Racing
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Mercedes AMG’s Nico Rosberg has continued his winning streak with a top podium finish yesterday at the 2016 Formula One Bahrain Grand Prix. That’s five wins in a row for the German if you include the three final races of the 2015 season. Rosberg didn’t put a foot wrong at the Bahrain International Circuit. He had a clean start, a clean Turn 1 and then the race was his to control. ALSO SEE: Tesla hasn't actually shown us the Model 3's real interior The same wasn’t the case for fellow Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton who, like at the previous race in Australia, suffered a...
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2016 Formula One Bahrain Grand Prix preview
The second race of the 2016 Formula One World Championship is on this weekend. It’s taking place in Bahrain where because of the extreme heat during the day the race actually starts at twilight and finishes under lights. The race is held on Bahrain International Circuit, which features a...
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Watch Prodrive build an Aston Martin Vantage GTE racer in 60 seconds
When it comes to racing, Aston Martin’s weapon of choice is the compact and lightweight Vantage sports car. However, the Vantage that takes to some of the world’s top racing tracks in events like the World Endurance Championship and United Sportscar Championship is very different to the...
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Lamborghini looks to karting for future race drivers
Lamborghini is diving deeper into the world of motorsports. Its Squadra Corse division aims to assist drivers across a range of disciplines, with the hopes that someday those drivers will be piloting GT3 cars bearing the mark of the bull. There's a Lamborghini driver development program that starts...
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Roborace autonomous race car concept revealed
The first race between fully autonomous cars is coming—and much soon than you think. A championship called Roborace is being established and if all goes to plan will host its first race later this year. Roborace will be an exhibition-style event supporting the Formula E Championship and...
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Nürburgring speed limits finally lifted
Following the death of a spectator in a crash that took place during a race held at the Nürburgring early last year, speed limits were introduced at sections of the track. This put an end to the possibility of setting Nürburgring lap records, though thankfully the limits were only on a...
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This year’s World Endurance Championship is just getting started with official testing, known as the Prologue, currently underway at France’s Circuit Paul Ricard. Audi has been the dominant force in top-level endurance racing for the past decade but has lost out to rivals in recent years: Toyota in 2014 and Porsche in 2015. To get back on top, the brand with the four rings has introduced a new R18 Le Mans Prototype designed from scratch. According to the automaker, the 2016 R18 has almost nothing in common with its predecessor. The car will once again compete in the premier LMP1...
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2016 Porsche 919 Hybrid Le Mans Prototype revealed
The 2016 World Endurance Championship, the successor to the World Sportscar Championship, is now entering its fifth season and out to defend its title is Porsche. The German automaker will once again field its successful 919 Hybrid though for the latest season there have been key changes made in...
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Toyota TS050 Hybrid for 2016 WEC revealed with twin-turbo V-6, 986 hp: Video
Toyota has revealed full details for its hybrid Le Mans prototype that will compete in the 2016 World Endurance Championship, the highest echelon for endurance racing and whose highlight is the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The car is the TS050 Hybrid, which like it its TS040 predecessor will compete in the...
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2017 Acura NSX GT3 races into New York: Live photos and video
Sharing the stage with an updated MDX at this week’s 2016 New York Auto Show is a new dedicated racing version of the NSX supercar. While the new NSX has been racing in Japan’s Super GT touring car series for a couple of years now, the race car unveiled in New York has been developed...
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Red Bull Racing presents alternative F1 cockpit protection solution
The 2016 Formula One World Championship started off this past weekend with one of the most frightening crashes the sport has seen in years. The crash saw McLaren driver Fernando Alonso fly through the air when his car came into contact with the car of Haas driver Esteban Gutierrez. Fortunately...
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Rosberg wins 2016 Formula One Australian Grand Prix, Alonso crashes out
Ferrari [NYSE:RACE] put on a strong showing at an action-packed Formula One Australian Grand Prix today, though a slip in strategy meant Mercedes AMG would ultimately reign supreme. The race was won by Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg. Fellow Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton crossed the line in second...
