FIVE INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONS RETURN TO KILLARNEY. STIG BLOMQVIST (World Rally Champion), BERNARD BEGUIN (Multiple French Rally Champion), JIMMY McRAE (Multiple British Rally Champion), SAEED AL-HAJRI (Multiple Middle East Rally Champion) … Continue Reading Firing up the Group B Memories #DejavuKillarney
The SEAT Supercup Ireland will continue its partnership with Yokohama in 2017, the high profile one make championship having already enjoyed two successful seasons working with the Japanese tyre manufacturer. … Continue Reading #msirl @SEAT_Supercup stays on track with @YokohamaTC
World Hotrod Champion Shane Murphy is to make the switch from oval to circuit racing in 2017, with the Cork driver announcing he is to contest the high profile SEAT … Continue Reading World Hotrod Champion to contest 2017 @seat_supercup
It’s the news we’ve all be waiting for, M-Sport have confirmed that Fermanagh na-tive Jon Armstrong has been tasked with the enviable job of giving their Ford Fiesta R2T Sport … Continue Reading #ITRC @JonArmstrong84 gets @MSportLtd Ford Fiesta R2 for @GalwayIntRally
The 2017 World Rally Championship is back after a winter break, and once again starts with the iconic Monte Carlo Rally. This is the first time that we will see … Continue Reading #MonteCarlo Preview & @PaulNagle1 Interview #WRC
MotoGP World Champion races over the snow on famous Austrian mountain. Marc Marquez has written a new chapter in the history of motorcycling by speeding around the Hahnenkamm on … Continue Reading #MotoGP @MarcMarquez93 takes on Hahnenkamm #mm93
Multiple Irish Motor Racing champion Erik Holstein made a sensational Endurance Racing debut on the world stage this weekend, when he won the TCR section of the “24 Hour Dubai” … Continue Reading #24HDubai @erik_holstein Wins for @audisport on his 24 Hour Debut
Following on from the hugely successful implementation of the scheme back in 2015, the Baldonnell based tool suppliers will launch the scheme once again for 2017 in conjunction with Facom … Continue Reading E Fox Engineers Ltd announce details of 2017 “Chequered Flag” motorsport sponsorship scheme.
A lap time of 1m57.705s for Dutch driver Jeroen Bleekemolen secured pole position for the Black Falcon Mercedes-AMG GT3 (#2, Khaled Al Qubaisi/Jeroen Bleekemolen/Patrick Assenheimer/Manuel Metzger) in qualifying for the … Continue Reading #24HDubai Bleekemolen Puts @TeamBlackFalcon Mercedes AMG GT3 on pole
I used to pen this piece for the sorely missed Irish Motorsport Annual- following on from Robin Rhodes, Tommy Burke and Declan Quigley- from memory. It has always triggered debate … Continue Reading Leo’s Top Ten Race Drivers of 2016
Following on from a highly competitive 2016 championship, the SEAT Supercup Ireland is pleased to confirm details of its 2017 race calendar. With the second season of the SEAT Ireland … Continue Reading #msirl @Seat_Supercup Confirms 2017 Calendar
CJ Wilson Racing today announced a partnership with Houston based Winward Racing whose drivers will join CJWR for all ten rounds of the 2017 Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge. Open-wheel and … Continue Reading .@DamienFaulkner & @ruward92 Join @CJWilsonRacing / @continentaltire /#IMSA
2016 was the year of changes in Irish Rallying. R5 and S2000 cars became the premier class in the Irish Tarmac Rally Championship at the expense of WRC cars – … Continue Reading Top 10 Irish Rally Drivers 2016 with @ItsAaronMcElroy
It’s that time of year again. The Motorsport.ie F1 Top 10. From bad starts to engine failures. Team changes to wet weather maestros. Grid penalties to 1st lap masterclasses. Here’s … Continue Reading #F1 Top Ten 2016
Chris Dittmann Racing (CDR) has signed Irish racing driver Cian Carey for the 2017 F3 Cup championship. The Tewkesbury-based outfit will prepare and run Carey’s VW-powered Dallara F311 machine. In … Continue Reading #F3 @CianCarey19 Joins @CDR_F3RaceTeam for @F3Cup Campaign #msirl
Donegal brothers set to run with Family Team Two of Ireland’s most promising young Motorcycle Racers, Rhys and Caolán Irwin have announced that they will run under the Irwin Racing … Continue Reading Irwin Racing to contest Thundersport and Masters in 2017