America's Cup celebrates the 25th anniversary of Dennis Conner's victory on Stars and Stripes in 1987 in Fremantle, Australia. Race -- Race 2 Stars and Stripes vs. Kookaburra III History -- After twice successfully defending the America's Cup, Dennis Conner suffered a historic defeat in 1983, becoming the first American to lose the Cup in its 132 year history. Conner's loss to Australia II made him even more determined to win the Cup back. Four years later in Australia he returned in his new boat Stars & Stripes, and along with his all-American team of sailors, took a resounding 4-0 win to bring the America's Cup back to the United States. The victory made Conner a true legend in the sport, and our 'America's Cup 1987, 25th Anniversary' video looks back at this historic moment, and looks ahead to the 34th edition of the Cup, where Team USA's ORACLE Racing will attempt to defend the Cup in San Francisco, 2013. Music: "The Stars and Stripes Fight Song" by Steve Vaus Please visit our website for more: www.americascup.com America's Cup History: www.americascup.com/en/Discover/A-brief-history/
Superleague Formula Series has been forced to pull out of its scheduled trip to China later this month after terms between the championship and local authorities could not be reached. The nations cup series was expected to contest rounds in Beijing on October 29/30 and Shanghai a week later, before also making its first appearance in South Korea on November 12/13. But with negotiations at deadlock, the championship has been left with no other option than to abandon the Asian races and end its...
Superleague Formula Series could introduce a brand new chassis in time for the 2013 season with steps already being taken to find a suitable partner. With the current crop of bespoke single-seaters, built by Elan Motorsport Technologies in time for the inaugural 2008 campaign, due to enter their fifth year of competition in 2012, the nations cup series feels the time is right to begin evaluating its next generation of racing cars.Any new chassis will have a tough act to follow: the crowd-plea...
Superleague Formula Series has relocated its operations headquarters to the world famous Silverstone Circuit in the UK. After coordinating its first four seasons of competition from Barcelona, the nations cup series has moved to the home of British motorsport from where the remainder of this season’s championship and forthcoming 2012 campaign will be directed.
Located at the heart of Britain’s ‘Motorsport Valley’, Silverstone Business Park offers Superleague Formula t...
Superleague Formula Series’ two scheduled rounds in Brazil this October will no longer go ahead after the championship received news from circuit bosses that Goiânia will not be ready to host its event.
Goiânia had been expected to hold the third round of the nations cup series on 8/9 October but the FIA-sanctioned championship has since been notified that the planned resurfacing of its 2.37-mile layout will not be completed in time.
With time now too short to arran...
Superleague Formula driver, Maria de Villota, has become the first woman to test for an F1 team since 2005. Maria completed almost 200 miles at the Paul Ricard circuit at Le Castellet in the south of France at the wheel of a Lotus Renault R29. She ran in the car in early August with the aim of providing her with her first taste of F1 and 'allow her to become familiar with the onboard systems and car balance'. Team Lotus Renault GP team principle Eric Boullier was pleased with the way that the...