Posts Tagged ‘Liverpool FC’

13 Mar 2010: Superleague: James Walker takes on champion’s mantle at Liverpool FC

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.

27 Feb 2010: Superleague: who’s taking part for 2010

Superleague Formula has announced which football teams and racing outfits will be working together to get its 2010 season to the starting grid.

14 Jan 2010: Superleague: 2010 champion may get F1 test drive

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).

18 Nov 2009: Superleague: a shift in the thinking of British sports clubs?

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.

8 Nov 2009: Superleague: Liverpool fend off Spurs to win title

The safe hands of Adrian Valles guided the Liverpool FC car to the Superleague Formula championship at Jarama today, despite two barnstorming performances by his closest challenger Craig Dolby for Tottenham Hotspur.

4 Oct 2009: Superleague: Bourdais wins again as Dolby keeps championship alive

Sebastien Bourdais won the Superleague opener at Monza and charged from the back of the reverse grid to take third in the next race, securing the €100,000 prize for the weekend’s top driver for the second time in two appearances.

3 Oct 2009: Superleague: Greek gift for Guerrieri as Olympiacos take pole

Greece’s Olympiacos will be on pole in the first of Superleague Formula’s Monza races tomorrow after Esteban Guerrieri benefited from a Sebastien Bourdais mistake to win the pole shoot-out.

5 Sep 2009: SLF: Pizzonia on pole as Superleague shakes up line-up

Antonio Pizzonia earned his third pole in four outings as Superleague Formula began its visit to Estoril, but the field behind him will include some major changes since the football-themed series’ last meeting at Donington – including the disappearance of two out of the three Brits who raced there.

3 Aug 2009: SLF: Martin and Dolby cash in as Swiss timing fails

Rangers and Spurs took advantage of an unlucky break for the weekend’s best driver, Max Wissel of FC Basel, to take first and second in Superleague Formula’s €100,000 superfinal at Donington Park.

20 Jul 2009: SLF: Craig Dolby wins for Spurs in Zolder

Tottenham’s Craig Dolby has tasted Superleague Formula victory for the first time by leading home a 1-2-3 for the British clubs in the football-themed championship’s first race at Zolder this weekend.