor racing outside of Formula 1 for 2023 has not yet been started, I thought it was time to do so. The first round of the World Rally Championship, the Monte Carlo Rally, took place last week (19th-22nd January), with Sebastien Ogier winning the event for Toyota, with defending WRC champion Kalle Rovanpera finishing second. Elfyn Evans was the top Brit finishing fourth. This weekend (28th-29th January) is the 24 Hours of Daytona, the first round of the IMSA SportsCar Championship and part of the informal 'Triple Crown' of endurance racing (along with the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the 12 Hours of Sebring). Tom Blomqvist has bagged the Pole Position for the race in the Acura ARX-06 run by Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian that he is co-driving with Colin Braun, Helio Castroneves and Simon Pagenaud. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianwales Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 And its also the 100th anniversary of the Le Mans 24hrs this year and I'm finally going to get there after wanting to for many years. Ian 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted January 25, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 25, 2023 1 minute ago, ianwales said: And its also the 100th anniversary of the Le Mans 24hrs this year and I'm finally going to get there after wanting to for many years. Ian You will not be disappointed. At 74, and since Covid, I have probably already been to my last 24 hrs, but with 22 visits under my belt that isn't too bad. Do plan your visit, in terms of how and where you stay, and buy a grandstand seat if you still can - it is a place to rest! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invicta Informant Posted January 25, 2023 Author Share Posted January 25, 2023 The 24 Hours of Le Mans this year is on the weekend of 10th-11th June. The top class Hypercar category will likely feature entries from Toyota, Peugeot, Ferrari, Porsche, Cadillac, Glickenhaus, and Vanwall. There will still be LMP2 and GTE AM entries (no GTE PRO). The GT2 cars that have raced in both GTE categories at Le Mans and in the WEC will be replaced in 2024 onwards by GT3-spec machinery, which race in the IMSA and in many other series and at certain endurance races where it is the main category (e.g. the 24 Hour races at Spa and the full-length Nürburgring). Other championship start dates: BTCC: 23rd April at Donington Park. Australian Supercars: 10th-12th March with street races in Newcastle, New South Wales. The Bathurst 1000 is on 5th-8th October. WEC: 17th March with the 1,000 Miles of Sebring. NASCAR Cup Series: 19th February with the Daytona 500. IndyCar: 5th March with a street race in St. Petersburg, Florida. The Indy 500 is on 28th May. World Rallycross: 17th-18th June in Hell, Norway. MotoGP: 26th March at Algarve International/Portimão Circuit. World Superbikes: 25th-26th February at Phillip Island. British Superbikes: 8th-9th April at Silverstone. Speedway Grand Prix: 29th April in Croatia. Earlier this month the Dakar Rally took place in Saudi Arabia. The cult rally raid event is organised by the Amaury Sport Organisation, who are probably better known for organising the Tour de France and other cycling events. The winner in the Cars category was Nasser Al-Attiyah, with Sebastien Loeb second. Carlos Sainz Sr. was another notable entrant, but he forced to retire. Other classes where Trucks, Bikes, Quads, Side-by-Side Vehicles (SSVs), Light Prototypes, and Classics. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianwales Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 23 hours ago, Oldddudders said: You will not be disappointed. At 74, and since Covid, I have probably already been to my last 24 hrs, but with 22 visits under my belt that isn't too bad. Do plan your visit, in terms of how and where you stay, and buy a grandstand seat if you still can - it is a place to rest! Thanks Ian, I have booked with an organised trip, coming down on the Wednesday back on the Monday with hotel and grandstand seat, a couple of options out to mulsanne enclosure and also to the city on the Friday for the drivers parade. Ian Ian 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted January 26, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 26, 2023 7 hours ago, ianwales said: Thanks Ian, I have booked with an organised trip, coming down on the Wednesday back on the Monday with hotel and grandstand seat, a couple of options out to mulsanne enclosure and also to the city on the Friday for the drivers parade. That sounds splendid. Mulsanne Corner at night is pretty thrilling. The drivers' parade can be exhausting if it's hot. The city's bars do rather well that evening! Do ensure you have access to Radio Le Mans, it's in English and helps to fully understand the nuances of what is going on during the race. You should find girls selling pre-tuned mini-radios for a tenner or so. