Motorsports
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McLaren has launched a new Sports Series member with 610 horsepower and race car levels of grip.
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McLaren Senna XP specials celebrate their eponymous F1 legendMcLaren Beverly Hills has secured three Senna prototypes and is offering them up for sale.
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Le Mans Hypercar (LMH) name picked for LMP1 class' replacement in WEC
The 2020/2021 World Endurance Championship will see the first running of the Le Mans Hypercar class.
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Billionaire behind Racing Point F1 team reportedly eyes major stake in Aston Martin
Lawrence Stroll led a consortium that bought the Force India F1 team last year and could now be about to buy into Aston Martin.
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Peugeot reveals hypercar destined to race at Le Mans
Peugeot will return to Le Mans for the first time since 2012 with a new car destined for the Hypercar class of the World Endurance Championship.
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Gone in 60 seconds? Bentley Continental GT Pikes Peak edition limited to 15 copies
You'll need a fast internet connection to grab one of Bentley's back-patting Continental GTs—and a nice cash stash won't hurt, either.
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Classic cars have seen their values rise substantially over the past decade, but it's not only owners of road cars who have benefited. Many race and rally cars are proving to be shrewd investments for their owners, especially those driven in famous events or by famous drivers. A Ferrari Formula One car driven by Michael Schumacher, for example, just sold at auction for $5.9 million. British motorsport and engineering firm Prodrive is catering to the growing demand for maintenance and restoration of its classic race and rally cars with the new service Prodrive Legends. More than 1,100 race and...
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Michael Schumacher's 2002 Ferrari Formula One car fetches $5.9M at auction
The Formula One car that helped propel Michael Schumacher to his fifth world title has sold at auction, with a portion of the proceeds to support his charity.
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Hamilton ends 2019 Formula One season with Abu Dhabi win
Mercedes-AMG's Lewis Hamilton ended the 2019 Formula One season with 11 wins and the world title.
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Volkswagen Motorsport goes electric
It's the end of the era as VW announces the end of the internal-combustion engine in its motorsport endeavors.
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German teams dominate opening round of 2019/2020 Formula E Championship
German teams filled all but one of the podium spots in the two races of the opening round of the 2019/2020 Formula E Championship.
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Jimmie Johnson to retire from full-time NASCAR racing after 2020 season
Seven-time champion Jimmie Johnson will retire from full-time racing after the 2020 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series concludes. Johnson announced his retirement via a video circulated on social media Wednesday. The video was accompanied by a Twitter post that said only "#Chasing8 one final time" in...
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In an effort to buoy the SUV credentials of its new Atlas Cross Sport, Volkswagen announced Wednesday that it has built a prototype race truck dubbed the Cross Sport R, with the intention of competing with it in the 2020 running of the Baja 1000. The prototype was developed with help from both VW's own rallycross driver, Tanner Foust, and Baja veteran Rhys Millen. The truck will be entered in Baja Class 7, which VW says is a first for four-wheel-drive vehicles. The Atlas Cross Sport you can buy in a dealership is offered with both a 2.0-liter turbo-4 producing 238 horsepower and a 276-hp...
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The world's fastest tractor hits 135 mph, sets Guinness World Record
The 135-mph tractor unseated a world record held by Top Gear and set in 2018.
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DTM and Super GT's first joint race to run this weekend at Fuji Speedway
The cars will race under Class 1 rules already in use in DTM and due to be adopted by Super GT in 2020.
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Ken Block runs up to China's Heaven's Gate in bonkers Climbkhana Two
Ken Block is back at it in the second Climbkhana, this time taking is 1977 Ford F-150 Hoonitruck up China's Mountain to Heaven's Gate.
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Bloodhound land speed record team concludes first test with 628-mph run
The team's ultimate goal remains beating the current land speed record of 763 mph set in 1997.
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Verstappen wins wild 2019 Formula One Brazilian Grand Prix
It was Verstappen's third win of 2019 and the eighth of his career.
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The Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport Formula 1 team is for sale and racing legend Roger Penske is one of the possible buyers.
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2019 Formula One Brazilian Grand Prix preview
The championship's already been decided but there's still plenty to look forward to at the 2019 Brazilian Grand Prix.
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New Amazon film documents BMW's Formula E tech development
"Racing into the future: Formula E as a TechLab for the BMW Group" is a documentary available on Amazon that traces the tech transfer from racing to street cars.
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SCG Boot is ready to tackle Baja 1000
The Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus Boot is ready to take on the Ford Bronco in the 2019 Baja 1000.
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Take a look inside the world's fastest car's cockpit
Bloodhound LSR driver Andy Green walks through the cockpit of his land-speed-record jet car.
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Formula 1 plans to be carbon neutral by 2030
Formula 1 plans to be carbon-neutral by 2030 with changes to its hybrid power unit and measures to create sustainable events.
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