The Toyota Kalahari Botswana 1000 Desert Race (TDR 1000), the third and fourth rounds of the SA Cross Country Motorcycle Championship, that took place from 22 to 24 June over a distance of a thousand kilometres from the Jwaneng sport complex, was dominated by the local Botswana rider Ross ‘Kalahari Ferrari’ Branch (Brother Leader Tread…
Month: June 2018
No F1 Wanted Said Rossi and Lorenzo
MotoGP champions Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo hope efforts to bring Formula 1 to Assen do not succeed due to the potential impact on the track surface and layout. The circuit, which hosts one of MotoGP’s marquee races in the Dutch TT, has been pushing to host an F1 grand prix from 2020 onwards. FIA…
MotoGP Championship Heads For Assen
After pushing his title lead back above the one race win margin with a runner-up finish to Jorge Lorenzo in Catalunya, Marc Marquez heads to Assen with a 27-point advantage over Valentino Rossi in the MotoGP standings. With Lorenzo (like team-mate Andrea Dovizioso) 49 points behind the Honda rider despite his back-to-back wins, Marquez was…
Zwartkops Karting Extravaganza
The Zwartkops International Kart Raceway is building up to its annual double-header extravaganza when the Rand Kart Club hosts the fourth round of the Gauteng Northern Regions championship Saturday 30 June and then the wildcard Rotax Max African Open happens Sunday 1 July. Sunday’s African Open will see the winner of the senior and high…
Desert Delight and Disappointment For Ford
The annual Botswana Desert Race is the longest event on the South African Cross Country Series (SACCS) calendar, and this year’s running lived up to its well established reputation as also being the toughest by delivering a mix of delight and disappointment for the Ford Neil Woolridge Motorsport (NWM) team. Lance Woolridge and Ward Huxtable…
Aprilia Million Dollar Question
Aprilia MotoGP rider Aleix Espargaro says the struggles of his British teammates Sam Lowes and Scott Redding on the RS-GP bike are “a million dollar question”. Lowes joined Espargaro at Aprilia in 2017, having been a regular frontrunner in Moto2, but was regularly outperformed by the Spaniard, who scored 64 points to Lowes’ five and…
TOYOTA AND DE VILLIERS CONQUER THE BOTSWANA DESERT RACE
The Toyota Kalahari Botswana 1000 Desert Race, round three of the 2018 South African Cross Country Championship, again claimed its share of victims in a tough and tight race over three days and a thousand kilometres that tested man and machine. It was, however, the Dakar Rally expert Giniel de Villiers and his navigator Dennis…
Lauda Slams Vettel Penalty
Mercedes chief Niki Lauda has slammed the decision by the FIA to hand Sebastian Vettel just a five-second penalty for his first corner collision with Valtteri Bottas in the French Grand Prix. Vettel locked up going into Turn 1 and collided with the back of Bottas, hitting the Finn’s left rear tyre and pitching the…
The Latest Edition Of Motorsport World Is Now On Sale
The latest edition of Motorsport World is now on sale atSuper Spar – Pick n Pay – garage shops and airports. It contains all the latest big news from the world of motorsport including: Gazoo-Alonso makes history Dakar 2019 Launched Marquez Formula 1 Dreams Canada Causes Confusion Rea gets New Deal All that plus all…
SPINNA LEBEEMA GAL – SPINNING UP GIRL POWER
Pule Earm Motloung (35) is a Soweto based car spinning promoter who is also Chairperson of Kasi Road Safety, an organisation that promotes road safety all over Gauteng. Although Pule is still Chairman of Kasi Road Safety, he is also the founder of Soweto Drift Academy (SDA), a 100% black owned and managed motorsport business…