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Motorsport Mundial 23-09

On this weeks programme we are truck racing in the Netherlands, there are more challenges for the World Enduro championship, the Powerboat P1 takes to the waters around Malta for round one of the series, and the FIA GT championship continues its season in Italy. Plus we catch up with the latest F1 news on the ground, and news from the air with the Red Bull Air Race.

Tags: truck racing , world enduro , powerboat p1 , fiagt , f1 , red bull

Auto Mundial 22-09

Family cars aren't really a big buzzword just now, but we all need them, and new Scenic is one of the good ones, while the latest Range Rover is one of the best cars in the world.

A look a SEAT's cheap Golf GTi, a glimpse of the city car of the future - one yes, one no - and a lifting of the veil on the Indian car market, but first the news headlines.

Also in the show:

• Renault Scenic
• Range Rover
• Seat Leon FR

F1 Review 1976 Hunt for the Title

Formula One 1976 Review - Hunt for the Title is the DVD review of the 1976 Formula 1 season. This was the year when Britain's James Hunt, in the McLaren, amazingly clinched the Formula One Drivers Championship during the final Grand Prix of the season in Japan.

The reigning Champion, Niki Lauda in the Ferrari, started the 1976 season as the favourite for the Championship. His nearest rival, Emerson Fittipaldi, made the patriotic switch from McLaren to the Brazilian funded Copersucar team. This left a hole at McLaren... it was filled by the ambitious British hopeful with the playboy image, James Hunt, to set the scene for a dramatic season of racing.

Tyrrell stole the limelight early on in the season, not for their results, but through the unveiling of their revolutionary six-wheeled P34 - it certainly was a unique sight to F1 fans. Hunt quickly adapted to life at McLaren and, unfazed by Lauda's early dominance, continued to pick up valuable points and podium finishes.

The 1976 season however will probably be best remembered for Niki Lauda's horrific accident at the Nurburgring that nearly ended his life and saw him rushed to hospital with major burns. His resilience and dedication to racing saw him make a remarkable recovery, returning six weeks later to ensure a thrilling climax to a season that ended with only one point separating 1st and 2nd place in the championship. Again it was the last eventful race in the rain in Japan that decided the title.

Brunswick Films were pioneers in the embryonic days of Formula One production, when sponsors controlled the demand for footage, and before the era of global TV coverage began. They have skilfully combined film from their famous archive - including some previously unseen material - to create a review that captures the essence of a very special era in Grand Prix racing.

The 1976 Formula 1 season is perfectly summarised in this 52 minute DVD using archive footage from Brunswick Films. The review is a wonderful piece of Grand Prix nostalgia in which the dashing James Hunt, driving for McLaren, thrillingly clinched the 1976 Formula One Drivers Championship on the final Grand Prix of the season.

Now you can relive the key events from the 1976 Grand Prix season on this DVD.

Tags: Grand Prix , F1 , Formula 1 , 1976

FIA GT3 Rounds 3 & 4 Adria 26 Highlights

Manuel Rodrigues and Frederic Makowiecki celebrated on the top step of the podium in Adria as they won the first ever FIA GT3 night race.  The Hexis Racing AMR Aston Martin DBRS9 finished less than a second ahead of Maxime Martin and Gael Lesoudier, who gave the AutoGT Racing team its third podium in four races.  The Matech GT Racing Ford GT of Walter Salles and Thomas Mutsch had led the race from the start, but Salles, who was pulling away from the Hexis Aston Martin, spun off the track on some fluids dropped by another car into the gravel at Turn 5 8 laps from the flag. Steffano Gattuso passed the Trackspeed Porsche 997 of David Ashburn on the last lap to claim the final podium position in the Kessel Racing Ferrari 430 Scuderia.

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This week on the program the FIA GT championship starts at Silverstone, and the American Le Mans series is in Florida for its second round.

FIAGT Round 2 Adria 26 Highlights

The nr 1 Vitaphone Racing Team Maserati MC 12 claimed a fine win in Adria  Bertolini and Bartels racing through the sunset to cross the line 10 seconds ahead of the PK Carsport Corvette C6R of Kumpen and Hezemans.  The second Maserati  of Müller and Ramos  finished third  but could have claimed the win without a stop-go penalty.  The Luc Alphand AVentures and SRT Corvettes came in fourth and fifth  with Full Speed Racing taking its first points in sixth.  The K plus K Saleen had a difficult day  Wendlinger and Sharp going out at the start with a broken driveshaft. Bertolini and Bartels have taken an early lead in the points.

Auto Mundial 21-09

We've got a full mix this week - cars we need on the street now - like the baby Mitzi, and cars we think have had their day, like the whizzo range Rover Sport. Then it's now please from Nissan and Renault and never, thank-you, from BMW. And maybe from Peugeot. And why all SUV's are ALL bad, by your friendly politicians.

Also in the show:

• Mitsubishi --Miew Sport Air Concept
• Range Rover Sport
• Nissan Qazana
• BMW X5

Powerboat P1 - Round 1 - Malta

The 43 Seagull Chaudron and 88 SNAV OSG have been declared as the Grand Prix of Malta title winners in the SuperSport and Evolution classes respectively.

Aaron Ciantar, Angelo Tedeschi and Viktor Shemchuk from Seagull Chaudron and the SNAV OSG crew of Hannes Bohinc, Giancarlo Cangiano and Giovanni Carpitella were presented with the coveted trophy by the newly-elected president of Malta, Dr George Abela.

The Seagull Chaudron hull finished second in the Saturday's Sprint race and emerged victorious from the Endurance race on Sunday.

SNAV OSG came third yesterday and claimed the chequered flag on Sunday.

Motorsport Mundial 21-09

This week we are in Spain for some off-road motorcycle challenges with the World Enduro, we catch up on the Formula One fairytale as it continues for Brawn GP, and the American Le Mans series is at Sebring in Florida for a 12 hour race.

Tags: American Le Mans , Spain , off road , world enduro , formula one

The Brawn GP and Mercedes-Benz Partnership

Currently the most successful engine in Formula 1 is from Mercedes-Benz. Brawn GP won three races out of four with the customer engine that is constructed in the same way as the ones from Vodafone McLaren Mercedes and Force India. The success of Brawn GP marks the outstanding collaboration between the Formula 1 team and Mercedes-Benz Motorsport. Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello are very satisfied with the performance of the Mercedes-Benz customer engine.

The VNR is about the successful team work and development of the effective Mercedes-Benz engine and contains interviews with Norbert Haug, Ross Brawn, Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello.