Racing
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Here’s your chance to ride shotgun in a race-prepped Lexus LFA as it storms around the Nurburgring circuit in Germany at a recent VLN event. By watching this video you are taken directly into the cockpit of the Lexus LFA, number 111, which ended up fifth overall in the race. Behind the wheel is Hiroaki Ishiura, one of three drivers that will compete in the highlight of the VLN, the Nurburgring 24 Hours endurance race on June 25. During the race captured here, Ishiura had an average of speed of 100 mph and managed to complete a lap of the famous circuit plus the shortened GP-track in 8...
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Stewart, Hamilton Mobil 1 F1-NASCAR Car Swap: GalleryTwo drivers, each at the top of their respective series, meet up at Watkins Glen International to swap cars and see what it's like on the other side of the fence.
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Alfa Romeo To Show Vintage Racers, 4C Concept At Goodwood Festival of SpeedA trio of gorgeous racing Alfas will be on display, though Brits may be hungry for the new and stylish 4C Concept.
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Glickenhaus Ferrari P4/5 Competizione Preps For Nurburgring 24: VideoJames Glickenhaus's one-off Ferrari P4/5 Competizione race car gets ready to do wheel-to-wheel battle for a full run of the clock in these five videos.
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Bernie Ecclestone Buys Priciest Mansion in U.S. (For His Kid)Money is no object when it comes to completely spoiling the FIA supremo's daughter, it seems.
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Ken Block To Test Formula 1 Car At MonzaThe master of hoonage will see what he can do at the wheel of an F1 car in Monza this August.
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It turns out the Delta Wing concept won't be the only experimental car to run the 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans. The hyrdrogen fuel cell electrc GreenGT LMPH2 prototype racer will also join the grid next year. So what is the LMPH2? As the name suggests, it's a hydrogen-powered Le Mans Prototype sports racer. Likely to rate at least as strong as the previous 402 horsepower (300kW) prototype, the car won't be far behind its combustion-engined complements. It's clear from the video below that even the previous "300KW" prototype car is capable of both serious acceleration and impressive speed around...
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Button Edges Past Vettel On Final Lap Of Formula 1 Canadian Grand PrixAs we predicted, yesterday’s 2011 Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix turned out to be a rain sodden affair, with the very wet conditions proving arduous to even the most seasoned of drivers. McLaren’s Jenson Button fought tooth and nail to hold on the Red Bull Racing’s Sebastian Vettel...
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Audi Wins 24 Hours Of Le Mans With R18 TDI #2Audi has taken out this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race, with its number ‘2’ R18 TDI Le Mans prototype clenching victory at the hands of Marcel Fässler (Switzerland), André Lotterer (Germany) and Benoît Tréluyer (France). The achievement marks...
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Audi Wins Le Mans 2011, R18 TDI Withstands Huge CrashesAudi Sport has won the 24 Hours of Le Mans at the La Sarthe circuit in Northern France in one of the closest races in many years, but were it not for the strength and safety of the R18 TDI sports prototype, the weekend could have been very different. Less than an hour into the race, star driver...
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Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix Weather ForecastWith Sebastian Vettel on pole and Ferrari at the front of the grid too, today’s 2011 Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix is set to be one of the most thrilling races of the year. Vettel is poised to take his sixth victory from seven starts but Ferrari, desperate for a win, will definitely be...
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Alan McNish Suffers Violent Crash In Audi R18 At 24 Hours Of Le Mans: VideoThis weekend is the annual 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race at the famous Circuit de la Sarthe in France, and just one hour into the race driver Allan McNish suffered a violent crash in his Audi R18 race car after coming into contact with a Ferrari 458 Italia near Dunlop curve. McNish is a...
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Ferrari will have its best chance to secure its first victory in this year’s Formula 1 season, with Fernando Alonso managing to post the second fastest time at qualifying today at the 2011 Canadian Grand Prix. Fellow Ferrari driver Felipe Massa, meanwhile, is third on the grid, firming the Italian racing marque’s chances at tomorrow’s race. Alonso was just a few tenths of a second off the pace of Red Bull Racing’s Sebastian Vettel, who no doubt will be keen to lead from pole and secure his sixth victory this year from seven starts. Additionally, the two Ferrari drivers...