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianwales Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 On 26/01/2023 at 17:39, Oldddudders said: That sounds splendid. Mulsanne Corner at night is pretty thrilling. The drivers' parade can be exhausting if it's hot. The city's bars do rather well that evening! Do ensure you have access to Radio Le Mans, it's in English and helps to fully understand the nuances of what is going on during the race. You should find girls selling pre-tuned mini-radios for a tenner or so. That sounds brilliant Ian, I was going to ask about Radio Le Mans as I had used these type of radios at Silverstone for the F1 and they have good commentary, how much of the circuit can be walked around during the racing, are there certain bits you can't get to? Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted January 29, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 29, 2023 35 minutes ago, ianwales said: That sounds brilliant Ian, I was going to ask about Radio Le Mans as I had used these type of radios at Silverstone for the F1 and they have good commentary, how much of the circuit can be walked around during the racing, are there certain bits you can't get to? Ian Yes, large sections of the public roads in fact, but it is over 8 miles per lap, so there is plenty to compensate. What we call the Mulsanne Straight is known to locals as Ligne Droit des Hunaudieres, and that is more difficult. Of course these days it is interrupted by a couple of serious wiggles - which are not used by ordinary traffic the rest of the year! - but you can get to the bar and the Chinese restaurant at Hunaudieres via Ruaudin, but you need personal transport or long legs. It is some years since i essayed either, but there used to be shuttle buses to spectator areas at Mulsanne and Arnage corners, both highly recommended. Between the Porsche Curves and right round to Tertre Rouge is easily accessed once you are within the paid circuit. If you go on the outside of the track, out beyond the Dunlop Bridge - an easy walk and you can keep tabs on the action - you can get a wide panorama of the cars appearing under that bridge and going round to where the Esses of yore were. A long lens helps photography here! A tunnel helps you cross under the track to a viewing area at Tertre Rouge, also recommended. Do consult a circuit map and relate that to the general geography of the area if you can, in advance, to make sense of some of what i am saying. You are one of at least 250k people having a good time - planning may help make the most of it! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edge Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 For my part, I shall be going to the formula e races in London this coming July. Went last year and it was great fun, so I see no reason why I wouldn’t do it again 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invicta Informant Posted January 29, 2023 Author Share Posted January 29, 2023 The 24 Hours of Daytona was won by the car won started on Pole, the No. 60 Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Acura ARX-06, driven by Tom Blomqvist, Colin Braun, Helio Castroneves and Simon Pagenaud. The other Acura (which is a brand of Honda's) run by Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Autosport came second driven by Ricky Taylor, Filipe Albuquerque, Louis Deletraz and Brendon Hartley. The Cadillacs run by Chip Ganassi Racing came third and fourth, but on the lead lap. The top four completed 783 laps around the road course circuit at Daytona. Imagine what mileage they would put up if there was less cautions, yellow flags or safety car periods. The victory margin in the LMP2 Class was 0.016 seconds! And a Aston Martin took honours in one of the GT classes. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Radford Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 Some interesting additions to the support races for BTCC after losing the Ginetta races. https://www.btcc.net/2023/01/13/btcc-2023-support-series-round-up/ 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invicta Informant Posted February 14, 2023 Author Share Posted February 14, 2023 The WRC recently had its second round in Sweden, with Ott Tanak winning the event for M-Sport Ford, with Hyundai's Craig Breen and Thierry Neuville making up the rest of the podium. The next round is in Mexico on 16th-19th March. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium SR71 Posted February 14, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 14, 2023 Waiting for the cup race to be put up but NASCAR '23 is now two weekends old and the first lights race is up; 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium OnTheBranchline Posted February 16, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 16, 2023 On 24/01/2023 at 09:32, Invicta Informant said: As a thread for motor racing outside of Formula 1 for 2023 has not yet been started, I thought it was time to do so. The first round of the World Rally Championship, the Monte Carlo Rally, took place last week (19th-22nd January), with Sebastien Ogier winning the event for Toyota, with defending WRC champion Kalle Rovanpera finishing second. Elfyn Evans was the top Brit finishing fourth. This weekend (28th-29th January) is the 24 Hours of Daytona, the first round of the IMSA SportsCar Championship and part of the informal 'Triple Crown' of endurance racing (along with the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the 12 Hours of Sebring). Tom Blomqvist has bagged the Pole Position for the race in the Acura ARX-06 run by Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian that he is co-driving with Colin Braun, Helio Castroneves and Simon Pagenaud. I will always remember Evans as the guy who threw the 2020 championship away. