Racing

This weekend sees a popular race held for many of the teams competing in the 2013 Formula One World Championship, the British Grand Prix, which once again takes place at the famous Silverstone circuit. Many teams’ have their headquarters located near the track, including current leader in...

Like anyone else with a pulse, you're no doubt excited for the upcoming release of Ron Howard's new film Rush. The movie tells the tale of a slice of racing in the mid to late 1970s, when Niki Lauda and James Hunt battled for Formula One supremacy. Word got out about the movie when the crew was...

Two of the biggest names in motorsport, Williams and NISMO, have announced today a collaboration aimed at developing high-performance road cars. Williams’ technology offshoot, Williams Advanced Engineering, will join the engineering development team from NISMO to help develop new...

Formula One ace Mark Webber has been confirmed as one of the drivers for Porsche’s LMP1 campaign in the 2014 World Endurance Championship and the event’s highlight, the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The Australian has signed a multi-year contract with Porsche which means he will no longer be...

The car you see above is, wait scratch that--the wildly viscious, wonderfully intriguing, super star racing vehicle shown above is a Lancia 037. This was one of the infamous WRC Group B monsters that changed the sport of rallying, and was the last rear-wheel-drive car to win before the...

Sony has confirmed that a demo version of its upcoming Gran Turismo 6 racing simulator will be available for download from the PlayStation Store from July 2 onwards. The demo is completely free and will be downloadable up until August 31 for PS3 users. It will include a range of Nissan cars...

Drayson Racing, led by former British science minister and avid racer Lord Paul Drayson, set a new record yesterday using an electric version of a race car originally developed for the American Le Mans Series. Using its B12 69/EV Le Mans prototype, Drayson Racing managed to set the land speed...

French automaker Citroën has finally confirmed it will campaign the World Touring Car Championship, starting next year and with star driver Sébastien Loeb in tow. Loeb is the winner of nine World Rally Championships and was predicted to join Citroën in WTCC as early as September of...

Prior to the past weekend’s 24 Hours of Le Mans, whose top prize once again went to Audi, Nissan revealed a revolutionary race car it plans to enter next year in Le Mans’ special ‘Garage 56’ entry for technically advanced, innovative vehicles. Here are exclusive photos of...

More than a year ago images of a mysterious Lexus LFA race car prototype sporting some very sexy curves made their way online. The images were taken inside the halls of TMG’s main facility in Cologne, Germany without permission, so no official details came with them. At the time, insiders...

The 2013 running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans is over, but the memories will live forever. Here's a quick recap of what we committed to the social media memory banks during our time at and around the Circuit de la Sarthe. For more great photography of the race (focused mostly on Audi), as well as...

If you’re looking for a car with some significant history and one very famous owner, then Swiss supercar dealer Garage Zénith might be worth a visit. The officially recognized Ferrari and Maserati dealer has a handful of rare Enzo supercars up for sale, but two of the cars, featured in...

The 90th anniversary 24 Hours of Le Mans was a fabulous, tragic race. Marred early on with the death of Allan Simonsen, to whom Tom Kristensen of Audi dedicated his 9th overall race win from the podium, the 2013 running of the world's most famous 24-hour endurance race also put competitors through...

At this year’s Canadian Grand Prix it was revealed the FIA was investigating whether a Pirelli tire test in May was done using one of Mercedes AMG's 2013 Formula One cars, an illegal action due to rules banning in-season tire tests of current-spec cars. Last Friday, the FIA finally determined...

The final hours of the 24 Hours of Le Mans are often some of the most fraught, as the wear and tear on the car, as well as the weariness of nearly 19 hours of racing for the team and drivers, adds to the pressure of keeping, or even accelerating the pace as the checkered flag draws within sight. At...

Danish racing driver Allan Simonsen has died from injuries sustained in a tragic crash that took place during the first hour of racing today in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Despite the best efforts of the emergency services in attendance, Simonsen’s injuries proved fatal. Simonsen, competing in...

Lamborghini’s Super Trofeo, the only one-make series for all-wheel-drive cars, this year launches its first American series and if you want to line up on the grid for the inaugural race, you still have time. The American Super Trofeo series hosts its first event alongside the American Le Mans...

This odd-looking, four-wheeled contraption is Nissan’s electrified race car that will compete at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2014 in the event’s ‘Garage 56’ entry for technically advanced, innovative vehicles. Nissan confirmed in February it will be making an official return...

The biggest endurance race of the season is coming this Saturday and Sunday, but before the green flag waves, we need to take a look at the all-important qualifying results. Final qualifying runs from last night's sessions have seen the order tweaked, but not truly changed, especially at the top...

After having a number of its race car components seized by a court in Le Mans, France earlier in the week due to an alleged financial dispute, the Lotus Praga team, run by German outfit Kodewa, has been cleared to race in this weekend’s 24 Hours of Le Mans. After an interrupted qualifying...