Toyota will start the 85th Le Mans 24 Hours from pole position after setting the fastest-ever lap of the Circuit de la Sarthe in the final qualifying sessions on Thursday evening. Kamui Kobayashi became the second Japanese driver to earn pole position with a lap of 3 mins 14.791 secs at 8.14pm during second qualifying in the #7 TS050 Hybrid …
Lewis Hamilton takes the top spot at the Canadian Grand Prix after a smooth race with a massive 19 second lead over team-mate Valtteri Bottas. Daniel Ricciardo came in third with his Red Bull Racing car whilst Sebastien Vettel managed to battle from 18th spot to 4th. This allowed Hamilton to cut the drivers’ title point difference to just 12 points …
H&H Classics auction house has just auctioned off Colin McRae’s 1997 Subaru Impreza WRC test car for a whopping £230,625 (around RM1.27 million). That sets the record for the most expensive Subaru ever sold. According to the official auction listing, the car, chassis 001 was a test and development car used by the legendary Colin McRae for testing purposes and helped Subaru secure …
The record of 18 overall wins is the most popular figure about Porsche and Le Mans. Double it, and this is how many further interesting facts you will find here. Discover what the Porsche 919 Hybrid has in common concerning the power supply of a small village, at what time did Mark Webber complete his first-ever lap in an LMP1 …
TEAM MUGEN (Director: Nagataka Tezuka) announced that McLaren-Honda racing driver Jenson Button will join the team for a one-off race in the SUPER GT Series, GT500 class. Jenson will drive a Honda NSX-GT at the 46th International SUZUKA 1000km, Round 6 of the SUPER GT series (August 27) at Suzuka Circuit, Japan. The announcement means TEAM MUGEN will race with …
Honda opened the second century of competition at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway today the same way it closed out the previous 100 years of racing at the famous Brickyard: with a thrilling victory thanks to former Formula 1 driver, Takuma Sato, whose car and engine has survived all 200 laps at the Indianapolis 500. Veteran Takuma Sato led the way, beating …
Sebastian Vettel took the victory ahead of Kimi Raikkonen as the two Ferrari cars triumphed in Monaco. This was the Scuderia’s 227th world championship win, the 44th of Seb’s career and his sixth with the Reds. Vettel now leads the championship with 129 points, while Kimi is fourth on 67. This was the 82nd one-two finish in the Scuderia’s history. …
This will give you chills. Scott Dixon must have one heck of a powerful guardian-angel to have walked away from this massive shunt at the Indy 500. Jay Howard had slowed to let a faster car pass, but underestimated the corner and ran into the wall. Bouncing back on track, he was broadsided by Dixon at full speed. Thanks to …
The Monaco Grand prix, one of the more exciting races to catch in the Formula 1 calendar has finally descended upon us in this 2017 season. Amidst the glitz and glamour of the rich and famous, the street track will bring extreme competitiveness between the racers as they manoeuvre through tight corners and chicanes. In yesterday’s qualifying, Kimi Raikkonen from …
Lights, lights, when do you actually use lights in a race, especially when it is held during the day. Except if you are going to be participating in the 24-hour race at the Nurburgring. That is when lights, are extremely important. That is why BMW Motorsport has partnered with OSRAM with the hopes of gaining crucial advantages through OSRAM’s innovative …
Best known for playing Magneto in the X-Men series as well as a recent starring role in Alien: Covenant, actor Michael Fassbender has stepped into the real-time role of racecar driver as he successfully completed the first round of the 2017 North American Ferrari Challenge racing series. A lifelong fan of Ferrari and Formula 1, the Hollywood actor began his training …
Nine times. That’s how many barrel-rolls Pedro Piquet made with his Porsche 911 during a race! He survived, but looking at the carnage, the safety systems within the car most definitely saved his life. You can see Pedro smiling for the camera at the end of the video… Source: Drivetribe Video: YouTube-AutoStyleTuning
You may not have heard of Sarah Sahadin (below), but we have. We’ve been following her artistic exploits in the field of motor-racing for quite some time now. And recently, she’s done us proud… Much earlier on though, her unbridled enthusiasm for the high-octane world of motorsport saw her making sketches and caricatures of her favourite drivers during her pastime, …
Local homeboy race-ace and reigning Audi R8 LMS Cup champion Alex Yoong has done it again, winning Round 2 in front of his home fans at the Sepang International Circuit last weekend! The Team Audi R8 LMS Cup driver snatched the lead from pole-sitter Alessio Picariello of team “MGT by Absolute” from the start and never looked back, crossing the line …
The good folks over at Honda will be supplying power units to the Sauber Formula 1 Team starting from next season in 2018. This deal has been discussed previously since Sauber made the initial proposal to Honda. The discussions took some time and finally Honda and Sauber has come to an agreement. This deal would help Honda continue to accelerate …
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