Racing
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Red Bull Racing’s Mark Webber has clinched his first pole position of the 2013 Formula One season, managing a brief 1:30.915 for the Suzuka circuit during qualifying today at the Japanese Grand Prix and securing himself a front spot on the grid. As is usually the case, the outcome of qualifying was decided in the final seconds of the session and all the top drivers closely grouped. Red Bull Racing’s other driver Sebastian Vettel wasn’t too far off the pace of his teammate, managing a 1:31.089 himself, which means the current points leader will also start at the front of the...
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Formula One Japanese Grand Prix Weather Forecast
It was a near perfect day at the Suzuka circuit today and the good news is that the weather isn’t expected to change much for this weekend’s 2013 Formula One Japanese Grand Prix. The current forecast for Sunday’s race is clear and sunny skies with periodic clouds. The temperature...
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Former F1 Tester Maria de Villota Found Dead In Hotel
We’re sad to report that former tester for the Marussia Formula One team, Maria de Villota, was found dead this morning in a hotel room in her native Spain. The tragic news comes a year after de Villota suffered a horror crash while testing Marussia’s 2012 F1 car that cost her her right...
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Ford Racing EcoBoost Prototype Sets New Daytona Speed Record: 222.971 MPH [Update: Video!]
Ford has now released video of the record-setting session, held yesterday, October 9, 2013. Ford Racing's new EcoBoost Daytona Prototype will compete in next year's inaugural TUDOR United SportsCar Championship, the merged series that brings American Le Mans and Grand Am together. And it will do it...
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Red Bull's How To Make An F1 Car, Part 4: Video
Infiniti Red Bull Racing's video series on how to make an F1 car has finally gotten to the good part. Previous installments explained design and the manufacturing of carbon fiber components, but now it's finally time to put everything together and get on the grid. Turning thousands of...
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Formula One Japanese Grand Prix Preview
Nothing short of a miracle will see anyone other than Red Bull Racing’s Sebastian Vettel crowed the 2013 Formula One World Champion, but still the season must go on. This weekend it is the Japanese Grand Prix, which once again is taking place at the Suzuka circuit. Suzuka is an old-style...
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A Mercedes-Benz W 25 takes on the Swiss Alps in this video.
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Dario Franchitti Catches Air And Crashes Hard In Houston: Video
If you're going to race, there's a high probability that you're also going to crash at some point in your career. It's a part of racing. That part of racing was on display over the weekend at the Houston Grand Prix Indy Car race, when Dario Franchitti and Takuma Sato got tangled up coming around a...
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2014 Ford Mustang Cobra Jet Prototype Sells For $200k
A prototype version of the 2014 Ford Mustang Cobra Jet drag racer, possibly the last for the current-shape Mustang, was sold at auction last week for $200,000. That’s close to $100k more than the asking price for a basic Mustang Cobra Jet but all those extra dollars will be going to aid the...
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Sébastien Ogier Takes 2013 World Rally Championship Title
Sébastien Loeb’s nine-title reign in the World Rally Championship has finally come to an end, with fellow Frenchman Sébastien Ogier set to be crowned the 2013 Drivers’ Champion after his and co-driver Julien Ingrassia’s performance in the Rally France during the past...
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Sebastian Vettel Unstoppable In Formula One Korean Grand Prix
Sebastian Vettel proved unstoppable during yesterday’s 2013 Formula One Korean Grand Prix, leading the race almost entirely from his pole position, despite two safety car periods. This earned the Red Bull Racing driver his fourth successive win and put him into a position where he could be...
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Sebastian Vettel Takes Pole At Formula One Korean Grand Prix
The starting grid for the 2013 Formula One Korean Grand Prix was decided in the final moments of today’s qualifying session. Red Bull Racing’s Sebastian Vettel was barely ahead of his rivals but in the end he ended up posting a blistering 1:37.202 to secure pole position. Starting next...
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An ex-bank manager averaged 186 mph in a Porsche 911 to claim the record.
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Ford Racing EcoBoost V-6 For Daytona Prototype Hits The Dyno: Video
Ford Racing is gearing up to put its 3.5-liter V-6 EcoBoost engine on the line against some seriously powerful and proven V-8 engines in a Daytona Prototype race car next year. So what is it bringing to the table? A pair of glowing-red exhaust manifolds and a whole lot of optimism, apparently. We...
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Formula One Korean Grand Prix Preview
Only two names have ever appeared on the winner’s trophy for the Korean Grand Prix and this weekend at the Korean International Circuit in Yeongam, Fernando Alonso and Sebastian Vettel will again be locked in combat as the 2013 Formula One season reaches the home stretch. The circuit in...
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Red Bull F1 Shows The Manufacturing Process: Video
Infiniti Red Bull Racing is mid-way through a seven-part series that takes an unusually close look at what goes into bringing a modern F1 car to life on the track. The first part gave us insights into the design and R&D phase of the process. Then we saw how carbon fiber is used--and made--to...
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Ford Unveils New EcoBoost V-6 Daytona Prototype
As America prepares to witness the merger of the American Le Mans Series and Grand Am into the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship, Ford is preparing its weapon of war: a new 3.5-liter EcoBoost V-6 racing engine for a Riley Technologies Daytona Prototype wearing new Ford bodywork, to be run by...
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Ford Teases 2014 EcoBoost Daytona Prototype Engine
Ford hopes its popular EcoBoost engine will be just as successful on the track as it is in the showroom.
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Hennessey Performance Engineering does many things we envy, from the Venom GT to its ridiculous/awesome CTS-Vs. But this we don't so much envy--we've already driven the Stingray hard. We can't say it surprises us, either. But it's still impressive. A bone-stock, automatic-transmission Stingray, the first customer car known to have hit the strip, ran a 12.23-second quarter mile with a trap speed of 114.88 mph. And it's Hennessey's Corvette, so you can bet this is the slowest it will ever go. Along the way to the end of the quarter mile, the Stingray ripped off a 4.15-second 0-60 mph time and...
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Volkswagen Polo R WRC Attacks A Rally Stage In Slow Motion: Video
A VW rally car takes to the air in this slow-motion rally video.
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Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Explains Different Types of Carbon Fiber: Video
Carbon fiber is more complicated than it seems, as the Mercedes F1 team shows in this video.
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Monticello Motor Club To Expand With Kart Track, 'Autominiums'
Located just an hour and a half outside of New York City, Monticello Motor Club is one of our favorite private tracks in the country. We've been lucky enough to drive the challenging circuit and enjoy the facilities several times, even though we're not members. Soon, the club will be adding some...
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New Jersey F1 Race Officially On 2014 Calendar
The American Grand Prix isn't the United States Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas--it's the one that's going to happen on a street circuit in New Jersey, just a short distance from New York City. Today, it's officially on the 2014 Formula 1 calendar. As recently as August, F1 supremo Bernie...
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McLaren F1 Makes James Hunt Comic Strip
The new Rush movie is officially being released across the U.S. today, and it looks like it will be great. But is there more to the story of James Hunt's and Niki Lauda's duel in the 1976 F1 season? There is, and Vodafone McLaren Mercedes shares it from an insider's perspective in its first-ever...
Nelson Ireson