It took a while, but it seems like we finally found a worthy adversary on tour for Tiger Woods.  Unfortunately for Phil Mickelson, Padraig Harrington and the rest, they’ve taken a backseat to Y.E. Yang, the 37-year-old South Korean who has bested Tiger Woods twice now, first at the 2006 HSBC Champions event, and more recently at the 2009 PGA Championship.  Yang will try to make it three-for-three at the 2009 version of the HSBC Champions, which takes place in Shanghai this coming November.
Along with Yang and Woods, the tournament also boasts the defending champion Sergio Garcia, and 2007 winner …read more

The Formula One season pulls into the dust and heat of Bahrain this weekend at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir with the odds favoring the cars that run better in dry, hot and dusty conditions. The racers and teams will be glad to be heading to a race that shouldn’t be interrupted by the arrival of the chaotic weather patterns that made Shanghai an adventure.
The last two races at Bahrain have seen Ferrari and Felipe Massa come away with a victory at this fast race course that should allow the racers to spend a little more time jockeying for …read more

Sebastian Vettel likes starting from the pole position. He has had his best results when doing so, winning from the pole position last year in Monza. On Sunday afternoon at the Shanghai Formula One circuit in China, he ran fast and straight from the pole position and he and his teammate, Mark Webber finished first and second to give team owner Dietrick Mateschitz, his first-two finish for Red Bull Racing.
The race started in wet and windy conditions that saw the Mercedez-Benz safety car lead the race for the first 8 laps, something that has been happening a lot this season …read more

The flag will drop on the Grand Prix of Shanghai at the Shanghai International Circuit in a week or so, and the drivers and teams have probably been contemplating the winding turns and high-speed straights designed into the amazing architecture of the circuit. The track combines a nice variety of high-speed corners and slow turns that put demands on the grip of the cars, and throws a few wrenches into the mix. The most challenging and enjoyable corners for both the racers and the drivers will probably be turns six and seven, sweeping left and right hand turns. The Shanghai …read more

We were just reading about Chang’an Automotive Group’s hybrid innovations in China, and now Honda, Toyota and GM are bringing their hybrid cars into what may be the world’s fastest growing green market.