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Don't Get The Le Mans 24 Hours On TV? Get An Audi Eye ViewAs we speak the Le Mans 24 Hour sports car race at Le Mans in France has been underway for just under an hour. If you're not lucky enough to be enjoying a beer by the side of the circuit or at least don't have access to a television feed for the race, fear not. Front-running team Audi has their own...
Antony Ingram -
Hope Racing Bringing Flywheel-Based Hybrid To 24 Hours Of Le MansOne of the most exciting races of the year will be taking place this weekend, the famous 24 Hours of Le Mans at the Circuit de la Sarthe near the French town of Le Mans. While the race is typically dominated by the high-tech and super expensive prototype race cars of major automakers like Audi and...
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Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix PreviewThis weekend the Formula 1 circus heads to Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal for the 2011 Canadian Grand Prix, and coming as no surprise the odds are already favoring Red Bull Racing champ Sebastian Vettel to take the checkered flag at the conclusion of Sunday’s race. The race is the only...
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Subaru WRX STI sets new Isle of Man TT road car lap recordToday's road courses bear little resemblance to the historical circuits the pioneers of motorsport ran on. Even most of the "street circuits" that are still run have been massaged and made safer over the years. But there are a few circuits that still offer the difficulty and danger those original...
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2011 Audi R8 Le Mans Safety Car: First LookGiven Audi's racing connections and past dominance at Le Mans, including this year's R18 race car, it only makes sense that the R8 has been chosen as the safety car for the 24 Hours of Le Mans, which takes place this weekend, June 11-12 at the Circuit de la Sarthe. The R8 safety car receives the...
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You probably remember Delta Wing Concept from the last round of IndyCar chassis concepts. It didn't win that fight--Dallara did--but it will see the race track. Next year's 24 Hours of Le Mans will have the Delta Wing in the 56th spot on its grid. That spot is traditionally reserved for experimental cars, a description that's certainly fitting for the Delta Wing. Its radical layout and design look distinctly unlike anything else in racing today, though the project's backers think it has the potential to be both very fast and highly efficient--two aspects that greatly increase the chances of...
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FIA Cancels Bahrain GP AgainThe Bahrain Grand Prix is back off the schedule following a decision by the FIA that the race couldn't be held because the teams wouldn't agree to it. Article 66 of the FIA's code says amendments to the arrangements for an ongoing championship can only be made with the approval of all competitors...
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Honda CR-Z Racer Preps For Exhibition Laps At Le MansAt last year's SEMA show, Honda and its HPD division came to the plate with no fewer than a dozen different concepts. One of them was the CR-Z Racer you see above. Today, Honda announced the turbocharged race concept will strut its stuff in an exhibition event before the start of the 2011 24 Hours...
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Australian V8 Supercars Series May Host U.S. RaceWe got a taste of Australia’s V-8 muscle car love with the short-lived Pontiac G8 GT and high-performance GT GXP, which were essentially a rebadged Holden Commodore and its more exclusive Holden Special Vehicles variant, both designed and engineered Down Under. Well, it seems the Aussies also...
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Formula 1 Car Crashes Into Crazed Fan At Red Bull Event: VideoA crazed fan attempting to jump over a moving Formula 1 car at a Red Bull sponsored exhibition event in Japan this weekend was captured on video spectacularly failing to complete his dangerous leap. Driving the F1 race car was Scuderia Toro Rosso driver Sebastian Buemi who luckily was only doing...
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Kansas Speedway STP 400 Weather ForecastIt's race weekend, folks, and it's rapidly becoming summer even though the calendar says it's still technically spring. If you're headed to the Kansas Speedway for the STP 400 this weekend, you'll want to bring your sunscreen. High temperatures are set to hover in the low-90s through the weekend...
Nelson Ireson