Saturday 10th June, 2017 – Hämeenlinna/Ahvenisto, Finland Saturday saw us mostly at the race track and mostly inside as it was extremely cold out there. We did emerge from the cafe for the SMP F4 NEZ babies, and for the Porsches, once we realised that the son of someone we used to watch race was…
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Food/Travel 2017 – Day 1, Hämeenlinna/Ahvenisto, Finland
Friday June 9th, 2017 – Hämeenlinna, Finland We learned quite a lot on our most recent trip to Finland, starting with “just because it’s June, don’t expect it to be warm!” and rounding up to “there is absolutely sod all to do in Hämeenlinna on a Sunday night after 9pm”! It was probably the latter…
Events 2016 – Cars in the Claydons
Friday 2nd September & Saturday, 3rd September 2016 The inaugural Cars in the Claydons event may have been low key in terms of numbers, not in any way helped by the somewhat inclement verging on downright horrible weather on Saturday afternoon, though there were stretches of time when it was almost pleasant to wander the…
Travel 2016 – Imatra, Hameenlinna, Akaa, Haikko, Day 15
Day 15 – Tuesday 19th July (Imatra, Hameenlinna, Akaa, Haikko) Moose count = what do you think? Zero! That’s how many! We were back in the realm of the slightly surreal again this time, but first we needed to check out of the hotel after getting our own breakfast sorted. For the third time I Iet…
Travel 2016 – Naantali, Moominworld, Ahvenisto, Tampere, Day 9
Finland 2016 – Day 9, Wednesday 13th July (Naantali, Moominworld, Ahvenisto, Tampere) Moose count = I’ll give you three guesses! Here’s where things started to get a bit weird, at least if you were expecting the touristy stuff to continue unabated. We repacked the car, tidied up the apartment (we never did meet our host…
2016 – Rosenqvist Gets Off to a Flying Start
Felix Rosenqvist wins on maiden Indy Lights weekend Felix Rosenqvist presented himself to the American motorsport audience by converting pole position into victory on his very first weekend of Indy Lights competition in St. Petersburg, Florida. The 24-year-old Swede – embarking on his new American adventure after winning the 2015 FIA F3 European Championship –…
2016 – Rosenqvist Rewarded with GT and DTM Drives
Felix Rosenqvist adds DTM and GT Programmes to 2016 Agenda Felix Rosenqvist will dovetail his recently-announced Indy Lights commitment in the USA with dual European programmes, taking up the position of test and reserve driver for the Mercedes-AMG DTM team and racing in the Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup. In his new role as Mercedes-AMG…
2015 FIA F3 European Championship/2015 International F3 Events – Fresh Endurance Win for Giovinazzi and Gelael
Antonio Giovinazzi and Sean Gelael won the final round of the Asian Le Mans Series in Sepang yesterday. The Italian-Indonesian duo dominated the 3 Hours of Malaysia, leading the race from lights to flag and claiming 3rd place in the final standings of the Asian Series. Giovinazzi is now heading to Europe to join Prema…
2016 – Rosenqvist Teams Up with Gunnar Nilsson Cancer Foundation
Felix Rosenqvist to support the Gunnar Nilsson Cancer Foundation Reigning FIA Formula 3 European champion Felix Rosenqvist will help raise awareness of the Gunnar Nilsson Cancer Foundation throughout the 2016 racing season. The Gunnar Nilsson Cancer Foundation is a Swedish initiative formed in memory of 1977 Belgian Grand Prix winner Gunnar Nilsson, who succumbed to testicular…
2016 GP Series – Giovinazzi Joins Prema Powerteam
Giovinazzi Joins Prema Powerteam for GP2 Series The 22 year-old Italian is delighted with this development which is possible due to the continuing support of Jagonya Ayam, the Indonesian company that has backed his career in motorsport from the start. “Finally, I’m in GP2. Prema’s Team Principal Angelo Rosin welcomed me into his great organisation,…
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