Kiwi world production car rally champions Hayden Paddon and
John Kennard have finished Rally Sweden - Paddon's first
event on snow - with a solid fourth place in the Super
2000 World Rally Championship field.
Michael Schumacher was hoping the late arrival of his new
Mercedes would pay off after doing nearly two race distances
in last year's car on the second afternoon of Formula One
testing on Wednesday.
Jenson Button's body language after the first day of Formula
One testing on Tuesday spoke happily of a new McLaren that
was everything last year's car was not.
Steve Ross' new outright lap record at the Hampton Downs
circuit, south of Auckland stood for only a week but the
Dunedin racer still leads the F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series
with two rounds remaining.
If the most successful racing team in the history of Formula
One sees fit to send their most promising future F1 prospect
to race in New Zealand, the Toyota Racing Series must be
doing something right.
Former Force India Formula One driver Adrian Sutil is
considering his future after receiving an 18-month suspended
sentence and 200,000 euro fine for causing grievous bodily
harm in a Shanghai night club brawl last year.
Expect a fresh wave of optimism, with teams and drivers
gamely talking up their prospects before the bitter chill of
reality changes the body language, when Formula One's launch
season picks up speed this week.
Chrysler could be joining Holden and Ford on the 2013 V8
Supercar grid after team boss Garry Rogers confirmed he's in
talks with the American manufacturer.
Rubens Barrichello will test an IndyCar next week for KV
Racing. It's not clear if the test will bring the Brazilian
Formula One driver to IndyCar for 2012.
