Day: January 20, 2019

Desmosedici GP19 launched, with controversial “Mission Winnow” adornment

Jake Cooper

Ducati Corse presented the first of the 2019 MotoGP bike launches in Neuchatel Switzerland, and sparked controversy before the season of racing even began. Danilo Petrucci and Andrea Dovizioso presented a fabulous looking machine, with a primarily red livery completed with sponsors. Most provocative of which, is Mission Winnow. Almost unanimously acknowledged as a vehicle for Phillip Morris (Tobacco magnate most famous for ownership of Marlboro) to continue to sponsor Ducati (as they also do with the Ferrari F1 team), it definitely stretches the boundaries of legality considering tobacco sponsorship…

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Urgent Daytona call for Farfus

Jens Jensen

Augusto Farfus has got an urgent call to go to the Rolex 24 At Daytona, which will be run this coming weekend. The Brazilian will replace British-Swedish Tom Blomqvist, since there has been some delay to his visa application. Farfus will drive the BMW Team RLL M8 GTE #25, alongside Connor De Phillippi, Philipp Eng and Colton Herta. This is a huge blow for Blomqvist, who thereby loses all chances of becoming an IMSA Champion in 2019, since the plan for him was to share the car full season with…

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SPM presents the cars

Jens Jensen

Schmidt Peterson Motorsports has their design for the upcoming NTT IndyCar Series 2019 season. The team has expanded their collaboration with Arrow Electronics, so their official name throughout 2019 will be Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports. As previously announced, the team will have James Hinchcliffe continuing to run car #5, while the former Formula 1 driver Marcus Ericsson, will drive car #7. But hey – there are three cars in the picture? Yes, the team continues to have car #6 reserved for Robert Wickens, who had the violent accident in Pocono…

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