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Issue 2 - October 2022<br />

FULL THROTTLE<br />

Zane: The Boy From Barbados<br />

CLUB<br />

NEWS<br />

CLASSIC<br />

CARS<br />

BOOM!<br />

Automotive audio Tips<br />

A Colin McRae Special Feature<br />

WRC & F1 updates<br />

Skoda's magnificant R5s<br />

Car care and preventative maintenance tips<br />

A Magazine by BHP Motorsports.


CREDITS<br />

Full Throttle Magazine is<br />

produced by Lovell<br />

Communications Inc.<br />

Executive producers: BHP<br />

Motorsports<br />

Editor: Stephen "BHP" Lovell<br />

<br />

S U N D A Y L I M E S A T P A R A G O N<br />

The Sunday limes at Paragon were epic.<br />

It was a chance to hang out and see<br />

some of the fast cars in Barbados duel it<br />

out in an informal setting. To think that<br />

forty years ago our guys were racing<br />

some of the top saloon cars of the time.<br />

They were a variety of Ford Escorts ,<br />

Vauxhall Viva GT, Mini Coopers, Dodge<br />

Avengers, Ford Anglias and even some<br />

home brewed machine such as a V6<br />

Ford Capri. We also had some every-day<br />

drives that were modified to make them<br />

competitive. Sunday evenings at<br />

Paragon we saw and raced them all.


Zane, The Boy From Barbados<br />

Zane Maloney, the boy from<br />

Barbados, has made an indelible<br />

mark on international motor<br />

racing. Dubbed as “one of the<br />

hottest young driver talents in the<br />

motorsport scene “ -Zane is a third<br />

generation motor racer. He started<br />

racing at a tender age with The<br />

Barbados Karting Association<br />

(BKA) at Bushy Park Racing circuit.<br />

He competed with a measure of<br />

success in the Karting European<br />

Championship, the World<br />

Championships, the German<br />

Championship and The WSK<br />

Champions Cup. In 2018 at the<br />

World Karting Association event at<br />

Daytona, Florida On day one Zane<br />

won the pre-final, and came third<br />

in the final. The next day he<br />

qualified on pole, won the pre-final<br />

and the final. In 2019, his first year<br />

in Formula 4, Zane won both the<br />

overall and rookie championships,<br />

winning ten out of 30 races and<br />

securing 15 podium places.<br />

At Spa he bounced back from a<br />

horrific crash in the sprint race to<br />

win the featured race the next day.<br />

But, he did not stop there, his thirdconsecutive<br />

Feature Race win at<br />

Monza moved him up to second in<br />

the 2022 Formula 3 Drivers’<br />

Championship.


Zane on his way to his first win in F3


The Magnificent Skoda r5<br />

This 2022 WRC season, Rally2<br />

cars are again competing in the<br />

World Rally Championship<br />

WRC2 category. Despite the<br />

fact that Skoda did well in the<br />

World Championship, winning<br />

five manufacturer’s titles and<br />

also some World<br />

Championships in this<br />

categories, ŠKODA Motorsport<br />

discontinued their direct<br />

particiapation and focused<br />

entirely on supporting<br />

their customers. Rally2 cars are<br />

strictly regulated by the FIA.<br />

With the introduction of the<br />

goups, the aim was to create a<br />

group of cars with similar<br />

technical characteristics that<br />

would be affordable to private<br />

teams. Therefore the scope for<br />

development is very limited.<br />

This makes the group attractive<br />

to manufacturer and<br />

independent teams alike.


A pure rally car without electronic assistance<br />

The ŠKODA FABIA R5s are not<br />

equipped with driver assisted<br />

electronics. The installed sensors<br />

are for engine control, brake<br />

pressure, steering wheel position<br />

and fuel level. The mass-produced<br />

engine, from which the racing<br />

engine of the ŠKODA FABIA R5 is<br />

derived, was originally introduced in<br />

the Volkswagen Lamando and<br />

ŠKODA Superb cars for the Chinese<br />

market. Engine capacity was<br />

reduced from 1.8 l to 1.6 l, with a new<br />

crank<br />

mechanism specially developed<br />

for rally conditions.<br />

The valve distribution and<br />

cylinder replacement system has<br />

been completely redesigned in<br />

order to ensure ideal conditions<br />

for replacement and cylinder<br />

filling.<br />

The engines are equipped with a<br />

modified turbocharger from the<br />

Audi S3, and the oil system and<br />

the engine ventilation system<br />

have been completely<br />

redesigned.


