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Motorsport camera footage is getting pretty good these days. Footage is clearer and more stable than ever, and so many cameras can be attached to the average race car that we've never got so close to the action. ALSO SEE: Über-Rich Guys, Don't Feel Bad. Kimi Spun The LaFerrari, Too: Video What we haven't been able to do is watch on-board car footage from an angle of our own choosing. That is, until now. Mercedes-Benz has used a new 360-degree video capture method that allows you to follow live-action video from just about any angle you choose. Launched with the Mercedes AMG F1 team, the...
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Ferrari Forms New Sporting Activities DepartmentIn an effort to more closely align its Corse Clienti customer racing activities with its actual Formula One program, Ferrari’s motorsport division Scuderia Ferrari has formed the new “Sporting Activities Department” that will group all the separate activities into the one...
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Victory Donuts Are Now Legal In Formula 1You might call it the "Vettel Rule": victory donuts are now legal in Formula 1. That's right, after winning a race, the victor can do their spinny rings of tire death at will. In fact, the winning driver can now do an in-car celebration of just about any sort, reports The F1 Times. Stopping on...
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First GT Academy Winner To Drive For Nissan In Super GT & Le Mans, Another Being Prepped For F1The original winner of Nissan’s GT Academy, Lucas Ordonez, has certainly come a long way since his student days of 2008. After winning the first-ever round of GT Academy that year, Ordonez was propelled into the world of GT4 racing where he competed in a Nissan 350Z and then the 370Z. In 2010...
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Simona de Silvestro Joins Sauber F1, Aims For 2015 Race SeatSwiss racing driver Simona de Silvestro has been recruited by Formula One team Sauber as an affiliated driver. The new role is described as a preparation program aimed at achieving a super license and possible race seat at the Swiss team by as early as the 2015 season. de Silvestro, 25, will be...
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Schumacher Manager Says F1 Legend Still Being Woken From ComaA manager for injured racing legend Michael Schumacher has revealed the winner of seven Formula One world championships is still being woken from a coma that was medically induced by doctors treating him for head injuries sustained in a tragic skiing accident late last year. Manager Sabine Kehm...
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Retired from his winning endurance racing career, Allan McNish has taken up a job reporting on Formula 1 for the BBC. He's trading on his experience as a top-flight racer of hybrid-powered race cars, and we're buying in. Of course, McNish also has some seat time in F1 cars, too, so he may be one of the best-placed humans anywhere to give an educated guess as to what this season's radically different F1 cars will be like. The bottom line: it's going to be tough for the drivers to be fast. Watch the video to find out why. For some background on the updates to this year's rules changes for F1...
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Ross Brawn Retires From F1Formula One stalwart Ross Brawn has announced his retirement from the sport, ending months of speculation on what team he could end up following his decision last November to quit as team principal at Mercedes AMG. The British engineer, 59, made the announcement during a recent fishing trip in...
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Another Ayrton Senna-Owned Acura NSX Up For SaleYou can barely bring up the three letters N, S and X in car-guy company without somebody mentioning Ayrton Senna. The racing legend only had a small impact on Honda's development program for the original NSX but a few photographs and videos here and there mean the car has forever been immortalized...
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Agent Confirms Michael Schumacher Being Brought Out Of ComaAn agent for Formula One racing legend Michael Schumacher has confirmed media reports that the seven-time world champion is slowly being brought out of an induced coma instigated by doctors treating him for a severe brain injury sustained during a skiing accident last month. Earlier today, agent...
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Mercedes Driver Lewis Hamilton’s F1 Test Crash Caught On VideoYesterday, official testing for the 2014 Formula One World Championship got underway in Jerez, Spain, and the first major mishap has already occurred. A crash involving Lewis Hamilton in Mercedes AMG’s new W05 was the high point of the day, but thankfully it wasn’t a serious crash as...
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Red Bull Racing Reveals RB10 2014 Formula One Car: VideoInfiniti Red Bull Racing, the last of the top teams to reveal its new race car for the 2014 Formula One World Championship, has finally pulled off the covers. The car is the RB10, aptly named since it’s Red Bull’s 10th season in F1, and it's the one Sebastian Vettel will be hoping to...
