Motorsport News

05/14/2012

THE EXPERIENCE OF SORDO (MINI/MICHELIN) PAYS IN CORSICA

Dani Sordo’s world-class talent showed today as he cruised to victory on the Tour de Corse today. The MINI/Michelin driver emerged in front on Day 2 and controlled his lead to claim an assertive win. A determined performance from Jan Kopecky ...

05/14/2012

WORLD ENDURO CHAMPIONSHIP - GP OF PORTUGAL - The Frenchmen confirmed their domination

Since the beginning of the 2012 World Enduro Championship, the Frenchmen won most of the events and after Spain last week it’s another quadruple win that the former French Motocross riders collected on both days in Portugal. Antoine Meo, Pierre ...

05/10/2012

WORLD ENDURO CHAMPIONSHIP - FOUR DOUBLE FRENCH WINS IN SPAIN!

The World enduro Championship was back in Europe this weekend after its South American trip, and once more the French riders dominates their rivals. Winners in the fourth classes on both days, Antoine Meo and Christophe Nambotin claimed their fifth ...

05/02/2012

BOU IS THE FIRST LEADER - The 2012 FIM Trial World Championship kicks off this weekend in France, and it’s already the reigning World Champion Tony Bou (Montesa HRC Michelin) who is leading the series after this two days event.

The sections were pretty easy in La Bresse for this opening round, and as the weather stay dry any mistake made the difference. Tony Bou scored an unexpected five in the second section of the second lap, and lost the first day by only two points ...

05/02/2012

ARGENTINE GLORY FOR LOEB, CITROËN AND MICHELIN

A 70th world class win for Sébastien Loeb and Daniel Elena sees them maintain an unbeaten record in Argentina which dates back to 2004. Mikko Hirvonen made it a one-two finish for Citroën/Michelin, while Dani Sordo (Ford/Michelin) was third… until ...

04/06/2012

INDOOR TRIAL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP - Records for Bou

Even if he claimed the Indoor World Title – renamed this year X Trial – before the final round of the series, Tony Bou (Montesa Honda Michelin) was again too strong for his rivals in Paris where he got his seventh win of the season! Seven rounds and ...

04/05/2012

CEDRIC SOUBEYRAS LEADER IN FRANCE

New member of the Honda HDI Michelin Motocross team, Cédric Soubeyras is leading the French Elite MX1 series after his double win in Ernée. He will be with his teammate Miko Potisek, third at le Touquet, in the Netherlands next weekend for the ...

04/03/2012

WORLD ENDURO CHAMPIONSHIP - GP OF ARGENTINA

Location: San Juan Date: March 31th – April 1st For his second and last stop in South America, the World Enduro Championship faced once more hot temperatures and tough racing conditions with dusty and rocky stages. An important and exited crowd was ...

04/03/2012

HIRVONEN DISQUALIFIED; VICTORY FOR OSTBERG IN PORTUGAL

Mikko Hirvonen’s Citroën DS3 WRC/Michelin has been disqualified from the results of the 2012 Rally de Portugal for a technical infringement. The decision provides Mads Ostberg with the first WRC win of his young career. Mikko Hirvonen was fastest on ...

04/03/2012

HIRVONEN CLAIMS PORTUGAL WIN FOR CITROËN/MICHELIN

Mikko Hirvonen celebrated his first win in Portugal today, as well as his first world class success in the Michelin-equipped Citroën DS3 WRC. The Finn finished ahead of Ford/Michelin privateers Mads Ostberg and Evgeny Novikov. Hirvonen’s consistency ...