All News: Riku Alatalo


Alatalo Runs Riot at America’s National Park of Speed

July 24th, 2015 by

Week 5 of the Pro Mazdas season saw them head up north to the state of Wisconsin where one of  America’s most historic circuits awaited them: Road America. Featuring 14 corners over its 6.515km layout there would be no shortage of a good fight at this track. With two long straights to draft on and … Read the Rest »

Bakkum States his Intention

May 14th, 2015 by

The iRacing Grand Prix Series headed to Northern Europe for Round 8 of the season. One of the (if not THE) most historic and well known tracks in Britain was the destination: Silverstone Grand Prix circuit. The track was a fitting one for the series to end its journey of Europe before heading back to … Read the Rest »

Schwitter Snatches it at Road Atlanta

January 19th, 2015 by

Last season Road Atlanta brought out some close and fantastic sim racing, and this season was no different! The 18 drivers who lined-up on the grid would have 22 laps awaiting them around the 2.54 mile, 12 cornered circuit. Any mistake around the track could be punished, with walls situated very close to corner exits … Read the Rest »

Alatalo Takes the Spoils at Suzuka

January 10th, 2015 by

The iRacing Star Mazda championship headed over to Japan for Round 3 of the season; the world famous Suzuka International Racing Course would be the track that the drivers will have to navigate on this third week of racing. With most of the drivers adjusting well to the new qualifying procedure they knew it was … Read the Rest »

Smidl Cleans-Up at Okayama

November 4th, 2014 by

Okayama International Circuit played  host to the opening week of the 2014 S4 iRacing Star Mazda Championship, with over 1000 iRacers taking the green flag! Every online race this week – bar two -had a couple of splits or more, indicating it was going to be a closely-fought battle for the advantage in the championship … Read the Rest »

Second Winner in Second Race of Skippy 2K Cup

August 22nd, 2014 by

The second round of the Skip Barber 2K Cup at Silverstone was another popular affair with nearly three dozen sim-racers in attendance for a 20 lap race on the Historical Grand Prix layout.  In qualifying Vinicius Rocha took pole position by 0.006s ahead of Sebastian Job with previous pole sitter Philippe Leybaert in third ahead … Read the Rest »

Skip Barber 2k Cup Season 1 Round 1

August 8th, 2014 by

The year 2014 has proven to be quite an exciting one for the Skip Barber F2000 in iRacing.  Week after week we’ve bore witness to the majesty and simplicity of this car through the eyes of the UK&I Skip Barber league during the first two seasons of the year, and the new paintable wheels have … Read the Rest »

Alatalo’s Laguna Cruise

February 12th, 2014 by

After an easy week to start the season, Week Two of the 2014 Season 1 iRacing.com Indy Road Series took a very different direction for everyone involved. Drivers had to take on the twists and turns of the tricky Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca for one of the season’s biggest tests. Ultimately it would be former … Read the Rest »

Iberia See-off Invasion by Finnish Radicals

January 10th, 2014 by

As 2013 Season 4 moves into its final stages and the drop weeks start to come into play, it is clear that the initial promise of a Finnish counter for the previous season’s Iberian dominational of the iRacing.com Radical Racing Challenge has largely evaporated. After eight rounds, Omar Soto II, leads the field by 28 … Read the Rest »

Roar Before the 2.4

January 21st, 2013 by

The 2013 World Tour of iRacing got off to a roaring start with the Roar Before the 2.4. The mixed class online races on Friday and Saturday featured the Ford Mustang FR500S, Volkswagen Jetta TDi and Mazda MX-5 Cup on the Daytona International Speedway road course, with more than 1300 iRacers participating in the event. … Read the Rest »