The BMW M Hybrid V8 is a sports prototype racing car designed by<br />

BMW M Hybrid V8<br />

BMW M and built by Dallara. It is designed to the Le Mans Daytona h<br />

regulations, and will debut in the IMSA SportsCar Championship at the<br />

season opening 24 Hours of Daytona.[1] It marks BMW's return to the<br />

top-flight of sports prototype racing since the BMW V12 LMR in 1999.[2]<br />

The car will also contest the FIA World Endurance Championship from<br />

2024 onwards<br />

The BMW M Hybrid V8 is an LMDh-spec prototype race car that will<br />

compete in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.<br />

<br />

BMW has taken the wraps off its M Hybrid V8 prototype race car,<br />

which will make its racing debut in the IMSA GTP Class at the 2023 24<br />

Hours of Daytona.<br />

In 2024, the BMW M Hybrid V8 will compete in the FIA World Endurance<br />

Championship, including a return to the top class of the 24 Hours of<br />

Le Mans after a 25-year absence.<br />

The BMW M Hybrid V8's body rides atop a chassis from Italian racecar<br />

supplier Dallara. As the model name suggests, it’s powered by a<br />

4.0-liter V-8 producing up to 640 horsepower and is mated to an<br />

IMSA-spec electric motor for a hybrid setup.


SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE P66/3 ENGINE IN THE BMW M HYBRID V8.<br />

V-shaped Otto four-stroke twin-turbo engine<br />

Capacity: 3999 cc No. cylinders: 8 Valves per cylinder: 4<br />

Max RPM 8200 Output (regulated): approx. 640 hp<br />

Cylinder construction: Cast aluminium cylinder block and cylinder<br />

head, cylinder lining as iron layer in LDS procedure<br />

V angle: 90° Bore: 93 mm Stroke: 73.6 mm


BOOM!<br />

Automotive Audio tips<br />

B R I D G I N G P O W E R<br />

A M P S<br />

Most car amplifiers have a<br />

feature called "bridge mode,"<br />

where two channels can be<br />

combined as one channel to<br />

produce maximum output<br />

power. Just imagine, you’re<br />

looking to power a 200 watts RMS<br />

rated 4-ohm sub, but you are<br />

trying to avoid purchasing an<br />

expensive mono amplifier. You<br />

can take a small 2-channel amp<br />

that normally puts out two<br />

channels of 60 watts RMS<br />

and bridge it to produce around<br />

120 watts RMS, which would be<br />

perfect for your needs. Thsi is<br />

done by using the negative<br />

signal from one channel with the<br />

positive signal of the other<br />

channel, effectively doubling<br />

what each channel alone could<br />

output through a 2-ohm load.<br />

Usually, this is the maximum<br />

wattage of the amp. This way<br />

you're also optimizing your<br />

system's power potential.


WHEN YOU NEED A WRECKER<br />

CALL<br />

CHAMPION AUTO WRECKER SERVICE<br />

<br />

TEL: 433-5626


Taking care of your brakes<br />

Most brake fluids are hygroscopic, meaning they will<br />

absorb moisture when exposed to air.<br />

As brake fluid absorbs moisture it will degrade. This lowers the<br />

boiling point, which can compromise the functionality of your<br />

brake system. The fluid needs to have high boiling point to<br />

withstand the heat caused by friction when the brake pad<br />

touches the brake rotors. If the boiling point lowers, the liquid<br />

will evaporate and will result in a soft brake pedal and a lost of<br />

braking power.


The legendary Colin McRae<br />

Most of us will remember<br />

where we were on<br />

September 15th, 2007,<br />

when the news<br />

reverberated around the<br />

motoring world that rally<br />

legend Colin McRae had<br />

died in a crash while<br />

flying his helicopter near<br />

Lanark, Scotland.<br />

Colin, the 1991 and 1992<br />

British Rally Champion,<br />

and the 1995 WRC<br />

champion had amassed<br />

25 victories in an impressive career which was cut short by his tragic<br />

demise at the age of 39. He held the record for the most wins in the<br />

series from 2002 to 2004.<br />

Colin had become a legend in his time.<br />

He competed for Subaru in the first live televised American rally in<br />

Los Angeles as part of the X-Games in 2006. McRae rolled the car on<br />

the penultimate corner, damaging the front bumper and left front<br />

tyre. Despite this, he continued on to finish only 0.13 seconds slower<br />

than winner Travis Pastrana.<br />

Haas Formula 1 boss Gunther Steiner, who worked alongside McRae<br />

in his 1999 and 2000 campaigns during a spell at the factory Ford<br />

WRC operation run by M-Sport, has labeled Colin as one of the most<br />

natural drivers he’s ever seen<br />

“Colin was the man at the time and I think there will never be<br />

anybody, I mean there is always somebody, but I haven’t seen<br />

anyone with the sheer talent Colin had at the time" Steiner said.


In 1995 Rally Catalunya, team<br />

principal David Richard<br />

decided that Carlos Sainz<br />

should take the win on home<br />

turf over his Subaru<br />

teammate, and main<br />

championship rival, Colin<br />

McRae at the penultimate<br />

round of the season.<br />

McRae, with the red mist<br />

enveloping most of his helmet,<br />

summarily overhauled his<br />

Spanish teammate to the tune<br />

of eight seconds during the<br />

final stage, but later gifted the<br />

win back to Sainz by<br />

deliberately arriving at the<br />

final time control one minute<br />

late. ‘Winner takes all’, and one<br />

of the most memorable WRC<br />

season finales in history, was<br />

set.<br />

McRae won seven rallies in an Impreza 555 – New<br />

Zealand 1994, RAC ’94, NZ 1995, RAC ’95, Acropolis<br />

1996, Sanremo ’96 and Spain ’96 – and of course his one<br />

and only World Rally Championship Drivers' title 1995.


RALLY CLUB SEEKS MORE<br />

MEMBERSHIP PARTICIPATION<br />

Chairman Noel reports to 65th Anniversary AGM<br />

As the Barbados Rally Club<br />

(BRC) marks its 65th<br />

Anniversary, the membership<br />

can look back on a decade of<br />

steady progress during which<br />

goals have been successfully<br />

achieved, says Chairman Geoff<br />

Noel, but greater member<br />

participation in the running of<br />

the Club is a priority for the<br />

future. He was addressing the<br />

Annual General Meeting last<br />

evening (Thursday) at the<br />

Barbados Clay Target Shooting<br />

Association (BCTSA) Clubhouse<br />

at Searles, Christ Church. Noel,<br />

who last spoke at an AGM as<br />

Chairman nearly a decade ago,<br />

said: “Looking back, I reviewed<br />

the goals for 2011: sponsorship,<br />

timing systems, Motorsport<br />

Services, running successful<br />

Rally Barbados events and<br />

refocusing on MudDogs and<br />

Autocross. Almost all the boxes<br />

were ticked! The only goal not<br />

achieved was the improvement<br />

of our gravel events and interest<br />

has faded,so we no longer have<br />

those events.<br />

“This is what I would think is a<br />

successful Club. When you look<br />

back after 10 years and see that<br />

almost all the goals have been<br />

accomplished in a non-profit and<br />

fully volunteer organization. One<br />

area that we are very pleased<br />

about is the recent popularity of<br />

Autocross. Geoff Goddard and his<br />

team are having record entries,<br />

more sometimes than our speed<br />

events. This is the grass roots of<br />

our Club and we can firmly say<br />

that we are doing our bit for the<br />

development of motor sport in<br />

Barbados. This is a job well done.<br />

“At the 65th Anniversary Shelbury<br />

June Safari, we had Don Hunte<br />

start the cars and Bill Mallalieu on<br />

hand with a Rover 75 that<br />

competed in the very first event in<br />

1957. The competitors enjoyed the<br />

event immensely. Motorsport<br />

Services also continues to be a<br />

successful and important tool in<br />

our Club. Michelle assists us in<br />

many tasks that were previously<br />

handled by CoM members, which<br />

removes some of the burden from<br />

the CoM.”


Despite that success, however,<br />

speaking of the Club’s plans for<br />

2023 and beyond, he cautioned:<br />

“We desperately need more<br />

member participation in the<br />

running and organization of the<br />

Club. A perfect example of this is<br />

Rhett Watson, who managed the<br />

road repairs this year and even<br />

assisted with a resident who had<br />

concerns prior to an event. This is<br />

your Club and it needs your<br />

assistance.” After Noel became<br />

Chairman again in June last year<br />

and while the coronavirus<br />

pandemic restricted motor sport<br />

activity, the Committee of<br />

Management (CoM) carried out a<br />

detailed review, part of a longterm<br />

goal to ensure the<br />

sustainability of the Club. Noel<br />

explained: “We spent the first six<br />

months redeveloping and<br />

redefining the roles of the CoM<br />

members. We went through and<br />

extensively overhauled each<br />

person’s duties and documented<br />

them to ensure that all CoM<br />

members knew their roles and<br />

could plan to execute their tasks<br />

without too much outside<br />

assistance. The time spent on this<br />

exercise should be beneficial in<br />

the future, as we will continue the<br />

streamlining of the CoM to ensure<br />

that no one person is burdened<br />

with the running of our Club.”<br />

Despite two difficult years as a<br />

result of the pandemic, Treasurer<br />

Jeanne Crawford had positive<br />

news: “The club was able to enter<br />

2022 with a positive balance<br />

sheet as it looked towards the<br />

relaunch of motor sport. As you<br />

all know, costs have gone up<br />

across the board, so we will need<br />

to be diligent in reviewing our<br />

expenditures.” Noel echoed this,<br />

saying: “We have had declining<br />

revenue because of Covid, but<br />

the expenses are still there; we<br />

have trucks that require<br />

maintenance, fuel, insurance,<br />

radios that need repairing etc. All<br />

of the costs add up and we will<br />

be having a small subcommittee<br />

discussion on this topic starting<br />

next week.” There is only one key<br />

change to the Committee of<br />

Management: Kreigg Yearwood,<br />

who served as Assistant<br />

Competition Secretary for five<br />

years before becoming<br />

CompSec in 2019, has resigned,<br />

replaced by Jamal Brathwaite,<br />

who moves up from Asst<br />

CompSec; the CoM will now<br />

remain at 11 members . Noel said:<br />

“Kreigg Yearwood has decided to<br />

step away from the<br />

organizational role to focus on<br />

his career.<br />

Continued next page


Stock Car Drivers Fight at Martinsville<br />

Late model stock car driver<br />

Andrew Grady thinks he was<br />

wrecked by competitor Davey<br />

Callihan in today's qualifying<br />

races for the Martinsville 300,<br />

one of the world's biggest late<br />

model races. As racing drivers<br />

often do, Grady decided to go<br />

to Callihan's car post-race<br />

to voice his displeasure.he situation<br />

escalated quickly and Grady began<br />

throwing punches at Callihan while he<br />

was still strapped into the car. Then,<br />

somehow, things got more ridiculous:<br />

Grady was throwing punches at<br />

Callihan, plus an extra a kick at his<br />

car, when he was pulled away by<br />

someone else.<br />

C O N T I N U E D F R O M P R E V I O U S P A G E<br />

Kreigg joined the Club as my navigator when he was 16 and its great to<br />

see him progress though the Club as a successful competitor, moving<br />

on to become a critical organizer; this is the ultimate role of members<br />

that we need to see happen in the Club to assure its continuity. We<br />

would all like to thank Kreigg for his work both on and off the CoM and<br />

hopefully we will see him again in the future on the CoM.”<br />

This was the second year that the AGM had been delayed because of<br />

the pandemic after last year’s was held in June. The Annual Prizegiving<br />

in 2021 was also a casualty of Covid, Noel reporting that: “the CoM is<br />

trying to figure a way to address this in an efficient and financially<br />

effective manner.”<br />

(PR)


