Archive | March, 2010

BTCC: 2010 season preview

am 31. From 31 March 2010 at 13:37 │ Comments {3}

The supposed best touring car series in the world is entering a new season. And that is not easy for the series.

Update: Fabrizio Giovanardi has signed at the last moment at the 888 Racing team and starts in a previous Vectra.

If a series is the "British" to the bone, then it is probably the BTCC. Here is yet offered real motor sports, love him like the British (and other fans around the world). Good car, great driver, demanding routes and dealing with a very relaxed small jostling. The BTCC is compared with the soft form the DTM and the WTCC races too short, yet real, tangible motorsport. Unfortunately, puts the series, once again, in a crisis that is so deep that not even the reigning champion to defend his title because he does not have a cockpit.

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NASCAR: Martinsville Analysis March 2010

am 30. From 30 March 2010 at 00:20 │ Comments {0}

It was not until the race was postponed and then there was the best finale for a long time on a short track.

The NASCAR leaders are angry. It was not until the rain washes the transfer on Monday and then follow the unloved still one of the best short track finishes for some time. In times in which rates fall further, would be the final laps at Martinsville just what the series could use. But it has just seen a little, because most fans operate Monday afternoon just have to. It splashed the race long before him as influenced by several lead changes, but always the same characters in the top 10

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NASCAR & IRL: Race postponed

am 28. From 28 March 2010 at 22:41 │ Comments {5}

Move both the NASCAR race at Martinsville, and the IRL race in St. Petersburg had to due to rain: For brief info. When NASCAR is nothing new in light rain. The IRL also uses rain tires, but the water stood on the track more than ankle-deep and there was time when a thunderstorm. There was a race not to think. New start times:

IRL - 16.00 clock

NASCAR - 18.00 clock
In NASCAR, however, there remains a question mark because of the weather, as well as for rain tomorrow is the day. But not as much as much as today. It is hoped at least 50% of the race to take over the stage. Otherwise you would have to go Tuesday, which would also means that the Sprint Cup next weekend paused.

The question is whether there is a stream for the NASCAR race. Over the satellite channel open access but the race is shown. The IRL is one of indycar.com see.

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Formula One: Australia 2010 race analysis

am 28. From 28 March 2010 at 22:16 │ Comments {8}

What a little rain but can make a race. 10 minutes was sufficient to provide a lot of fun.

In yesterday's preview I wrote "It is fashionable rain, but no one yet knows whether and if so, how much it will rain. That could give the necessary spice to the race, the fans are hoping for. "The Formula One has done or consequence, because the race was definitely the better this year. This was also the fact that Mark Webber, Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso a very busy afternoon in Australia and had provided for a great show. Interestingly, there were supposedly on the light line and a lot of technical failures.

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Formula One: Qualifying Analysis Australia 2010

am 27. From 27 March 2010, at 19:09 │ Comments {2}

The quality brought few surprises, except that Hamilton was, strangely enough, quite a roll.

That there be much change in the ranking of Formula One in Australia would not was to be expected. The distance between the top four (Red Bull, Ferrari, McLaren and Mercedes) to the rest of the world is too big to move there would be something bigger. However, the field is quite closely, as we saw in Q2. Because the distance between Vettel and Hamilton is in 11th place just one second. Where it is interesting to look at the pure fast lap times, because they represent the distance between the teams well.

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What else was a week

am 27. From 27 March 2010 at 16:00 │ Comments {0}

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IRL: Preview St. Petersburg

am 27. From on 27 March 2010 at 08:00 │ Comments {0}

After the organization technically seen rather chaotic, but fun trip to Brazil, the IRL returns to the United States back to St. Petersburg.

The port city is located in sunny Florida and is located within 5 driving hours from Miami. Since 2005, the IRL goes here the Honda Grand Prix of St. Pertersburg, which was the first "non-oval race," the IRL by the way. The track is like some modern city courses have so damn in itself, quickly. The "only" 1.8-mile track has 14 curves, the race distance is 100 rounds, the average speed is beyond the 170km / h The start-finish line is, as so often in America, the runway of an airport. This is followed even with Turn 1 is the most critical point of the course. On the one hand extremely well to overtake the other hand, you have to this place from the very large start-finish straight into the narrow street circuit, which is particularly at startup and restarts a lot of potential danger birgt.Danach used for setting the caves, however, quite difficult, often helps give only the crowbar, or it goes wrong, which it did last year, can get quite a few accidents.
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NASCAR: From the rear wing to the spoiler - An aerodynamic demolition

am 26. From on 26 March 2010 at 12:23 │ Comments {3}

The rear wing of CoT will disappear in favor of a spoiler, as he is known by the old Cup cars. The return to the spoiler has seemed more reasons that I want to comment on the following list including some quotes and links, and analyze.

When they developed the CoT 2001-2006, was above all an outdated, asked enhanced security concept. For this, the cockpit has been increased, a larger initial window made possible in the vehicle, but also led to steep windscreen. The increase brought the car, of course, a fundamental change in appearance of the vehicle with him, which made a new solution in the field of aerodynamics is required. NASCAR wanted to take the car a bit of downforce or "downforce" to the pilots with the heavier trains are racing to demand more again.

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NASCAR: Martinsville Preview March 2010

am 26. From on 26 March 2010 at 08:00 │ Comments {1}

With the race at the Martinsville short track show enters its second week, again pending before Easter on a weekend. On the paperclip in Virginia is also the new spoiler, which will replace the rear wing after three years.

Advance of the mandatory direct reference to an article last year , which includes a summary of the history of Martinsville Speedway, and for all that are new and / or do not know the route. The first thing I liked in collecting material for this preview comes in mind is the fact that the Martinsville Speedway is often described as living by Jimmie Johnson, of course, in addition to the Charlotte Motor Speedway. Since the fall of 2006 goes to the ½ Mile Oval in Virginia more than four times the no win either the champion or Denny Hamlin. As well as Toyota's current times do not come in the form and Jimmie Johnson has been been going to three wins in five races this weekend might have already been written over. To clarify this once for the winners since 2003 and the resulting apparent Hendrick's dominance in the overview:

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Formula One: Australia 2010 Preview

am 25. From on 25 March 2010 at 13:27 │ Comments {3}

The Formula One tours in the coming weeks on the other side of the world. Australia is the second race of the season in which it could provide information about the pecking order.

The track in Australia but is rather "stop 'n go". Long lines, followed by a couple of tight turns, the lead again in the long to medium length straights. It may already recognize that it is not so much the grip goes, but more to the speed and performance of the engine when accelerating. Australia has in recent years but always ever given a preview of the season, but just this year, in which the aerodynamic grip is again extremely important that Australia will not sharpen the image of Formula One straight. A real ranking you will probably create only to Malaysia. And because the course is rather narrow, it is also with the overtaking again be such a thing. But it seems that the FIA ​​will soon introduce a new scheme.

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