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New Beginning – Old Management

As you may have noticed during the past week, VirtualR is operational again, run by myself, Montoya, the site’s original founder and, for most of the past 13 years, sole editor. I encountered a serious...

A Fresh Look for A Fresh Start

Providing virtual racing news for 10 years running, VirtualR is back with a major overhaul.

Justin Wilson 1978 – 2015

Veteran Indycar racer Justin Wilson has passed away following a crash at Sunday's Indycar race at Pocono.

Misc

Colin McRae 1968-2007

Colin McRae 1968-2007

Former Scottish World Rally Champion Colin McRae has been killed in a helicopter crash close to his home on saturday. My deepest regret goes out to Colin’s family and friends, the motorsport world has lost one of...

A breath of fresh air

A breath of fresh air

I??ve grown really tired of the DTM start photo in the header. What was really just a quick edit while setting up the site stayed up way too long. I implemented a more elegant solution now, providing more variety and a...

Porsche Carrera Cup Australia at Monza

Porsche Carrera Cup Australia at Monza

This year’s Formula One Grand Prix of Italy offered a very special sideshow to the countless Italian fans. While Porsches racing alongside the Formula 1 are nothing special, this year’s Porsche field came...

Martin Tomczyk: “A hell of a ride”

Martin Tomczyk: “A hell of a ride”

Audi Team Abt’s Martin Tomczyk was given the chance to turn some laps on the N??rburgring Nordschleife prior to the anual N??rburgring DTM round. Tomczyk completed several laps in the 2007 Audi A4 DTM car, being the...

Carrera-Cup in Russia

Carrera-Cup in Russia

The German Porsche Carrera-Cup paid a visit to the Russian Ring for an off-season exhibition race. The twisty, completely flat track is perfectly suited to the one-make cup racing. The race on the former airfield turned...

Goodbye Magny-Cours – A farewell Event

Goodbye Magny-Cours – A farewell Event

Magny-Cours will most probably not host any Formula One rounds in the forseeable future, reason enough for me to have a last spin with the Formula One 2006 season on the circuit de Nevers in the middle of France’s...

NASCAR in Bella Italia

NASCAR in Bella Italia

NASCAR brings Monza’s epic banked corner back to live. While the days of F1 cars racing on the historic oval are long gone, it provides are beautiful setting for the world’s most popular oval racing series...

California Dreamin’ – NASCAR at Fontana

California Dreamin’ – NASCAR at Fontana

While California is mainly known as home of many pretty girls, the Golden State has also brought us some of the finest NASCAR drivers. The likes of Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon paid their birth-stayed a visit...

The Champ Car World Tour stops in France

The Champ Car World Tour stops in France

The Champ Car World Series has arrived in Europe, racing at Dijon. The highspeed short version of the French track provided a great setting for american open wheel racing. Local boy Sebastien Bourdais won his home race...

Little Minis on a big mountain

Little Minis on a big mountain

Mount Panorama is certainly a great place to go racing. What do you get if you put Australias finest race-track together with a full pack of Minis? Plenty of nice photo opportunities…enjoy! ????