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Pontus Lindroos

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Covering off-road news for The Checkered Flag since 2019, with over 10 years of experience working with all sorts of publications, media & PR-related things in motorsport.
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Extreme E

Molly Taylor joins the Extreme E Drivers' Programme

By Pontus Lindroos
May 26, 2020
3 Mins read

The 2016 Australian Rally champion Molly Taylor is the lastest female driver to join the Extreme E Drivers’ Programme

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British Rallycross

Annalese Ferrari to be the presenter for 5 Nations British Rallycross

By Pontus Lindroos
May 26, 2020
1 Mins read
Annalese Ferrari will be the new presenter of the British Rallycross Championship 5 Nations Trophy
eSportsFIA World Rallycross

World RX announces more eSports races

By Pontus Lindroos
May 26, 2020
2 Mins read
World RX has announced that they will continue with the World EX Esports and have added four more rounds to its calendar.
FIA World Rally Championship

Hyundai's Home Shakedown with Ott Tänak

By Pontus Lindroos
May 26, 2020
4 Mins read
Hyundai Motorsport GmbH’s new series Home Shakedown you can follow what their drivers are doing during the lockdowns. This time it is Ott Tänak’s turn to explain how it has gone for him so far this year.
FIA World Rally Championship

Rally Finland gets a new Power Stage for its 70th Anniversary

By Pontus Lindroos
May 24, 2020
1 Mins read
Laajavuori will return to Rally Finland this year, the iconic stage will play a role to be the Power Stage for this year.
eSportsWRC2

Škoda Motorsport eChallenge heads to Australia for Round Two

By Pontus Lindroos
May 22, 2020
2 Mins read
Škoda Motorsport eChallenge will host round two at Australia on DiRT Rally 2.0 between 20-24 May for fans to join in and challenge professional drivers.
RallyX Nordic

RallyX Nordic to host 'All-Star' Magic Weekend at Höljes

By Pontus Lindroos
May 22, 2020
4 Mins read
RallyX Nordic will now host the season-opener at Höljes and on same time host a ‘All-Star’ Magic Weekend to raise money for the track owner Finnskoga MK.
European Rally Championship

Ingram and Whittock set to defend ERC title

By Pontus Lindroos
May 22, 2020
2 Mins read
For the first epside of ERC The Stage internet-based talk show, the reigning ERC champions Chris Ingram and Ross Whittock were featured, and spoke about the plans for the 2020 season!
Rally

Estonian Autosport Union announces International Rally to be hosted late-July

By Pontus Lindroos
May 22, 2020
1 Mins read
The Estonian Autosport Union announced on Tuesday in a statement that they will host an International Rally at Otepää, the same location that is used for Rally Estonia which was cancelled due to fee paying problems in late-winter.
Rally

Mitropa Rally Cup 2020 is cancelled

By Pontus Lindroos
May 22, 2020
1 Mins read
The South Eastern European rally series Mitropa Rally Cup has now cancelled its whole season due to the COVID-19.
FIA World Rallycross

World RX of Lohéac is cancelled

By Pontus Lindroos
May 21, 2020
1 Mins read
The authorities have now made the decisions to cancel the 2020 World RX of Lohéac in France on 4-6 September!
Rally

COVID-19 stops the ADAC Opel e-Rally Cup premiere

By Pontus Lindroos
May 21, 2020
1 Mins read
The Rallye Oberehe is now cancelled due to the COVID-19, which would have been the premiere for the ADAC Opel e-Rally Cup.
Historic Racing

78th Goodwood Members' Meeting re-scheduled to April 2021

By Pontus Lindroos
May 21, 2020
1 Mins read
78th Goodwood Members’ Meeting have now been re-scheduled with a new provisional date of 10/11 April 2021
FIA World Rally Championship

Toyota Gazoo Racing plans to field five cars on Neste Rally Finland

By Pontus Lindroos
May 21, 2020
1 Mins read
Toyota Gazoo Racing World Rally Teams are now planning to field five cars for a second time in the WRC this year. This time the same line-up from Rally Sweden will be entering the Neste Rally Finland.
RallyX Nordic

Östlund wins the RallyX Nordic and Olsbergs MSE 'RX Quarantine' race

By Pontus Lindroos
May 20, 2020
2 Mins read
Linus Östlund won the ‘RX Quarantine’ simulation race at Höljes on Wednesday! Many well-known names took their chance to head out on the famous Höljes venue.
Formula 1Rally

Valtteri Bottas tests Škoda Fabia R5 in Finland

By Pontus Lindroos
May 20, 2020
1 Mins read
Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 driver Valtteri Bottas has now been seen testing a new rally car in Finland
Formula 1

Ferrari unveils the new FI5 ventilator for COVID-19 patients

By Pontus Lindroos
May 20, 2020
2 Mins read
Ferrari in partnership with Italian Insitution of Technolgy have now designed an open-source ventilator to be used to assists the COVID-19 patients.
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