Driver Columns Archives - Page 2 of 18

eSports are shifting the focus of Australia’s sporting passion

August 10, 2018 Sam TickellDriver Columns

/Following this story from Autosport on eSports and motorsport, we though this article would be of interest…/ James Birt, Bond University The Intel Extreme Masters taking place in Sydney from[…]

World Rally Championship – quick thoughts on who is where for 2019

August 7, 2018 Sam TickellDriver Columns

There has been some talk of who will go where next year for the World Rally Championship. I put this comment together for a post on The Gravel Crew. What[…]

Hear from MRF Racing’s Gaurav Gill after Rally Finland

August 3, 2018 Sam TickellDriver Columns

It was the second WRC rally for the MRF Tyres team with M-Sport. Hear from driver Gaurav Gill after the rally who talks about his Rally Finland experience. There was[…]

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[…]