Racing

Honda has promised its hundreds of formula one staff a $2000 bonus should Jenson Button or Rubens Barrichello win a race in 2008. The move, which would cost the Brackley based team in excess of $1.5m per victory, would apply not only to mechanics and engineers but also to the cleaners of the...

The formula one racism scandal involving Lewis Hamilton has turned into a media slanging match between Britain and Spain, as both accuse the other side of wielding the more serious prejudices. English tabloid The Sun published photos of spectators at the Circuit de Catalunya wearing black makeup...

F1's governing body on Sunday night said it will not tolerate a repeat of the racial abuse directed at Lewis Hamilton by Spanish spectators at the recent Barcelona test. A spokesman for the Paris based FIA told publications that it had noted the events of the three-day session at Circuit de...

Formula one is not likely to return to Australia after the expiry of the current contract in 2010, the sport's chief executive Bernie Ecclestone has said. After the country's first world championship round was held in 1985 in Adelaide, subsequently switching to Melbourne in 1996, the 77-year-old...

No executive deadline has been set for Honda to succeed in formula one, according to the team's British chief executive, Nick Fry. After embarrassingly becoming the sport's least competitive works manufacturer in 2007, Fry said Honda chiefs in Tokyo have not imposed a timeframe by when the team...

The race cars of the GT500 class in the Japanese touring car series (JGTC) have some of the most extreme aerodynamic and powertrain packages in the business and the latest iteration of one of the event’s legends, Nissan’s GT-R super sports car, doesn’t fail to live up to the...

The Indian telco Spice Group has confirmed that it is interested in buying into the struggling formula one team Super Aguri. The Mohali-based company is reportedly leading a consortium of fellow Indian corporates, possibly including the business group Tata as a potential sponsor, who are keen to...

Honda on Tuesday revealed a new formula one livery for the 2008 season, with the satellite image of the world now taking a back seat to a predominantly white, red and green design. The car's launch took place at Honda's Brackley (UK) base, where test driver Alex Wurz drove the RA108 - which still...

Max Mosley says he is not confident that formula one will make it through 2008 without losing a formula one team. Prodrive was expected to become the twelfth team this season, until David Richards baulked at the customer car issue. More recently, F1 insiders have expressed grave concerns about the...

2007 world champion Kimi Raikkonen suspects that he will never again be a feature of the formula one driver market. The 28-year-old Finn has told a Spanish newspaper that he will more than likely end his career with Ferrari, either at the close of the 2009 season, or beyond. "I see no reason to...

Jarno Trulli says he is concerned that the banning of electronic aids has returned the spectre of cheating to formula one. Toyota's Italian driver is quoted as telling the magazine Autosprint that, eight weeks before the opening race of 2008, some rival teams may have found a way around the new...

The FIA has radically increased the price of obtaining a formula one 'superlicense'; the mandatory credential for participating as a driver in official sessions at grands prix. Previous to 2008, superlicencess cost just €1,690 plus €447 per point scored in the most recent world...

Nigel Stepney, the sacked Ferrari engineer who is widely credited for triggering the espionage scandals last year, has denied responsibility for the penalties suffered by McLaren. Despite admitting that he was the source of the 780-page secret dossier found in Mike Coughlan's possession, Stepney...

Toyota has already proven the capability of its hybrid racing technology, winning the Tokachi 24-Hour Race last year in Japan with its Supra HV-R hybrid race car, so now the carmaker wants to take it up a notch by entering a new green machine in the international Le Mans 24 hour event. According to...

Updated: McLaren on Friday announced that Lewis Hamilton will stay at the Mercedes-powered team until at least the end of 2012. The new five year contract follows reports earlier this month that said the 23-year-old Briton had inked a deal that will see him earn an average of more than $27m per...

We’ve seen a number of cars go up against all sorts of aircraft over the past 12 months, including an F1 car and supercar competing against a jet-fighter and even a Volkswagen Touareg towing a Boeing 747. This time we have an A1GP race car taking on a Boeing 777 in a drag race at New...

McLaren's engine and equity partner Mercedes-Benz has finally decided to take a majority stake in the British team, a specialist magazine reports. Auto Motor und Sport, the respected German publication, claims that the Stuttgart manufacturer is now poised to take over the team from Ron Dennis, who...

The European Parliament has asked formula one to "change their rules" in favour of more environmentally friendly technology. While the FIA has already paved the way for things like electronic energy recovery systems, smaller engines and bio-fuels, a statement on behalf of EU politicians said motor...

Automobile racing is probably one of the least 'green' things a person, or company, can do. Driving as quickly as possible just to wind up exactly where you began - it's the definition of waste. But we love it just the same. And thanks to the efforts of the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) and...

Last week’s Autosport International Show in the UK saw the launch of a new competition to design a car for the world’s first one-make electric vehicle race series. The competition is being run by motorsports company Westfield Sportscars in collaboration with Birmingham City...