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Oi gente!!!!! Último dia do ano de 2014 e estou aqui para encerrarmos a temporada oficialmente. Como o intuito do texto é fazer uma retrospectiva e deixar votos de esperança para mais 365 dias que virão, vou esquecer tudo o que aconteceu dentro das pistas neste ano, pois neste quesito eu e meu octete Kimi Räikkönen temos mesmo é que olhar para frente, não que seja tão promissor, mas é bem melhor do que relembrar o desastre desta temporada. Portanto, focarei no que aconteceu fora. E neste campo, 2014 foi maravilhoso. Para mim o ano marcou a realização de sonhos e me proporcionou surpresas mais do que agradáveis. Finalmente, depois de anos, muitos anos mesmo, pude realizar a viagem dos meus sonhos: fui para Inglaterra e lá, puder colocar em prática outra vontade, assistir a uma corrida no circuito de Silverstone, a casa da F1, onde tudo começou. Apesar da corrida nem ter acontecido para Kimi (em função do acidente logo na primeira volta), todo o resto foi um verdadeiro sonho ...

Matéria muito bacana do WRC.com sobre as origens do capacete de Andreas Mikkelsen. Especialmente a homenagem dele à garota Elise. Lindo da parte dele. VOLKSWAGEN’S ANDREAS MIKKELSEN IS THE LATEST DRIVER TO SHARE THE STORY OF HIS CRASH HELMET DESIGN WITH WRC.COM. Here he talks about colour choices, visor preferences and the personal tribute he always carries to a late rally fan. Flashing pulses and Norwegian snow   “This is my second helmet of the season, new for Poland I think, and when it came to the design I tried to get something more detailed than my previous one, which was quote plain. Obviously the colours of Red Bull feature a lot, especially the blue and grey, but I wanted to get some white in there too. The design we arrived at has a sort of jagged white flash, like a pulse, between the blue and the grey sections. It looks amazing to me. On top, the blue area at the front becomes more dotted with white as it reaches the back. I’ve been asked if this is a re...

Alguns vídeos desde fim de semana, de Jacques em ação na etapa italiana do Mundial de Rallycross. Preciso dizer, adoro o sotaque do inglês canadense de Jacques!!!! ;) Beijinhos, Ludy

Franciacorta, Italy — Sunday 28 September, 2014: After a promising opening day in round ten of the FIA World Rallycross Championship presented by Monster Energy in Franciacorta yesterday, Albatec Racing backed it up with an equally strong performance today, with Jacques Villeneuve sixth overall in the final heat, with the fourth fastest individual lap time. Two great starts by the former F1 World Champion, in his debut season in rallycross, allowed the French Canadian to push his Peugeot 208 to the limit, powering the two-litre, 16v powerhouse to double race wins. From the huge 38 car entry, that included the cream of rallycross racers from around the globe, the Indycar World Series Champion clinched an easy lights-to-flag race victory this morning on the freshly watered 1.4km track near Milan, but it was his second qualifying race this afternoon that saw a return to the form that netted him the fastest overall lap time in Norway earlier in the year. For Andy Scott, alrea...

Jacques Villeneuve, Driver, Albatec Racing #25: “It’s a very frustrating end to the weekend after we fought so hard in the opening two heats, to put us sixth. The fuel tank was ripped off over a jump, which has never happened before and although the team worked hard to try and repair the damage in between the heats, there just wasn’t time. “We’ve been here before, we’ve had some bad luck in other races, but to be running so high in front of my home supporters is particularly disappointing.” Fonte: emailmarketing.createsend.co.uk   É, Jacques não tem tido sorte. Sempre acontece algo que acaba por atrapalhar o seu desenvolvimento, desta vez problemas com a tampa do tanque de combustível. Uma pena, afinal, era no Canadá e ele ficou de fora. A vitória do evento que foi o primeiro realizado fora da Europa no Mundial de RallyCross foi vencido pelo querido Petter Solberg.  Beijinhos, Ludy

Neste fim de semana, no Canadá, mais precisamente no circuito de Trois-Rivieres, acontece a 7ª (de 10) etapa do primeiro campeonato mundial de rallycross organizado pela FIA. E o nosso octete que corre por lá, Jacques Villeneuve, mostrou hoje as novas cores de seu carro de número 25, da equipe Albatec Racing. Fonte das fotos: Albatec Racing (Facebook) Beijinhos, Ludy

Encerro meu dia com estas fotos lindas!  Aproveito para dizer que Andreas Mikkelsen está arrasando no WRC e a segunda colocação no Rali da Polônia neste fim de semana só comprova isto! #adoro #orgulhosa Desejo a todos uma ótima semana!!! :)  Beijinhos, Ludy

Kouvola, Finland — Sunday 29 June, 2014: For the second successive event Albatec Racing’s chances of progressing to the FIA World Rallycross Championship finals were scuppered by a puncture, after Jacques Villeneuve’s Peugeot 208 sustained first lap damage in heat four of World RX of Finland today. The former F1 World Champion made contact with Alexander Hvaal at turn two, and the result was a front right puncture on his 600bhp two litre 16v Supercar, which cost him around two seconds a lap and prevented him from challenging for heat victory.  The 1995 Indycar World Series Champion’s hopes of reaching his first semi-final were dented by an earlier incident, but this time involving Timmy Hansen’s Peugeot which barrel-rolled in heat three causing a re-run which subsequently knocked Jacques out of the top 12. On actual race times Jacques’ performance, in which he finished third, would have seen him maintain a qualifying position, however notional times were awarded to the race f...

Vídeos deste sábado, de Jacques em ação lá na minha amada Finlândia. Beijinhos, Ludy

Kouvola, Finland — Saturday 28 June, 2014: Albatec Racing’s Jacques Villeneuve is well placed to qualify for tomorrow’s World RX of Norway after another strong pace in the opening two heats puts him joint 12th in the intermediate standings. The fourth round of the FIA World Rallycross Championship, held at the stunning Kouvola track, saw the former F1 World Champion power his two-litre, 16v Albatec Peugeot 208 to second place and the 13th fastest overall race time in heat one. In the second round of heats held in changeable conditions, the former Indycar World Series Champion took fourth, and a respectable race time, however as track conditions improved the subsequent heat times tumbled, pushing the Indy 500 winner back to 14th. The joint results are enough to see the French-Canadian in joint 12th place though, with the results of tomorrow’s two final heats helping to determine the final grid line-up for the two six-car semi finals. Tomorrow’s track action resumes with an ho...

Mas este moço é um querido mesmo!!!!! Adorei as respostas dele!!!! :) Beijinhos, Ludy

O Rali da Polônia está rolando e meu piloto favorito está fazendo realmente bonito, é o segundo colocado na classificação geral depois de dois dias de evento. #GoAndreas Fotos de Mario Leonelli Photographer (Facebook) Beijinhos, Ludy