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Daily Archive: December 4, 2009
Germany’s Kevin Mirocha set the fastest time of the afternoon as the final day of testing in Valencia drew to a close, the 18-year-old finishing ahead of the British pairing of Jolyon Palmer and Dan Clarke. Dec 04
Alonso ‘better’ for Ferrari than Raikkonen – boss
Fisi to ‘definitely’ be 2010 Ferrari reserve
Fernando Alonso is arriving at Ferrari because the famous Italian team needs a race driver in the Michael Schumacher-mould. That is the admission of team boss Stefano Domenicali, as he contemplates Ferrari’s 2010 season after deciding to replace the rally-bound Kimi Raikkonen with Spaniard Alonso.
Dec 04
Prokart Challenge releases schedules and class structure
New streamlined SKUSA class line-up to make debut in 2010
When the new year comes around the corner in January, Superkarts! USA will see the first two of their five regional series come back to life in California. The ProKart Challenge North and South programs will be the first to get back into the swing of things, and they will be greeted by a slightly evolved class structure that will better support the organization’s Stock Moto program.
Ross Brawn has admitted disappointment with Jenson Button’s decision to switch to Mercedes, but insists the move has nothing to do with money. 
No doubt, thousands of die-hard Canadian Grand-Am and Rolex 24 fans will be thrilled to see the Maple Leaf adorned No. 33 Porsche 997 GT3 hurtling around the banks of Daytona again. 
Michael Schumacher is meeting with his manager Willi Weber after the coming weekend, according to the German newspaper Bild Zeitung. Dec 04
SCCA Club Racing: 2010 Hall of Fame inductees revealed
The SCCA National Hall of Fame was created in 2004
Sports Car Club of America has revealed the names of the five individuals who will be inducted into the SCCA Hall of Fame at the 2010 SCCA National Convention. The distinguished group includes: Nick Craw, Briggs Cunningham, R. David Jones, Berdie Martin and Wayne Zitkus.
500 jobs at Toyota’s formula one headquarters have been cut, a spokesman for the Cologne based Toyota Motorsport GmbH has confirmed. 
A Portuguese media source insists his heavily-backed countryman Alvaro Parente is “on the verge” of becoming Bruno Senna’s 2010 race teammate at Campos. 
The news is finally official: Kimi Raikkonen will not be on the 2010 formula one grid because he has signed full-time with Citroen’s junior World Rally Championship team. Dec 04
Ecclestone believes Renault to stay in F1
Bernie Ecclestone has played down reports that Renault is set to withdraw from formula one.
It emerged on Thursday that officials of the French carmaker were meeting in Paris to discuss the foray, amid reports that Prodrive/David Richards and Mangrove/Gravity will take over the Enstone facility with Renault remaining an engine supplier.
Dec 04
Jensen named team owner of the year
Jensen MotorSport lead driver Markus Niemela scored seven top-fives in 2009
Owner/driver Eric Jensen has been named the 2009 Cooper Tires presents the Atlantic Championship powered by Mazda Team Owner of the Year. Jensen MotorSport and the Jensen name have been mainstays in the Atlantic Championship paddock for many of the series’ 36 years of competition.
Record-breaking multiple MotoGP World Champion Valentino Rossi backs calls for a return to 1,000cc engines in the premier class – and stresses that man should count for more than machine in the end result. Dec 04
NASCAR: Penske names crew chiefs for Keselowski
Jay Guy named Brad Keselowski’s crew chief in Cup series
Jay Guy will be the crew chief for Brad Keselowski’s #12 Sprint Cup Series team, Penske Racing announced earlier this week. Guy most recently worked as the crew chief on the #78 Furniture Row Racing car driven by Regan Smith. Guy also has been a crew chief in the Nationwide Series and Camping World Truck Series.
Motorsport’s governing body, the FIA, is close to approving changes to next year’s World Rally Championship structure to create a competition specifically for Super 2000 cars. Dec 04
RMC Grand Finals: presentation of the DD2 drivers
This year expect good results with Frank Launi, Daniel Morad, Scott Campbell, Darren White and Kyle Stevens.
Once again, Team Canada will be in force in the DD2 class, not only because of the number of drivers (5), but by the quality of the drivers. Last year, two Canadian drivers in DD2 finished in the top 7 (Pier-Luc Ouellette 2nd, and Christophe Boisclair 7th) while Scott Campbell and Darren White also qualified for the final round.