CUBA: MOTOR RACING - Havana becomes a 70-kilometre race track as Cuba's Classic Car Club kicks off its ninth edition of the antique automobile rally

Record ID: 214032

  • Title: CUBA: MOTOR RACING - Havana becomes a 70-kilometre race track as Cuba's Classic Car Club kicks off its ninth edition of the antique automobile rally
  • Date: 19th August 2013
  • Summary: HAVANA, CUBA (AUGUST 18, 2013) (REUTERS) GENERAL VIEW OF HAVANA SEA FRONT VARIOUS OF ANTIQUE AUTOMOBILES PARTICIPATING IN RALLY ENGINE VARIOUS OF RETIRED FORMULA ONE DRIVER, SCOTLAND'S DAVID COULTHARD, INSIDE ANTIQUE AUTOMOBILE (SOUNDBITE) (English) RETIRED FORMULA ONE DRIVER FROM SCOTLAND, DAVID COULTHARD, SAYING: "Looking forward to taking part. I think that this is very exciting to see what the local Cuban motor enthusiasts are able to put on. There are a lot of fantastic looking cars and this is a celebration not only of everyone's shared passion for motorsports and cars in general but I think it has that very laid back Cuban style." VARIOUS OF 1930 FORD SIGN THAT READS 'ANTIQUE CAR RALLY CUBAN STYLE' CAR HORN 1930 FORD (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) SPANISH NATIONAL LIVING IN CUBA, JAVIER ZULUAGA SAYING: "It's an incentive to have, each time, the cars functioning. I think that if this event didn't happen, there wouldn't be a motivation to keep them in such a good state." VARIOUS OF RALLY STARTING CAMERA OPERATOR RETIRED FORMULA ONE DRIVER DAVID COULTHARD IN RALLY STARTING FLAG VARIOUS OF ANTIQUE CARS RALLYING THROUGH STREETS OF HAVANA
  • Embargoed: 3rd September 2013 13:00
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  • Location: Cuba
  • Country: Cuba
  • Topics: General,Quirky,Sports,Transport
  • Reuters ID: LVABWYE5G61448TX506CICJE5RTI
  • Story Text: Cuba's famed antique cars roared through Havana as the IX annual Antique Automobile Rally kicked off on Sunday (August 18), with retired Formula One driver David Coulthard participating.
    More than 60 antique cars and 15 classic motorcycles took part in the 70 kilometre (43.5 miles) rally that rips through various parts of Havana, including the tourist-favourite neighbourhoods of Central Havana and Old Havana.
    Coulthard, who drove for Formula One from 1994 to 2008, praised Cuba for its love of cars.
    "I think that this is very exciting to see what the local Cuban motor enthusiasts are able to put on. There are a lot of fantastic looking cars and this is a celebration not only of everyone's shared passion for motorsports and cars in general but I think it has that very laid back Cuban style," the former racer said.
    This year's rally will rank the top five winners in the antique cars segment and the top three in the classic motorcycles, with the first place winner garnering the Castrol Cup.
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