Kirkham Fit For BSB Comeback At Snetterton
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Jon Kirkham will return to British Superbike action at Snetterton this weekend after missing the last two races at Oulton Park
John McPhee and Fraser Rogers will boost the home contingent at next month’s British Grand Prix after both were awarded wildcards in the Moto3 class
Aaro Vainio scored his first ever win in single-seaters in the GP3 Series’ first ever race in Monaco. The 18-year-old Finn controlled the race from pole position for Lotus GP to extend the championship lead that he claimed when he topped qualifying on Friday.
Johnny Cecotto Jr scored his maiden GP2 Series victory in the Monaco feature race after keeping Marcus Ericsson behind in a race-long battle.
Speaking to The Checkered Flag, Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team reserve driver Sam Bird talks about his F1 role, the new Formula Renault 3.5 car, and gives his take on the new multi-manufacturer era of the DTM.
Young Finnish ace Aaro Vainio claimed his maiden GP3 Series pole position in qualifying in Monaco early on Friday morning.
Jari-Matti Latvala has won his first competitive stage since returning from a broken collarbone to lead Rally Greece at the end of day one, but with the ever present Sebastien Loeb less than three seconds behind.
While overal spoils and the headlines for winning the 2012 Nurburgring 24 Hours went to Audi Sport Team Phoenix a total of 20 teams ended the day’s racing as class winners.
According to some counts the Nordschleife has 73 corners twisting and turning through the Eifel Mountains. The 40th edition of the Nurburgring 24 Hours had just as many twists as four manufacturers and more than a dozen teams battled it out at the top of the 180 car field.
Toro Rosso Chief Engineer Laurent Mekies said that the team were left ‘frustrated’ by the rain that disrupted this afternoon’s free practice session in Monte Carlo.
Both Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg both said how pleased they were to get back out onto the streets of Monaco once again on a slightly disrupted day of free practice in the famous principality.
Williams Chief Operations Engineer Mark Gillan admitted that the team still have work to do ahead of qualifying for the Monaco Grand Prix on Saturday after rain disupted the second practice session today in Monte Carlo.
Romain Grosjean was arguably the star of the two free practice sessions today in Monaco, with the Lotus driver coming second in both the morning and the afternoon.
Not only was Timo Glock’s practice programme disrupted by the afternoon rain in Monaco, but his running time in the dry morning session was curtailed by a mechanical problem.
Rain and incidents on track meant that Pedro de la Rosa was left bemoaning a lack of track time after the two Thursday practice sessions in Monte Carlo.
Fernando Alonso has said, after completing 45 laps in Thursday practice, that his first impression of the Ferrari F2012 around Monaco is ‘quite positive’.
Honda’s Jonathan Rea says he is going to stick to the winning formula which proved so successful at Donington Park in this weekend’s World Superbike meeting in Salt Lake City
