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Rally on December 23 The 465 vehicles (171 cars, 185 motorbikes, 76 quads and 33 trucks) that will participate in Dakar in 2012 (from 1 to 15 January in Argentina, Chile and Peru) are expected on December 23 at the port of Buenos Aires. For the fourth time in South America, the Dakar will take

Panis first leader Benjamin River and Olivier Panis, both of Skoda Fabia, emerged winners of the first two days of the Andros Trophy this weekend in Val Thorens. Saturday, River and Pierre Llorach (Renault Clio 3) created a sensation by defeating the leaders in the category, Olivier Panis (fourth) and defending champion Jean-Philippe Dayraut (5th),

15 poles, 11 wins and 392 points, the season of Sebastian Vettel has been remarkable, even though its dominance has sometimes made some races pretty soporific. The German, who has collected a second consecutive world title and was named the weekend international pilot of the Year by the British magazine Autosport, acknowledges having reached a

Ogier at the party Saturday, Sebastian Vettel and Michael Schumacher had won all the Nations Trophy for the fifth consecutive year, the day Sunday to French smiled. Sebastien Ogier has indeed won the Race of Champions Düsseldorf. The rally driver in the final beat the Dane Tom Kristensen, winner eight times and legend of Le

Petrov wants to stay with Raikkonen While its future is uncertain at Lotus Renault, Vitaly Petrov said Friday in an interview to the official website of the Race of Champions he wanted to stay in his stable. The Russian then benefit from the presence of Kimi Raikkonen, who is back in Formula 1, to enrich

Prost and Villeneuve present Alain Prost (Dacia Lodgy) and Jacques Villeneuve (Skoda Fabia) will go well in the first round of the Andros Trophy, Saturday and Sunday in Val Thorens. Alain Prost, who won in 2007 and 2008 will include a team with his son Nicolas, winner of the Trophée Andros Electric in 2010 and

Still time to Austin While the deadline for the Grand Prix of the United States has been reached, Bernie Ecclestone has given an additional period of one week to the organizers to find common ground. “We try to ensure that the GP takes place, said the manager of the commercial rights of F1 to the

“Sebastian Vettel, have you managed to think about your last season, your pole positions, your victories, your titles? It was a good evening on Sunday. People have returned to Renault at 8 am. It is early enough for them (laughs). Seriously, we were able to enjoy a different way in recent races. The championship was

Boullier: “A clear message» recruiting Tuesday Kimi Raikkonen, world champion in 2007, Lotus Renault announced the color for next season. “We want to confirm the many investments that were made this year, said in L'Equipe Eric Boullier, the director of the team. (…) We wanted a pilot class, which has a large experience of the

Raikkonen has signed a contract with the “Lotus-Renault” racer Kimi Raikkonen has signed a contract with a team of “Lotus-Renault,” the official site of the stables from the UK. The agreement is for two seasons. In 2007, Finn, speaking for the “Ferrari”, became a world champion. Today Kosachenko go to negotiate a new contract Petrov

As previously reported, “SE”, on Tuesday, Gerard Lopez, owner of Team Lotus-Renault, which next year will be called Lotus, announced that world champion-2007 32-year-old Finn Kimi Raikkonen has signed with its stables and two-year contract in 2012 season after two years to return to “Formula 1″. Prospects of Russian Lotus-Renault driver Vitaly Petrov in the

come in threes? McLaren intends to give the lie to the proverb which suggests that Red Bull triumphed in 2012 as it did in 2010 and 2011, with two world titles. “They did a great job in terms of performance and reliability, but that may change, says Martin Whitmarsh, McLaren's boss. We have experienced this

If a team must host the end of the season with relief, it is Lotus Renault. Sunday, Brazil, Vitaly Petrov won a happy 10th place, while Bruno Senna could not do better than 17th. An epilogue painful for a season that proved more difficult than expected. And that's only 4 points LRGP saved his fifth

VP: “The season can not be called weird but the team worked well “ Pilot “Lotus-Renault,” Vitaly Petrov, who finished 10th at the “Grand Prix of Brazil,” expressed satisfaction with the outcome of the race. According to him, after the failure of a qualification (Russian started with the 15-th position), this result can be considered

hard not to mention Red Bull as the greatest achievement of the year 2011. Beyond the personal case of Sebastian Vettel, who flew over the season (15 poles, 11 wins, 17 podiums, 392 points), hand-setting of the Anglo-Austrian team is impressive (18 poles, 12 wins, 3 doubled, 650 points, 153 more than McLaren). Fast, reliable,