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Mercedes AMG has locked out the front row for the 2014 Formula One Canadian Grand Prix, with Nico Rosberg securing pole position earlier today during qualifying. His teammate Lewis Hamilton will start next to him in tomorrow’s race, setting up the Mercedes AMG team for yet another win—the team has won every race so far this season. It may not be all smooth sailing for Mercedes AMG tomorrow, since Red Bull Racing’s Sebastian Vettel qualified third. However, the reigning world champion’s times were all a second off the pace of pole-sitter Rosberg. Fourth on the grid...
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Human Car Sound Simulator Nails It Four Times In A Row: VideoWe’ve all done it, but some of us are better at it than others. Making car sounds with your mouth is an elemental part of being an enthusiast. This guy makes some truly amazing car sounds. ALSO SEE: Dubai Police Cars Are The World's Fastest: Video Live from the grounds of Rally Australia (via...
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2014 Formula One Canadian Grand Prix Weather ForecastWeather conditions look good for this weekend’s 2014 Formula One Canadian Grand Prix, with the forecast for Sunday’s race just a touch of cloud scatter and a warm peak temperature of 81 degrees F (27 degrees C). The weather is predicted to be much the same on Saturday, and though there...
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Audi-Porsche Le Mans Rivalry Heats Up With "Welcome Back" VideoAudi sends fellow Volkswagen Group property Porsche a message.
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Jim Pace Rips McLaren M6B Around Road America: VideoFrom 1966 to 1987, the Canadian-American Challenge Cup delighted motorsports fans around the world. Better known as Can-Am, this series saw amazing drivers win hard fought races in a wide range of truly wonderful machines. The glory days of the late 60's and early 70's featured Phil Hill and Jacky...
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2014 Formula One Canadian Grand Prix PreviewRound Seven of the 2014 Formula One World Championship brings us to Montreal for the Canadian Grand Prix, held at the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve. The 2.71-mile circuit is situated on the man-made Ile Notre Dame in the St Lawrence river and it's the first high-speed challenge of the season. A lap of...
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Gene Haas recently made quite a stir when he announced that his racing team would be venturing into the world of Formula 1. American drivers haven't fared so well in F1 as of late, and an American driver hasn't even competed in the series since 2007. We used to have top talent many decades ago, but it's clear that the sport has become a world filled with folks not born stateside. Haas aims to change that. Initially, it seemed that the debut for his F1 team would come during the 2015 racing season. The initial tricky bit of securing the required FIA approval has been taken care of, which is a...
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2015 Aston Martin Vantage GT To Race In Nürburgring 24 HoursAston Martin’s recently revealed 2015 Vantage GT, or Vantage N430 if you’re outside the U.S., will run in this year’s Nürburgring 24 Hours endurance race. Two examples will be entered, one of them in the SP8 class and another in the SP10 class. The cars will race in...
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Anatomy Of Bloodhound SSC's 1,000 MPH Record AttemptAccording to the laws of physics, speed is relative. To a snail, human walking pace is an incomprehensible velocity, yet virtually everything in the universe is standing still compared to the speed at which light travels. MUST SEE: McLaren P1 Vs. Bugatti Veyron Drag Race In The Wild: Video To us...
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Watch This Lexus LFA Race Car Lap The Nürburgring: VideoEverybody wants a quick fix these days. A few seconds of entertainment, followed by a few more. But if you can spare about ten minutes today, you should use it to watch Gazoo Racing's Lexus LFA race car circumnavigate the famous Nürburgring-Nordschleife in preparation for this year's...
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Mitsubishi Gears Up For 2014 Pikes Peak With 603-HP Electric RacerMitsubishi will tackle the Pikes Peak Hill Climb for the third time in a row using an electric race car packing similar technology to that found in its i-MiEV zero-emission minicar. The Japanese automaker will be bringing two third-generation electric racers, known as the MiEV Evolution III, and...
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Promo Event With Mercedes Racing Drivers Pascal Wehrlein & Nico Rosberg Goes WrongOn Tuesday a promotional event involving Mercedes-Benz racing drivers Pascal Wehrlein and Nico Rosberg went horribly wrong, with two people needing to be taken to hospital. Wehrlein, a DTM driver, and Rosberg, current points leader in the 2014 Formula One World Championship, were driving in...
