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Vince Pettit

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Founder and Editor-In-Chief of The Checkered Flag who grew up visiting race circuits around the UK also a freelance motorsport PR officer. Outside of motorsport a lover of music, photography, NBA and NFL.
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FIA World Rally Championship

Mikkelsen relishing start of new FIA World Rally Championship season

By Vince Pettit
January 10, 2018
1 Mins read

Fresh start for FIA World Rally winner Andreas Mikkelsen as he plans a championship assault for 2018 with the Hyundai Motorsport team.

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FIA World Rally Championship

Hyundai Motorsport set their sights on championship glory in 2018

By Vince Pettit
January 10, 2018
1 Mins read
Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC tweaked for the upcoming FIA World Rally Championship as Team Prinicipal Michel Nandan sets clear goals for 2018.
Dakar

Sunderland forced out of Dakar Rally while leading

By Vince Pettit
January 9, 2018
1 Mins read
Complaints of back pain forced medics to evacuate the British rider by helicopter to the local hospital.
Dakar

Menzies vows to return to Dakar following spectacular accident

By Vince Pettit
January 9, 2018
2 Mins read
Bryce Menzies not put off of Dakar rally, despite huge accident ending his 2018 experience.
WRC2

Hyundai Motorsport to unveil driver development programme at WRC launch

By Vince Pettit
January 9, 2018
2 Mins read
Jari Huttunen and Antti Linnaketo will be taking on the challenge of the WRC2 class for the Hyundai Motorsport Driver development Programme in 2018.
FIA World Rally Championship

Luis Moya recovering after surgery for cerebral aneurysm

By Vince Pettit
January 8, 2018
1 Mins read
World Rally winning co-driver recovering after a successful operation in hospital.
FIA World Rally Championship

Bouffier to compete Rallye Monte Carlo and Tour de Corse for M-Sport Ford WRT

By Vince Pettit
January 8, 2018
1 Mins read
Veteran Frenchman brings victorious experience to the M-Sport team for the two specialist rallies on the 2018 FIA World Rally Championship calendar.
WRC2

"You either go flat out or you do something else" - Kalle Rovanperä

By Vince Pettit
January 8, 2018
2 Mins read
Meet the 17-year-old making waves in the international rally scene… Mr Kalle Rovanperä
Dakar

Coronel brothers hoping to put fuel cooling issues behind them

By Vince Pettit
January 8, 2018
2 Mins read
After early cooling issues, Tim and Tom Coronel are looking forward to pushing on in the 2018 Dakar Rally.
Dakar

Hirvonen happy with the opening stages of the 2018 Dakar Rally

By Vince Pettit
January 8, 2018
1 Mins read
Despite a small naivgational error, resulting in lost time, Mikko Hirvonnen is happy with the two opening stages of the 2018 Dakar Rally.
European Rally Championship

Peugeot commits to developing rally talents in 2018 FIA European Rally Championship

By Vince Pettit
January 8, 2018
1 Mins read
French manufacturer announces plans to continue developing rally talent throughout the 2018 season.
Formula 1Formula 2

Nicholas Latifi joins Force India as Reserve and Test driver for 2018

By Vince Pettit
January 5, 2018
1 Mins read
Canadian Formula 2 driver Nicholas Latifi will be driving for the Sahara Force India team in selected practice sessions in 2018.
eSportsFormula 1Race of ChampionsSim Racing

F1 eSports champion Brendon Leigh gets opportunity to race legendary drivers at Race of Champions

By Vince Pettit
January 5, 2018
1 Mins read
Winner of eRace of Champions event will get chance to participate in the main 2018 Race of Champions.
European Rally Championship

Hubert Ptaszek set for full season in ERC

By Vince Pettit
January 5, 2018
1 Mins read
24-year-old Polish driver will take part in all eight rounds of the 2018 FIA European Rally Championship.
Formula 1

Martins Zalmans awarded Autosport Williams Engineer of the Future Award

By Vince Pettit
January 5, 2018
2 Mins read
Bath University student picked up his award last month and will now enter in to a two-year placement with the Williams F1 team.
Formula 1

F1 presenter Lee McKenzie joins Dare to be Different

By Vince Pettit
January 5, 2018
2 Mins read
Channel 4 Formula 1 presenter Lee McKenzie signs up with initiative aiming to increase the participation of women in motorsport.
IMSA

Land Motorsport finalise Rolex 24 lineup

By Vince Pettit
January 5, 2018
1 Mins read
2017 Rolex 24 at Daytona GTD runners-up are back for the 2018 season and have their sights set on victory.
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