A little-bit sideways.<br />

The way cars are driven in Rally Barbados


Take your Elecrical and Auto AC problems<br />

to the professionals<br />

Bovell’s Elecrical and Auto Air Conditioning Services<br />

2nd Ave Park Road Bush Hall. Tel: 850-5399<br />

Battery issues<br />

A dead battery is the most<br />

common electrical problem. You<br />

turn the key and the engine won't<br />

turn over, but you are still be able<br />

to use your lights and other<br />

accessories. One option is to<br />

jump-start the vehicle, drive it to<br />

let the alternator charge the<br />

battery, or you can attach the<br />

battery to a battery charger. If the<br />

battery problem persists you may<br />

need the visit your electrician.


A well maintained<br />

Bentley<br />

Vintage Rides


tyre CARE tips<br />

Maintaining proper tyre pressure<br />

is the single most important<br />

thing you can do to help improve<br />

fuel economy, safety and the<br />

tyre life of your vehicle. At least<br />

once a month check your tyre<br />

pressure.<br />

This is best done when they are<br />

cold, using an accurate tyre<br />

pressure gauge. Maintain<br />

inflation pressure at the<br />

recommended level. This<br />

information can usually be found<br />

on a sticker on the driver’s side<br />

door pillar, or in the vehicle’s<br />

owner’s manual. Under inflation<br />

is the leading cause of<br />

irreparable tyre damage and<br />

may result in severe<br />

cracking and subsequent air loss.<br />

It reduces load capacity, allows<br />

excessive sidewall flexing, and<br />

increases rolling resistance,<br />

resulting in heat and mechanical<br />

damage.<br />

Over inflation increases stiffness<br />

that may cause an<br />

uncomfortable driving experience<br />

and generate unwanted vehicle<br />

vibration. It also increases the<br />

chances of impact damage.<br />

Check your tyres for wear<br />

Always change worn tyres, as<br />

smooth tyres contribute to<br />

accidents and may lead to<br />

skidding. Excessively worn tyres<br />

are also more likely to suffer<br />

punctures.


PAUL NAGLE TO RETIRE AFTER RALLY SPAIN<br />

Paul Nagle has announced his retirement from WRC after Rally de España.<br />

“It’s has been one hell of a rollercoaster and the memories and friends I<br />

made will last a life time,” wrote Nagle on his Facebook page.<br />

“Big thank you to everyone who followed us around the world over the<br />

last 20 years. To my family and friends and especially my wife Cathy,<br />

thank you for being there for all of it, in the good days and bad. Ye [sic]<br />

always had my back.” “To Craig [Breen] and Kris [Meeke], thank you<br />

both for making the dream happen. We have made amazing<br />

memories.” Nagle had most of his WRC starts and most of his success<br />

in WRC co-driving for Meeke. Their partnership started in 2011 in the Mini<br />

WRC Team.<br />

2014 saw them starting a 5 season partnership with Citroën Total Abu<br />

Dhabi WRT. This resulted in five victories and eight other podium<br />

positions. Since 2019, Nagle was partner with Craig Breen, recording<br />

four podiums through a part-programme for Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT<br />

during three seasons, before a move to M-Sport Ford where they scored<br />

two podiums this season.


