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Saw this today as a sticker on a car, but have no idea what it could be.

Hi Everybody

RaceVault is a non-profit collaborative community for motorsports fans to collect the ever changing story of the sport we love together.

We launched a few months ago and have steadily been growing, but we have now officially gone live and anybody interested can sign up through the below link to receive our bespoke racing trading card directly to your door!

Existing trading cards focus heavily on F1, but they don’t cover the wide variety of other diverse and incredible championships out there. RaceVault is for fans of F1, Indycar, Formula E, WEC, DTM, GT World Challenge, Formula 2 and 3 and much more!

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Two races ago I was fighting with the seven car and we may contact this time. I was able to raise him clean and pass him with no contact

I decided to select 20 iconic cars from various Brazilian racing series, past and present. I'll talk a little about the cars below.

1 - Fiat Doblo rally dos sertões - Iconic rally car made by the oficial Fiat racing team in Brazil that competed in the 2003 Edition Of the Rally dos sertões, the biggest rally in Brazil, aka the Brazilian dakar

2 - Mitsubishi Lancer Stock Car Brasil - Iconic Car From The biggest series in Brazil

3 - VW Fusca Fittipaldi - Insane Fusca/Beetle made by the Fittipaldi brothers before Emerson came to drive in F1, this Fusca/Beetle have 2 engines merged into one,, the Car competed in endurance races against sport cars at the time

4 - Chevy Montana - Iconic car From Copa Montana, a short lived One make series for Utes, that served as a support series for Stock Car Brasil, This series is on the game Automobilista

5 - Ford Maverick berta Hollywood - Iconic Maverick made by Argentine designer Oreste Berta for the Brazilian tem Hollywood, the Car drove in the Divisão 3, the biggest series in Brazil in the 70s

6 - Puma AM4 nechi - Iconic Race Car made by the Brazilian brand Puma that competed in endurance races in the early 90s

7 - Fiat Marea weekend wagon - Race Car made by the oficial Fiat Racing team in Brazil that competed in endurance races in the early 2000s

8 - Fiat Linea - Insane Car that competed in the Rio Grande Do Sul Regional Touring Car Championship(Superturismo gaúcho)

9 - Fúria GT - The Racing version Of the Bianco S, Iconic Brazilian sports car, the Fúria GT also competed in endurance races

10 - Ford maverick Turismo 5000 - Insane Ford maverick made by the Driver Ney Faustini that competed in the short lived "Turismo 5000" series a Racing series that raced only in the old oval in Interlagos during the 80s

11 - Aldee GT MC Tubarão - Insane Aldee GT made by the MC Tubarão Racing team that competes in the Rio grande do Sul Regional Touring Car Championship(Superturismo gaúcho) and in endurance races

12 - VW Gol MC Tubarão - Insane GOL ( not Golf) made by the same MC Tubarão team, also competing in the same competitions

13 - Ford GT40 MC Tubarão - Insane Ford GT replica silhouette made by MC Tubarão, that competed in the MIl Milhas Brasileiras, the biggest endurance race in Brazil, and Other Championships

14 - Chevrolet S10 Rally - Competed in the 2004 Edition Of the Rally dos Sertões

15 - Ford Maverick Superturismo gaúcho - Insane Maverick made by the Driver Leovaldo Petry that also competes in the Superturismo gaúcho, quite Insane series, only private teams competing though

16 - Chevrolet "Chapellet" Iconic Car that fusioned the Chevrolet Chevette and the Chevrolet Kadett(Opel Or Vauxhall in Other places) this Car compete in the MIl Milhas in the 90s made officialy by GM

17 - Agrale Marruá Pickup racing - Cool racing truck made by the Brazilian brand Agrale that competed in the "Pickup Racing" series in the 2000s, Pickup racing was a support series for Stock Car Brasil that raced Full sized trucks, the series existed between 2001 and 2009, being replaced by Copa Montana

18 - Chevrolet Omega Castrol - Iconic Car driven by the Driver Ingo Hoffman in Stock Car Brazil, Hoffman is the biggest Stock Car Brazil champion with 12 titles, at the time, Stock Car Brazil was still a One make series by GM, that raced the Chevrolet Omega( Or Opel, Vauxhall, Lotus?)

19 - Ford Escort "flecha de prata"! Pretty Cool Escort that competed in the Copa Shell/campeonato brasileiro de marcas e pilotos in the 90s

20 - Chevrolet S10 Pickup racing - pretty Cool Trucks Racing Car that competed in the Pickup Racing series in the 2000s

I think that's all of them, of course there are many other cool cars, but that's all for today

Hi! Hope it's not a silly question.

I've worked as a photojournalist in different national racing leagues in my country and want to get a badge for the F1 Grand Prix.

Originally I started to work as a tyre montage and balancing member in NASCAR MS and SC almost 15 years ago but 5 years ago on my free time I started to take some photos and videos to post them online and one year later I began to publish it on an account based on motorsports, so I don't work of it, I'm just a big motorsports fan since I'm a child.

3 years ago GTM from SC became the support event of F1 and started to entero to pitlane and somehow got to acces paddock (limited to certain zones) but never got able to photograph the cars on track because of those limitations. This year the tyre crew got apart from SC so I lost the opportunity to work in there.

Right now I'm trying to get a accreditation because I'd love to photograph F1 and try to scale to international motorsports but as a freelance photojournalist it seems quite impossible. I made a research and it says that just national press and international with some amazing insights and flowing followers could get that opportunity so I'm trying another way and sending mails to national press to get in there. Just 10 days left to keep the press access.

Any recommendations to get it?

