Status Grand Prix driver Seb Morris delivered his best race performance of the season at the weekend. During round four of the GP3 Series supporting the GP event at the Red Bull Ring in Austria on Sunday the Wrexham driver put in an outstanding drive to fifth place from 19th on the grid – securing his first points of the year. Next on the schedule is Seb’s home event, the annual visit to … [Read more...]
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Jann’s Le Mans run prematurely ends
A disappointed Cardiff driver Jann Mardenborough had to pull out of the classic Le Mans 24 hrs race on Sunday just an hour from the end. His GT-R LM Nismo racer was dogged with a clutch problem after Saturday’s start and it succumbed to suspension failure after 23 hrs, saying, “I was gutted to have to retire the car with just an hour to go. I tried everything I could to get going again but #23 … [Read more...]
Welsh agency develops talent in motor-sport
Wales based specialist motor sport photographers, Virtual Motorpix has taken on three new cameramen to meet the growing need for images in the publishing industry and to contribute to its growing motoring and motor sport photography archive. The motoring photographic agency currently works with a number of photographers from the UK, Europe and the USA and with the addition of Roland Harrison, … [Read more...]
Alex reaches podium at Silverstone
Alex Morgan claimed his first podium finish in the 2015 SEAT Leon Eurocup, finishing second after a strong and determined drive in round six at Silverstone on Sunday. The fantastic result followed a fourth-place finish in Saturday’s round five of the series, giving the Baporo Motorsport Bridgend-driver (left) a 13-point haul from the weekend in his series campaign. … [Read more...]
Jann’s the man for marketing potential says media
GT Academy 2011 winner Jann Mardenborough has been announced as the fiftieth most marketable athlete in the world joining a list of superstars such as Messi, Bolt and Hamilton. Jann, who has progressed through the ranks of motorsport since his victory in 2011 NISMO PlayStation® GT Academy, is predicted to be in the top 50 most marketable athletes in the world over the next three years. The … [Read more...]
Jann is back on the attack
Nissan’s Jann Mardenborough has recovered from a serious sports car crash and made a successful start to his GP3 season last weekend with a podium finish at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona, ahead of Sunday’s Formula One race. The young British racer headed straight to Spain after returning from Nissan’s LM P1 Test in the U.S. last week and immediately made good on his promise to be a … [Read more...]
Alex fortunes spill in SEAT Leon Eurocup
Bridgend-born Alex Morgan clinched a sixth-place finish in the second outing of the 2015 SEAT Leon Eurocup after a hard-fought battle at Portuguese circuit Estoril on 9-10 May 2015. Securing another finish in the points, the Baporo Motorsport driver now living at Reading is running eighth in the drivers’ standings in his debut season in the series after sustaining damage when another racer … [Read more...]
Welsh driver will start F1 support race this weekend
Wales multiple motor racing champion Seb Morris is just days away from his eagerly awaited race debut in FIA Formula One World Championship support category GP3, and the 19-year-old says he is as well prepared as possible ahead of the season curtain-raiser at the Circuit de Catalunya in Spain. Rounds one and two of the championship, which will be screened live in the UK on Sky Sports F1, mark … [Read more...]
Power shortlisted for world series knock-out
Mid Wales racing driver Ben Power has been named a finalist in the World Rallycross Championship’s RX Talent Search programme. Power, aged 25, from Guilsfield, near Welshpool, is one of 12 who has been shortlisted from an entry of 120, to compete for a place in the RX Lites Cup category at the World RX round in Turkey. He joins some of the biggest names and hottest talents in British … [Read more...]
Alex begins SEAT season on a high
Bridgend’s Alex Morgan made an impressive debut in the SEAT León Eurocup as the championship got underway at Paul Ricard in France for the first two races of the year. A fifth and eighth place finish for Alex saw his season get off to a solid start with two points scoring results. Bridgend-born Alex, who lives in Reading and was the 2013 UK Renault Clio Cup Vice-Champion, embarks on a new … [Read more...]