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Mercedes AMG Petronas has revealed its new race car for the 2014 Formula One season on the eve of the first official tests in Jerez, Spain this week. The car is the W05, and from these early images it appears to have adopted a snout-like design similar to that used by Ferrari for its own F14 T 2014 F1 car. Designed from the ground up as an integrated project between the Mercedes AMG engineers based at Brackley and Brixworth in the U.K., the W05 marks an historic milestone in a landmark year when Mercedes-Benz celebrates 120 years of motorsport competition and 80 years since the first of its...
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Ferrari Reveals Its F14 T 2014 Formula One Car: VideoFerrari has just taken the wraps off its new race car for the 2014 Formula One World Championship, the F14 T. The car, whose name was chosen by the Scuderia’s own fans, is Ferrari’s 60th F1 car and the result of more than two years of development. Although the traditional gestation...
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Lotus Reveals Split-Nose E22 2014 F1 Car Hours After Team Principal QuitsLotus F1 is the latest team to reveal its new car for the 2014 Formula One World Championship. The car carries the E22 designation and will be driven in the new season by existing Lotus driver Romain Grosjean and newcomer Pastor Maldonado. Sure to prove controversial is the car’s new...
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McLaren Reveals Its MP4-29 2014 Formula One Car: VideoMcLaren has revealed its race car for the 2014 Formula One World Championship, the MP4-29. This is the car that Jenson Button and newcomer Kevin Magnussen will be driving, and the one the team at Woking hope will eradicate memories of last season’s poor performance. Like all teams in the new...
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2014 Ferrari F1 Car Named 'F14 T' By FansAbout a month ago we told you that Ferrari would let fans determine the name of its 2014 Formula One race car by voting on social media. Well, the voting process is now complete, with fans choosing the name F14 T from a list of five options. The others were F14 Maranello, F14 Scuderia, F166 Turbo...
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Williams Reveals 2014 Formula One CarWilliams is the second Formula One team to reveal its new race car for the 2014 season, following on the heels of Force India, which showed off its car yesterday. Williams’ new racer is called the FW36 and it comes powered by an engine and Energy Recovery System (ERS) sourced from...
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The Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One team has already taken the wraps off its 2014 engine, a turbocharged 1.6-liter V-6. It's apparently so pleased with the radical new powerplant that it decided to show this computer-rendered version as well. In accordance with new rules, the engine is actually teamed with an electrical Energy Recovery System for an extra boost of power. The V-6 is expected to contribute around 600 horsepower, with another 150 ponies coming from an electric motor-generator, which can also be used to charge the lithium-ion battery pack. A second motor-generator provides...
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Force India First To Reveal 2014 Formula One CarSahara Force India is the first team to reveal its new car for the 2014 Formula One season. In Force India tradition, the car has been named the VJM07. New, however, is the livery, which brings a fresh trackside image for the team with the introduction of black alongside the traditional colors of...
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Ron Dennis Reappointed McLaren Group CEORon Dennis has been reappointed CEO of the McLaren Group, a role he held from 1982 right up until 2012. Dennis, who is also chairman of the McLaren Group, which comprises the McLaren Formula One team as well as the McLaren Automotive supercar division, replaces Martin Whitmarsh who has been running...
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Bernie Ecclestone Quits F1 Board Following Bribery IndictmentClaims of bribery by prosecutors in Germany continue to haunt Bernie Ecclestone, with the allegations getting so serious that the British billionaire and Formula One figurehead was finally indicted last summer. The 83-year-old has since stepped down from the board of the company which runs F1...
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Infiniti Q50 Eau Rouge revealed: F1 inspired, over 500 hp possibleThe Infiniti Q50 Eau Rouge bears a name that Formula One fans will no doubt associate with some of the greatest racing in the sport. But does Infiniti’s hotted-up Q50 deserve to wear the name? As yet, our answer is no--it’s just a concept car with no real powertrain. But, if Infiniti...
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Michael Schumacher's Condition Improves, According To SourcesIt’s been more than a week since Formula One legend Michael Schumacher suffered a tragic skiing accident that caused serious injury to his brain, but the first glimmer of hope has emerged with sources suggesting his condition has improved. Citing manager and spokesperson Sabine Kehm, multiple...
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