Invicta Informant Posted October 12, 2023 Author Share Posted October 12, 2023 This weekend there is NASCAR from Las Vegas, the Petit Le Mans round of the IMSA from Road Atlanta (the final round of the season), MotoGP from the Mandalika International Street Circuit, Indonesia. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invicta Informant Posted October 19, 2023 Author Share Posted October 19, 2023 This weekend there is NASCAR from Homestead, Florida, the final round of the season for DTM at Hockenheim, and MotoGP from Phillip Island, Australia. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obi-Jiff Kenobi Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 For UK viewers, the NASCAR race is live on Viaplay Xtra on Sunday evening. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invicta Informant Posted October 26, 2023 Author Share Posted October 26, 2023 This weekend there is NASCAR from Martinsville, Virginia, Australian Supercars from Surfers Paradise, Queensland, MotoGP from Buriram, Thailand, and the second-to-last round of the season for the WRC, the Central European Rally, with stages taking place in Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNERandBR Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen have been confirmed as two time champions in the WRC despite there being 1 round left in Japan next month. This being after they finished ahead of Elfyn Evans in the Central European Rally. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invicta Informant Posted October 31, 2023 Author Share Posted October 31, 2023 (edited) On 29/10/2023 at 16:45, LNERandBR said: Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen have been confirmed as two time champions in the WRC despite there being 1 round left in Japan next month. This being after they finished ahead of Elfyn Evans in the Central European Rally. Also saw on Autosport's website that Roope Korhonen, who had already won the WRC3 category, was forced out of the rally when German police banned his car over the "validity of its registration plates". Almost reminds me of an incident years ago when competitors in the British round of the WRC got speeding fines. Edited October 31, 2023 by Invicta Informant Grammar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNERandBR Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 Yeah, there were a few of those, the rally was crossing borders between 3 countries and a few WRC2 and WRC3 competitors were forced out before they'd even started. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invicta Informant Posted November 2, 2023 Author Share Posted November 2, 2023 This weekend there are the final rounds of both NASCAR (from Phoenix) and the World Endurance Championship (from Bahrain). 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obi-Jiff Kenobi Posted November 3, 2023 Share Posted November 3, 2023 The WEC from Bahrain is being shown live on Eurosport in full. That’s my Saturday sorted then, no need to venture out into Storm Debi for entertainment! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold StuAllen Posted November 5, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 5, 2023 Brands Hatch today to see the Truck racing and Fireworks, shame the last race was red flagged due to crash barrier damage. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invicta Informant Posted November 7, 2023 Author Share Posted November 7, 2023 The World Endurance Championship has concluded with the crew of the No.8 Toyota, Sébastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley, and Ryō Hirakawa, winning the final race of the season and the Drivers' Championship in the Hypercar category. In LMP2, the No. 41 WRT entry, which consisted of Rui Andrade, Louis Delétraz, and Robert Kubica, won their category in both the race and championship. The GTE championship was won by the No. 33 Corvette of Nicky Catsburg, Ben Keating, and Nicolás Varrone, but the final race of the season was won by the all-female crew No. 85 Iron Dames entry of Sarah Bovy, Rahel Frey, and Michelle Gatting. The LMP2 category has now been retired from the WEC, but they will still appear at the Le Mans 24 Hours and in the North American-based IMSA series. The GTE cars (formerly known as GT2) will be replaced by GT3 spec cars for next year, opening the door for more manufactures to run their cars in the series (McLaren and Mercedes being two of them). Hypercar will see BMW, Alpine, Lamborghini, and Isotta Fraschini join the series, but Glickenhaus will be withdrawing as they don't have the budget and other resources to develop their car unlike the other manufacturers. They can't even race in the IMSA, as being a small boutique manufacturer, they do not produce 2,500 cars a year. The 2024 WEC calendar looks like this: Qatar 1812 km (Losail) - 2nd March 6 Hours of Imola - 21st April 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps - 11th May 24 Hours of Le Mans - 15th-16th June 6 Hours of São Paulo (Interlagos) - 14th July Lone Star Le Mans (Circuit of the Americas) - 1st September 6 Hours of Fuji - 15th September 8 Hours of Bahrain - 2nd November 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 30368 Posted November 7, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 7, 2023 1 hour ago, Invicta Informant said: The World Endurance Championship With the introduction of Hypercar category endurance racing has had a huge boost this year. I have enjoyed all the races I have watched this year, particularly Le Mans. With all the new manufactures entering next year it can only improve further. I hope the UK hosts a WEC race some time soon. The World Sportscar Cahmpionship races held in the 1960 and 70s in the UK were great. Thanks Invicta Informant for all the info this year - good job. Kind regards and enjoy Camelot while it lasts... 30368 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invicta Informant Posted November 7, 2023 Author Share Posted November 7, 2023 32 minutes ago, 30368 said: Thanks Invicta Informant for all the info this year - good job. No problem. The WEC is in a more rosy shape when compared to other top levels of motorsport. I hope they learn from the past and try to stop it becoming expensive (look at what happened to Group C, the GT1 homologation specials of the 1990s, the Super Touring era of the BTCC, DTM (twice), WTCC, etc.). And also try their best to keep the balance-of-performance as fair as possible. It would be good to have a round at Silverstone, especially with Aston Martin expected to join the series in 2025 in Hypercar. 46 minutes ago, 30368 said: Kind regards and enjoy Camelot while it lasts... It is a Monty Python reference (in lieu of my actual location). I have not even built Camelot yet. I have got a Metcalfe castle kit to build when I get the opportunity/right frame of mind. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 30368 Posted November 8, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 8, 2023 16 hours ago, Invicta Informant said: It is a Monty Python reference I kind of got that - more Spamalot than Camelot? Kind regards, 30368 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invicta Informant Posted November 10, 2023 Author Share Posted November 10, 2023 This weekend there is MotoGP from Sepang, Malaysia. There are two more rounds to go with Qatar on 19th November and Valencia on 26th November. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invicta Informant Posted November 16, 2023 Author Share Posted November 16, 2023 This weekend there is MotoGP from Qatar, the final round of the season for the WRC from Japan, and the Formula 3 Macau Grand Prix. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invicta Informant Posted November 28, 2023 Author Share Posted November 28, 2023 This weekend just gone, both MotoGP and the Australian Supercars championships have come to their conclusions. In Supercars, Brodie Kostecki wins the Drivers' Championship and his team, Erebus Motorsport, also wins that championship. In MotoGP, Francesco Bagnaia successfully defended the Riders' Championship, Ducati wins Constructors' Title (700 points; KTM were second, but way, way back on 373), while the satellite Pramac Racing outfit beat the works Ducati team to win the Teams' Championship. Also the entry list for the 2024 World Endurance Championship has been revealed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obi-Jiff Kenobi Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 Some sad news, Indy 500 winner Gil de Ferran has died aged 56, following a heart attack. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invicta Informant Posted December 31, 2023 Author Share Posted December 31, 2023 On 30/12/2023 at 18:37, Obi-Jiff Kenobi said: Some sad news, Indy 500 winner Gil de Ferran has died aged 56, following a heart attack. He won the Indy 500 in 2003 and the CART World Series in 2000 and 2001. Also seen today (31st December) that Cale Yarborough, the NASCAR Cup Series Champion in 1976, 1977, and 1978, has passed away aged 84. He was also one of the participants in the infamous fight with Donnie & Bobby Allison at the end of 1979 Daytona 500, the first NASCAR race to be broadcast live on television in its entirety. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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