The Revolving Door Of Nürburgring Ownership Just Lost The F1 German GP

For the past few years, Hockenheim and the Nürburgring have agreed to alternate hosting the Formula One German Grand Prix. 2015 should be the Nürburgring's turn, but the don't have a contract with F1, so the grand prix goes to Hockenheim this year instead. Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone told...

May 13, 2025

The Best Acura NSX Race Liveries

Honda has been racing the NSX for about ten thousand years in SUPER GT and the associated paint schemes have been legendary. Above is what the NSX concept is currently running, but there are so many amazing Takata Raybrig, Epson and whatever other liveries out there that I felt like...

May 13, 2025

Watch The Save Of The Millennium From Inside The Car

Back in 2011, Mikko Hirvonen was thisclose to catching up to the Citroëns ahead of him at the Acropolis Rally of Greece. Thisclose, man. So, he started pushing it through Stage 10—perhaps a bit too hard. Here's the onboard view of . Welcome to , a feature where we spend...

May 13, 2025

Watch A Ford Escort Cosworth Conquer Snow Driving

You could say that this video shows Ford testing the WRC spec for the Escort Cosworth before the 1997 Monte Carlo. I just watch it for the snow driving. Seeing this video while knowing that there are unplowed snowbound roads not far from me is nothing short of dangerous. ...

May 13, 2025

How A Mitsubishi Evo Should Be Driven

Mitsubishi didn't give the Evo all those diffs just for you to hardpark at some car show. This is at the Targa New Zealand road rally in 2014, recorded by my buddy and and Ryan Symancek. There's a new series coming on DRIVE, and it's on rallying. Specifically, it's about...

May 13, 2025

Here's AJ Foyt Backhanding Arie Luyendyk In The Face

Super Tex, aka AJ Foyt, aka one of America's most successful home grown race car drivers, turns 80 today. Here he is backhanding fellow Indy 500 winner Arie Luyendyk in the face. The scene is at Texas Motor Speedway. AJ Foyt's driver Billy Boat had just won, but Luyendyk wandered...

May 13, 2025

Here Are The First Photos Of The 2015 Porsche 919 On Track

The Porsche 919 Hybrid received some minor upgrades in the offseason, and the new car hit the test track in Weissach this month to test them out. Here are the first photos of the LMP1 car Porsche will be using in the World Endurance Championship for 2015. The front aero...

May 13, 2025

The New VW Polo Rally Car Is [hnnng]

The new 2015 paint scheme for the double championship-reigning VW Polo WRC car is. The paint scheme is. It's. [eyes blink] [stutters] [drools]. Why does it look so good? Why does it make my eyes feel gooey? Why does it give me that heart thing when I look at it...

May 13, 2025

Report: Honda Blocked Alonso From Driving The Porsche 919 At Le Mans

reported today that Porsche came extremely close to signing Fernando Alonso to run their third car at Le Mans, but Honda blocked the pick at the last minute. While McLaren isn't competing in the World Endurance Championship, Honda is—albeit in privateer LMP2s instead. The Porsche 919 runs in the LMP1-H...

May 13, 2025

Watch This Screaming Porsche 911 Rally Car Demolish Mountain Roads

The is out and testing for next week's Monte Carlo Rally and I have already died of joy. If you're wondering what 'more power than traction looks like,' here you go. Francois Delecour is driving, who you may remember . ...

May 13, 2025

Rally Legend Petter Solberg Looks Like Freakin' Megaman

Just look at this picture of Petter Solberg and tell me he's not a cartoon superhero come to life. Solberg, former WRC champion current World Rallycross Champion and , has a bit of a reputation for showmanship. This is Petter Solberg sliding his Ford Fiesta WRC car absolutely, unbelievably sideways...

May 13, 2025

Flying Lizard (Sort Of) Returns To Porsche, Adds A Third McLaren 650S

Flying Lizard is making a long-awaited return to running Porsche 911s, only it's not where you'd expect. In addition to a third customer McLaren 650S to run in Pirelli World Challenge today, Flying Lizard said that they will field a two-car customer effort in the Pirelli Porsche GT3 Cup. Flying...

May 13, 2025

America's Best Race That Nobody Watches Is Tomorrow

The Chili Bowl is tomorrow! What's the Chili Bowl? Amazing! Unreal! Fantastibar! () Too bad you can't see it anywhere but MavTV and some illegal streams. () Imagine 400 horsepower, 1,000 pound V8 racecars running a quarter mile dirt track, indoors. This is The A-Main big big super duper show...

May 13, 2025

Fernando Alonso Is Contractually Obligated To Like The New NSX

But really, who wouldn't? It may have been by Ford's mic-dropping suite of hoon cars, but to say I wouldn't drive the wheels off of Acura's new toy would be a complete lie. (Never mind the he probably can't say the same about any cars right now.) Build it, Acura!...

May 13, 2025

The Only Time You'll Ever Want To Hit A Telephone Pole

Usually the term for a steep ledge you're likely to fall down is "exposure." Codrivers shout that out to let drivers know not to drive off the mountain. This part of the Rallye Monte Carlo had a little weak stone wall that didn't do much to hold Roman Kresta's car...

May 13, 2025