Radical SR3 Still The Stig's Fastest Car
2nd September 2010
With Ben Collins unmasked yesterday as Top Gear’s The Stig, we are reminded of the SR3’s incredible lap time around the Top Gear Test track, set right back in 2002, soon after the SR3's launch.A road-legal SR3 1300 set the incredible time of 1m15s, still the fastest-ever time around the Dunsfold circuit. Radical co-founder Mick Hyde picks up the story:“We were invited by Top Gear to set a time, with the then-Stig, Perry McCarthy at the wheel; however, the weather was far too wet to set a lap time on the day. We returned the next day to set a time, but McCarthy was unavailable, so part-time Stig Julian Bailey was draf...
Radical Masters: Hungaroring, 21/22 August 2010
23rd August 2010
Radical newcomer Christian Kronegard took a surprise win in his first-ever Radical Masters event at the Hungaroring, Hungary this weekend, with Bell-End Racing’s Jamie Patterson scooping the honours in Race 2.RACE 1With Radical France’s Frederic Rouvier on pole, the field all got away cleanly into the first corner, this race is the first time that Radical has visited the Budapest-based track. However, Jaap Bartels’ brief spin lead to contact with Greg Hart and Jassim Al Shamsi, scrambling the safety car for three laps.Kronegard started from third on the grid in his Slim Racing SR8, but the Nordic Formula Renault ace ...
SRZero Visits Mexico On Pan-American Odyssey
18th August 2010
Radical’s SRZero electric prototype is well on its way down the Pan-American Highway, having this week covered the magical 10,000-kilometre mark in a landmark trip with Imperial College London’s Racing Green Endurance team. Unveiled back at the Autosport International Show in January, the journey-now in its 45th day after leaving Anchorage in Alaska- has reached Mexico City, where the team visited Radical Mexico’s Tomas Contreras Ambrosi to restock spare parts, and visit Radical Mexico’s new sales and technical facility. As you can see, this extensive workshop and showroom is still in construction, but is expect...
Radical Poland Trains The Stars Of Tomorrow
4th August 2010
Radical Poland’s Radical Racing Academy is already making waves in the Polish motorsports industry, having gained acceptance by the Polski Zwiazek Motorowy (PZM), Poland’s motorsport authority, to assess new racing drivers for racing licences.Last week, a senior delegation from PZM visited the Radical Racing Academy at Poznan circuit to oversee the training, assessment and testing of ten new racing drivers. PZM’s management were so satisfied with Radical Poland’s SR3 RS-based raceschool, they have agreed to use the programme as the foundation of their nationwide racing driver development scheme.The two-day process in...
Shell Racing Solutions Radical Masters: Zandvoort, Race 2
25th July 2010
360 Racing’s Terrence Woodward and Ross Kaiser took a measured, clear win in the second Radical Masters race at Zandvoort, Holland this afternoon. A pitlane infringement saw early leader Jamie Patterson drop back, with Jaap Bartels second and Slip-Stream’s John Stanley and James Swift third.The start was a packed affair, and although all cars made it through Tarzan, a light tap to Radical Netherland’s entry left him on the inside of the third corner, deploying the safety car. Jordan Grogor had made the best start and was half a second ahead when the safety car came back in, Swift in third and Woodward fourth. By lap ...
Shell Racing Solutions Radical Masters: Zandvoort, Race 1
24th July 2010
Jamie Patterson continued his Radical Masters fightback in fine style this afternoon, claiming the first win of the Radical Speed Weekend at Zandvoort, Holland. Patterson applied pressure on first lap leader Frederic Rouvier all the way to the pitstop window, but was able to leapfrog Rouvier’s co-driver Patrice Guillaume in the pitstops to lead to the flag. Zandvoort’s infamous first corner, Tarzan, was passed through cleanly by all competitors, with Rouvier making the best start to overtake Patterson on the long pit straight. Jaap Bartels was chasing in third, and has obviously settled well into his new SR8, with Bassam Kronfl...
Shell Racing Solutions Radical Masters: Zandvoort, First Qualifying
24th July 2010
Qualifying for the first race of the Radical Speed Weekend at Zandvoort has just concluded, with Tranzpower’s Jamie Patterson taking the pole spot for this afternoon’s grid.This is the first time that Radical has visited the former home of the Dutch Grand Prix, a fast and flowing circuit only metres from the beach. With lots of track time this weekend, qualifying was split into two for the first race, the Masters and Supersports classes each getting individual track sessions.Guest driver Sven Barth set the fastest time overall of 1:38.242, but as a test driver he will not be racing. As a result, second-fastest Patterson, with hi...
Radical Mexico Expands
4th July 2010
Radical Mexico visited a new venue recently as part of its preparations for a full-scale Radical Mexico Cup next year, with a test race held at Puebla in Mexico on 12 June.The Autódromo Miguel E. Abed at Puebla is one of Mexico's most modern circuits, opening only five years ago. It features both a road course and 1.25-mile oval, and regularly plays host to both World Touring Car and NASCAR events. The circuit is fully FIA homologated, and made an interesting change to Radical Mexico's home circuit, the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City.Radical Mexico's new showroom and service facility is due to be comp...
