University of Manchester Motorsport Society

UMMS EVO Cup Video Out Soon . . . Sunday, 28 October 2007

Beneath is a preview clip of our June EVO Cup race, as sponsored by EVO, Alpinestars and Moet & Chandon. Film is produced by JKJT productions.

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Jarvis wins A1GP round 1 feature race! Monday, 1 October 2007

Oliver Jarvis pilots his Team GBR A1GP car

UMMS Ambassador Oliver Jarvis has won the first feature race of the 2007/2008 A1GP series at Zandvoort.

Jarvis took the chequered flag and his second A1GP win after a great drive ahead of South Africa and Switzerland.

EVO 110 is out now

In other news, this year the society will operate purely in a BUKC capacity. Please feel free to look around and then join us.

Jarvis to be lead A1GP GBR driver and EVO 109 out now! Sunday, 15 September 2007

Oliver Jarvis & EVO 109

UMMS Ambassador Oliver Jarvis has been selected as the race driver for Team Great Britain at the first race of the 2007/8 A1GP season at Zandvoort. Other ambassador Tiffany Chittenden also won the British Super 1 DD2 Championship last weekend, so congratulations to Tiffany on her great success from everyone at UMMS.

EVO 109: In this month's magazine ... the return of the turbocharged, rear-wheel-drive, utterly terrifying Porsche 911. Also, Ferrari’s Scuderia tested and EVO gathers together a Cobra, F40, Cerbera, Stratos and 996 GT2 in their Scary Car special. On sale now in all good newsagents.

Despite no fresher's fare presence this year, the society is still running however only in a BUKC capacity. Please feel free to look around and then join us.

UMMS Trailer filming at Donington Park Wednesday, 18 July 2007

The UMMS will be at Donington Park in a few weeks time to shoot our promotional trailer for the 2007/2008 academic year. We will be using some of the fastest sports cars in the world for the shoot, as well as some other special and exotic marques.

Keep your eye on the website for exclusive access to footage from the shoot.

EVO UMMS Cup review out now Tuesday, 10 July 2007

The race review of the EVO UMMS Cup is now available to read.

EVO 107 out now plus B&W join the UMMS Wednesday, 4 July 2007

EVO 107 is out right now for UMMS readers to read. In this month's magazine: Caparo T1 - the fastest ever road car; a Veyron hill climb; Nissan 350Z vs BMW Z4 Coupe, and Lotus 2-Eleven tested. On sale now in all good newsagents.

Further exciting news for UMMS members this week has taken shape in 2007/2008 sponsorship from speaker company Bowers & Wilkins. B&W will provide financial and product support to the UMMS for forthcoming academic year.

Chittenden & Perren win EVO Cup Thursday, 14 June 2007

Yesterday at Rye House, Hertfordshire, the UMMS completed their final year event - the EVO Karting Cup.

In sweltering heat, twenty society members took to the track for over an hour of hard fought racing. Also present were UMMS ambassadors Tiff Chittenden and Riki Christodoulou, taking time out of their busy schedules to join in the fun.

As expected, Riki and Tiff filled out the front row and were closely followed by Marc Mercer and Chris Gornall. As the flag fell, Tiff took the lead followed by Adam Christodoulou. Unfortunately on lap 3 after recovering from a poor start, Riki collided with his cousin, resulting in a spin down the field. This let Rick Osborn move into 2nd place and shadow Tiff for the next 8 laps with Adam Christodoulou in close company. As the race wore on, Osborn retired after a collision with Neil Turner leaving Tiff to extend her lead to finish three seconds ahead of Adam Christoudolou. Marc Mercer claimed 3rd spot, with Riki Christodoulou claiming fastest lap on the way back to a spirited 5th place.

The top 3 from the UMMS itself were Ed Perren, Tarasch Rawjee and Julian Norman.

A full race report with full photo and video footage of the event will be available in due course.

Jarvis Update Sunday, 10 June 2007

Our representative in the Japanese Formula 3 series, Oliver Jarvis, collected another solid points haul this weekend at Okayama. Having qualified 2nd for both of his races, Jarvis came home in 2nd and 5th places. He now trails 1st place in the championship by just a single point and will be looking to grab top spot on July 7th/8th at the world famous Suzuka circuit.

Northern Universities Championship

Manchester took three teams to the one off Northern Universities Championship 2 hour enduro at Teeside last Wednesday. Having placed ourselves 2nd on the grid out of 27, Manchester A took the lead of the race for the first hour, however at half distance a novice driver from another University spun off and then skidded back onto the track. Unfortunately, they did so into the path of ex-JICA star Matt Roberts, resulting in the Manchester A kart being damaged beyond repair. Fortunately Matt was not seriously injured, however our race was over and we were left to reflect on what might have been. Manchester B and C also drove solid and consistent races, seeing them remain on the fringes of the top 10 throughout.

EVO 106 now in shops Sunday, 3 June 2007

In this month's magazine, 2007's most important group test - can the Audi R8 depose the Porsche 911 as the world's best sports car? Also Toyota Prius myths dispelled, F1 at the Nurburgring and Dino Ferrari's story. On sale now in all good newsagents.

