Racing
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Motorsport provides a fun, challenging and highly-visible avenue for car development, and it’s a well-worn path Hyundai has taken for the first model from its recently-established N division. That first model is the i30 N, a high-performance version of the Golf-rivaling i30 hatchback. Sadly, while the regular i30 is headed here as the Elantra GT, we’ve heard that the i30 N won’t make it over. That’s a shame because the car looks to be quite the convincing hot hatch. Hyundai entered two virtually production-ready examples in the 2017 24 Hours of Nürburgring this...
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Watch a Porsche 917 engine get torn down and rebuilt in minutes
The Porsche 917 is one of the most iconic race cars to have ever set rubber on a racetrack. Its power, prowess, and capability are recognized to this day. Its flat-12-cylinder powered the 917 to victory at the 1970 and 1971 24 Hours of Le Mans. Today, we have a bit of engine porn for Porsche and...
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Takuma Sato wins 2017 Indy 500, Fernando Alonso retires due to engine trouble
After a grueling 101st running of the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, Takuma Sato emerged victorious at the end of the 200-lap race. Sato's surprise victory came after a battle with Hélio Castroneves in the final few laps of the race. Sato is a former Formula One driver and has only won one...
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2017 Mercedes-AMG GT3 Edition 50 debuts, limited to 5 cars
This year is Mercedes-AMG’s 50th, and the official tuner to Mercedes-Benz is celebrating the anniversary in a big way. The climax of the celebrations will be the unveiling of a new hypercar at September’s 2017 Frankfurt auto show. Along the way, though, AMG is unveiling some special...
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Vettel wins 2017 Formula One Monaco Grand Prix
Sebastian Vettel ended a 16-year drought for Ferrari at the Formula One Monaco Grand Prix by taking home victory at Sunday’s race. It ended up being a one-two finish for the Prancing Horse as Kimi Räikkönen, who started on pole, crossed the finish line in second, just 3.145 seconds...
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BMW M8 teased, will race at Le Mans
BMW M used this weekend’s M Festival held at the Nürburgring to confirm an M8 performance flagship will form part of the new 8-Series range currently in the works. The first member of the new range will be a regular 8-Series coupe. It debuts in 2018 and was previewed on Friday at the...
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We’re in for an exciting weekend of racing, with the Formula One Monaco Grand Prix, the Indianapolis 500 and the Nürburgring 24 Hours all taking place. Further amping up the excitement this year is McLaren’s decision to field a car in the Indy 500 and get its star Formula One driver, Fernando Alonso, to drive it. With the two events clashing, Jenson Button has come out of semi-retirement to drive Alonso’s F1 car in Monaco. Despite the competition this year, the Monaco GP is and always will be a jewel in the motorsport calendar. The race was on the calendar for the...
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World's fastest motorcycle to attempt land speed record in August
What does it take to be the world's fastest motorcycle? Two Suzuki Hyabusa engines and a massive turbocharger. That's what powers Ack Attack, the current land speed world record holder for the fastest motorcycle. With 900 horsepower at its disposal, it previously accomplished a top speed of 376.363...
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2018 BMW M4 GT4 ready to race
BMW’s new GT4-spec customer race car based on the M4 coupe is finally ready. BMW motorsport boss Jens Marquardt, together with racing driving Dirk Adorf, who was heavily involved in the testing phase, launched the new race car on Wednesday at the Nürburgring. At the event, BMW confirmed...
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Developer of Porsche 917 simulator promises realistic sights, sounds and even smells
Last year, Project 917 divulged ambitious details to develop a Porsche 917 replica for motorsport fans to relive the iconic racer. Since then, Project 917 has changed its plans, announcing instead a full-motion simulator complete with a 917 cockpit and hood. If all goes to plan, Project 917 hopes...
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BMW racer Timo Glock gets acquainted with new M5’s all-wheel-drive system
Ex-Formula One racer Timo Glock has a pretty great job these days. After racing with various manufacturers and teams, he's been a BMW factory racing driver for some time, competing in DTM. His most recent task is one of much more interest, however. BMW recently put Glock behind the wheel of its...
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American MotoGP champion Nicky Hayden dead at 35
Following life-threatening injuries sustained after being struck by a car while bicycling, Nicky Hayden has passed away. Hayden, the last American to win a MotoGP championship, was 35 years old. Hayden's injuries occurred while cycling in Italy. He suffered serious cerebral damage and resided in...
