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  • Mercedes AMG 2013 Formula One car

    Mercedes F1 team's new video series takes viewers through the process of building an F1 car.

  • Chris van der Drift loses steering and crashes his MP4-12C GT3 at Eau Rouge
    McLaren MP4-12C GT3 Loses Steering In Eau Rouge, Crashes: Video

    There'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...

  • 2014 Porsche Le Mans prototype (LMP1)
    Porsche’s 2014 Le Mans Preparation Continues Unabated: Video

    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. Porsche is in the process of developing a new prototype, which will be fielded by a factory team based out of its research...

  • McLaren at the 2013 Formula One Singapore Grand Prix
    Formula One Singapore Grand Prix Preview

    Formula 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...

  • Audi R18 e-tron quattro in the 2013 WEC season opener at Silverstone
    Audi Aiming For Sixth Straight WEC Win At COTA This Weekend

    The 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...

  • Red Bull Racing at the 2013 Formula One Belgian Grand Prix
    How To Build An F1 Car, Red Bull Style: Video

    If 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...

  • Chevy Sonic to race in Global RallyCross with PMR Motorsports

    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...

  • 2013 Toyota TS030 Hybrid Le Mans prototype
    Toyota TS030 Hybrid To Make U.S. Debut At Circuit Of The Americas This Weekend

    The 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...

  • Lord Drayson and the B12 69/EV Le Mans prototype
    Drayson Racing Aims To Beat Own Electric Car Record: Video

    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...

  • 2014 Ford Mustang Cobra Jet Prototype
    2014 Ford Mustang Cobra Jet Prototype Heading To Auction

    The 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...

  • 2014 Spark-Renault SRT_01E Formula E car, 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show
    2014 Spark-Renault SRT_01E Formula E Electric Racer At Frankfurt

    The 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...

  • From left to right: Kimi Räikkönen, Fernando Alonso, Stefano Domenicali and Felipe Massa
    Kimi Räikkönen To Replace Felipe Massa At Ferrari In 2014

    Ferrari 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...

  • 2014 Spark-Renault SRT_01E Formula E car

    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...

  • Sebastian Vettel after winning the 2013 Formula One Italian Grand Prix
    Sebastian Vettel Storms To Victory At Italian Grand Prix

    Red 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...

  • Red Bull Racing at the 2013 Formula One Italian Grand Prix
    Red Bull Racing Locks Out Front Row After Qualifying At Italian GP

    Red 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...

  • James Hunt's 1977 McLaren M26 F1 race car. Photos via RK Motors.
    James Hunt's McLaren M26 F1 Car Going Up For Auction

    Known 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...

  • Slide Ride
    Ryan Tuerck's Slide Ride Is Back: Video

    Ryan 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...

  • racecar catches on fire
    Think You Don't Need That Fire Suit? Think Again: Video

    Crashes 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...

  • iRacing Cadillac CTS-V

    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...

  • Autodromo Nazionale Monza, home of the Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix
    Formula One Italian Grand Prix Weather Forecast

    The 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...

  • Ferrari at the 2013 Formula One Italian Grand Prix
    Formula One Italian Grand Prix Preview

    This 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...

  • Infiniti contest will let fans design Sebastian Vettel's helmet for the 2013 U.S. Grand Prix.
    Fans To Design Vettel's Helmet For U.S. Grand Prix

    Formula 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...

  • semi-truck jump
    Semi-Truck Driver Goes For Jump Record, Winds Up At A Yard Sale: Video

    Semi-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...

  • best co-driver ever
    Rally Co-Driver Sits Directly On Engine To Save The Day: Video

    Everything 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...

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