Although we already know the main outcome from last weekend’s final round of the 2013 British Touring Car Championship, there was still plenty of action to be covered by our correspondent. Jordan takes his first BTCC crown! Andrew Jordan secured his first BTCC Drivers’ Title after another pulsating weekend of action. However, it wasn’t as easy…
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Audi A5 Coupe Limited Edition Celebrates DTM Title Win
To celebrate Mike Rockenfeller’s victory in the 2013 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters series, Audi has released details of the A5 DTM Champion edition. Limited to just 300 units, the ‘A5 DTM Champion model’ adds special badging on the side sills, wheel arches and on the door sills, with reference to Rockenfeller’s number 19 car. There’s also a fixed…
Andrew Jordan Takes 2013 BTCC Title
It took him all 30 rounds of the 2013 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship to do it, but Pirtek Racing’s Andrew Jordan finally secured the title at a soaked Brands Hatch. Despite a comfortable lead going into the final race weekend, Jordan didn’t make winning the championship easy. Atrocious conditions caused the start of…
Volkswagen takes 2013 WRC Drivers’ Championship
He might have only needed one point, but Volkswagen Motorsport’s Sebastien Ogier wasted no time in wrapping up the WRC Driver’s title on his home turf. With a third place on Rally France’s ‘Power Stage’ on the opening night of the event, Ogier cemented his grasp on his first World Rally Championship by making impossible…
BTCC Round 9 – Silverstone Review
Plato at the double but Jordan remains in control The penultimate weekend of the 2013 BTCC season took place at Silverstone and produced some excellent close racing. As I have previously mentioned, I am not a fan of these ridiculous laps that take last than a second to complete, but for once I could get…
Volkswagen WRC – One point, one day from winning drivers’ title?
By this time tomorrow we could see the World Rally Championship mathematically won by Volkswagen Motorsport’s Sebastien Ogier on home soil tarmac at Rally France. Unlike most rounds of the World Rally Championship, Rally France will open with the ‘Power Stage’ which gives drivers the chance to win additional championship points. With Ogier needing just one…
BTCC Round 8 – Rockingham Review
Jordan takes control of the championship, whilst Austin secures a maiden victory The BTCC is approaching the business end of the season and this weekend saw the teams ‘rock’ up at Rockingham Motor Speedway in Northamptonshire, a track recently visited by our very own ESM Editor. It proved to be a weekend of delight for…
BTCC Round 7 – Knockhill Review
EngageSportMode.com’s dedicated BTCC Correspondent made the trek to Scotland for the latest round of the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship. Turkington flies North of the Border The BTCC made the annual trip north of the border to Knockhill for the latest rounds. It was a meeting dominated by rear wheel drive cars and Colin…
BTCC 2013 – Knockhill Highlights Gallery & Results
EngageSportMode.com’s BTCC Correspondent has spent the day North of the Border to cover the all the action from Knockhill. Here are the highlights of his photos so far with more, and a full race review, to follow soon. Race One Photo Highlights
BTCC Round 6 – Snetterton Review
After a long summer break the Dunlop BTCC series emerged for three races at Snetterton. Controversy over driving standards followed a dramatic set of races. What did ESM’s BTCC Correspondent make of it all? Snetterton sees the return of the Ford After the midseason break the British Touring Car Championship returned to Snetterton for Rounds…
Volkswagen wins 2013 Rally Finland!
Continuing the Volkswagen Motorsport domination of the 2013 World Rally Championship the team, and Sebastien Ogier, can now add Finland to those already notched up. Ogier had finished day one of the rally in second place, but made his move on Friday to stake out a 38 second lead going into today’s final stages. He…
Friday Photo from the archives #9
Ok, it’s another FFFA which isn’t actually a photo, but a video. But, in our defence, it is quite a special video. We mentioned in yesterday’s post about F1-inspired road cars about the importance of the link between Ayrton Senna and Honda. That link is obviously, still, of importance to Honda to this day as…
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