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Helio Castroneves becomes a three-time Indy Champion

Castroneves gets another win in the Indy Championship and this time is pure joy for him as he is now entered in the rank of the three-time Indy Champions. Talk about Honda reliably it’s really worth saying that for the fourth consecutive season, Honda powered the entire 33-car Indianapolis 500 starting field, and for a [...]

S2K Challenge Series: 6th race at Willow Springs International Motorsports Park

Article by Edward Lee (600rr_rocket)
We have now passed the halfway mark in the exciting 2009 S2K Challenge Series. The sixth S2K Challenge event was held on 5/10/09 at Streets of Willow track in the Willow Springs International Motorsports Park. This time around, we ran the clockwise configuration; back in 3/6/09 (S2K Challenge #3), we ran [...]

S2K Challenge Series: Buttonwillow Raceway

Article by Edward Lee (600rr_rocket)
We now nearing the halfway point in the 2009 S2K Challenge Series and just wrapped up our 5th event at Buttonwillow Raceway. As the most popular track amongst S2K track junkies in SoCal, the turnaround was strong as expected.
The weather this time around was night and day compared to our [...]

S2K Challenge Series: Thunderhill in Willows

Article by Michael Tsay (Dipstick)
S2k Challenge #4 was held April 11, 2009 at Thunderhill in Willows, CA. The long distance from SoCal and the Easter weekend did affect turnout. However, we did get many Bay Area S2000 drivers and had a blast driving one of the premier tracks on California!
Thunderhill is SCCA’s home [...]

Virgin could sponsor Honda and… diffusers

It seems that Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group is close to invest in Formula One after the decision made regarding diffusers with Brawn GT team.
The Times in London newspaper says the cars will carry extensive Virgin branding and that the deal is already confirmed.
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Honda F1 Racing Team officialy becomes Brawn GP

The previous Honda F1 Racing  Team name is no more. The FIA World Council has accepted the request to change the name into Brawn GP as long as this team is considered as a new entry in the FIA F1 World Championship.
In the meantime the performance and test results so far at Barcelona promise a [...]

S2K Challenge Series: Willow Springs International Motorsports Park

Article by Edward Lee (600rr_rocket)
The third S2K Challenge race was held on March 6th, 2009 at the Streets of Willow track in the Willow Springs International Motorsports Park. This is a very challenging and technical road course, and very popular among S2000 drivers. It is 1.8mile course consisting of 12 tight turns, a chicane section, [...]

Honda Racing F1 Team Sold to Ross Brawn

Honda has announced the sale of Honda Racing F1 Team to Ross Brawn, the former Team Principal of Honda Racing F1 Team who is now the holder of the entire shares.
The team ownership has transferred to Mr. Brawn, and the new team will compete for this year’s FIA Formula One World Championship.
Mr. Hiroshi Oshima, [...]

Honda Racing F1 Team Right On Track?

It looks like that we will definitely see the Honda F1 cars around the circuit finally. Rumours and multiple sources report that Ross Brawn and Nick Fry will run the team, using funds by Honda, potential sponsors and TV coverage. It is not clear if Rubens Barrichello or Bruno Senna will be the co-driver of [...]

Another Bidder for Honda Racing F1 Team

A new bidder has arrived at the scene of the crime, well actually at Honda and it seems that is very serious to be involved into Formula One. At this stage no word is out and we can only wait and see.
Honda now has to decide what to do and get a decision finally, as [...]