Racing

  • Gran Turismo Sport Screenshot

    In the world of console gaming, the two big automotive racing games are Gran Turismo and Forza. One of those two is about to take a major step toward upping the level of competition you can experience online. Gran Turismo has partnered with the FIA to bring us a new game for the Playstation 4. It's called Gran Turismo Sport, and it looks to make a serious splash in the e-sports world. CHECK OUT: 2015 Ford Mustang GT Video Road Test This isn't Gran Turismo 7. Instead, Gran Turismo Sport aims to position itself as the automotive racing game for those who want to race and win on a grand virtual...

  • 2016 Ferrari 488 GT3, 2015 Finali Mondiali
    2016 Ferrari 488 GT3 and 488 GTE racers revealed at 2015 Finali Mondiali

    Ferrari [NYSE:RACE] hosted its Finali Mondiali event for 2015 over the weekend at Italy’s Mugello Circuit and this year there were a few special unveilings. The Finali Mondiali, or World Finals if your Italian isn’t up to snuff, is the final event on the calendar for the Ferrari...

  • 1964 Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe (chassis #CSX2287)
    First Shelby Daytona Coupe, Chassis #CSX2287, Rolls Into SEMA: Video

    The Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe is one of the rarest cars to ever be produced, with just six of the originals having been built. This week, one of them was unveiled at the 2015 SEMA show—and it is the rarest of the lot. The Daytona Coupe bearing chassis #CSX2287 was the first of the six cars...

  • 2015 Toyota Rally RAV4
    Jay Leno Hops Behind The Wheel Of Toyota’s Rally RAV4: Video

    Toyota is gearing up for a return to the World Rally Championship in 2017, but the automaker is already involved in rallying. For example, it fields a version of the RAV4 crossover in the 2015 Rally America, which Ryan Millen has driven to four class victories so far. ALSO SEE: LaFerrari Crashes...

  • F Performance Racing 2016 Lexus RC F GT3 race car, 2015 SEMA show
    Lexus To Back New F Performance Racing Team

    At this week’s SEMA show in Las Vegas, Lexus announced it is forming a partnership with organizers of a new racing team called F Performance Racing. The new team will field the Lexus RC F GT3 race car in a soon-to-be-announced sports car racing series based in the United States, with the...

  • 2016 Ford Mustang Cobra Jet
    2016 Ford Mustang Cobra Jet Revealed, Runs 8.0-Second Quarter Mile: Video

    After taking a break last year, the Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] Mustang Cobra Jet turnkey drag racer is back, and it’s quicker than ever. The latest version, which debuted this week at the 2015 SEMA show in Las Vegas, is based on the sixth-generation Mustang, and according to Ford it’s...

  • Honda Ridgeline Desert Race Truck, 2015 SEMA show

    The Honda Ridgeline hasn’t been on sale since the 2014 model year but a new generation is being readied for 2017, and we’re seeing it for the first time at the SEMA show currently taking place in Las Vegas. Honda isn’t ready to show the production version just yet. Instead, we’re being teased with the design of the new Ridgeline via a race-prepped version dubbed the Ridgeline Desert Race Truck. The Ridgeline Desert Race Truck marks the automaker’s return to Honda Performance Development (HPD)-powered factory off-road racing on four wheels. The automaker has...

  • 2016 Chevrolet COPO Camaro Courtney Force concept, 2015 SEMA show
    2016 Chevy COPO Camaro Previewed With Courtney Force Concept: Video

    Chevrolet teamed up with NHRA Camaro Funny Car driver Courtney Force to develop a concept previewing the 2016 COPO Camaro based on the all-new, sixth-generation Camaro muscle car. The concept is called the COPO Camaro Courtney Force, and it made its debut today at the SEMA show in Las Vegas...

  • Mecedes AMG's Nico Rosberg at the 2015 Formula One Mexican Grand Prix
    Mercedes AMG’s Nico Rosberg Wins At Revived Formula One Mexican Grand Prix

    After a 23-year hiatus, the Formula One World Championship made its return to Mexico this past weekend and the event went off without a hitch. Mercedes AMG once again proved unstoppable, with this time Nico Rosberg winning ahead of teammate and newly crowned world champion Lewis Hamilton. Rosberg...

  • Ferrari at the 2015 Formula One Mexican Grand Prix
    2015 Formula One Mexican Grand Prix Weather Forecast

    For the first time in 23 years, the Formula One World Championship returns to Mexico, with the race once again taking place at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City. Due to the lengthy hiatus between this race and the last Mexican Grand Prix, for most drivers and crew the layout will be...

  • Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, home of the Formula 1 Mexican Grand Prix
    2015 Formula One Mexican Grand Prix Preview

    Formula One returns to Mexico this weekend to host the first Mexican Grand Prix since 1992, when Nigel Mansell drove to victory behind the wheel of a Williams. The first Mexican race was held in 1963 and the event would remain a fixture on the F1 calendar for the next seven years. After a lengthy...

