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World champion Lewis Hamilton finally achieved one of his greatest ambitions as a Formula One driver when he made a private visit to the grave of his hero Ayrton Senna. Hamilton had tried to find the time - and a peaceful unmolested way - to visit the cemetery in the Morumbi district of this sprawling Latin American city for the last two years. But he was always followed and mobbed every time he left his hotel - an experience he said prevented him doing anything private. However, this year, with the focus off him and firmly on the championship battle involving local star Rubens ... Read Full Story

The Porsche RS Spyder was designed and built specifically to compete in the the 24 Hours of Le Mans, American Le Mans and Le Mans racing series, where it falls under the Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2) class. Sponsored teams include the Penske Racing Porsche RS Spyder, and the Porsche race car continues to notch up wins, both class wins and overall wins, in endurance racing series around the world. As per LMP2 regulations, the Porsche RS Spyder has an engine displacement of just under 3.4 Liters, and runs on 10 percent bioethanol fuel. The German-sourced race car has had great success in the ... Read Full Story

The Classic Endurance Racing 2009 calendar has arrived! The most famous European Historic series will open, as during the last years, the Le Mans Series meetings. Please note the new date for the Nürburgring round, to be held on 22 & 23 August, meaning one week ahead the date previously announced. This fifth season main novelty is a third round on the recently launched Algarve racetrack, in the South of Portugal. This appointment, under the sign of modernity and technology for the endurance classic cars, will bring some hints from the past to these brand new infrastructures. After a successful 2008 season, with a ... Read Full Story

Although often seen as the entry point for serious racers into the sport, kart racing, or karting, can be an economic way for amateurs to try racing and is also a fully fledged international sport in its own right. World-famous F1-drivers like Michael Schumacher or Fernando Alonso and most of the typical starting grid of a modern Grand Prix took up the sport at around the age of eight, with some testing from age three. Several former motorcycle champions have also taken up the sport, notably Wayne Rainey, who was paralysed in a racing accident and now races a hand-controlled kart. As one of ... Read Full Story

Classic Endurance Racing released their provisional vintage racing calendar for 2009. The Classic Endurance Racing series, which typically runs as a one hour support race for the modern Le Mans Series, has enjoyed impressive grids composed of classic racing cars built between 1966 and 1979. Now in their fifth season, Classic Endurance Racing adds a race at the new Algarve racetrack in Portugal for the 2009 season. 2009 Classic Endurance Racing Schedule (...) Read the rest of 2009 Classic Endurance Racing Schedule © Sports Car Digest for Sports Car Digest , 2009. | Permalink | No comment | Want more on these topics ? ... Read Full Story