Category: Motorsport

Camel Honda Portuguese Grand Prix Feature

01 Sep. 2004 MotoGP, Motorsport

1 September 2004

WHEN TO STOP
Hindsight is a wonderful word . The Concise OxfordDictionary sums it up perfectly – Wisdom after the event.How many times in your life would have a little wisdom afterthe event pushed you down a different path.

It certainly applies in grand prix motor cycle racing. A bitof hindsight would certainly have helped with tyre choiceand race tactics but even more seriously, as was perfectlyillustrated at Brno last weekend, on the crucial question ofriders safety. As it turned out , hindsight would haveprobably produced exactly the same solution to a very trickysituation in the 20 lap 250cc race. Read more

DTM Zandvoort: Last Third Of The Title Race

30 Aug. 2004 DTM, Motorsport
DTM ZANDVOORT: LAST THIRD OF THE TITLE RACE

30 August 2004

The track: The 4.3-kilometre Zandvoort circuit is located in the sand dunes and separated from the North Sea shore just by a street. When it’s windy sand can make the surface slippery causing changeable conditions on the track. Mercedes drivers won two out of the three DTM races held at Zandvoort (Uwe Alzen in 2001 and Christijan Albers in 2003).

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REVIEW MERDEKA MILLENNIUM ENDURANCE 2004, EDDIE LEW LOOKS FOR INTERNATIONAL

28 Aug. 2004 Domestic Motorsports News, Motorsport
20120329024639956 REVIEW MERDEKA MILLENNIUM ENDURANCE 2004, EDDIE LEW LOOKS FOR INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGE AFTER MME WIN29 August 2004Winner of a long list of local races and championships, Malaysia’s top saloon car driver Eddie Lew added another feather in his cap last night by winning the 2004 Merdeka Millennium Endurance Race (MME) at Sepang Circuit.

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Subaru World Rally Team – Rally Japan Preview

28 Aug. 2004 Motorsport, WRC, APRC, IRC
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SUBARU WORLD RALLY TEAM RALLY JAPAN PREVIEW

28 August 2004
The next round of the 2004 FIA World Rally Championship starts on 3 September when crews move to the Far East to contest the eleventh event of the series, Rally Japan. Based in the country’s northernmost island of Hokkaido, the rally will be a significant one for Subaru as it competes in a WRC event on home ground for the first time.

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SEAT Sport Targets Victory At Imola

27 Aug. 2004 Motorsport, WTCC
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SEAT SPORT TARGETS VICTORY AT IMOLA

27 August 2004
With 6 races still remaining this season, the 2004 FIA European Touring Car Championship returns to Italy for Rounds 15 and 16. The Imola circuit near Bologna hasn’t hosted a round of the ETCC since 1987, but an encouraging test session there back in March means the three SEAT Sport Toledo Cupras are expected to do well.

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Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha Team Test

27 Aug. 2004 MotoGP, Motorsport
gauloises-fortuna-yamaha-team-test GAULOISES FORTUNA YAMAHA WRAPS UP TWO DAY BRNO TESTYamaha’s Factory Team riders Valentino Rossi and Carlos Checa and their respective crews finished a two-day test at the Brno circuit today, sufficiently satisfied with their progress to be able to pack up in the early afternoon. Both riders continued their work from yesterday testing dry weather settings on the Czech track, as well as engine mapping and Michelin tyre testing.

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MME ENDURANCE WILL BE AN OPEN AFFAIR, SAYS TENGKU DJAN

26 Aug. 2004 Domestic Motorsports News, Motorsport
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 MME ENDURANCE WILL BE AN OPEN AFFAIR, SAYS TENGKU DJAN27 August 2004The 2004 Merdeka Millennium Endurance Race, which will be held at Sepang Circuit on Saturday (August 28), will be an open affair and surprises are the name of the game of motor racing, says Lotus driver Tengku Djan Ley.”

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BUMILISWA WILL AVENGE DEFEAT AT MERDEKA ENDURANCE RACE

26 Aug. 2004 Domestic Motorsports News, Motorsport
20120329023149110 BUMILISWA WILL AVENGE DEFEAT AT MERDEKA ENDURANCE RACE27 August 2004Traditionally the most competitive class with machines and drivers of almost equal standings, BUMILISWA Racing Team has declared that they are ready to rule the high competitive Class B in the 2004 Merdeka Millennium Endurance Race, which will be held at Sepang Circuit on Saturday (August 28).

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SIMON TAKES AMPREX TO POLE POSITION AT MERDEKA ENDURANCE RACE

26 Aug. 2004 Domestic Motorsports News, Motorsport
20120329023709835  SIMON TAKES AMPREX TO POLE POSITION AT MERDEKA ENDURANCE RACE27 August 2004German driver Norman Simon drove a sensational 2 minutes 6.181 seconds in qualifying today at the 2004 Merdeka Millennium Endurance Race (MME) to help his Amprex Racing Team to pole position for tomorrow’s race.

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Result: Gran Premio Marlboro de Espana

10 Apr. 2004 MotoGP, Motorsport
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ROSSI CLAIMS CONTROVERSIAL WIN!

10 April 2005

In bright sunshine, and with the howling wind that had blighted the weekend dropping off slightly before the start of the ‘big’ race, it was Rossi who led into turn one from pole position, but Gibernau hardly allowed him the luxury of settling into a lead before he relegated the Italian to second one turn later … more

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