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17 December, 2020 Well travelled motor racing management veteran Jost Capito will be CEO at Williams following the announcement by the team on Thursday. Capito spent a brief spell at McLaren during its lowest ebb, where he worked with Fernando Alonso and Jesnon Button, before moving on to Volkswagen; and now Williams marking another destination in his career where he will have his work cut-out to revive the once mightiest Formula team from the back of the grid. Press Release: Williams Racing is delighted to announce the appointment of Jost Capito as its new Chief Executive Officer, with him ...

New Zealand FFord champion Billy Frazer steps up to TRS 13 December 2020 Reigning New Zealand Formula Ford champion Billy Frazer is the latest driver to sign up for the 2021 Toyota Racing Series. The 17-year-old New Zealander moved into cars three years ago in Formula First (known as Formula Vee in other parts of the world) and won races before moving into FFord in 2019. He won the Manfeild Winter Series at his first attempt and then took an impressive title win in the 2019-20 NZ FFord season. Since then he has tested TRS’s previous generation car and its current Tatuus FT-60 chassis in ...

Monday, 14 December 2020, 3:33 pm The North Island Formula Ford Racing group have purchased a car for aspiring drivers to hone their skills on and introduce themselves to high end motor racing in an initiative backed by Hampton Downs. Over the past half century some of the biggest names in New Zealand motorsport have got their start by racing in Formula Ford. David Oxton, Greg Murphy, Scott Dixon, Fabian Coulthard, Earl Bamber, Brendon Hartley, Shane van Gisbergen, Mitch Evans, Liam Lawson and Billy Frazer to name a few have cut their teeth in the category. NIFF and 15 investors, supported b...

Monday, 14 December 2020, 12:24 pm Though still only 17 Frazer, a graduate of the 2018 New Zealand Elite Motorsport Academy, has plenty of experience and success to bring to his first campaign in a high level, high performance single seater formulae. The 2020 NZ Formula Ford Champion, Billy started his motorsport journey in 2012 racing karts. He progressed through domestic junior karting classes, the highlight being representing New Zealand in the Rok Cup finals in Milan, Italy, before jumping into single seaters for the first time in 2016 to drive in Formula First. Billy took third in the Na...

Fittipaldi and Brazil make their mark on Formula 1 Emerson Fittipaldi was the man who put Brazil on the single-seater map, thanks to his Formula 1 titles clinched in 1972 and 1974 Show more images It may seem odd to imagine it now, but there was once a time when Brazil and Formula 1 were about as closely related as Fiji and international football. South America was always strongly represented in the world of motorsport, largely thanks to the collection of titles accumulated by Argentina’s Juan Manuel Fangio in the 1950s, which inspired many to follow in his footsteps. But Brazil? That was s...