Setshaba Mashigo

TOYOTA GR CUP: EAST LONDON SPOILS SHARED

July 24, 2023 No Comments 5 Min Read

TOYOTA GR CUP: EAST LONDON SPOILS SHARED

BY SETSHABA MASHIGO The East London Grand Prix Circuit hosted round 5 of the Toyota Gazoo Racing Cup and big upsets were in store. There was as much excitement as there was apprehension to tackle the oldest and fastest race track in Mzansi. The infamous Potters Pass and Rifle Bend – consecutive right hand sweepers taken at least 200km/h with only a strip of grass and a tyre wall between…

MASHIGO TAKES FIRM GRIP ON TOYOTA GR CUP CHAMPIONSHIP

Manufacturers Motorsport News Toyota

June 19, 2023 No Comments 4 Min Read

MASHIGO TAKES FIRM GRIP ON TOYOTA GR CUP CHAMPIONSHIP

Complete dominance, as Formula 1 fans have come to learn, doesn’t make for thrilling sporting entertainment. But boy is it a glorious feeling in the cockpit! A feeling that I had the pleasure of experiencing at Aldo Scribante circuit in Gqeberha for the fourth Round of the Toyota Gazoo Racing Cup. Being a bit more technical and peppered with more consequence than our home circuit Zwartkops Raceway, the first practice…

MASHIGO WINS TOYOTA GR CUP THRILLER

Manufacturers Motorsport News Toyota

May 22, 2023 No Comments 3 Min Read

MASHIGO WINS TOYOTA GR CUP THRILLER

Stars align at Zwartkops Raceway! After a dream debut resulting in two podiums at the same venue in Round 1, a baptism of fire at Killarney in Round 2, round 3 of the Toyota Gazoo Racing Cup was the breakthrough weekend I had been looking forward to for a long time! The first practice session saw me set the second best time behind Chad Lückoff, who seemed to have finally…

ON THE ROAD: VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN R

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May 7, 2023 No Comments 8 Min Read

ON THE ROAD: VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN R

BY SETSHABA MASHIGO Performance SUVs can indeed be fun, but largely in ways that don’t involve lateral G-forces. Most entertain with ungodly amounts of power or by belching out sounds that are measured with a seismograph rather than a decibel meter. Sadists will find joy in heaving them through corners, but really, they’d much rather avoid any steering angle altogether. Then I caught myself grinning hard while pedaling the new…

TWO TOYOTA GR CUP PODIUMS AT KILLARNEY FOR MASHIGO

Manufacturers Motorsport News Toyota

February 19, 2023 No Comments 3 Min Read

TWO TOYOTA GR CUP PODIUMS AT KILLARNEY FOR MASHIGO

BY SETSHABA MASHIGO Expectations were high for team the ASAMM car #777 of Setshaba Mashigo heading into the second round of the Toyota Gazoo Racing Cup at Killarney International Raceway in Cape Town this past weekend. With a fantastic free practice performance, topping the timing sheets by 7 tenths of a second through all three sessions, a maiden win looked very likely. However, Cape Town’s infamously unpredictable weather reared its…

ASAMM RACER MASHIGO TAKES MAIDEN TOYOTA GR CUP PODIUM

Manufacturers Motorsport News Toyota

February 19, 2023 No Comments 4 Min Read

ASAMM RACER MASHIGO TAKES MAIDEN TOYOTA GR CUP PODIUM

BY: SETSHABA MASHIGO Round 1 of the Toyota Gazoo Racing Cup at Zwartkops Raceway couldn’t have gone any better for team ASAMM (Association of South African Motoring Media). Scoring a second place overall finish on my real-world racing debut was an extraordinary start to the 2023 season. The build up to the race weekend was jam packed with introductions to the Toyota Gazoo Racing South Africa team, Fast Developments who…

ON THE ROAD: BMW X3 M40I

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October 14, 2022 No Comments 7 Min Read

ON THE ROAD: BMW X3 M40I

BY SETSHABA MASHIGO It’s quite puzzling when some performance car enthusiasts are about to start a new family. They bemoan the prospect of having to let go of their beloved boy-racer-mobile for something that can comfortably fit kids, pets and their luggage. But what do cars like the BMW X3 M40i exist for? Well it has just been updated and I got to spend some time with it. The LCI…