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As we said yesterday, weather conditions can be quite changeable at this time of year in Melbourne where the first race of the 2016 Formula One World Championship, the Australian Grand Prix, is being held. Today’s practice session at the Albert Park street circuit was marred by rain and more of the wet stuff is expected for tomorrow’s qualifying session. The good news is that the current forecast for Sunday’s race calls for mostly sunny skies and a peak temperature of 73 degrees F (23 degrees C). READ: 2016 Formula One Australian Grand Prix preview Because of the wet...
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Ford GT documentary part one: The Decision
If you're a fan of the Blue Oval, nothing gets your heart pumping like the Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] GT. Built as a tribute to the GT40 that won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966, the GT debuted in 2005 as a limited-run, 550-horsepower supercar. Now, just in time for the 50th anniversary of Ford's...
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Ford reveals driver lineup for 2016 Le Mans return
Ford Motor Company’s [NYSE:F] new GT, in race car trim, made its motorsport debut back in January during the 2016 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season opener, the Rolex 24 at Daytona. The car, although quick, suffered from poor reliability and thus didn’t have a dream run for...
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2016 Formula One Australian Grand Prix preview
Get ready racing fans as the 2016 Formula One World Championship kicks off this weekend. As usual the first race on the calendar is the Australian Grand Prix, which once again is being held in the city of Melbourne. But even before the new cars headed out on the Albert Park street circuit for some...
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Aston Martin partners with Red Bull F1 team, confirms Adrian Newey-designed hypercar
Aston Martin has shown the seriousness of its intent to challenge the likes of Ferrari [NYSE:RACE] and McLaren Automotive when it comes to building the fastest, most technologically-advanced road cars, by announcing a technical partnership with the Red Bull Racing Formula One team. Aston Martin CEO...
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McLaren 570S to spawn Sprint and GT4 track models
Hot on the heels of the arrival of the 570GT are two new additions to McLaren Automotive's Sports Series range, a track-only version of the 570S and a dedicated 570S race car built to FIA GT4 standards. The track car adopts McLaren’s Sprint designation, which we last saw on the 650S Sprint...
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We have a real treat for you today. The good folks at Hagerty interviewed legendary race car designer Peter Brock back in 2012 and were kind enough to upload a video from the day to their Youtube channel. Brock, in intricate, passionate detail, tells the story behind his most famous car, the Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe—appropriately from inside his own Daytona Coupe replica built by Superformance. He provides countless tidbits of information, like how he developed the unique shape after reading texts in General Motors Company’s [NYSE:GM] archives that were sourced from German...
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Tesla Model S to go racing in new Electric GT World Series
The world’s first sanctioned electric car racing series, the Formula E Championship, is now into its second season and by all accounts appears to be growing in popularity. Now there’s a new electric car racing series in the works, this time GT-based, and the first car to be nominated...
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Jeep Wrangler desert race truck for under $50k in the works
The price of entry into desert racing just got a little cheaper. Tuff Stuff 4x4 is developing a Jeep Wrangler designed for intense desert racing for under $50,000. The firm says its desert racing Jeep will be the cheapest of its kind ever built to withstand the rigors of SCORE International and...
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Only road-legal Porsche 911 GT1 Evo race car up for auction
You're looking at the one and only road-legal example of Porsche's 911 GT1 Evolution race car. And you can buy it, if you're the lucky top bidder at RM Sotheby's upcoming auction in Monaco. What's that, you say? Yes, Porsche did build a road-going version of the GT1 called the Strassenversion, and...
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Proposed bill could protect race cars from EPA regulation
North Carolina congressman Patrick McHenry has proposed a bill that, if passed, could redefine the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s emissions control regulation rules for cars used primarily on race tracks. McHenry's Recognizing the Protection of Motorsports Act of 2016, or "RPM Act,"...
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VW GTI to go racing in new TCR International Series
There’s a new FIA-sanctioned racing series known as the TCR International Series, where the cars competing are all based on affordable compacts. The series was started by organizers of the World Touring Car Championship and prides itself on having a low cost of entry and low running costs...
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