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2021 Porsche Supercup
The 2021 Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup was the 29th Porsche Supercup season. It began on 23 May at Circuit de Monaco and ended on 12 September at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, after eight races, all of which were support events for the 2021 Formula One season. Rule changes Technical *The outgoing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (Type 991 II) car fleet was replaced by the latest generation of Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (Type 992) and also all-new Porsche MA2.75 engines for all Porsche Supercup entrants from 2021 season onwards. The engine power output of all Porsche Supercup entrants was increased slightly from . *ExxonMobil increased its Porsche Supercup partnership by becoming the official fuel retailer and convenience store partner and supplier of the series starting from 2021 season through Esso brand. All Porsche Supercup cars utilized Esso Synergy™ Renewable Racing Fuel with full-blend of Ethanol. Teams and drivers Race calendar and results The 2021 Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup provisional ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 FIA Formula One World Championship
The 2021 FIA Formula One World Championship was a motor racing championship for Formula One cars which was the 72nd running of the Formula One World Championship. It is recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), the governing body of international motorsport, as the highest class of competition for open-wheel racing cars. The championship was contested over twenty-two Grands Prix, and held around the world. Drivers and teams competed for the titles of World Drivers' Champion and World Constructors' Champion, respectively. At season's end in Abu Dhabi, Max Verstappen of Red Bull Racing-Honda won the Drivers' Championship for the first time in his career. Verstappen became the first ever driver from the Netherlands, the first Honda-powered driver since Ayrton Senna in 1991, the first Red Bull driver since Sebastian Vettel in 2013 and the first non-Mercedes driver in the turbo-hybrid era to win the World Championship. Honda became the second engin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaap Van Lagen
Jaap van Lagen (born 22 December 1976 in Ede) is a Dutch racing driver, who is a former competitor in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series and a former Eurocup Megane Trophy champion. He has also raced in the World Touring Car Championship. Racing career World Touring Car Championship In 2008 he raced in the World Touring Car Championship for Russian Bears Motorsport in a Lada 110. For the 2009 WTCC season he returned with full manufacturer backing from Lada. Lada confirms three cars for the premiere He never scored a single point. After his return to the class and Lada in 2015, he scored 16 points. Racing record Career summary Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) Complete World Touring Car Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) Complete Porsche Supercup results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Circuit Paul Ricard
The Circuit Paul Ricard () is a French motorsport race track built in 1969 at Le Castellet, Var, near Marseille, with finance from pastis magnate Paul Ricard. Ricard wanted to experience the challenge of building a racetrack. The circuit has hosted the FIA Formula One French Grand Prix intermittently from to , and every year from to as well as from to . History First years (1970–1990) Opened on 19 April 1970, the circuit's innovative facilities made it one of the safest motor racing circuits in the world at the time of its opening. The circuit had three track layout permutations, a large industrial park and an airstrip. The combination of modern facilities, mild winter weather and an airstrip made it popular amongst racing teams for car testing during the annual winter off-season. The original track was dominated by the long Mistral Straight that is followed by the high-speed right hand Signes corner. The long main straight and other fast sections made the track very ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Formula One
Formula One (also known as Formula 1 or F1) is the highest class of international racing for open-wheel single-seater formula racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The World Drivers' Championship, which became the FIA Formula One World Championship in 1981, has been one of the premier forms of racing around the world since its inaugural season in 1950. The word ''formula'' in the name refers to the set of rules to which all participants' cars must conform. A Formula One season consists of a series of races, known as ''Grands Prix'', which take place worldwide on both purpose-built circuits and closed public roads. A points system is used at Grands Prix to determine two annual World Championships: one for drivers, the other for constructors. Each driver must hold a valid Super Licence, the highest class of racing licence issued by the FIA. The races must run on tracks graded "1" (formerly "A"), the highest grade-rating issued ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Fassbender
Michael Fassbender (born 2 April 1977) is an Irish actor. He is the recipient of various accolades, including a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Critics' Choice Movie Award, and nominations for two Academy Awards, four British Academy Film Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. Born in Heidelberg and raised in Killarney, Fassbender made his feature film debut as a Spartan warrior in the fantasy war epic '' 300'' (2006). His earlier roles included various stage productions, as well as starring roles on television such as in the HBO miniseries '' Band of Brothers'' (2001) and the Sky One fantasy drama '' Hex'' (2004–05). He first came to prominence for his role as IRA volunteer Bobby Sands in ''Hunger'' (2008), for which he won a British Independent Film Award. Subsequent roles include the independent film ''Fish Tank'' (2009), as a Royal Marines lieutenant in ''Inglourious Basterds'' (2009), as Edward Rochester in the 2011 film adaptation of ''Jane Eyre'', as Carl Jung in '' A D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leon Köhler
Leon Köhler (born 7 August 1999) is a German racing driver who currently competes in the Nürburgring Endurance Series for Car Collection Motorsport. Career Karting Köhler started karting in 2007. In 2017 he became champion in the KZ2-class of the ADAC Kart Masters and the CIK-FIA Karting European Championship. Formula 4 In 2018 he made his single-seater debut in the Formula 4 UAE Championship where he won on debut. He won two of the three races he contested. Afterwards he joined Mücke Motorsport in the ADAC Formula 4 Championship. After scoring a single podium in the final race of the season at the Hockenheimring he classified 13th in the final standings. GT Racing In 2019 Köhler made a switch to Porsche GT3 Cup racing. In 2019 he started in the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany while also making his first appearances in the Porsche Supercup as a guest driver. He then went on the win the 2019-20 Porsche Sprint Challenge Middle East with 5 wins. In 2020 he scored h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aaron Mason
