Renault Wins in Malaysia, Now Two for Two!

Well, the 2005 season is shapiong up to be an interestiing one. Fernando Alonso cruised to what looked like an easy vistory in Malaysia.

Toyota must be happy with Jarno trulli as he finished second while Ralf Schumacher finished fifth. Looks like Toyota may be tough this year. I guess money can equal success!

BWM/Williams driver Nick Heidfeld finished third after gridding tenth while fellow teammate, my guy Mark Webber, was involved in an accident with Giancarlo Fisichella and went out on lap 37 after another great qualifying effort that put him fourth on the grid.

Complete race report from Malaysia.

Race results

Next Race: Bahrain April 3rd, 2005

Petter Solberg Makes it Two in a Row at Mexico!

Petter won the first stage and never looked back! This makes it two in a row after his win in Sweden.

This was only the second Rally Mexico and it looked FAST! The surface prep was very good and although this is a gravel rally, it looked paved in a lot of areas!

A super charge from Sebastian Loeb was great to watch after he lost significant time on the first stage. He wasn’t in the top 16 after the first stage but fought back to take fourth passing two excellent drivers in the last stage!

Next WRC event is New Zealand April 8 to 10, 2005. New Zealand is one of the premier events on the WRC calendar. Don’t miss it!

WRC Website

The Formula One Season Begins This Weekend!

In my area qualifying from Melbourne, Australia, site the first F1 race of the year will be on Speed Channel at 8PM CST.

Looks like my guys this year will be Mark Webber and Nick Heidfeld. Wouldn’t it be cool if Mark Webber won his first race at BMW/Williams with a win in his hime country?

Official F1 Website

Speed Channel Schedule of all qualifying dates for the entire F1 season. Each session is on several times so you should be able to catch it. If you don’t have Speed Channel most local pubs do!

The Official BWM/Williams web site.

Corona Rally Mexico

Next up on the WRC calendar is the 2nd edition of the Mexican Rally. 2004 marked the first event and it was enthusiastically received and this year promises more of the fastr action that a gravel rally can offer. this year’s course is more geographically concentrated so spectators should be able to get to many view points.

Check out the official info onCorona Rally Mexico.

Formula 1 starts in just 18 days!

March 6, 2005 is the first F1 race of the year at the Albert Park circuit in Australia.

Your’s truly will be rooting for Mark Webber this year. BMW/Williams said good-bye to Juan Pablo and Ralf. Looks like Nick Heidfeld will fill the other seat unless Antonio Pizzonia can rest it from him.

Check out the interactive circuit map at:

Australian F1 Circuit

Check out the new livery for the BMW/Williams team:

New BMW colors

Petter Wins the Swedish!

Great rally, Petter!

Petter’s Site

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World Rally Official Site

Petter Solberg at the Swedish Rally

Seven stage Leg 1 of the Swedish is in the books and Petter is hanging tough in 2nd only .2 seconds back of Marcus Gronholm.

Leg 1 results after SS7

Uddeholm Swedish Rally

The Swedish Rally is Underway!

My hero, Norwegian Petter Solberg is leading after SS1. Check out the complete results at:

Uddeholm Swedish Rally

It’s Swedsh Rally Time!

Tomorrow begins the first day of competition for the 2005 Swedish Rally.

Just in time for the Swedish Rally, snow showed up! It had been pretty barren looking recently. If you are a fan you will know that it just isn’t the Swedish if there is no snow!

Also, check out The Official WRC Swedish Rally Page.