As if there weren't enough races in the middle of the Royal Weekend where the whole world stops to witness the rise of the new Royal Couple, there's also the second round of the 2018 DTM season, which was held at the EuroSpeedway Lausitz for two races, where a battle royale of DTM drivers come together for a two-race fight for royalty in Lausitz.
In the first race of this Lausitz battle royale, the whole motoring crowd witness Edoardo Mortara's win after a race full of disaster for Audi drivers after a start line collision while Timo Glock's placed 2nd and Philipp Eng placed 3rd. In the latter race, meanwhile, Mercedes driver Gary Paffett took the win from 2nd placer Marco Wittmann while Pascal Wehrlein was placed 3rd.
The Royal Weekend is not just about the whole world stopped to witness the rise of the new Royal Couple, it's also a smorgasbord of races, races, and races. One of them is the Vodafone Rally de Portugal of the WRC 2018 season where the best rally drivers are ready to get their hands dirty in the name of royalty in front of the spectators.
Summing up this four-day battle royale; Toyota Gazoo Racing's Ott Tanak kicked off the Portugal rally with an SS1 victory until a crash led Haydon Paddon to win SS2. The next two stages see Hyundai's Dani Sordo nailing them and with SS5 comes in, Kris Meeke charged for the win. Saturday stages see a one-sided fight between Ford driver Elfyn Evans and Hyundai's Thierry Neuville in the middle of dominating the Portugal rally and by Sunday, Thierry Neuville wins the Vodafone Rally de Portugal with the overall time of 3:49:46.6, +40.0 ahead of Evans, +47.3 ahead of Teemu Suninen, another Ford driver.
Suzuka's having their little royal rumble in the midst of the royal weekend as the third round of the Autobacs SUPER GT 2018 Series sends the best drivers of this sport to a battle royale to remember.
300 kilometers, 52 laps, and some surprises in store, this is one heck of a race to remember especially those having hangovers in the middle of the royal weekend. And after one heck of a race, thanks to its pole position advantage, the #8 ARTA NSX GT driven by Tomoki Nojiri and Takuya Izawa wins the GT500 race followed by the #100 RAYBRIG NSX GT driven by Naoki Yamamoto and Jenson Button, and the #1 KeePer TOM'S LC500 driven by Ryo Hirakawa and Nick Cassidy. In the GT300, meanwhile, winner goes to the #96 K-tunes RC F GT3 driven by Morio Nitta and Yuichi Nakayama, followed by the #25 HOPPY 86 MC driven by Takamitsu Matsui and Sho Tsuboi, and the #61 SUBARU BRZ R&D SPORT driven by Takuto Iguchi and Hideki Yamauchi.
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The next race of the Autobacs SUPER GT 2018 Series will be in Thailand on the 1st of July.
Winton's having their own kind of royal rumble in the midst of this royal weekend as the Winton SuperSprint leg of the 2018 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship puts these drivers on a two-race battle royale to decide who is the king of Winton track.
Throughout this two-race event, there has been some moments in store in the middle of this royal rumble. From Whincup's mechanical failure at the start, some crashes, even the relentless war on words traded by drivers, this race really is something to be remembered by fans many.
On the first race of this event, former champion Rick Kelly ended his 210-race winless streak with a breakthrough win for Nissan Motorsport. Then, on the last race of this event, Fabian Coulthard ended his winless streak by taking advantage of McLaughlin's poor start and shoot his way to victory. Now that is something.
The next race is at Hidden Valley Raceway for the CrownBet Darwin Triple Crown event from the 15th to the 17th of June, 2018.
In the midst of the royal weekend, Charlotte Motor Speedway comes alive with their own kind of royal rumble as the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series All-Star Race brings the roughest and toughest NASCAR drivers in one oval stage to decide once and for all who will take home the million dollars.
Here's what happened in this million dollar race; with Kevin Harvick's Stage 1 win and Kyle Busch's Stage 2 win, the real fun begins as Martin Truex Jr. triggered a four-car crash when his car went bonkers. Correction, five cars got messed up. Sorry. With Harvick's Stage 3 win, Kyle Larson went out of bounds when his car went out of control.
Kevin Harvick, clearing two stages in this race, takes home the million dollars after winning the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series All-Star Race. A perfect way to end this royal rumble at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
The boys return at Charlotte Motor Speedway on the 27th of May for the Coca-Cola 600.
After Britain had their fun witnessing the birth of a new Royal Couple, nothing's more royal than witnessing the clash of Formula E royals at the streets of Berlin for another leg of the fourth season of the ABB FIA Formula E Championship.
FIA Formula E S4: Berlin
This race is one heck of a royal rumble out here. There's Rosenqvist went out of bounds at the first corner when his brakes locked up, an overtaking rivalry between Sebastien Buemi and Jean-Eric Vergne, and some more late-braking out of bounds, what more can you ask about the Berlin e-Prix?
Anyway, at the end of this 45-lap royal rumble, Daniel Abt of Audi Sport, for the first time, won in his home turf followed by his teammate Lucas di Grassi and Jean-Eric Vergne.
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After the Berlin tangle, so far, JEV leads the standings with 162 points followed by DS Virgin Racing's Sam Bird by 122 points, and Mahindra's Felix Rosenqvist by 86 points.
Come June 10, Switzerland will host their first-ever motor racing event for a half of century in the Zurich E-Prix.
It's a bright and beautiful sunny day at Britain when the whole world stopped to witness the Royal Wedding between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, now known as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. It's rare to see an American personality like her getting married to someone with a royal blood like him and the whole world rejoiced to witness the very moment.
The wedding ceremony occurred at St. George's Chapel and it's a star-studded one as numerous celebrities including the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge themselves as well as The Queen are present to witness the birth of a new Royal Couple. Star-studded aside, the wedding was plunged by a very long but powerful sermon by Michael Curry, an American preacher and Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, about the healing power of love.
After a long sermon, a smorgasbord of music adds some life to the already lively Royal Wedding and after exchanging vows, a cello performance by Sheku Kanneh-Mason concludes the ceremony. After the ceremony and a kiss, they left with their carriage as they're headed through the Windsor Castle in front of the masses.
As the newly appointed Duke and Duchess of Sussex welcomed a new chapter of their lives, what new challenges will bring on the new Royal Couple? Anyway, we wish the newly appointed Duke and Duchess of Sussex the best of luck taking on new endeavors of their lives.
