Liverpool FC is to defend its Superleague Formula championship with a British driver at the wheel – in the shape of Jersey-born Formula Renault 3.5 graduate James Walker.
Superleague Formula has announced which football teams and racing outfits will be working together to get its 2010 season to the starting grid.
A1GP’s World Cup of Motorsport may be on hold but the football-themed Superleague Formula aims to step into the gap and pull in a truly global audience, maybe even one that will rival F1.
The performance engineering company responsible for building the V12 engines that power Superleague Formula, as well as contributing to the Bloodhound SSC land speed record project, has won the Motorsport Industry Association’s (MIA) Technology and Innovation Award.
Superleague Formula has announced that it is in negotiations to offer its 2010 champion a Formula One test drive as well as putting up a prize fund of one million euros (£890,000).
Tottenham Hotspur FC want Craig Dolby back in their Superleague Formula car next year so that he can win the championship for them, according to a team spokesman.
The roar of the Superleague Formula 4.2-litre V12 engine may have a great appeal for fans attending a race weekend – but they’re not the only ones to appreciate its advantages.
What motivates a football club to diversify into backing a race team? Superleague Formula put this question to Ian Ayre, the commercial director of Liverpool FC, in the wake of its affiliated team winning the 2009 championship with driver Adrian Valles – and his answers could point to a shift in the thinking in the management of British sports clubs.
Nick Ledger, a keen photographer and mate of Superleague’s Tottenham Hotspur driver Craig Dolby, was in Spain for the season’s final meeting as part of a large contingent of Dolbyistas. He’s written us this great trackside report of the events at Jarama where Dolby pursued his outside shot at the title.
Jonathan Kennard is hoping for a second season in football-themed racing series Superleague Formula in 2010, after representing Italian and Brazilian clubs this year – and says he would like to drive for an English team.