Drivers Kyle Busch and Dale Earnhardt Jr. exchanged fresh barbs — even pulling Earnhardt’s fans into it — ahead of Sunday’s Sprint Cup Series race at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Mich.
At the same time, General Motors — now reorganizing in bankruptcy court — confirmed that it is further paring its support of NASCAR teams driving Chevrolets, which include the No. 88 Chevy driven by Earnhardt for Hendrick Motorsports. Chrysler’s Dodge unit has done the same…Â Details
Conducted and provided by the FIA’s press office.
When the FIA opened entries for the 2010 FIA Formula One World Championship, it received applications from 15 potential new teams.Â
All of those entries underwent a stringent due diligence process to ensure that new teams have the required level of funding, resources, experience and technical expertise to compete at the highest level of motor sport. Three of those teams have been confirmed for 2010 and further due diligence is currently taking place on other potential entries.Â
Detailed below is information about each of the new teams that will compete in the Championship from next year.Â
Company Name: Campos Meta
Team Name: Campos Grand Prix
Country: Spain
Team Principal: Adrian Campos Suñer
The Campos Racing team was launched in 1998 by ex-Formula One driver Adrian Campos. Since that time it has competed in various championships from GP2 to Euro F3. It has won six driver championships, five team championships and currently holds the GP2 Series 2008Â …Â Details
Up and down the paddock at Le Mans on Thursday, the universal thought was that the evening’s qualifying session was less about going for class pole positions but rather getting sorted for the 24 Hours. Even the pole-winning teams and drivers admitted their quick times were on race setups, albeit on softer tires for the night running.
A glance at last year’s race shows that Risi Competizione’s GT2-winning Ferrari started sixth in class but worked its way up to second by the end of the second lap and took the lead in the second hour. So a good-handling car can solve all sorts of problems… Details