Those of you who were disappointed to hear that the Dakar Rally had been cancelled due to terrorist threats will be excited to know that it is back on again! Osca Santelices is the head man over at Chilean Tourism and has suggested that the race be held in his country.
Well, sort of. At least in sketch form. What you see here is Aston Martin’s GT2-class racecar based on their V8 Vantage roadcar. It also means Aston Martin will become the only carmaker to offer racers in every GT category.
Back in 1991 Mazda won the 24 Hours of Le Mans race with, the last year rotary engines were allowed to compete. It was an exciting victory, as it was both the first win and last chance the Mazda Motorsports team would have at the most prestigious endurance competition in the world. Rule changes requiring only traditional, reciprocating 3.5-liter engines would prevent the acclaimed four-rotor 787 and 787B’s from qualifying.
Bridgestone Motorsport announced last week a three-year deal with the Federation Internationale de L’Automobile (FIA) to be the exclusive tire (or tyre, depending on where you’re from) supplier for the Formula One World Championship. While the news was released in show-stopping fashion, it was really more of a formality.
Formula D champion meets stunt driver Rhys Millen suffered a back injury doing a backflip… in a truck. And here we were, thinking Red Bull gave you wings (shows what we know). Rhys must have left them at home, because on his fourth practice run he landed in the hospital with five fractured vertebrae. We almost called this an accident, but that’s kinda hard when you’re flipping a truck with yourself in it on purpose.