Aaron Mason (born 20 September 1979) is a British racing driver who last competed in the Porsche Supercup with Martinet by Alméras. He is a two-time champion of the Volkswagen Racing Cup GB. He made his British Touring Car Championship debut in 2013, replacing James Kaye at AmDTuning.com for the Oulton Park round. Career In 2009, Mason, born in Doncaster, Yorkshire, entered the Volkswagen Racing Cup Great Britain, driving a Volkswagen Golf GTI Mk V for AWM Motorsport; he finished on the podium once out of his 13 races, and was classified third in the championship. He remained in the series for 2010, but slipped to fifth place, despite winning three races, and taking a further podium. He remained in the series for 2011 and 2012, finishing third both years, with four victories. He entered the series again in 2013, driving a Volkswagen Scirocco R, and took four victories early in the season; his total tally of 15 made him the most successful driver in the history of the series. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alessandro Ghiretti
Alessandro Ghiretti (born 18 January 2002 in Montauban) is a French racing driver and former member of the Sauber Junior Team. Early life Alessandro was born in Montauban to a family from Italian origins. His father Alain Ghiretti is an entrepreneur in metal construction. In the 1980s his father was a racing driver in Formula Renault and Formula 3000. Since August 2017 Alessandro's family resides in Marrakesh. Career Karting Ghiretti began karting at the age of seven, claiming numerous titles in his career, including the first place of the 2016 X30 Junior IAME National Final in Lavilledieu and the third place of the Challenge Europa X30 Junior B in Castelletto. Lower formulae In 2017, Ghiretti stepped up to single-seaters, contesting the Italian F4 championship. In December 2018, Ghiretti signed with the British team Dragon Hitech GP to run in the 2019 F3 Asian Championship, both the winter and main sessions. In 2019 he contested the ADAC Formula 4 Championship an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaxon Evans
Jaxon Evans (born 19 September 1996) is a racing driver from New Zealand who currently competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship. Career After several years spent in karting, Evans began his sports car racing career in 2015, competing for McElrea Racing in the then-Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Australia. In his opening season of competition, Evans finished second in the B Class, before stepping up to the overall championship for 2016. After trading blows with Hamish Hardeman for most of the season, Evans would ultimately fall short of the title after a retirement at Winton established an eventual 19 point gap between the two. 2017 marked a series of changes for Evans, as he embarked upon a dual full season effort with Jamec Pem Racing in the Australian Endurance Championship and a debut in the Porsche Carrera Cup Australia. Evans and co-driver Tim Miles scored victories in two of the four races that season, including the opener at Phillip Island, but would finish second in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorian Boccolacci
Dorian Boccolacci (born 9 September 1998 in Cannes) is a French racing driver, currently competing in the Porsche Supercup series. He has previously also competed in the FIA Formula 2 Championship until after the 2019 French round at Circuit Paul Ricard, where he was replaced by Arjun Maini. Career Karting Born in Cannes, Boccolacci began karting in 2007 at the age of nine, competing in competitions across Europe. Lower Formulae In 2014, Boccolacci graduated to single-seaters, competing in the French F4 Championship. There he scored two victories, pole positions and fastest laps and finished as Junior champion and runner-up in the overall standings. European Formula 3 In 2015, Boccolacci switched to European Formula 3, racing with Signature in the 2015 season. In contrast to his season in French F4, Boccolacci only finished twelfth in the rookie championship and nineteenth in the overall standings. Formula Renault 2.0 Boccolacci joined Tech 1 Racing for the 2016 seasons. Sco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alméras Frères
Equipe Alméras Frères (''French:'' Alméras Brothers Team) is a French auto racing team founded by Jean-Marie Alméras and his brother Jacques Alméras in 1971. The racing team is an extension of the automotive dealership in Montpellier through which the brothers tune, develop, and restore Porsches, in which the team is commonly known as Porsche Alméras. Early success in French and European hill climbs led to rallying efforts across Europe, including overall victories at the Monte Carlo Rally and Tour de Corse, and the full support of Porsche in developing their 911 model for rallying. Small forays into sports car racing in the 1970s eventually shifted to the team running sports cars full-time in the 1980s, including multiple participations at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and eventually an effort in the World Sportscar Championship. By the 1990s the team returned to hill climbs and rallying while participating in French circuit championships including the Porsche Carrera Cup. Jac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Crees
Michael Sean Crees (born 7 September 1983) is a British racing driver from England currently competing in the 2022 British Touring Car Championship with CarStore Power Maxed Racing. Racing career A relative latecomer to racing, Crees joined the BTCC grid in 2019 after spending the previous season in the Ginetta GT4 Supercup, where he secured the Am Class title. His debut season saw him compete for Team HARD at the wheel of a Volkswagen CC, and he secured a points scoring finish on his debut at Brands Hatch. His best result would come later in the season at Silverstone Circuit, where Crees broke into the top ten for the first time. Having switched to BTC Racing for 2020 to drive a Honda Civic Type R, Crees would match his personal best result of ninth and was a regular points scorer as he secured the Jack Sears Trophy. Crees re-signed with BTC Racing for a second season but the two parted company little more than a week before the opening rounds. Instead, he signed up with Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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