Fernando Alonso Probably Won't Go To Lotus

Sorry, fans. Romain Grosjean announced that he'll be staying with Lotus next year, and everyone knows they need Cashtor's dolla dolla billz too much to see Maldonado out. One question still looms over Formula One: Fernando Alonso isn't going to stay at Ferrari, so where ...

May 3, 2025

Jules Bianchi Breathing On His Own, Moved To France Per Family Statement

The family of Formula One driver Jules Bianchi released a statement today explaining that Bianchi has been taken out of the artificial coma he was placed in after the wreck. He is breathing on his own and has moved to Nice, France, to continue his recovery closer to his family...

May 3, 2025

Thermal Camera Video Of A Rally Car On Fire Is Way Too Awesome

This is what you get when you turn an thermal camera on a blazing-hot rally car tearing through the forests of Wales. The driver is Norwegian Henning Solberg, the car is a Ford Fiesta, the event is last weekend's Wales Rally GB, the season-ending event for the 2014 World Rally...

May 3, 2025

A Tale Of Many Restarts With Magnus Racing On Detroit's Belle Isle

You know the one type of track most of us will never get to drive, even if we're hardcore track dorks? A temporary street circuit. Detroit's Belle Isle is one of the prettier ones and Magnus Racing threw a camera in their Porsche 911 GT America to capture this series...

May 3, 2025

Ferrari Signs F1's Youngest Champion Sebastian Vettel

German half-robot, half-man Sebastian Vettel isn't just F1's youngest champion; he's the . And he just (officially) signed with Ferrari. I say officially because this has been the worst kept secret in the business for about two months now. Red Bull announced he was leaving in early October and ....

May 3, 2025

Watch Fernando Alonso Squirm When Asked A Seriously Awkward Question

Today, the worst kept secret in Formula One was confirmed: Fernando Alonso will be leaving Ferrari at the end of the season, . At today's pre-race press conference, ... while Button was sitting next to him. For those of you not in the know, the rumor du jour has Alonso...

May 3, 2025

Fernando Alonso Will Probably Be Confirmed At McLaren On December 1

Per Formula One correspondent Nick Daman on Radio Le Mans' show, the date to watch for Fernando Alonso's team decision is December 1. That announcement is likely to be a move to the team. At approximately one hour and thirty-seven minutes in on , they start to discuss McLaren's sticky...

May 3, 2025

Five Awesome Track Cars You Can Buy For $15,000 Or Less

Professional racing is almost done for the year, so now is the perfect opportunity to think about getting on a racetrack yourself. Fun cars often go from being bundles of joy to nuisances to store in the dark depths of winter, so now's your chance to pick up a worthy...

May 3, 2025

How A Porsche Should Be Driven

Porsche seems intent on writing their greatest achievements as endurance racing victories at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. You could argue that hillclimbs, rallies, and road races are actually their defining character. Watch this video and you'll see what I mean. . That car competed in the open-road Tour...

May 3, 2025

Watch Lewis Hamilton And Nico Rosberg Compete On The Same Team As Kids

If you thought this was the first time Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg battled each other on the same team, you're wrong. Team MBM.com (which stands for Mercedes-Benz McLaren) backed both Rosberg and Hamilton in Formula A Karting some fourteen years ago. Formula A (now called KF1) is the top...

May 3, 2025

Two Terrifying Views Of The Same Porsche Nearly Crashing At COTA

This is what happens when you miss your braking point on a big balls track, the F1-spec COTA down in Texas. Two views show the whole mess, onboard and off. Here's the onboard from the be-winged Porsche, slipping and sliding thiiiiiis close to the wall. And here's the view from...

May 3, 2025

Why The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Is This Year's Must-Watch Formula One Race

If you haven't watched a single Formula One race and had to choose only one to pay attention to, clearly, it should be this weekend's upcoming Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Two dominant Mercedes cars are vying for an undetermined championship. Only one can win. Abu Dhabi is the final race...

May 3, 2025

Former NASCAR Driver Who Fled From The Cops Postpones Court 13th Time

Former NASCAR and World of Outlaws driver Tyler Walker led cops on a two years ago outside Las Vegas. Walker received a cornucopia of drug and alcohol related charges on top of a failure to stop for the chase, all of which he has yet to appear in court for....

May 3, 2025

Check Out This Bonkers Sideways Rallycross Pass

The thing about rally driving is that sideways is slow; to go fast, you really want to be hooked up, driving forward as much as possible. There are moments, though, when it pays to go full dinosaur drift. You're watching driver John Welch in his turbocharged, 4WD, flame-belching Opel Kadett...

May 3, 2025

Insanity Is Drag Racing A Jet-Powered Go-Kart

Meet Captain Jack McClure, a racer from the who strapped a hydrogen peroxide-powered rocket on the back of a go-kart and went drag racing in it. Here's on-kart footage from his latest runs (at age 88!) at South Georgia Motorsports Park. Mind you, this is exactly the kind of go-kart...

May 3, 2025