Viidas takes overall series lead in Germany

Estonia's Tristan Viidas and Norway's Inge Hanseseatre took 2nd place in the BMW M235 class at the 3rd round of the VLN Endurance Championship - Nürburgring Circuit Series at the Nürburgring in Germany over the weekend. Thanks to this good result, Viidas also became the new overall series leader. Viidas and Hanseseatre finished second in the time trial. "Due to a large number of accidents and speed restrictions, Ingel and I were unable to...

Ralf Aron on the podium at the European F3 stage

Ralf Aron finished second in the opening round of the European F3 Championship and scored good points in the last race of the weekend. The first qualifying session on the short Norisring circuit went well for Ralf Aron, who finished third. Ralf Aron, who made a very good start, moved up to second place in the race and was able to hold this position until the finish, despite attacks from his rivals. The second qualification, where...

Paul Aron wins stage 3 of the European Championship and regains the series lead

At the 3rd stage of the European Sword Championships in Germany, Paul Aron won the first place in the OK Junior class, and thanks to the stage victory he became the leader of the points table again. In the qualification of the stage at the Ampfing sword ring, Paul Aron set the best lap time and went into Saturday's heats as the favourite. But by Saturday's heats, the track conditions had changed and it took the team and Aron some time to adapt. But...

Estonia's biggest car and motorcycle race celebrates its anniversary

The Estonian Grand Prix 2018, the biggest car and motorcycle race in Estonia, will take place on the outskirts of Pärnu at the Auto24ring on 30 June and 1 July. With the largest number of participants in the history of our independence, over 200 Northern European circuit racers, including several Estonian stars, will compete in the event. The fifth edition of the Grand Prix will also mark the 60th anniversary of the first Estonia Formula and the long history of Formula...

Northern Europe's most daring drifters put their skills to the test in Kehala

On 08-09 June, the NEZ Drift Championship "Roller coaster from Hell" will take place at Kehala circuit. We like to use the word "bravest" in the title. The reason is simple - the track planned for Kehala for this occasion is not very forgiving and will put both the driver and the technique to the test. As the subtitle of the event, "Roller coaster from Hell", suggests, the track is a drift....

Jüri Vips scored two podium places in the F3 rookie stage

June 3, 2018|Rein Luik At the 2nd stage of the European F3 Championship in Hungary, Jüri Vips finished first in two races and made the podium in two rookie races. Motopark's Jüri Vips started the opening race at the Hungaroring in 10th place and quickly climbed to sixth with a good start. Passing opportunities are scarce at the Hungaroring and so Vips raced to the finish in sixth place. In the second qualifying,...

Rastblaster Tartu Drag Race takes place on Tartu's city streets

02.06 at 11:00 the Rastblaster Tartu Drag Race will take place again in Tartu. Also this year it will take place on the city street. The start of Räpina road will be closed to normal traffic and only for speed racers and spectators. All classes of the Estonian Acceleration Cup are welcome to participate in this year's event. In addition, there will be a chance for people to come in from the street and try what it feels like to take part anyway....

The second stage of the rallycross championship was a spectacle for the front runners

The second round of the Olerex Estonian Rallycross Championship 2018 series was held in Laitse RallyPark in Harju County on Saturday. The 50 participants set the benchmarks in four classes, two of which included junior classes. The closest competition was in the front-wheel-drive class, where, in addition to powerful machines and skilful driving, luck and technique also played a major role. Supercar For the second round in a row, Supercar did a clean job in four-wheel drive....

A jubilee 10th drifting season got off to a flying start in the open field

The Jump for Drift event, which took place at the Laitse Rallypark on 11-12.05, was just the way drifting should be. In a cloud of smoke and summer weather. For the drivers, opening the season in front of the home crowd was no easy task - some drivers lost their way or underestimated the impact of the jump on the race and found themselves in a concrete wall. But, as befits a drift, some seemingly eternally worn-out machines found their way to the next day....

Tristan Viidas and teammates best in CUP 5 class at Nürburgring

Tristan Viidas took first place in the CUP 5 class at the 24-hour race at the legendary Nürburgring in Germany over the weekend. The marathon race was contested by Estonian Tristan Viidas, Swiss Yannick Mettler, German Heiko Eichenberg and Austrian Torsten Kratz in the Sorg Rennsport team BMW M235i. The CUP 5 class is a monoclass in which the 14 cars competing were built to uniform rules by BMW Motorsport. In total...