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Motorsport: Stoner announces shock retirement

Posted on 17 May 2012 by NZ Herald

Twice world motorcycling champion Casey Stoner stunned the sport today by announcing he will quit at the end of the season for "family reasons".The 26-year-old Australian, who has won 35 MotoGP races in his career and leads the...

Motorsport: Alesi feels ‘unsafe in slow’ IndyCar

Posted on 17 May 2012 by NZ Herald

French driver Jean Alesi says his slow car is making him feel "unsafe" at Indianapolis 500 practice."Right now, I feel very unsafe, being quite slow in the middle of the track," Alesi said. "So, I am quite concerned for my fellow...

Unpredictable F1 filled with questions

Posted on 16 May 2012 by TV3

Teams and drivers emerged from the Spanish Grand Prix with more questions than answers on just who is the Formula One favourite after five races.

Motorsport: Controversy, hero worship after Maldonado win

Posted on 15 May 2012 by NZ Herald

Images of Pastor Maldonado celebrating his Formula One victory in the Spanish Grand Prix are being replayed to patriotic music on Venezuelan television, and President Hugo Chavez is heaping praise on the driver.But while F1 fans...

Motorsport: Ecstasy then agony for Evans

Posted on 15 May 2012 by NZ Herald

Aucklander Mitch Evans had an up and down weekend at the opening round of the 2012 GP3 championships at Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya in Spain. The category was a support class for the fifth round of the Formula One series.Evans,...

Motorsport: Watch out lads, she’s back

Posted on 15 May 2012 by NZ Herald

Kiwi motocross ace Courtney Duncan has been notable for her absence from top-level motocross in recent months, but it probably won't be long now before we see her tormenting the boys once again.The 16-year-old Yamaha rider from...

Motorsport: Pitstop problems add to McLaren embarrassment

Posted on 14 May 2012 by NZ Herald

After the dreadful mess up in qualifying for the Spanish Grand Prix, which cost Lewis Hamilton his brilliant pole position after they failed to put in sufficient fuel, the last thing McLaren wanted were further embarrassments during...

Motorsport: Williams win marred by blaze

Posted on 13 May 2012 by NZ Herald

A total of 16 people were injured, one with severe burns, when a fire erupted in the Williams team garage in the aftermath of Pastor Maldonado's victory in the Spanish Grand Prix.Maldonado's win was his first in Formula One, in...

VIDEO: 16 injured, 1 serious after Spanish GP fire, Formula 1

Posted on 13 May 2012 by TV3

Sixteen people were injured when a fire broke out in the garage of the Williams Formula One team Sunday following Pastor Maldonado's victory in the Spanish Grand Prix.

Maldonado grabs Spanish GP win for Williams

Posted on 13 May 2012 by ta tvnz motorsport headlines auto group

Pastor Maldonado grabbed an astonishing first Formula One victory today in a Spanish Grand Prix thriller.

Motorsport: Maldonado wins maiden F1 race

Posted on 13 May 2012 by NZ Herald

Pastor Maldonado held off Fernando Alonso to win the Spanish Grand Prix on Sunday, though Williams' first Formula One victory for eight years was marred by a fire that broke out in the team's garage, injuring 16 people.Maldonado,...

Motorsport: Evans claims first GP3 victory of season

Posted on 13 May 2012 by NZ Herald

New Zealander Mitch Evans has claimed his first victory of the GP3 season, winning at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona.Evans was helped by jump starts to Daniel Abt, Felix da Costa and Antonio Spavone, which earned them drive-through...

Hamilton penalty puts Maldonado at pole

Posted on 12 May 2012 by ta tvnz motorsport headlines auto group

Venezuelan Pastor Maldonado will start tomorrow's Spanish Grand Prix.

Motorsport: Toyota’s green light

Posted on 12 May 2012 by NZ Herald

The New Zealand V8 racing scene has heated up again with the announcement of the new national V8 championship series - this one open to Toyota and other makes as well as the traditional Holdens and Fords.MotorSport New Zealand's...

Legendary racer, car designer Carroll Shelby dies

Posted on 12 May 2012 by NZ Herald

Carroll Shelby, the legendary auto racer and car designer who built the fabled Shelby Cobra sports car and injected testosterone into Ford's Mustang and Chrysler's Viper, has died. He was 89.Shelby's company, Carroll Shelby International,...




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