10 June 2018 Archives

History made in Zürich

Sunday June 10th, 2018Tuesday June 12th, 2018 Jens Jensen

History was made, when ABB FIA Formula E Championship drove the first motor racing in Switzerland in last 64 years. The country had forbidden motor racing since the tragic accident at Le Mans in 1995, but two years ago they started to open up to motorsport again. Mitch Evans took Pole Position in front of Andre Lotterer, and Sam Bird. Jerome D’Ambrosio had qualified fourth, ahead of last season’s champion, Lucas Di Grassi. It wasn’t only the first ever Pole Position for Evans, but also for Panasonic Jaguar Racing in…

Good F4 racing in Austria

Sunday June 10th, 2018Thursday June 28th, 2018 Jens Jensen

The Red Bull Ring had the most beautiful weather, when the 4th round of the ADAC Formula 4 visited the Austrian track. Unfortunately there were only 18 cars starting this weekend. Enzo Fittipaldi had secured Pole Position for Race 1 ahead of Frederik Vesti, Liam Lawson og Lirim Zendeli. The start went quite smoothly, without any chances at the top. Fittipaldi however was almost outbraking himself in Turn 3, and had to use a bit of the run-off to get the car back on track. He did keep the lead,…

Dramatic weekend in Norway

Sunday June 10th, 2018Tuesday June 19th, 2018 Jens Jensen

The fifth round of this year’s FIA World Rallycross Championship was held in the Norwegian town called Hell. Other than the usual faces in the World RX, there was a debut for another racing driver, who normally is associated with other parts of the motorsport – Alex Wurz. He is the son of the former European Rallycross Championship, Franz Wurz, so other than the fuel running in his blood, there surely is some gravel too. He has had an eye on Rallycross for some years, but he has to get…

Racing under the lights

Sunday June 10th, 2018Wednesday June 20th, 2018 Jens Jensen

There’s always something special about it, when the Verizon IndyCar Series races at the Texas Motor Speedway. The ninth round of the season was run on 1,5 mile oval, with the race starting before sunset, making the 22 participants race into the darkness, only lit up by the flood light around the track. The race was the first oval race since the Indy 500, but this was a very different kind of oval with very high banking. 248 laps were to be run, and Josef Newgarden was starting out from…