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Now that Lamborghini’s new Huracán LP 610-4 supercar has been revealed and is on its way to customers all over the globe, attention turns to its racing variant being developed for the Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo racing series that runs in North America, Europe and Asia. Currently, a Gallardo-based race car is used for the one-make series but a Huracán-based car has been confirmed to start testing midway through the 2014 season. MUST READ: Angry Supercar Hater Throws Rocks At Lamborghini Aventador: Video Lamborghini and its Squadra Corse motorsport division have now...
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Hatchbacks Driven In Anger Is Our New Favorite Racing Series: VideoMotorsport exists in a massively wide range of styles. Some prefer the sweet science of Formula 1, while others like the dusty, dirty circle tracks that exist scattered around the Southern U.S. No matter what type of car or course you like, there exists something for everyone. Today, however, I've...
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Porsche Tells Us Just How Efficient Its 919 Hybrid Le Mans Prototype Is: VideoAs the 2014 Le Mans 24 Hours endurance race draws ever closer—now just three weekends away—Porsche has revealed even more details of its 919 Hybrid endurance racer. Not only is the car aiming for success at the famous French endurance race, but Porsche sees it as a test-bed for future...
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Who Needs A Big Block? Supercharged Smart Car Does Wheelies, Whips MustangTake one part Smart ForTwo, add equal parts Toyota Paseo Sprintex 1.5-liter engine and supercharger, mix well, and take to the drag strip. This is a recipe for beating Shelby Mustangs. MUST SEE: Maserati MC12 GT1 Race Car Sounds Off: Video At least, it’s one recipe for taking the...
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Maserati MC12 GT1 Race Car Sounds Off: VideoThe Maserati MC12 GT1 is one of the most successful cars in endurance racing, having been driven to multiple victories in the original FIA GT series and the short-lived FIA GT1 World Championship. Powered by a 6.0-liter V-12 engine limited to 540 horsepower, the Maserati race car was capable of...
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Mercedes Road Car Division To Work Closer With F1 TeamThe Mercedes AMG Formula One team is dominating the current season, with one of its drivers named the victor at every race held so far. Part of the reason for the winning streak is the hard work engineers at Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains, based in Brixworth, England, put into developing...
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The best weekend of racing this year is just behind us, and while most of us only had hangovers or lots of nacho-cheese-fueled regret to show for it, Lotus F1 driver Pastor Maldonado drove off in a brand-new Evora S. Lucky guy. ALSO SEE: McLaren F1 Flipped During Road Trip With Rowan Atkinson Maldonado is especially lucky to get the new car (a part of his deal as a “brand ambassador” for Lotus) considering the lead sentence in the official announcement: “Despite a disappointing race weekend, Lotus F1 Team driver Pastor Maldonado takes the Lotus prize with a brand new Lotus...
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Nissan’s Le Mans History: GalleryThis year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans will be an exciting race, both in the GT classes and in the headline P1 category. With Porsche’s return to the top tier, Audi and Toyota will face new and somewhat unknown competition. Next year, Nissan will throw its hat back in the same ring with the...
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Caterham To Be Sold?Caterham, the British sports car manufacturer and Formula One team, is reportedly going up for sale, with an information memorandum said to have already been sent to potential investors in the Middle East. The information was first reported by The Edge Malaysia, citing an unnamed source...
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Indy 500 Tops Must-Attend Sports List: InfographicSporting events across the globe draw in passionate fans who show support for their favorite teams, players, drivers, riders, and combatants. Watching a live sporting event is a wonderful way to spend a few hours, regardless of which sport you out there enjoy the most. Some sports, however, are...
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Ryan Hunter-Reay Wins 2014 Indy 500Ryan Hunter-Reay took his second win of the 2014 IndyCar season at the weekend, emerging victorious in the 98th running of the famous Indianapolis 500. Hunter-Reay, driving the DHL Honda for Andretti Autosport, has become the first American to win the event since 2006, snatching the lead from Helio...
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Another One-Two Finish For Mercedes AMG At Formula One Monaco GPAs always in the Monaco Grand Prix, qualifying is critical, and this was proven yet again with polesitter Nico Rosberg of Mercedes AMG winning the 2014 race in spectacular form. Once again the only real challenge came from Mercedes AMG’s other driver, in this case Lewis Hamilton, who...
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