Tiff Chittenden profile online now Wednesday, 16 May 2007

The profile of our latest ambassador member to join the society is online now and be viewed here. Tiff Chittenden is currently taking part in the British Super 1 Karting Championship in the Rotax DDR2 class as well as on the Continent as part of the works CRG team. Having won her first two rounds in Britain, Tiff goes to Germany this weekend in confident mood of achieving similar success. UMMS members taking part in our final year event at Rye House will get the chance to both meet and race Tiff.

EVO 105 out now - plus EVO offers 3 issues for £1 Thursday, 3 May 2007

EVO 105 is available now in all good newsagents

UMMS members have been invited to test drive EVO magazine by taking your first 3 issues for just £1. Try EVO today with this special offer and discover for yourself the only UK magazine as addicted to performance cars as you are. Each monthly issue will be delivered free to your door before EVO hits the shelves and subscribers now receive exclusive collectors’ edition covers. If after your first 3 issues you decide to keep subscribing, you’ll pay the low rate of just £21.20 every 6 issues – saving 11% on the shop price! To take up this excellent offer simply call 0845 126 0395 or order online at www.dennismags.co.uk/evo entering offer code N0707XMU.

In other news, our final UMMS event this year will be 2-stroke karting at Rye House hosted by Club 100 on June 12th. EVO will be sponsoring this event with prizes and UMMS members can enter by clicking here.

EVO offers 3 issues for £1 Monday, 23 April 2007

To take up this excellent offer simply call 0845 126 0395 or order online at www.dennismags.co.uk/evo entering offer code N0707XMU.

EVO joins the UMMS Friday, 13 April 2007

EVO 104 is available to buy now!

The UMMS is pleased to welcome onboard British car magazine EVO to the society. We plan to announce the full details of this exciting partnership next week, however in the mean time you can get the latest edition of the magazine in all good newsagents. EVO 104 features the best and worst of Geneva Motor Show, driving Lambo's new lightweight Gallardo, a look at the British car industry and pits the Corsa VXR against its closest rivals.

Oliver Jarvis wins at Mount Fugi

Our man in Japan, Oliver Jarvis, was in action at Suzuka this weekend in the All-Japan F3 championship, finishing an excellent 3rd and 2nd in his two races. The full report and press release of this great weekend can be found here.

Jarvis delivers at Mount Fuji and Johal takes on The Mongol Rally Sunday, 1 April 2007

L: Jarvis in his 2007 Japanese F3 car R: Johal's challenger for the 2007 rally

Newest member of the society, Oliver Jarvis, has won his first ever All-Japan F3 race at Mount Fuji this weekend. After starting 2nd on the grid in race one, Jarvis moved swiftly into 1st place, a position he would hold to the chequered flag. Crossing the line four seconds ahead of his closest rival, Jarvis confirmed his intentions for the 2007 season by also setting the fastest lap of the race. In race 2, he once again finished on the podium by taking 3rd place. This promising start to the season means the Cambridge born racer enters round two at Suzuka full of confidence. You'll be able to read about his results first at the UMMS.

In other news, society member Richard Johal plans to participate in the 2007 Mongol Rally. Johal will be racing a Suzuki SJ (pictured above) across numerous countries in pursuit of the final destination of Ulan-Bator, Mongolia. You can read more about this exciting adventure at his website.

UMMS welcomes Oliver Jarvis Wednesday, 28 March 2007

L: Oliver with the 2007 A1GP Mexico winners trophy R: Oliver in A1GP (C) Jakob Ebrey

The UMMS is absolutely delighted to announce a partnership with one of Britain's most talented and up and coming racers, Oliver Jarvis. Oliver will join the society in an Ambassador capacity and will act as a lead figurehead of the society.

"I am very pleased to be associated with the University of Manchester Motorsport Society and I would like to thank the Committee for inviting me to take up this role.

2007 is going to be an exciting year for me in Japan driving for TOM’S Toyota in the All Japan F3 Championship and I am relishing the new challenges that lay ahead, news of which I will be sharing with UMMS members throughout the season. Adrian Sutil drove for TOM’S Toyota last year and won the Championship. This year, he is driving for Spyker in Formula One so I will be doing my best to repeat this success for the team!

Although I am based in Japan for most of this year, I will be following the activities of UMMS with genuine interest. It seems that you have some great events lined up and I wish you all the best.

Thanks for all your support.

Oliver Jarvis"

To learn more about the new partnership click HERE or to learn more about Oliver click HERE.

UMMS does BATRacer Sunday, 18 March 2007

We've now got our own championship on the popular online racing simulator, BATRacer. In order to join our MMS Seven Challenge Championship, click HERE and then use the championship entry password of "mms" and for our MMS F1 2007 Championship click HERE and then use the championship entry password of "spandexman"

We plan to add other championships such as Le Mans Endurance Series and British Touring Cars in due course.

3 Sisters Karting Thursday, 15 March 2007

Congratulations to Salvatore Sirignano for his win in the outdoor event held yesterday and also to 2nd (Marcus Haggers) and 3rd (Bob Stevenson). Photos of the event may be viewed here and here.

BUKC Thursday, 8 March 2007

Well done to all of those who took part in the BUKC event at Buckmore Park on March 7th - Manchester managed to be competitive all day setting fastest laps and being part of the top 3 for much of the day.