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The Indianapolis Motor Speedway is in a pretty rough neighborhood. Don't believe me? Ask Scott Dixon and Dario Franchitti. Hours after Dixon claimed the pole position for the 101st Indianapolis 500 with a speed of 232.164 mph, he and Franchitti were robbed at gunpoint in the drive-thru lane of a Taco Bell. The incident occurred at about 10:00 pm at the restaurant on West 16th Street. Dixon, Franchitti, and Dixon's wife, Emma Davies-Dixon were in the car, a vehicle provided by Honda Motor Corporation. Dixon drives a Honda-powered Dallara in the IndyCar series. CHECK OUT: Scott Dixon secures...
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Scott Dixon secures pole for 2017 Indy 500, Fernando Alonso to start 5th
Scott Dixon has secured pole for the 2017 Indianapolis 500 which takes place Sunday, May 28. The four-time IndyCar champion, piloting the Honda-powered Chip Ganassi Racing car marked number 9, posted the fastest time during the Fast Nine Shootout round of qualifying yesterday at the Indianapolis...
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Nissan GT-R-powered Ford Focus to tackle 2017 Pikes Peak Hill Climb
If there's one country other than the United States that has a bonkers relationship with power and oddball builds, it's Australia. Take this Nissan GT-R-powered Ford Focus for example. Okay, so it's not exactly a Ford Focus anymore—it only shares the windshield and A-pillars at this...
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Proton reveals rally car
Malaysian automaker Proton has decided to go rally racing. Proton, which owns Lotus, commissioned British motorsports and engineering firm Mellors Elliot Motorsport (MEM) to develop a car for the World Rally Championship 2 (WRC2) series. The series, which uses the same stages as the World Rally...
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Actor Michael Fassbender races in Ferrari Challenge one-make series
Actor Michael Fassbender, star of movies such as "Steve Jobs" and the new "Alien: Covenant," recently traded the film set for the race track to complete his first race in the one-make Ferrari Challenge series. Fassbender, a lifelong fan of Formula One and Ferrari itself, began training with the...
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This 1,700-hp Nissan GT-R has a trick to stage properly at the drag strip
Staging a car at a drag strip is an art form. You line up so you have your car exactly where you want it to try and extract tenths of a second as you blast off down the strip. Some like staging deep while others run shallow. However, for some, staging is now moving beyond the art form and into the...
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Paul Miller Racing has been kind enough to upload this video of the number 48 Lamborghini Huracán GT3 ripping around the Circuit of the Americas. It's definitely worth the watch.There certainly are worse ways to spend two and a half minutes of your Monday. In competition form, the Huracán produces less power than its road-going cousin, with the 5.2-liter V-10 detuned to 530 horsepower from its usual 601 hp. That's largely achieved through the use of a 38-millimeter air restrictor plate. That's still plenty given that the GT3 weighs in at around 2,822 pounds ready to rip. That's...
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Hamilton wins drama-filled 2017 Formula One Spanish Grand Prix
Mercedes AMG’s Lewis Hamilton on Sunday secured his second win of the 2017 Formula One World Championship in a drama-filled Spanish Grand Prix. It’s a race that saw a thrilling dual between Hamilton and Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel, as well as the three top teams each bring only a...
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Amazon to debut detailed Le Mans documentary
Amazon is tapping into the love of motorsport. The company's Prime streaming service has announced it will debut a new documentary series that revolves around the famed 24 Hours of Le Mans titled, "Le Mans: Racing Is Everything." The documentary series will be aired exclusively on Amazon and is...
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2017 Formula One Spanish Grand Prix preview
The tightly-fought 2017 Formula One World Championship rages on with round five taking place this weekend at the Circuit de Catalunya located just outside of Barcelona, Spain. The 4.6-mile track is one teams know well since it’s been on the calendar since 1991 and also doubles as the main...
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Rally driver avoids cliff tumble thanks to sturdy guardrail
Engineers all over the world just felt a pang of near panic, but then the immediate soothing calm that comes from knowing their work matters. This time that feeling came as a result of a cliff-side guardrail doing exactly what it's designed to do. In fact, this guardrail might've been worked a bit...
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Is Brabham set to return to F1?
There’s speculation mounting that Formula 1 team Force India may about to be sold due to the ongoing troubles of owners Vijay Mallya and Subrata Roy. Mallya was arrested in London last month on an extradition request from India to face charges back home in regards to some financial dealings...
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