Lewis Hamilton has been promised a $4 million McLaren supercar for free - if he wins the world titles this year. The 23-year-old British driver told The Sun newspaper that he first clapped eyes on the ultra-rare McLaren LM in the team’s F1 factory ten years ago.
“When I first went to McLaren it was there […]
Mosler is sponsoring an MT900 spec racing series for its cars, including the MT900 GT3 and the newly announced MT900 Challenge car. The series will take place across some of Europe’s most storied race tracks, and with over 20 teams already signed up, it’s sure to be exciting, difficult racing all year long.
The MT900 Challenge […]
Qatar is reportedly the latest country that could soon be scrambling to join F1’s ever-dynamic race calendar. We reported one year ago that the Middle Eastern state was planning to follow in the footsteps of neighbours Bahrain and Abu Dhabi in bidding to become a grand prix host.
On Wednesday, the president of Qatar’s motor sports […]
Bernie Ecclestone is now hoping to install night races in China and South Korea, after revealing on Sunday that Malaysia has finally agreed to floodlighting the Sepang circuit from 2009. “We’ll speak to the people in China, see what we can do there,” the 77-year-old F1 chief executive is quoted as saying by the news […]
Le Mans could soon be vying with F1 in the technology stakes with news today that Peugeot is planning to race a hybrid-diesel car in next year’s 24 hour endurance race. The news comes from the carmaker’s new CEO Jean-Philippe Collin who revealed that a prototype hybrid-diesel racing engine will be fitted to the existing […]
With Ferrari-McLaren relations at an all time low, paddock gossip is inevitably doing the rounds that Ferrari is now unhappier than ever about tackling this season and beyond with the new McLaren-developed control electronics. Following the investigation back at Maranello this week into Ferrari’s two failed race engines in Australia, speculation suggests that the Italian […]
Red Bull’s second formula one team Scuderia Toro Rosso is for sale, co-owner and main backer Dietrich Mateschitz has revealed. The 63-year-old billionaire told the Swiss publication Motorsport Aktuell that his energy drink company plans to approach the 2010 season with only one team.
Mateschitz explained that Toro Rosso, which since the Minardi buyout two years […]
Formula 1 cars are routinely sold after their competition lifespan is up, but they usually go to members of the race teams themselves, collectors or museums, not to the wider audience of enthusiasts. This open charity auction should provide a chance for anyone - with a stout pocketbook - to get a slice of history […]
Last week we saw the reveal of the official safety car for this year’s F1 season in the form of the lightened SL63 AMG from Mercedes-Benz, and now we have a first look at the car that will fill the same role in this year’s Super GT touring car series. The car is […]
Honda is to steadily withdraw its technical support for satellite team Super Aguri, Nick Fry revealed in Melbourne. F1 teams have agreed that customer cars will be totally phased out by 2010, but Honda CEO Fry told Reuters that - with new team ownership - Super Aguri will stand on its own feet “a long […]
Sydney has counted itself as still in the hunt to snatch the Australian grand prix from rival city Melbourne. Even though Bernie Ecclestone recently dismissed the famous Australian city’s positioning for the event, the F1 boss might be interested in new claims that Sydney would be prepared to consider a night race.
While the race’s current […]
Sounding like the words of someone who has already accepted defeat, Williams team co-owner Patrick Head is proposing that the fastest F1 cars, based on how many championship points the driver has accumulated, should be placed at the back of the grid to make the races more interesting.
“I would like to see the grids […]
Super Aguri confirmed today that it has entered into a partnership with Magma Group. The deal is expected to be completed over the next few weeks, but team boss Aguri Suzuki would not be drawn on the details other than to confirm that Honda will still be involved in the project going forwards.
“We are in […]
On the eve of the 2008 championship season, the biggest Toyota boss has asked the Japanese carmaker’s F1 team to deliver its first race win. Despite having a front-running annual budget since the Cologne based outfit debuted in 2002, Toyota has in more than 100 grands prix so far failed to collect more than a […]
Australia’s new prime minister has personally told Bernie Ecclestone that the country will not be funding a night F1 race. “I’ve spoken to Kevin Rudd and he’s told me it would cost too much to re-stage the race, so I guess that’s it. We won’t be going to Australia for too much longer,” the […]