Driver Columns Archives

News and notes heading into qualifying at the Le Mans 24 Hours

June 14, 2018 Sam TickellDriver Columns

News and notes heading into qualifying at the Le Mans 24 Hours The class of 2018 of 180 drivers includes ten former winners – Lotterer, Fässler, Dumas, Bernhard, Bamber, Lammers,[…]

Politics and BoP – BMW’s Jens Marquardt on the evolving GTE field

May 5, 2018May 7, 2018 Sam TickellDriver Columns

It has been a tough start to the FIA WEC campaign for BMW and their new M8 GTE. They were three seconds off the ultimate pace on the Thursday running.[…]

Notes from the Blancpain GT Sprint Series opener

April 6, 2018 Sam TickellDriver Columns

Notes from the Blancpain Sprint GT Series opener from Zolder: WRT have announced the drivers for their fourth car with Formula Renault driver, Gilles Magnus pairing up with Alessio Clemente[…]

News roundup as Blancpain GT Sprint Series prepares for the 2018 season

April 5, 2018 Sam TickellDriver Columns

With the first round of the Blancpain GT Sprint Series on this weekend at Zolder, we thought we would take a look at the news coming into the first round.[…]

Blancpain GT to get underway with Sprint Series at Zolder

April 5, 2018April 5, 2018 Sam TickellDriver Columns

This weekend marks the beginning of the 2018 Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup – a weekend after the start of the British GT Championship and two weeks after the beginning[…]

British GT: News rundown heading into round 1

April 1, 2018 Sam TickellDriver Columns

Equipe Verschuur will join the British GT Championship’s GT4 ranks this season after confirming that Scottish duo Finlay Hutchison and Dan McKay will race the team’s McLaren 570S. The Dutch[…]

Preview of the Belgian Rally Championship and Rally van Haspengouw

February 23, 2018February 23, 2018 Sam TickellDriver Columns

The Jobfixers Belgian Rally Championship gets underway this weekend with the Rally van Haspengouw and RacerViews will be there to cover the action for the first time. It is the[…]

11 facts from this year’s Bathurst 12 Hours

February 4, 2018February 4, 2018 Sam TickellDriver Columns

It was another great year of racing at LiquiMoly Bathurst 12 Hours. These races always throw up quirky little facts, so here are some from this year… 1st time there[…]

The tyre dilemma on the WRC Rally Monte Carlo

January 25, 2018 Sam TickellDriver Columns

This year’s WRC Championship kicks off with Rally Monte Carlo, perhaps the hardest rally to get the correct tyre choice. We have seen that an inspired tyre choice can make[…]

What to take away from the WRC launch at the Autosport International

January 11, 2018January 16, 2018 Sam TickellDriver Columns

The World Rally Championship launched their 2018 season today in Birmingham at the Autosport International. It featured the announcement of the 2018 manufacturer liveries, the new Polo R5 and the[…]