Ferrari Formula One Car Has A Dick Butt In UPS Logo [Update: It's Gone]

UPS opened up a can of worms when they decided to do a photo mosaic for their logo. The idea was to use fans' Facebook photos as the background. Of course, someone had Dick Butt (which is a doodle of ) as their photo. Now Dick Butt will take a...

Aug 16, 2025

It's Not Really A Brake Failure Unless The System Catches On Fire

The Infiniti Red Bull Racing team hasn't been doing so well this season. After suffering issues due to overheating front brakes at the Formula One Malaysian Grand Prix, the team from this year's Hitco brake system back to 2014's Brembo brakes. How did that work out? Not well, if you're...

Aug 16, 2025

Formula E Wants A Feeder Series That Isn't Formula One

According to , Formula E CEO Alejandro Agag realizes that his series is somewhat of a retirement home for at the moment. To remedy this, they'd love to see a feeder series into Formula E in the future. "Retirement home" is a bit of a misnomer, as drivers as young...

Aug 16, 2025

A Dog Is Running Around COTA And It Just Red-Flagged MotoGP Practice

Usually loose livestock is more of a problem in Texas, but out at Circuit of the Americas they're dealing with an animal nuisance of the smaller, cuter variety. MotoGP's first final practice has been red-flagged due to the presence of a dog running around the track. They still haven't caught...

Aug 16, 2025

Red Bull Donuts The Rainbow

If there's one thing I love, it's laying down sweet, sweet . If there's anything that's even better, it's . How do you top perfection? Well, you run your F1 car in a delightfully circular fashion through Holi powder for the Indian Festival of Colors. Donuts are wonderful. They are...

Aug 16, 2025

Dude Narrowly Avoids Getting Run Over By Formula One Cars In Practice

If there's one place you don't want to hop onto, it's on an active race track. It . In most battles of Man vs. Car, man will typically . If you're going to be a total moron and run out in front of a Formula One car, oh, geez. That's...

Aug 16, 2025

Chris Harris Shows Off Every Kind Of Race Car Imaginable At Goodwood

Chris Harris is a lucky, lucky man. The brought out everything from road-based race cars to vintage F1 and Le Mans racers. Not only did Chris get to race a Rover SD1 touring car from the era when touring cars were based on road cars, but he also got to...

Aug 16, 2025

We're At MotoGP's Grand Prix Of The Americas All This Weekend

If there's any one racing vehicle with a power-to-weight ratio that would make Colin Chapman fanboys weep, it's a motorcycle. Patrick George and I will be will be here at Circuit of the Americas all weekend, watching motorcyclists battle it out at face-melting speeds. MotoGP is essentially the two-wheeled version...

Aug 16, 2025

Someone Please Help Kyle Larson Because He Eats Like A Weirdo

I like Young Kyle Larson. When he sat with us to , he really did answer all of your questions. That makes him A-OKAY in my book. Young Kyle Saturday after an autograph session, and that’s worrying. But more concerning is his admission that he just ate chicken soup and...

Aug 16, 2025

Formula One Driver Nico Rosberg Shows Us The Sound Of Pure Frustration

Mercedes Formula One driver Nico Rosberg missed out on pole for the Chinese Grand Prix by four hundredths of a second. Here's what he had to moan over the radio. (Yes, moan.) If you distilled pure frustration into its very essence, that is exactly what it would sound like: a...

Aug 16, 2025

Weekend Motorsports Roundup, Apr. 11-12, 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? Last weekend was a bit of...

Aug 16, 2025

Porsche Gets First World Endurance Championship Pole of 2015

With the increased competition in the World Endurance Championship's LMP1 class, everyone's wondering who's really the fastest this year. Porsche looked great at the Prologue, but Audi was fast during practice for the 6 Hours of Silverstone. It's Porsche, though, who'll take up the entire front row of the grid....

Aug 16, 2025

You Can Now Buy Danica Patrick's Dog (In Stuffed Form)

Do you need a stuffed companion for race weekends, but are deeply disappointed that have been discontinued for years? Never you fear! Now you can buy Danica Patrick's dog. Seriously. That's her dog Dallas as a cuddly stuffed pet. Dallas Stenhouse-Patrick went for sale this weekend at Texas Motor Speedway....

Aug 16, 2025

NASCAR Debris Cautions In Texas Were Probably Caused By Taco Dribble

NASCAR doesn't always do the best job of explaining their . Today's race at Texas Motor Speedway has a convenient Tex-Mex excuse for any yellow flags that get thrown. Pit lane commentator Michael Waltrip spilled a taco all over Denny Hamlin's car on the grid. Waltrip was celebrating some of...

Aug 16, 2025

Has Red Bull Switched Engine Suppliers Yet?

No. They’re still with Renault. Infiniti Red Bull Racing Formula One driver Daniil Kvyat just retired from the Chinese Grand Prix in a massive cloud of engine failure smoke. At least his aren’t on fire this time. Poor Kvyat can’t catch a break this weekend. The Infiniti Red Bull Racing...

Aug 16, 2025