Racing

Earlier this year, the Audi R18 e-tron quattro took the top spot at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Soon, gamers will be able to race a virtual R18 at a virtual Circuit de la Sarthe in Forza Motorsport 5. To cement that connection, Forza's creators at Turn 10 Studios produced a video chronicling both...

The 2013 Formula One Abu Dhabi Grand Prix is a unique race starting under the glare of the sunshine and ending as the sun goes down. This means temperatures can vary a lot, starting off in the extremes and cooling gradually as the race rages on. The weather conditions for the area surrounding the...

Next year Porsche will relive its Le Mans glory days with a brand new LMP1 race car and a determined team of drivers and engineers, including Formula One ace Mark Webber. The new LMP1 is currently being put through its paces in test drives on international circuits, ahead of its race debut in the...

Back in June, Drayson Racing, led by former British science minister and avid racer Lord Paul Drayson, set a new record using an electric version of a race car originally developed for the American Le Mans Series. The record was for the highest speed achieved in one mile by an electric race car in...

Are you an avid gamer who wishes you could turn your fantasy into reality? Then you probably already know about the Nissan GT Academy. Why aren’t you signed up and competing for season four? That’s right, season three (in the U.S.; the global competition is entering its fifth season) is...

The popularity of one-make racing series like the Ferrari Challenge and Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo has spurred Land Rover to launch its own series, using its iconic Defender SUV. The series is being run by Land Rover performance partner Bowler, and is billed as a feeder series to train...

Subaru Rally Team USA took the 2013 Rally America Championship at the Lake Superior Performance Rally in Michigan.

The Texas Mile is the site of many a crazy thing, from double-ton crashes to amazing new speed records. But this exploding Corvette lunching its nitrous-fed engine at 180 mph might be the craziest...this month, anyway. As shown in this video, shot by Gearhead Flicks, the explosion itself actually...

Following on from Red Bull Racing’s series on how to build a Formula One car, Ferrari came out with its own series explaining the technology behind motorsport’s highest echelon. In this first part of the series, Ferrari takes a look at the area of aerodynamics. The next time someone...

Where most people see a rare collectible, one owner sees the ultimate Bonneville racer.

Any day a car's wheel ends up in your passenger's side window is not a good day.

'Go Like Hell' tells the story of Ford's quest to beat Ferrari at Le Mans.

The urban environments most taxis call home are known for treacherous driving conditions, but not as treacherous as those of the Nürburgring Nordschleife. A BMW M5 Ring Taxi was the latest casualty of the track known as the "Green Hell," BridgeToGantry reports. Thankfully, no injuries were...

Update: This image, sourced from Braille Battery, a supplier to the C7.R race car, is apparently not the real thing. We think it will be close to what the final product is, but it's a creation of DeviantArt user davcrea. The new seventh-generation Chevy Corvette Stingray has been making waves since...

The stunning run of Red Bull Racing’s Sebastian Vettel in the 2013 Formula One season showed no sign of slowing yesterday after the German won the Indian Grand Prix and in the process secured his fourth consecutive world championship. This puts the 26-year-old in an exclusive league of...

Four-time Formula One world champion Alain Prost has joined forces with Jean-Paul Driot, founder of leading GP2 and Formula Renault 3.5 team Dams (Driot Associés Motor Sport), to form a new team that will compete in the inaugural season of Formula E next year. The new team, to be called...

Played the latest F1 2013 racing game? You'll be aware just how realistic racing games are getting then, particularly if you've been playing them long enough to remember what F1 games were like a couple of decades ago. But there's still something missing--that sense of movement, a fully immersive...

The weather forecast for this weekend’s 2013 Formula One Indian Grand Prix is for sunny skies and a warm peak temperature of 86 degrees F (30 degrees C). Temperatures at the track tend to be considerably high at the Indian GP, and there’s always a bit of dust and pollution from nearby...

This weekend is the 2013 Formula One Indian Grand Prix, which takes place once again at the Buddh International Circuit near the capital New Delhi. The track was built new for the Indian GP, which hosted its first race in 2011, and is one of seven on the current calendar designed by German Hermann...

Ferrari has given a surprising and somewhat rare look into the machinations surrounding its actions in Formula One, by providing two of its biggest fans--and critics--some face time. Those fans were Riccardo Verdelli and Gian Maria Lamberti, who in the recent past have posted a number of barbs via...