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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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FIA World Rally Championship

Compact Dynamics' WRC Project continues

By Pontus Lindroos
May 1, 2020
1 Mins read

Compact Dynamics’ WRC Project has now started; the German company will be developing the new hybrid technology for the upcoming 2022 WRC cars.

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FIA World Rally Championship

Rally Portugal cancelled as WRC try to rearrange 2020 season

By Pontus Lindroos
April 30, 2020
1 Mins read
Automobile Club de Portugal announced that they would not hold any round this season in WRC and will focus on the next season instead.
Projekt E

Projekt E continues development for 2020

By Pontus Lindroos
April 24, 2020
1 Mins read
STARD has confirmed they will be continuing with the Projekt E development and aims to do five European rounds this season still.
FIA World Rally Championship

Four Ugandans were set to take part in Safari Rally this year

By Pontus Lindroos
April 24, 2020
1 Mins read
Four drivers from Uganda were looking to enter the Safari Rally in the WRC class this season but as the rally was postponed they will seek new chances.
eSportsFIA World Rally Championship

WRC join forces with gaming hardware manufacturer Fanatec

By Pontus Lindroos
April 24, 2020
1 Mins read
WRC have signed a mutli-year deal with Fanatec to be the main supplier for WRC eSports.
FIA World Rally Championship

Neste Rally Finland organisers remain positive despite latest government announcements

By Pontus Lindroos
April 24, 2020
1 Mins read
The Finnish government have now agreed to forward the ban on large events with another month as the new restriction is to end of July. Neste Rally Finland is due to be held the week after.
eSportsFormula 1

Many F1 stars are doing eSports, but Räikkönen is not interested

By Pontus Lindroos
April 24, 2020
2 Mins read
Many of the F1 stars do spend their time doing ESports while waiting for the season to start and Räikkönen is not interested to follow the trend!
eSportsFIA World Rallycross

Adielsson wins the first-ever World RX ESports Invitational

By Pontus Lindroos
April 23, 2020
4 Mins read
EKS rally driver Mattias Adielsson from Sweden won the first-ever World RX ESports Invitational event that was held during the weekend as a replacer for the postponed season-opener at Catalunya.
eSportsFIA World Rally Championship

Škoda to hold Škoda Motorsport eChallenge on DiRT Rally 2.0 this week

By Pontus Lindroos
April 21, 2020
2 Mins read
This week Škoda will be holding the Škoda Motorsport eChallenge using the Argentina stages on the DiRT Rally 2.0 game, where fans can try to beat drivers such as Pontus Tidemand, Chris Ingram, Oliver Solberg, Martin Koči and Petr Semerád.
eSportsOpen WheelSportscarsTouring Cars

Second edition of the FIA Motorsport Games has been postponed to 2021

By Pontus Lindroos
April 21, 2020
2 Mins read
FIA have announced the postponment of the second edition of the FIA Motorsport Games that should have been held at Paul Ricard in October.
FIA WECFIA World Rally Championship

Toyota Motorsport GmbH renames to Toyota GAZOO Racing Europe GmbH

By Pontus Lindroos
April 21, 2020
2 Mins read
Toyota Motorsport GmbH has a new name as the Cologne based company that works as the main motorsport development centre is now renamed to Toyota GAZOO Racing Europe GmbH (TGR-E).
RallyX Nordic

RallyX Nordic postpones season-opener at Höljes

By Pontus Lindroos
April 21, 2020
1 Mins read
The RallyX Nordic season-opener at Höljes on 23/24 May is now postponed due to the COVID-19!
Extreme E

Andretti Autosport joins the 2021 Extreme E season

By Pontus Lindroos
April 21, 2020
3 Mins read
Andretti Autosport who are the five-time Indianapolis 500 winner and the five-time rallycross champions in America, will now further expand as they are joining the 2021 Extreme E season.
Extreme E

Extreme E partners with QEV Technologies to supply new Q-Vent respirator

By Pontus Lindroos
April 21, 2020
1 Mins read
Extreme E has now signed a partnership with the engineering company QEV Technologies to supply the all-new Q-Vent respirator to hospitals.
FIA World Rally Championship

R5 manufacturers reach milestone of 1000 sold cars

By Pontus Lindroos
April 21, 2020
1 Mins read
The manufacturers who are producing R5 cars have now reached 1057 cars sold world-wide before COVID-19 crisis
FIA World Rallycross

Kristoffersson wants to do World RX even if it will be only one race

By Pontus Lindroos
April 21, 2020
2 Mins read
Johan Kristoffersson spoke in an interview with NWT about how the coronavirus affects the calendar and how they can possibly run more events in a tight schedule.
eSportsFIA World Rallycross

Bakkerud, Adielsson and YouTube stars join the World RX eSports grid

By Pontus Lindroos
April 17, 2020
1 Mins read
Andreas Bakkerud, Mattias Adielsson, Jimmy Broadbent and FailRace are now confirmed to enter the World RX ESports grid this weekend!
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