New Website !

I've my new blog and website at www.martenhansen.se , please visit and I hope you will like it !

Sweden

The flight to Sweden went great and like always the first couple of days are tough because of the jetleg. Its better now and its nice to relax and catch up with old friends and family ! My dad and I went to watch Rallycross the other day and those guys always give a good show !!

Summer !

My last day in america a friend and I went to this super nice place in Silicon Valley, perfect ending ! Right now I'm at the airport waiting on my flight to Sweden, with mixed feelings. I've 16 hrs to find out if the new double decker A380 is any special !? Its a long flight that I've taken 12 times now, but it will be worth it when I finally arrive !!

Beginning of the end

Last weekend the focus were on racing and packing ! I'll spend the summer in Sweden this year, which I'm excited about ! And on the racing side it's was the very prestige 24hrs of LeMans, Formula 1 and NASCAR. Audi had some bad luck in the LeMans with two scary crashes but still held it together and capture the win ! Right now I'm on the train to south bay of San Fransisco to meet a friend. And then tomorrow afternoon fly to Sweden !

What a finish !

Started the day pretty early by watching the Monaco Grand Prix and then Indy 500! And Istill can't believe the leader crashed on the last turn on the last lap,unbelievable!! After all the racing we took these amazing cars to head out for dinner ! Ferrari 458 Italia, Lamborghini Murciélago LP640 and Audi R8 plus great companies plus great food, moments to remember !!

Off work !

I felt I had spend too many hours behind the desk plus it's beautiful weather outside so I decided to hang out with my swedish/american family ! It's fun to listen and hang out with younger people. They have much less worries, can have fun in every moment etc. I've always listened and learn from adults but lately I realized you can learn a lot from the younger ones as well. After playing with the kite an old friend stopped by who has some interesting ideas and plans for the future !

Summer fun !

After all the traveling and work it's great to just have fun this last weekend ! Went over to a friend who gave this great hospitality by starting the weekend by racing on the simulator, always fun and competitive !! Then went to the marina district in San Francisco for dinner. Up early the next morning to go to the Golden Gate Park for this super fun event called Bay to Breakers ! Which is a type of a masquerade run, people dress up and walk 7,5miles through the Golden Gate Park !!

I’ve now recovered and get back in the rhythm after three weeks of flatout ! It’s been a lot of fun and productive and of course it’s great to have my parents here to visiting me !! Lately I’ve done a lot of computer work and planning. The weather has picked up and I guess it’s pre-summer now here in California, can’t complain !

Snow...?

Today all of us got a big suprise at the racetrack...it started to snow ?! It snowed so bad they took the decision to cancelled the qualify.  But the practice we had went great and the race on Saturday gave a podium finish !! 

Olympic

We did a little trip to Olympic Park in Salt Lake City where part of the 2002 Olympic where hold ! Pretty cool to see and they say their summer training starts beginning of June ! Then headed out to Miller Motorsports Park!

Road Trip !

Now we're on the road again, been driving by Tahoe saw snow for the first time this season ! Couple of hours later we're in the desert !! And additional hours we were in Bonneville Salt Flat. Its pretty cool how it change like that !

Tour guide !

My parents arrived to california couple of days ago. Last time I saw them was almost a year ago ! So I've played tour guide to show them around ! Went to Napa Valley, San Francisco and some other places. In SF we ran the cable cars, went to Fisherman Warf, aquarium, tried the world famous irish coffee and much more !

Motocross !

Couple of days ago I went with my friend Dave to see him race in a motocross race ! It's a lot of fun and met some great people ! It brought back the real passion for racing, -having fun ! It's very easy for me to be "too" serious with my racing, focus on 0.01 sec, 2mm and couple of clicks on the rebound on the shocks. I get too serious that I forget to have fun, that's the reason why I started with racing ! That's why I like this picture below !!!

Red Line Oil !

For the 25hrs of Thunderhill the Team Copa Ford GT race car was all prepared with 5 different Red Line Oil products that worked great ! Now you can follow Team Copa on Red Line Oil official motorsports website - So stay tuned right Here !!

Footage

Here are some videos and pictures from the last race weekend !

Arriving in LA


Ford GT entering the oval !


195mph /314kph fast Porshce !!


Runway surprise !


Back Home !!


Here are some pictures from the race weekend !

Like a pro !!

Today was Jason's day and he preformed like a professional !! Qualified good and during the race he passed 6 cars on the first lap ! But unfortunately he got a flat tire but still finished in the top 10 !! Its been a great weekend; the guys drove great, had 70°F/20°C warm, surrounded by great people and fun flight experience ! The only announcements from the pilots were how fast we were going, -That's it !!! Nothing about; it will be bumpy, its time to land, safety...nope !!

One down !

Today was an intense day at the race track ! We learned a lot and found a lot of speed on every session ! But unfortunately the motor blew up on the Ford on the last lap so all the focus will be on the Porsche tomorrow !

Success !

We had a very successful day at the track today ! Everybody did a great job and it looks good for the race tomorrow ! Its a fast track and drive on the oval adds a lot of excitement and high top speed !!