Everyone Gene Haas Speaks To At Ferrari Gets Canned

One bizarre consequence of Ferrari's : Gene Haas. The Haas Formula One team will use Ferrari engines in 2016, and as such, Gene Haas has been working closely with Ferrari. In an with Leigh Diffey, Haas mentioned, "Whoever I spoke to [at Ferrari] got fired! I better stop speaking to...

May 11, 2025

Weekend Motorsports Roundup, Dec. 6-7, 2014

Welcome to the Jalopnik , where we let you know what's going on in the world of racing, where you can see it, and where you can talk about it all in one convenient place. Where else would you want to spend your weekend? Reruns! Uh, we hope you like...

May 11, 2025

Unleashing Ken Block And Valentino Rossi In Rally Cars On Monza

The is a delightful festival of insanity where drivers and other famous personalities are let loose in rally cars on the historic Monza racetrack. Here's some remarkably beautiful footage of Ken Block and Valentino Rossi duking it out at the event. You're welcome. Rain was an issue at this year's...

May 11, 2025

Shocking Photo Shows How Thieves Drove Right In To Red Bull Racing

Italian motorsport journalist Alberto Sabbatini posted this image of Red Bull Racing's break-in this morning, showing how thieves the factory in Milton Keynes. This is the kind of damage that occurs when you drive a silver 4x4 through the front glass doors of an office building. Of all the things...

May 11, 2025

V8 Supercars Turned Into A Sliding Mess As Torrential Rains Poured In

The Sydney NRMA 500 at the Olympic Park is already one of the most challenging street courses on the V8 Supercars schedule. Adding to that challenge today was a torrential downpour that engulfed the course in darkness within minutes, causing the race to end under a red flag. This race...

May 11, 2025

Memo Gidley Is Determined To Get Back In A Race Car

Memo Gidley, who was injured in a at the Rolex 24 at Daytona at the beginning of this year, had some promising words to say to : "Without a doubt, in my mind, 100 percent I will be back into a race car." Gidley suffered a broken back and a...

May 11, 2025

Susie Wolff Just Can't Get Her DTM Car To Do A Burnout

Mercedes recently hosted its Stars and Cars event in Stuttgart for the year, and apparently DTM cars aren't the burnout machines you'd think they'd be. Poor Susie Wolff just can't get hers to break traction. Stars and Cars is Mercedes' celebration of a great year in racing, and they scheduled...

May 11, 2025

Nissan Wants Its V8 Supercar Altimas To Look More Like The Real Deal

So, Michael Caruso's car is belching smoke like a QR25DE with a blown head gasket. A+, guys, as a former Altima driver, I can confirm that this looks very realistic, not to mention familiar. Water in the exhaust was the culprit here. Screencap via . ...

May 11, 2025

Here We Go Again: V8 Supercars' Finale Is Suspended For Being Soggy Wet

V8 Supercars' second race for the day of the has just been red flagged on lap 45 due to torrential downpours. It's a complete mess out there with too much standing water for even wet tires to deal with. Flooding has been reported in pit lane. Thirty laps remain to...

May 11, 2025

BMW's Extra-Long "Enter All The Sportscars" Press Release, tl;dr'd

BMW, like any company worth its salt who wants to stay in good graces with enthusiasts despite making bigger, heavier and more complicated cars, does a lot of racing. Recently, they sent out a outlining their extensive motorsport plans for next year. Here is the tl;dr version for your convenience....

May 11, 2025

A Mercedes ML320 SUV Is A Hilariously Unwieldy Rallycross Beast

Will a 1999 Mercedes ML320 drift? Absolutely. Here is the big beast in all its glory, just in case you've forgotten what one of Mercedes' first non-military-grade SUVs looked like. This, of course, was the ideal vehicle to tackle the last New England Region SCCA rallycross of 2014. It belongs...

May 11, 2025

Ford Racing Pays Tribute To The Guys Who Keep The Cars Running

We don't usually think of it this way, but nearly every form of motorsport is a team sport. Behind every driver is a whole host of people who keep the team and its cars running. This is the . We've mentioned before that support crews are the unsung heroes of...

May 11, 2025

Spaniards Throwing Temper Tantrums Over Marc Márquez Moving To Andorra

Ultra-dominant two-time MotoGP World Champion Marc Márquez. is doing what many other successful athletes do: moving to a tax haven. In this case, Márquez is moving to Andorra. Some Spanish fans don't like this. Let's take a look at how terrible people handle this kind of news, shall we? On...

May 11, 2025

Listen To The Glory Of Porsche 911 Rally Cars

Before all-wheel drive took over the WRC in the '80s, the Porsche 911 was the only way to put big power down on loose surfaces. Here's a little tribute to the rear-engine marvel. Porsches like these were supposed to be real beasts to drive on real rough roads, not exactly...

May 11, 2025

Inside Fernando Alonso's Last Race With Ferrari

"My Last Race With Ferrari" is a fantastic Spanish documentary gives us a rare glimpse behind the scenes as Fernando Alonso goes into his final race with the team at Abu Dhabi. Alonso comes off not as the driving god we see on TV, but as entirely human: nervous, funny...

May 11, 2025