The streets of San Francisco had a noticeably retro feel Monday morning as a fleet of classic cars toured The City for the opening leg of a three-day trip through California.
About 70 vehicles, none built after 1957, were on display at the Fairmont Hotel in Nob Hill for the 19th annual California Mille, a showcase event that starts with a jaunt through The City. Participants then motor through a series of winding back roads throughout the state, including California Route 1, before finishing the tour in Marin County on…Â Details
It was one thing for the Brawn team to turn up at the last minute for the start of the season in Australia on 29 March and quite another to finish a punishing five-week Asian tour on top of the championship. Ross Brawn will be glad of the pause before the season resumes in Spain, however, Brawn GP’s team principal admitting they had “nothing in the cupboard” to sustain Jenson Button’s remarkable run beyond his third win from four races in Bahrain on Sunday.
The Brawn-Mercedes may have been untouchable in Melbourne but the ferocious pace of evolution in formula one means the opposition will be hot on their heels and…Â Details
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The renowned underground Team Polizei will make its professional racing debut in the Grand-Am Rolex Series Verizon Festival of Speed to be run May 17 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, Calif. Henri Richard and Rene Villeneuve will pilot the No. 63 Team Polizei 144/TRG Porsche GT3.
The Team Polizei 144 brand made famous by street racing legend, Alex Roy, who holds the unofficial driving record from New York to Los Angeles in a staggering 31 hours and four minutes, will compete in the Grand-Am Rolex Series GT class at Laguna Seca with a TRG prepared Porsche GT3. The car will feature the familiar Team Polizei 144 infamous German police car livery.
“I couldn’t be more proud than to see Team Polizei enter the Grand-Am Rolex Series,” Roy, Team Polizei’s president said. “With Richard and Villeneuve at the helm, and TRG behind us, even I can’t believe it.”  … Details
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Continuing my regular feature of selecting the best quotes of the race weekend, and come the end of the season I’ll pick my favourite ten.
Last time out in Shanghai Flavio Briatore couldn’t keep his mouth shut, this time in Bahrain it was a more mixed bag.
Thursday’s Press Conference
Kimi Raikkonen was asked about what he would do with his time between now and Barcelona and whether he would go to the factory. His response…Â Details