Holden Versus Who? Ford Australia Out Of V8 Supercars After 2015

One of the two marques synonymous with Australian V8 Supercar racing confirmed today that they will be from the Ford Performance Racing team after 2015. Their withdrawal from the sport is indefinite, and the world of racing is a sadder place as a result. Ford isn't pulling the plug on...

May 8, 2025

Spectacular Crash In Brazil Gave Mark Webber Bruising And A Concussion

Mark Webber was sore, but awake enough to release a statement following yesterday's. Webber is sore and recovering fine, although he has no recollection of the accident. Doctors say that the impact gave him a concussion. Webber had this to say in a from Porsche this morning: I'm quite sore...

May 8, 2025

This Air-Cooled Flat Six Dragster Sounds So, So Good

Three liters, 380 horsepower, and a 9000 rpm redline. Those are the specs for this Corvair flat six. Now listen to how it sounds. This naturally-aspirated Corvair-powered dragster runs the quarter in 8.82 at 145 mph, but who cares when it sounds this good. has a great writeup detailing the...

May 8, 2025

Rally's Most Successful Driver Teams Up With Wife And Wins French Rally

France's Rallye du Var is the preview to the biggest rally in the world, the upcoming Monte Carlo Rally. And a husband and wife pair just won the du Var event. I mean, it doesn't hurt that the husband in this pair is modern motorsport's most dominant driver, nine-times World...

May 8, 2025

Caterham Still Sort Of Exists; May Run 2014 Car Next Year To Save Cash

Per , financially distressed Formula One team Caterham has been given approval to run their 2014 car for 2015. This can only end well...behind everyone else on the grid. Still, this all fits into the administrator's plan to in order to show potential investors a viable team. The decision to...

May 8, 2025

Lotus F1 Team Makes The Slowest Mall Chase Video Ever

The Dubai Mall is the world's largest shopping mall, so Renault let Lotus Formula One team drivers Romain Grosjean and Pastor Maldonado loose inside in a pair of Renault Twizys. Yes, in fact, a Twizy will powerslide. Everyone loves a good gratuitous-use-of-F1-drivers (exception: ) and just before the end of...

May 8, 2025

Autotests Are Britain's Crazy Autocrosses On Steroids

There's something about the beautiful sound of a Mark 1 Ford Escort Estate wailing through sweet screeching slides and graceful doughnuts around a parking lot. This isn't your typical afternoon of cone-dodging, however. It's a crazy obstacle course the Brits call an autotest. is much like an autocross (what they'd...

May 8, 2025

'That's How It's Done, Ladies' Nominated For F1's Pass Of The Year

The FIA had to nominate just one moment from this year's F1 season for their vote, and it's no surprise they chose an overtake from Daniel Ricciardo. There's something interesting about the particular pass they picked, though. Red Bull's rookie has pulled off some of the best passes in Formula...

May 8, 2025

You Could Have Bought Caterham F1 For The Price Of A Pack Of Gum

or a single British pound: that's how much Caterham Sports Limited was sold for back in September. For a fourth of the price of one of my morning quadruple lattes, you could have had the entire manufacturing arm of a Formula One team. Granted, Caterham Sports Limited was only the...

May 8, 2025

To The Booger In My Nose, Or: Some Thoughts On Fitness

would say it's a travesty that we have a motorsports blog and haven't posted anything about our workouts yet. Fitness is important if you're getting in a race car: fact. You know what else is a travesty? This hardened stalactite of dried mucus that just wouldn't budge. One of the...

May 8, 2025

Mercedes Commemorates F1 Championship With A Car No One Will Track

Aiming for the top of the , Mercedes-Benz announced that they will be making nineteen SL 63 AMG World Championship Collector's Edition cars, one for each track on the Formula One calendar. Don't be fooled by all the fancy track outlines. We doubt this one will leave the carefully monitored...

May 8, 2025

Another Famous Driver's Superbaby Grabs A Seat In F1; Sky Also Blue

Toro Rosso that son of two-time World Rally Championship winner Carlos Sainz, Carlos Sainz, Jr., will be taking Jean-Eric Vergne's at Scuderia Toro Rosso next year. Sainz, Jr., even beat out GP3 champion Alex Lynn for the seat. Carlos the Younger has won both the Formula Renault 2.0 and 3.5...

May 8, 2025

Ride Along As Sebastian Vettel Gets Acquainted With A Ferrari F1 Car

Sebastian Vettel took his in a Ferrari Formula One car last week, and now Ferrari has released an onboard highlight video of that test. Vettel not only takes the car around the track, but runs several tests with it to get used to how the Ferraris work. We don't often...

May 8, 2025

FIA Still Won't Implement Closed Cockpits After Probe Into Bianchi Crash

The FIA released the findings of its Accident Panel today regarding Jules Bianchi's at the Formula One Japanese Grand Prix. They determined that Bianchi was traveling too fast to avoid going off at the same corner as Adrian Sutil's accident, and have recommended yellow flag speed limits as a result....

May 8, 2025

Here's Racing Driver Conor Daly Babying His Subaru WRX STi

Racing is expensive. ...

May 8, 2025