Motorsport

Dec222020 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Zanardi rose from the dead again!

If Alex Zanardi wasn’t considered a fighter who wasn’t stopped by anything when he lost both legs in a crash at an IndyCar race and then returned to car racing an incredible two years later while breaking records in the toughest athletic competitions, that title certainly earned now that he has picked himself up again after a severe accident in June this year. Italian media report that 54-year-old Zanardi, who was hit by a truck on his hand-powered tricycle and severely injured his face and brain, has now woken up from his coma after five head surgeries and is showing signs of hearing, seeing and being able to use again. years. Doctors have confirmed reports in the Italian media that the former Formula 1 racer responds with his hands to questions and visits from his wife Daniela, but he cannot speak yet because he is connected to the real

Dec202020 by Marko HanželicNo Comments

Jenson BUTTON and McLAREN with a team in the DTM

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Gerhard Berger’s ideas to create a watchable series with concrete names and teams from DTM are slowly starting to take shape. With the Jenson Team Rocket RJN, the Austrian has an important trump card up his sleeve, with which he could also gain new potential customers to enter the competition. The team was founded by Jenson Button along with friend Chris Buncomb two years ago, and this year they competed in the British GT Championship with a McLaren 720S GT3 race car. “I’ve always loved the DTM and it’s wonderful to see the series open up a new chapter with GT3 vehicles,” said Button, who was a guest of the Super GT series at the DTM season finale in Hockenheim a year ago. He has a special bond with Berger, as he made his Formula 1 debut for Williams-BMW 20 years ago, just when Berger was director of BMW Motorsp

Dec172020 by Bojan VrbnjakNo Comments

PORSCHE announces a return to the LE MANS, WEC and IMSA series

24 Hours of Le Mans, Motorsport

Porsche is developing a prototype car for the new LMDh rules, with which it will be able to compete in both the WEC Championship, the Le Mans race and the IMSA series. The LMDh category race cars will weigh about 1000 kilograms and develop a power of 680 horsepower. “The new LMDh category allows us to fight for joint victories in the classic Le Mans, Daytone and Sebring races with a hybrid system,” said Oliver Blume, Porsche’s CEO. "This project is extremely attractive to Porsche. Endurance racing is part of the DNA of our brand." Porsche has a record in manufacturers ’victories at Le Mans. Their last success with Bernhard, Hartley and Bamber in 2017 was their nineteenth. A study of Porsche's hyper race car, with which they want to return to the WEC, IMSA series in 2023 and, of course, to only

Dec72020 by Marko HanželicNo Comments

WRC: Sebastien OGIER WON THE WORLD CHAMPION SEVENTH TIME

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The Frenchman has already won a total of seven WRC World Championship titles. He won the first six titles between 2013 and 2018. Four of them he won with Volkswagen, two with Ford. The fight for this year's title was decided on Saturday. It was then that Ogier’s team-mate Welshman Elfyn Evans, the leader of the WC until the last rally, made a mistake and slipped off the road in a blizzard, leaving Ogier free to head to the title. https://twitter.com/OfficialWRC/status/1335223314416095239 He practically only had to reach the finish line, as the only remaining competitor, Estonian Ott Tänak (Hyundai), last year's champion, had only theoretical chances, he would only be successful if he won at rally, got the last "power stage", and at the same time Ogier should be left without points. https://twitter.com/

Dec22020 by Marko HanželicNo Comments

VOLKSWAGEN COMPLETELY WITHDRAWS FROM MOTOR SPORT

Motorsport

The Volkswagen Group, with its core brand, will no longer be active in motorsport. The Volkswagen Motorsport sports department will be disbanded and 169 employees will be reassigned to jobs elsewhere in the group. The group justifies this with a "shift and further focus of the company" - which in other words means a shift to a fully electric car brand. The company guarantees that the supply of spare parts for Golf GTI TCR and Polo R5 vehicles will be guaranteed in the long run. https://twitter.com/volkswagenms/status/1309057198497107969 "The Volkswagen brand is on track to become a leading provider of sustainable electromobility. To this end, we are pooling our resources and have decided to stop playing motorsport," says the member. management of the Volkswagen Group for