Racing

The 2016 Formula One World Championship started off this past weekend with one of the most frightening crashes the sport has seen in years. The crash saw McLaren driver Fernando Alonso fly through the air when his car came into contact with the car of Haas driver Esteban Gutierrez. Fortunately...

Ferrari [NYSE:RACE] put on a strong showing at an action-packed Formula One Australian Grand Prix today, though a slip in strategy meant Mercedes AMG would ultimately reign supreme. The race was won by Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg. Fellow Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton crossed the line in second...

As we said yesterday, weather conditions can be quite changeable at this time of year in Melbourne where the first race of the 2016 Formula One World Championship, the Australian Grand Prix, is being held. Today’s practice session at the Albert Park street circuit was marred by rain and more...

If you're a fan of the Blue Oval, nothing gets your heart pumping like the Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] GT. Built as a tribute to the GT40 that won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966, the GT debuted in 2005 as a limited-run, 550-horsepower supercar. Now, just in time for the 50th anniversary of Ford's...

Ford Motor Company’s [NYSE:F] new GT, in race car trim, made its motorsport debut back in January during the 2016 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season opener, the Rolex 24 at Daytona. The car, although quick, suffered from poor reliability and thus didn’t have a dream run for...

Aston Martin has shown the seriousness of its intent to challenge the likes of Ferrari [NYSE:RACE] and McLaren Automotive when it comes to building the fastest, most technologically-advanced road cars, by announcing a technical partnership with the Red Bull Racing Formula One team. Aston Martin CEO...

Hot on the heels of the arrival of the 570GT are two new additions to McLaren Automotive's Sports Series range, a track-only version of the 570S and a dedicated 570S race car built to FIA GT4 standards. The track car adopts McLaren’s Sprint designation, which we last saw on the 650S Sprint...

We have a real treat for you today. The good folks at Hagerty interviewed legendary race car designer Peter Brock back in 2012 and were kind enough to upload a video from the day to their Youtube channel. Brock, in intricate, passionate detail, tells the story behind his most famous car, the Shelby...

The world’s first sanctioned electric car racing series, the Formula E Championship, is now into its second season and by all accounts appears to be growing in popularity. Now there’s a new electric car racing series in the works, this time GT-based, and the first car to be nominated...

The price of entry into desert racing just got a little cheaper. Tuff Stuff 4x4 is developing a Jeep Wrangler designed for intense desert racing for under $50,000. The firm says its desert racing Jeep will be the cheapest of its kind ever built to withstand the rigors of SCORE International and...

North Carolina congressman Patrick McHenry has proposed a bill that, if passed, could redefine the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s emissions control regulation rules for cars used primarily on race tracks. McHenry's Recognizing the Protection of Motorsports Act of 2016, or "RPM Act,"...

There’s a new FIA-sanctioned racing series known as the TCR International Series, where the cars competing are all based on affordable compacts. The series was started by organizers of the World Touring Car Championship and prides itself on having a low cost of entry and low running costs...

The FIA-sanctioned World Rallcross Championship will be back for another season in 2016 and this year there’s even more reason to watch. It’s been confirmed that nine-time World Rally Championship winner and Pikes Peak Hill Climb record holder Sebastien Loeb will race this year...

Official testing for the 2016 Formula One World Championship is still underway in Barcelona, Spain, and today Ferrari [NYSE:RACE] decided to shake things up a little by trialing a new cockpit protection system dubbed the Halo. Pictured above is Kimi Räikkönen in Ferrari’s 2016-spec...

It was about time that Dubai, the ultimate land of excess, hosted wild rally driver Ken Block's Gymkhana. After all, what high performance motorsports pushes the limits more? The nine minutes of video you see here, shot in beautiful high definition, really sets the bar high. Beginning in the stark...

Following a meeting in Geneva, Switzerland this week, organizers of the Formula One World Championship have agreed upon a number of key proposals that will see some significant changes introduced to the sport as early as the 2017 season. Crucially, the changes are designed to deliver faster, more...

Pre-season testing for the 2016 Formula One World Championship is currently underway at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya located just outside of Barcelona, Spain. One of the most eagerly awaited cars was the new Silver Arrow from Mercedes AMG Petronas, the reigning world champion. The...

Lamborghini’s current CEO Stephan Winkelmann will step down from the Italian performance brand next month to take up a new role as head of Quattro, the performance division of Lamborghini’s parent company Audi. Replacing Winkelmann will be Stefano Domenicali who is most famous for...

Honda and McLaren have revealed the car that will compete in the 2016 Formula One World Championship, the McLaren-Honda MP4-31. This is the second year of the McLaren-Honda partnership, and year one didn't go so well. Drivers Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso finished 16th and 17th, respectively...

The 24 Hours of LeMons has become a truly wonderful event for those folks who have that itch to go racing. It's far more affordable than your average racing series, it doesn't take itself very seriously (minus safety regulations of course), and it's filled with a community of people who are...