Team Barbados preparing to do<br />

battle at Wallerfield


Taking a walk back down Pit Lane of the old Bushy Park


A very dangerous Junction<br />

This accident has encouraged the authorities to finally take some<br />

action to stop the carnage at one of the most dangerous four crosses<br />

in the parish of St.Philip. Located below the Mangrove bus depot, this<br />

four cross had seen many accident over the years. Some of those<br />

accidents included the lost of life. Sad to say, I have observed that<br />

some motorist are ignoring the recently placed stop signs.<br />

Pics of an accident on Sunday August 28th ,


F1 made mistake with revised points rules,<br />

admits Horner<br />

Red Bull team boss Christian<br />

Horner thinks Formula 1 made a<br />

mistake with the wording of<br />

revised points rules that handed<br />

Max Verstappen the world<br />

championship in Japan.<br />

The immediate aftermath of the<br />

race in Suzuka descended into<br />

farce amid confusion over<br />

whether or not a penalty for<br />

Ferrari's Charles Leclerc had been<br />

enough to secure Verstappen the<br />

crown. Many teams, including Red<br />

Bull itself, shared the wide-held<br />

view that new rules introduced<br />

after last year's shambolic<br />

Belgian Grand Prix meant<br />

Verstappen would not be given<br />

full points for his win, as the race<br />

had not run beyond 75% distance.<br />

However, a strict interpretation<br />

of F1's Sporting Regulations<br />

meant the FIA deemed full<br />

points were awarded, as the<br />

race had not been suspended.<br />

That meant Verstappen was<br />

classified as champion,<br />

something he was taken aback<br />

on in the immediate aftermath<br />

of the race. But while the FIA's<br />

stance has become clear since<br />

the end of the race, several<br />

teams have admitted that the<br />

current interpretation of the<br />

regulations – which were<br />

agreed upon after last year's<br />

Spa race – was not what was<br />

intended. Speaking about the<br />

confusion over the rules, Horner<br />

said: "I think it's a mistake.


""I think it's a mistake that wasn't<br />

included after the issues in Spa<br />

last year, that the regulations<br />

obviously haven't been mopped<br />

up. We were under the strong<br />

impression that only with 75% of<br />

the race, full points will be scored.<br />

So we felt we were going to be<br />

one point short. "But in the end,<br />

Checo's move on Charles nailed<br />

Max the championship. So you<br />

can see his surprise, the team's<br />

surprise. But what a wonderful<br />

surprise."<br />

Ferrari team principal Mattia<br />

Binotto, who saw Leclerc's final<br />

title chances evaporate with the<br />

points interpretation, admitted his<br />

squad had not known how things<br />

would be handled.<br />

"We were confused, and we<br />

thought it would not have been<br />

the full awards," he said. "So<br />

initially, our calculations were<br />

such that he was not world<br />

champion.<br />

"At the end, a clarification has<br />

been given which is an okay<br />

clarification. So I think it's simply<br />

accepted. That's the way it is. He<br />

is world champion. It's clear<br />

enough."McLaren team boss<br />

Andreas Seid l backed up the<br />

view that the changes made to<br />

the rules last winter were never<br />

intended to award full points for<br />

races that got nowhere near full<br />

distance. "In the end, how the<br />

points were awarded today wasn't<br />

what we all had in mind," he said.<br />

"That wasn't the intention from the<br />

FIA and the team side. "But in the<br />

end, it seems like we all overlooked<br />

this loophole, and therefore we are<br />

all responsible for that. It means<br />

we must try to do together a better<br />

job next time." Horner had little<br />

doubt that the teams would now<br />

speak to the FIA to get the rule<br />

revised for the future. "I'm certain it<br />

will be," he said. Binotto said that it<br />

was something he would get<br />

Ferrari to look at and better<br />

understand. "I need to double<br />

check with our sporting guys: what<br />

was the clear understanding, and<br />

what has been the conclusion and<br />

the way that it has been written<br />

and interpreted compared to the<br />

intention," he said. "It's a detail, and<br />

it's something we need to clarify as<br />

well for the future what is the true<br />

intention, what should you do and<br />

it's clear enough. But I'm not too<br />

concerned, I'm not too<br />

disappointed by it.<br />

"I accept the way the FIA has<br />

interpreted it, and let's review, let's<br />

discuss, but I will not go to any<br />

conclusion today on that."<br />

(motorsport.com)


THE<br />

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