Racing
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Mercedes F1 team's new video series takes viewers through the process of building an F1 car.
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McLaren MP4-12C GT3 Loses Steering In Eau Rouge, Crashes: VideoThere's basically never a good time to lose steering in a race car when you're blasting at 10/10ths around a track. There's also basically no place worse to lose steering than in the high-speed Eau Rouge corner at Spa Francorchamps. Eau Rouge has claimed more than a few drivers' lives in the past...
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Porsche’s 2014 Le Mans Preparation Continues Unabated: VideoNext 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. Porsche is in the process of developing a new prototype, which will be fielded by a factory team based out of its research...
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Formula One Singapore Grand Prix PreviewFormula One is back in Asia this weekend where the cars will take to the Marina Bay street circuit, home of the Singapore Grand Prix. As the only night race of the year, the race provides a fantastic show under the lights held around an impressive 3.15-mile circuit, making it a favorite with fans...
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Audi Aiming For Sixth Straight WEC Win At COTA This WeekendThe 2013 World Endurance Championship season has been a story of Audi's dominance. While the Toyota Racing TS030 Hybrid has managed some strong finishes, so far this year, the R18 e-tron quattro has won every single race. The team is aiming to keep that roll going this weekend as the WEC heads to...
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How To Build An F1 Car, Red Bull Style: VideoIf you're a fan of F1, you're probably pretty familiar with what an F1 car is made of. But do you know how it's made? Probably not. Fortunately, Red Bull Racing and Infiniti have decided to let us in on the less secretive parts of the process through a new video series. This is the first part. The...
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Sonic the Hedgehog. Sonic boom. Sonic screwdriver. Many things go with Sonic, but Global RallyCross? Apparently that one works, too. At least, that's the plan for Pat Moro, 2012's most successful privateer in the GRC series. This weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Moro will debut the new PMR Motorsports Sonic in anger, giving U.S. fans their first taste of all three of the big American marques on course at the same time. That's right, the little Sonic will be Chevy's entry into American Global RallyCross racing. Last year, Moro raced a Subaru to great success, but he thinks the new Chevy...
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Toyota TS030 Hybrid To Make U.S. Debut At Circuit Of The Americas This WeekendThe American Le Mans Series will host the fifth round of the World Endurance Championship at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas this weekend, and among the highlights will be the U.S. debut of the Toyota TS030 Hybrid race car and the official Toyota Racing team. It might seem odd that...
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Drayson Racing Aims To Beat Own Electric Car Record: VideoBack 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...
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2014 Ford Mustang Cobra Jet Prototype Heading To AuctionThe 2014 Ford Mustang Cobra Jet is a highly focused vehicle whose main goal is to run for a quarter-mile at a time as fast as possible. It's very good at doing this. That's because Ford fitted the car with a supercharged 5.0-liter V-8 engine, a T4 racing gearbox, a roll cage, special drag wheels...
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2014 Spark-Renault SRT_01E Formula E Electric Racer At FrankfurtThe world’s first sanctioned electric car race is now just one year away and at the Frankfurt Auto Show this week we got our first look at the car that will be competing in it. We are, of course, talking about the Formula E Championship, whose inaugural season gets underway in September 2014...
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Kimi Räikkönen To Replace Felipe Massa At Ferrari In 2014Ferrari Formula One driver Felipe Massa has confirmed via Twitter and Instagram that he will leave the team at the end of the current season and that he hopes another team will pick him up for the 2014 season. His replacement will be none other than current Lotus driver Kimi Räikkönen...
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The new, all-electric race car that will compete in the first season of the Formula E Championship has been revealed today at the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show. The car’s official title is the Spark-Renault SRT_01E and it will be a common chassis used by all teams in this inaugural season of Formula E. The SRT_01E has been developed by numerous partners and will be built by French company Spark Racing Technology, which serves as the official constructor. The lightweight monocoque chassis is made of carbon fiber and aluminum and is supplied by Italian firm Dallara. It has been aerodynamically...
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Sebastian Vettel Storms To Victory At Italian Grand PrixRed Bull Racing’s Sebastian Vettel cruised to victory yesterday at the 2013 Formula One Italian Grand Prix, held at the legendary Autodromo di Monza, but once again the more thrilling driver to watch was Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso. Easily the crowd favorite, Alonso produced another...
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Red Bull Racing Locks Out Front Row After Qualifying At Italian GPRed Bull Racing has locked out the front row for the 2013 Formula One Italian Grand Prix after a strong performance at today’s qualifying session. Star driver Sebastian Vettel took pole position thanks to a best effort of 1:23.755. His team-mate Mark Webber wasn’t far behind, managing a...
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James Hunt's McLaren M26 F1 Car Going Up For AuctionKnown for his womanizing, partying ways as much as his brilliance behind the wheel of an F1 car, James Hunt was a racing icon. He's being further immortalized in the upcoming Ron Howard movie Rush, showcasing his battle with Niki Lauda during the 1976 season. Now, Hunt's 1977 McLaren M26 race car...
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Ryan Tuerck's Slide Ride Is Back: VideoRyan Tuerck, for those of you who don't know, is a Formula Drift driver who is top-tier wheelman when it comes to the land of vast oversteer. He also happens to be a guy who likes to have fun, lots and lots of fun. He has a YouTube channel that showcases much of this fun, and a past video saw him...
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Think You Don't Need That Fire Suit? Think Again: VideoCrashes are a part of racing. It's not a desirable part, but it is something that every driver understands could happen at pretty much anytime. Being prepared for such an occurrence is a necessary precaution. This means everything from protective clothing, the appropriate racing harness and roll...
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Racing simulators have been quite popular for a number of years now. The average virtual racer consumes the digitized cars and tracks by way of console games such as Forza and Gran Turismo. It's the world of PC-based simulators, however, that offer up the most hardcore virtual racing experience. One of the leaders in this arena is iRacing, which features a wide range of laser-measured cars from sprint cars to NASCAR racers on over to V8 Supercars and the Radical SR8 and even on to Prototype racers. It's been the joy of PC racers for years now, but it's finally being offered up for Apple...
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Formula One Italian Grand Prix Weather ForecastThe first day of the 2013 Formula One Italian Grand Prix got off to a very summery start, with the second practice session taking place in 86 degree F (30 degree C) heat. The warm weather is expected to stay over the weekend but there is a chance of a storm both for tomorrow’s qualifying...
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Formula One Italian Grand Prix PreviewThis weekend is the final European race of the 2013 Formula One season and the home race for both Ferrari and tire supplier Pirelli. We are, of course, talking about the Italian Grand Prix at the legendary Autodromo di Monza, located on the outskirts of Milan. The track was built in 1922 and has...
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Fans To Design Vettel's Helmet For U.S. Grand PrixFormula 1 is rapidly redeveloping its roots in the U.S., and to help drum up more interest in the next United States Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, Red Bull Racing sponsor Infiniti is holding a contest for fans to design Sebastian Vettel's helmet. Vettel is most famous...
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Semi-Truck Driver Goes For Jump Record, Winds Up At A Yard Sale: VideoSemi-trucks were made to haul a large number of items across long distances. They were not, however, made to be driven off of ramps. That doesn't matter to Scott Godfrey. His brother holds the record for longest jump in a semi-truck, and Scott wants to take that record and put his own name behind...
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Rally Co-Driver Sits Directly On Engine To Save The Day: VideoEverything about rally racing requires something different when compared to other forms of racing. The cars and the people who pilot them are equally insane. Neither, however, is as insane as the average co-driver. This is the person who has to maintain even more cool than the driver because they...
Jeff Glucker