Take on your racing heroes at charity karting event
How would you fancy the chance to test your driving skills against the likes of Andy Priaulx, Adam Carroll, Tom Kristensen or Louise Goodman? The opportunity is yours for £300 if you sign up for a charity karting event taking place at this year’s Autosport International show.
Over the white line: Drivers to be confined to ping-pong
Compound fractures, gold medals and the hitherto completely unsuspected fluffy side of Dietrich ‘Didi’ Mateschitz. Read on for the best of the week’s F1 and motorsport news…
Over the white line: DC’s had his Irn-Bru and is man enough to race…
Gosh, what a week. You’d never know we were in the F1 close season, would you? Join us in ignoring the credit crisis, the ugly-duckling cars and the loss of races, and instead searching out some of the more fun and interesting things to happen this week.
RoC: Coulthard confirms his appearance
David Coulthard has, to no-one’s surprise whatsoever, confirmed that he will be putting in an appearance at the Race of Champions event at Wembley in December - in the intriguingly-named ‘Team F1 Racing Great Britain’.
RoC: Andy Priaulx and Jenson Button are Team GB
We thought it was about time we checked in with the Race of Champions event to see how it’s shaping up with three months to go - a good thing we did, because Mark Webber, Troy Bayliss and Andy Priaulx have all confirmed their attendance.
WTC champion Priaulx to demo F1 car at Brands Hatch
Triple World Touring Car champion Andy Priaulx is to demonstrate a BMW Sauber F1 car at Brands Hatch as part of the WTCC meet there on July 26-27.
John Surtees recognised with OBE in honours list
He’s the only person to win world titles on two wheels and four, he ran his own Formula One team, he was in charge of Britain’s A1GP entry - and now John Surtees can add the OBE to the MBE he earned in 1959 for his motorcycling exploits.
RoC: Germany wins, no-one much surprised
It was at Wembley. There was a German team, and it included Michael Schumacher. Nobody was therefore very surprised when the ‘retired’ F1 legend and his team-mate Sebastian Vettel wiped the floor with their English, French, Scandinavian, American and Scottish competitors in the Nations Cup race. But, just for once, Schumacher didn’t have it all his own way.