  • Zarooq Sand Racer
    Zarooq Sand Racer Is Middle East's Answer To The Rally Fighter

    Do you remember the $3.4 million Lykan Hypersport? That supercar created by W Motors that later found its way into the last Fast and Furious film. The person behind the supercar's lines is designer Anthony Jannarelly, who is now responsible for the shape of a brand new machine. This one, however...

  • Mercedes AMG's Lewis Hamilton at the 2015 Formula One United States Grand Prix

    Mercedes AMG’s Lewis Hamilton secured his third Formula One World Drivers’ Championship after winning yesterday’s United States Grand Prix at Austin’s Circuit of the Americas and boosting his points tally to an unbeatable 327. The race turned out to be quite the spectacle thanks to two virtual and two actual safety car periods, plus it wasn’t until lap 49 of 56 that it looked likely Hamilton would win. Up until then, Mercedes’ other man Nico Rosberg was on the chase and was even in the lead at some points. However, the German would lose the top position for...

  • Circuit of the Americas, home of the Formula 1 United States Grand Prix
    2015 Formula One United States Grand Prix Weather Forecast

    Round 16 of the 2015 Formula One World Championship is being held at Austin's Circuit of the Americas this weekend, but unfortunately the weather isn’t looking too good, with rain predicted for both Saturday and Sunday and even some stormy conditions possible. For Sunday’s race...

  • Circuit of the Americas, home of the Formula 1 United States Grand Prix
    2015 Formula One United States Grand Prix Preview

    The 2015 Formula One World Championship this weekend heads to local soil for round sixteen, the United States Grand Prix. The race is once again taking place at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, a track designed to combine the best corners from various circuits around the globe and...

  • 2016 Opel Astra TCR race car
    Opel reveals Astra racer for new low-cost TCR series

    There’s a new race series called the Touringcar Racer International Series (TCR) that held its inaugural season this year. With its low cost of entry and low running costs, the series is aimed at enthusiasts and up-and-coming drivers and features cars with only around 300 horsepower...

  • 2015 Renault R.S. 01 race car
    Chris Harris Drives The GT-R-Powered Renault R.S. 01 Race Car: Video

    In motorsport circles, Renault is probably best known for its participation in Formula One. However, the French automaker remains active in other forms of motorsport, including its own one-make series called the Renaultsport Trophy. The series forms part of the ever-expanding World Series by...

  • 2015 Audi A5 DTM Selection
    Audi Celebrates DTM Participation With Special A5

    Audi competes in the German touring car series DTM with a race car based on its A5 coupe, and in recent years the automaker has celebrated this participation with special versions of the road car. The latest is the A5 DTM Selection, which will be built in a limited run of just 50 cars and sold...

  • Mercedes AMG's Lewis Hamilton at the 2015 Formula One Russian Grand Prix

    It was another cruise to victory for Lewis Hamilton at yesterday’s 2015 Formula One Russian Grand Prix, with the win sealing the Constructors' Championship for his Mercedes AMG team for the second time in a row. But it wasn’t all good news at the Mercedes camp because Nico Rosberg suffered another bout of bad luck, with throttle issues forcing him to retire on lap seven. It means the German’s championship hopes this season are all but over. The win for Hamilton is his ninth of the season and 42nd of his F1 career, drawing him level with Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel in...

  • Mercedes AMG at the 2015 Formula One Russian Grand Prix
    Rosberg Edges Out Hamilton For Russian Grand Prix Pole

    Today’s qualifying session for the 2015 Formula One Russian Grand Prix saw Nico Rosberg edge out his teammate Lewis Hamilton to secure pole position and in the process help his team earn an historic 30th all-Silver Arrow front row. Rosberg’s best time at the Sochi Autodrom was a...

  • Sochi Autodrom, home of the Formula One Russian Grand Prix
    2015 Formula One Russian Grand Prix Weather Forecast

    The weather in Sochi is typically mild and pleasant this time of year, and looking at the forecast for this weekend’s Russian Grand Prix fine weather is exactly what we’re in store for. The peak temperature on Sunday should be 69 degrees F (21 degrees C) and the skies will only be...

  • 2016 Ford GT race car
    Watch The Ford GT Race Around Daytona: Video

    We can’t get enough of the Ford Motor Company’s [NYSE:F] new GT, and we hope you can’t either as we’ve got even more content regarding the upcoming supercar. The new GT is an impressive bit of kit, regardless whether it’s the road-going version you fancy or the...

  • Sochi Autodrom, home of the Formula One Russian Grand Prix
    2015 Formula One Russian Grand Prix Preview

    After last year’s successful inaugural race, the Russian Grand Prix held at the Sochi Autodrom returns to host the 16th round of the 2015 Formula One World Championship this weekend. The Sochi Autodrom is one of the longest in F1 at 3.63 miles and circumnavigates the 2014 Winter Olympic...

  • Upgraded 2015 Nissan GT-R LM NISMO LMP1 race car
    Nissan’s Problematic LMP1 Campaign Postponed Until 2016

    Nissan had high hopes for its front-wheel-drive race car developed to compete in the top-level endurance racing that is the LMP1 category of the World Endurance Championship. After a troubled start that caused it to miss the opening races of the 2015 WEC season, Nissan had three of its GT-R LM...

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