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Feb122016 by Blaž Štremfelj54 Comments

Rossi in MotoGP for at least another two years

Valentino Rossi ruled out the possibility of staying in the royal class of motorcycling for just one more season. The Italian’s current contract expires at the end of this season, and the Yamaha racer said that if he decides to continue racing, he will race for at least two more seasons. The Doctor has two options, to finish after this season, or to continue until the end of 2018, and the answer to the question of how long he will race will most likely be given in May, when his home race in Mugello is scheduled. See also: Confirmed race calendar of the 2016 season “At the end of the 2016 season, my contract expires, and I will have to decide if I want to continue for two more seasons,” Rossi said. "All contracts are for two years, so if I continue, I will have to race for two more seasons. The situation is similar.

Mar22015 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Honda does not yet know how much the engine can develop

formula 1

Honda has approved the powertrain of its powertrain, in accordance with the decision of the FIA. How much the Japanese manufacturer will be able to improve its product during this season is not yet clear. Honda drove only a fraction of the kilometers collected by the German Mercedes in the rear of the McLarn race car in the pre-season tests. Saturday also saw the deadline when Honda had to homologate its engine. Mercedes, Ferrari and Renault can take advantage of 32 development “tokens” this year, and how many of these they will take advantage of before the first race in Melbourne has a direct impact on how much Honda can change its engine. The FIA has determined that Honda can also change its powertrain, but much less than the other three manufacturers. If the trio will go to Melbourne o

Dec222014 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Kubica continues in the WRC

WRC

Robert Kubica will also be racing in the WRC World Rally Championship next season. The former Formula One racer, winner of the 2008 Canadian Grand Prix, toyed with the idea of returning from the speed trials of rallies to the racetracks, but the Pole has already registered for the first rally of the new championship season, which will take place next month in Monte Carlo. The 30-year-old Kubica will continue to race with the Ford Fiesta RS, which will be prepared by either the M-Sport team or the Italian A-Style team, and in his camp they remain stingy with statements about the decision about the future. They only said they would announce a formal decision next week. Kubica delayed the application until the last minute, as the deadline for submitting it expired on Friday evening, and the Pole submitted it late in the afternoon.

October202014 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Rok Turk champion in the FIA rally championship of the Central European zone

Rally

Last weekend, the last rally in the FIA Central European Zone Championship was on the agenda, in which Rok Turk and Enej Ložnar also competed this year. The championship consisted of 12 races, which took place in Hungary, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Serbia, Austria, Italy and Slovenia, where the Saturnus rally and the Velenje rally were included in the championship. Rok and Enej won the most points in their class at the end of the season with excellent rides and also with the victory in the Croatia rally for the FIA European Rally Cup with Peugeot 208 R2 and can look forward to winning the title among front-wheel drive cars in the FIA rally championship Central European zone.

October72014 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Turk celebrated at the Croatia Rally

Rally

"Great, what a race! From start to finish it was necessary to drive at full power and in the end we succeeded!" Rok Turk was looking forward to winning the Croatia rally in Poreč. Immediately at the introductory speed trials on Friday, which took place in the vicinity of Učka and Buzet, Rok and his co-driver Enej Ložnar took advantage of the problems of competitors in stronger race cars with punctured tires. After eight speed trials on the first day, only Croatian racer Juraj Šebalj was ahead of them, but he did not compete in the European Cup. Thus, Rok and Enej finished second on the first day of the Croatia Rally in the overall standings, leading both in front-wheel drive cars and in the overall FIA European Rally Cup standings. Saturday part of the speed trials in the vicinity of Por

Sep132014 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Rok Turk at the San Martino di Castrozza rally

Rally

The fifth rally of the season for the Italian Michelin Cup is taking place in the Italian Dolomites this weekend, in which Rok Turk is also competing successfully this year. Before the start of the penultimate rally for scoring in the cup, the rally San Martino di Castrozza, Rok with his Peugeot 208 R2 is among the competing racers in the leading position with 83 points, and in its class is also the most numerous competition, as this season there are currently 16 racers. After a long summer break, Rok is already looking forward to racing again and fighting for seconds: "Attractive speed trials over high mountain passes promise an interesting and tense rally, but above all a lot will depend on the weather and the right choice of tires. Co-driver Blanka Kacin and I came to rally after a new good result and new points in Michelin p

Jul62014 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Humar has a tense showdown in Maribor

Rally

The current national rally champion Aleks Humar is still undefeated in this year's Slovenian championship. He also won the fourth race of the season in Maribor after a close showdown, but his advantage after 88 kilometers of racing was only 1,4 seconds. This year's first victory in the joint classification, Aleks Humar and Florjan Rus (renault clio R3) have already won three rallies for the national championship this year, but they had to concede victory to foreign crews in much more powerful and four-wheel drive cars. In Maribor, for the first time this year, the current national champions also celebrated in the joint classification. They did not hide their joy after it, as the victory for 1,4 seconds already hinted at how adrenaline-filled the last kilometers of the tense rally were. An already dramatic conclusion to the rally, when Humar had two speeds

Jul52014 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Turk with careful driving until sixth time

Rally

The introductory speed test of the Maribor rally, the fourth rally of this year's Slovenian national championship, took place on the Koroška bridge on Friday evening. With the Peugeot 208 R2, Rok Turk and his co-driver Enej Ložnar achieved the 6th time of the super special in the overall classification and the 3rd time among the race cars with front-wheel drive. On Saturday, they will have the remaining 81,9 kilometers of speed trials in the vicinity of Maribor: "It was necessary to drive carefully between the curbs and over the Koroška bridge, but tomorrow the real speed trials will begin - depending on their configuration with many fast and open sections. very fast rally. With the team we aim for the best possible result, especially between vehicles with front-wheel drive and winning as many points as possible for the national championship. " After last year's prem

Jun262014 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

VIDEO: Turk's record ride

Rally

Onboard shot of HP 9 - Monte Tomba, rally della Marca, where Rok Turk and Blanka Kacin improved the speed test record among R2 class race cars: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieMAhOfioOE

Jun162014 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

At the Velenje rally, 3rd place for Rok Turk

Rally

This year, Rok Turk and his co-driver Enej Ložnar repeated the good result at the 29th Velenje Rally and were looking forward to the podium as last year, as they won 74,9rd place after 3 kilometers of speed tests in the competition for the Slovenian national championship. They finished in 6th place in the overall rally standings, and they were looking forward to winning in Division 4, which includes cars with similar performance as their Peugeot 208 R2. "I am glad that Ene and I kept a fast and constant rhythm from the start to the finish. We wanted to keep in touch with Aleks (Humar) and Asja (Zupanc), but it turned out that they were faster in Saturday morning. We tried our best with the whole team, but given the configuration of the speed trials and the fact that they were ahead of us alone