P.S. I'll leave some of the photos I could take in those times on the support event pit-lane

I follow F1 and a lot of other racing series, and I kept having the same problem every weekend: figuring out what was actually being streamed and where.

There are tons of free broadcasts out there, especially for smaller championships, but they're scattered across different YouTube channels, series websites and organizers.

So I built a site that puts them together.

It shows what's live right now, what's scheduled for the next few days, and recent replays.

It's completely free. No subscription or paywall.

I'm still adding more series and channels, so I'd love to know what I'm missing, especially from people here who also follow F2, F3 or other motorsport outside F1.

TL;DR: I built a free site that collects live and upcoming motorsport streams in one place. Link in the comments.

The Aldee GT was a Brazilian sports car built by Almir Jose Donato in 1987. The car featured a Volkswagen platform, components, and mechanics, but had its own unique interior. Almir partnered with the metalworking company called Demoral to build the car. Approximately 16 units of the street version were produced, making the car extremely rare today, and even finding images of it is difficult.

But all of this refers to the street version, because in 1990, Donato decided to take one of the 16 units manufactured and transform it into a race car with a tubular chassis and a new engine to compete in the Mil Milhas de São Paulo, the biggest endurance race in Brazil. Achieving a victory in its class, which encouraged him to build other racing versions of the Aldee GT, in total, 54 were produced.

The racing version continued competing in endurance races, regional championships, and free modification classes for the decades to come, till nowadays. Always with its own modifications depending on the team and class it was racing with, becoming the most successful car from a Brazilian brand on racing

Donato also built the Aldee Spyder, an endurance prototype that also became very successful on Brazilian tracks and is still manufactured today.

The last images are From The Street version

The first image is of the Aldee GT from the MC Tubarão team, an iconic Brazilian racing team that competes in various racing competitions in the country With high modifield cars or protoypes

In the early 2000s, Fiat's official racing team in Brazil modified and raced a Fiat Marea Weekend Wagon and a Fiat Brava in the Mil Milhas de São Paulo, the biggest endurance race in Brazil.

The cars raced between 2001 and 2003 in different classes.

The Fiat Marea Wagon had about 240 HP, while the Brava had about 162 HP.

The cars remind me of Supertouring cars. Apparently, in 2003, the Fiat Marea Wagon raced against an Audi RS2 and finished ahead of it.

The white Fiat Marea Of the last Photos, im not sure If its a oficial Fiat Race Car, but It raced in the same years that these two cars, pretty cool cars anyaways, all of them

Pretty Cool cars

The "Campeonato brasileiro de marcas e pilotos"(Brazilian Touring Car Championship) (normally Called Copa Shell) was initially a racing series that ran from 1983 to 1994, featuring street cars With few modifications from various different brands, It was successful at the time.

After its end in 1994 and a completely forgotten return between 2004 and 2009, The series was bought by Vicar, the same company that manages Stock Car Brasil and returned in 2011 completely revamped under the name "Copa Petrobras De Marcas" due to sponsorship reasons.

In the new Copa Petrobrás series, they ran as a support series for Stock Car Brasil, together with Other few series.

With many brands participating with their models at the time (GM, Ford, Toyota, Renault, Mitsubishi, Honda). Also many drivers From Stock Car Brasil also raced in the séries

Previously, these were touring cars with few modifications; now they were touring cars with major modifications, and unlike Stock Car Brasil, they weren't silhouettes. The cars had around 330 HP.

Despite this, during its existence, the series had relatively small grids, and due to high costs, it ended in 2018, being replaced by Turismo Nacional, a more viable alternative to be one of the support series for Stock Car Brazil.

The series had its own game, With the same name as the series' name. The game was made by Reiza Studios, who also made Automobilista, maybe some of you are familiar with those games.

In 2024, A new series, Marcas Brasil Racing was launched, a series that inherited the name but again featuring touring cars with few modifications.

I picked this up at a thrift store in the UK for £45 and I’m trying to figure out exactly what I have.
It’s a Stand 21 racing suit, with the inside label showing:
● FIA 8856-2000
● Homologation RS.017.02
● Stand 21
● Manufactured in 2004
● VLN branding
● treenet.de sponsorship
● Porsche branding
● German flag
● “Eric Berger” embroidered directly onto the belt
I’ve found references to an Eric Berger racing Porsche in VLN/Nürburgring endurance racing, including a Steam Racing Porsche 996 GT3 RS, so I’m wondering if this is actually his personal/race-used suit.
I’m especially interested in:

1. What exact series/team/car/year this suit was used with
2. Whether anyone can find photos of Eric Berger wearing this exact suit
3. What the treenet.de / Steam Racing connection was
4. Whether this is a genuine race-used suit or just team/driver apparel
5. What you think it’s worth today, both as a general vintage FIA suit and with confirmed Eric Berger provenance
6. Any information about Stand 21 RS.017.02 / ST 021 from this period
   I’m not planning to sell it immediately, I mostly want to learn what I actually found. Any help identifying the history would be massively appreciated.
   Photos of the full suit and the FIA/Stand 21 label attached.

What do people consider dangerous oil temperatures high or low. In my GC8 I consider 80C+ to we warm and the upper limit to be 115C. However in a recent Misha video he remarked that 114 wasn't too hot, so am I too nervous?

Yes I know the car was a glorified Oreca 07 but I still thought it was the coolest Lmdh on the grid from the front headlights to the sharp angled rear brake cooling ducts, always fighting near the front. It’s a shame that HRC can’t continue to support the car. I’m still holding out hope an Asian Le Mans series privateer may run the car.

Edit: if anyone has cool stories about car or the team i would love to hear about them in the comments