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 this looks an interesting event https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fracrmc.org%2Froger-albert-clark-rally%2Fregulations%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR3cgGUeHBHdYSGavJlkzFs_yxdgrtze0ESJezU95TUhwsjSoMBqtJ2K7Tg&h=AT3haEauxx3QdlyvcWMMwzUNipanwMRpNc6UVuNK-SrHqirbAxPBIp2eEt-uoDl0Uuoo9zajKavVP_ZWC7I9Rye9TAf1uUrnX2_9Jb6PXsAJR2tM7u45I5MJSp5s4mxemm46&__tn__=-UK-R&c[0]=AT2HDjAa9HiFtNPsOm9ScpPpq_sIag1JW_ZKA0mevjImYAC33ZBUy2CPBtJEVFKF1qHiGFrYQVLB3Lkw80HZp1cF6-hwnKOASL3DNDsnzVVgWaI-oNotgNuyVbJmVg0nDCbqofad2vG0Q4oiLCcpFiuBb0zEnoD8tNs37kvmnqZyOyl-zEn2sHSQrn-NvcYkrb7PFWYTSdd7qVCe3fE Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invicta Informant Posted February 28, 2023 Author Share Posted February 28, 2023 The entry list for this year's Le Mans 24 Hours has been published: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_24_Hours_of_Le_Mans Out of the 62 entries, 16 are in the top Hypercar Class, 24 are in LMP2 (8 of those are in the Pro-Am sub-class), 21 are in the LMGTE Am Class, plus the 'Garage 56' entry (a modified NASCAR Cup Chevrolet Camaro run by Hendrick Motorsport with Jimmie Johnson, Jenson Button and Mike Rockenfeller driving). There are also 10 reserves. All the LMP2 entries are running the same Oreca 07 chassis (though the two Signatech-run Alpine Elf Team entries are badged as Alpine A470) and Gibson engine. In Hypercar there are 4 Porsches, 3 Cadillacs, 2 Toyotas, 2 Ferraris, 2 Peugeots, 2 Glickenhaus, and the ByKolles Vanwall. In the LMGTE Am there are 8 Porsches, 7 Ferraris, 5 Aston Martins, and a Corvette. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invicta Informant Posted March 4, 2023 Author Share Posted March 4, 2023 The first IndyCar race of the season is tomorrow (Sunday 5th). 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invicta Informant Posted March 12, 2023 Author Share Posted March 12, 2023 Australian Supercars returned this weekend. No Holdens, as GM retired the marque, so they are running Chevys instead. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invicta Informant Posted March 16, 2023 Author Share Posted March 16, 2023 Tomorrow (Friday 17th) the World Endurance Championship season begins with the 1,000 Miles of Sebring. Coverage is on Eurosport. On Saturday 18th, the IMSA have their second round, the 12 Hours of Sebring. I don't know of any broadcaster covering it in the UK. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium SR71 Posted March 25, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 25, 2023 (edited) Lower brow but after a shaky start some good racing at Arlington tonight. After a dubious pass on the last lap the stewards even managed to review and adjudicate before the podium. Better than some of the pro's... Edited March 25, 2023 by SR71 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invicta Informant Posted April 1, 2023 Author Share Posted April 1, 2023 MotoGP kicked off last weekend at the Algarve International/Portimão Circuit in Portugal. One rider, Pol Espargaro, is now out of ICU following a very nasty accident in a practice session on the Friday before that race. The series is back in action this weekend at the Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo in Argentina. Miguel Oliveira, Enea Bastianini, and Marc Márquez are also missing this race due to injuries. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted April 1, 2023 Share Posted April 1, 2023 route revealed for this Novembers roger Arthur Clark rally https://www.facebook.com/RogerAlbertClark/posts/pfbid02o72U2nc1eeACAf7P6hufeWA8tCHHGex1BYL5nJ1qWrBcQC4bbERbiqgdYwXL51uol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Steadfast Posted April 3, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 3, 2023 The Otago rally in New Zealand over the weekend looked like a brilliant national event. Plenty of coverage on the Dirtfish YouTube channel, including Mikko Hirvonen very sideways in a Mk2 Escort Jo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invicta Informant Posted April 5, 2023 Author Share Posted April 5, 2023 Team Dynamics will not be participating in the 2023 British Touring Car Championship: https://www.autosport.com/btcc/news/team-dynamics-out-of-btcc-for-2023/10453394/ 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium younGGuns7 Posted April 5, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 5, 2023 8 minutes ago, Invicta Informant said: Team Dynamics will not be participating in the 2023 British Touring Car Championship: https://www.autosport.com/btcc/news/team-dynamics-out-of-btcc-for-2023/10453394/ Left it late for this announcement, still a few announcements to come yet, one tomorrow @ 8.30. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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