Injured F1 Driver Jules Bianchi Has Started Rehab, Still Unconscious

Good news from the family of Jules Bianchi today: the Marussia Formula One racer has started a rehabilitation program for injuries sustained in a at the Japanese Grand Prix. While he remains unconscious, we are all hopeful that this means he will recover soon. Bianchi has been recovering from a...

May 13, 2025

Out-Of-Control Motorcycle Kills Corner Marshal At Florida Track Day

Veteran corner worker Robert Hoffstetter was struck by an out of control Yamaha R1 at a Florida Track Days event on Sunday at Palm Beach International Raceway, according to reports. Hoffstetter was transported via helicopter to St. Mary's Medical Center in nearby West Palm Beach, but he passed away from...

May 13, 2025

A Wonderful Walk-Through Of The Performance Racing Industry Show

The Performance Racing Industry trade show opens up to the public on its last day, which is when JustJim from Opposite Lock took a tour earlier this month. Think of it as SEMA for race cars. Oh, and there are plenty of race cars. ...

May 13, 2025

Forget What You Saw On TV And Watch This Recap Of The 2014 F1 Season

Uh, holy crap. Only after watching this video will you realize how painfully sanitized and bland Formula One's race broadcasts are on TV. Camera angles that suck the sense of speed out of the cars, cuts away from the real human action of the sport, high-viewpoint pans of the leading...

May 13, 2025

Why The World Endurance Championship Needs Another Race In America

The World Endurance Championship is the best racing series that nobody in America really talks about. Half the time, we don't even get an edited recap of the races on TV in the United States. Naturally, adding another American race make sense. Here's why. The best known endurance races in...

May 13, 2025

This Nissan Skyline GT-R Rally Car Is A Rowdy Dirt Monster

Between its trick all-wheel-drive systems and need to stay at the forefront of go-fast technology, I've always wondered why more people don't take the Nissan GT-R rallying. This video has me wondering even more. Clearly, this is the rowdy, drifty Skyline GT-R rally beast that the universe deserves. Admittedly, the...

May 13, 2025

Show Us: Your Shop Dogs (Or Cats, Or Whatever)

Admittedly, all my animals are , but I've been around enough other peoples' shops to know the value of a good shop dog (or cat, or bunny, or whatever floats your goat). Shops can't be all hard work and misery. Sometimes you need some calm time scratching Fido behind the...

May 13, 2025

All I Want To Do Is Make Silly Faces In The Side Of This Race Car

Michael Shank Racing just released the livery of their new United SportsCar P2-class Ligier Honda race car. I asked for and they delivered. This copper prototype is so shiny, all I want to do is spend an afternoon making silly faces in the side of it. There's nothing that isn't...

May 13, 2025

"Hit The Pace Car" Is A Real Thing

Just because it's called a "safety car" doesn't mean it's always 100% safe. Any time you stick a slower vehicle out in front of faster-moving traffic, you're going to have trouble if everyone isn't paying attention. Here is a collection of pace car fails from over the years. Everyone knows...

May 13, 2025

Formula E Driver Suspended For Cocaine Use, Actually Admits He Used It

Franck Montagny, Andretti Autosport's Formula E driver, had a drug test after the Malaysian round of the series. , and was suspended by the FIA. And, amazingly, he's admitting that he did it. A positive drug test for an athlete usually results in a number of denials, claims that the...

May 13, 2025

The Dodge Viper Isn't Through With Racing Yet

Just when you all hope of hearing SRT's wonderful V10 monster on a race track, an enterprising privateer swoops in to save the day. According to , Riley Technologies wants to bring the ex-factory Dodge Vipers to the 24 Hours of Le Mans this year. Rejoice! Riley has been running...

May 13, 2025

Surprise! FIA Admits Loophole Allows In-Season F1 Engine Development

Bad news if your team is running Mercedes power in Formula One: the FIA admitted that there's no hard date in the rules to submit a final engine design by for homologation, thus allowing mid-season upgrades. Even worse if you're Honda: your date was listed as Feb. 28, so no...

May 13, 2025

Weekend Motorsports Roundup, Jan. 3-4, 2015

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? There's not much going on in...

May 13, 2025

Rumor Mill: Lotus F1 Team Isn't In Trouble; Just Changing Their Name

Here's another piece of amusing speculation plucked straight out of the rumor funbag: according to Italian racing pub Omnicorse, Lotus may have appeared as a on the 2015 Formula One entry list due to a possible team name change. Uh-huh. Yeah, sure. Let's totally forget that the other two marked...

May 13, 2025

Remember Michael Schumacher's Incredible First Win For Ferrari?

Today is Michael Schumacher's 46th birthday. It has to be a better birthday than last year for the seven-time Formula One world champion and his family; he spent that one still in a coma in the wake of his . As he recovers, let's pause to remember one of the...

May 13, 2025