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TOYOTA GR CUP: EAST LONDON SPOILS SHARED

July 24, 2023 No Comments 5 Min Read

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…

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MASHIGO TAKES FIRM GRIP ON TOYOTA GR CUP CHAMPIONSHIP

June 19, 2023 No Comments 4 Min Read

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…

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TWO TOYOTA GR CUP PODIUMS AT KILLARNEY FOR MASHIGO

February 19, 2023 No Comments 3 Min Read

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…

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ASAMM RACER MASHIGO TAKES MAIDEN TOYOTA GR CUP PODIUM

February 19, 2023 No Comments 4 Min Read

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…

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