BAlapTEKHI blognya penggila balapan

Minggu (19/11) kemaren sirkuit Manama, Bahrain jadi tempat digelarnya seri terakhir ajang single-seater Seri Dunia Formula V8 3,5. Seperti biasa, ada dua balapan di setiap seri ajang itu. Balapan pertama di hari Sabtu dimenangi pebalap Portugis Henrique Chaves dan yang kemaren di hari Minggu pebalap berpaspor Austria Rene Binder jadi yang terbaik di balapan ke dua.   Pertama-tama, ajang ini diadain promotor RPM Racing di taun 1998 dengan nama World Series by Nissan, karena waktu itu mobil yang dipake di sini bermesin Nissan. Buat para pebalap yang baru lulus ajang Formula 3 atau yang setara, World Series by Nissan jadi salah satu pilihan tahapan karir selanjutnya. Waktu itu balapan-balapannya kebanyakan digelar di Spanyol meskipun ada juga yang dihelat di negara lain. Raksasa otomotif Eropa Renault masuk ke ajang ini di taun 2005. Nama World Series by Nissan pun diganti Formula Renault 3,5 Series. Selain Spanyol, Inggris, Jerman, Itali, Portugal, dll. jadi penyelengg...

Here is a list of heart-breaking moments ever recorded in racing history. Have some tissue on your side :( Click here for the Indonesian version of this post. 1. Le Mans 2012 : Satoshi Motoyama’s 2 Hours of Struggle Satoshi, himself a childhood friend of MotoGP Legend Daijiro Kato, was appointed by Nissan -the marque he always drove for- to compete in Le Mans. Together with Michael Krumm and Marino Franchitti, the 3 times Super GT champion drove the unique and radical Nissan-powered DeltaWing.  On lap 75 Satoshi hit the wall when trying to avoid a Toyota from LMP1 class. The car sustained severe damages. In accordance to the rules, when a competitor’s car is being towed or handed by the stewards, the competitor would be automatically classified as retired from the race. Knowing that leaving the car to the stewards wouldn’t be a good choice, Satoshi had to pull over to fix the car as the pit was far away. Some of his team crews came to the location to help S...