Unless you’re from Springfield, Illinois or have a brother named ‘Bubba’, the idea of a Harley-Davidson race bike is probably as foreign as ‘grits’ for breakfast.
Not any more. Harley-Davidson are planning a one-make race series in the UK next year (postponed from this year) using modified versions of its XR1200.
As a curtain-raiser, a star-studded, ‘World Cup’, one-off race is scheduled to support the Silverstone WSB round next month. What’s more, all of the modifications – of which there are many – will be available to XR customers… Details
The FIA, headed by Max Mosley, want to introduce an optional 40 million pound ($60.7 million) budget cap next year to encourage new teams to enter.
The plan would allow capped teams to operate with far greater technical freedom than those continuing with unlimited budgets.
Ferrari’s president Luca di Montezemolo, head of the Formula One Teams’ Association (FOTA), has warned it would create a two-tier championship that could be “fundamentally unfair and perhaps even biased… Details
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