Setting the record at the Nurburgring ruins cars..." - James May Yes, Captain Slow argued his point in the first season of their new show, The Grand Tour. He said that cars developed in the Nurburgring - like the BMW M4 GTS - turns out to be crap cars in real world use. And Clarkson … [Read more...]
Porsche Lapped The Green Hell in Five Minutes
Five minutes. Around the Nördschleife. Let that sink in for a moment. Has it sunk in? Okay, now we head on to the details: Porsche tracked its vaunted 919 Hybrid Evo racecar for this event. It was driven by by five-time Nürburgring 24 Hours winner Timo Bernhard. I don't know who that is, … [Read more...]
Formula 1 is Entertaining Again!
It has been a while since we have done this sort of post. Mainly because Formula 1 has become less dramatic, more politically correct. And thus, boring. No more are the days when there were crashes and flames. Well, some crashes still show up here and there. But from racers I could not be bothered … [Read more...]
McLaren P1 GTR Manages To Avoid The Wall In Laguna Seca
Mclaren holds special track days for clients to go and get a feel for the McLaren P1 GTR and well in this accident the McLaren P1 was being driven by a professional driver who was trying to set a lap time that clients could try and beat. In the video below we see the driver taking the McLaren P1 … [Read more...]
Caterham Celebrates 20th Anniversary Of Iconic Superlight With New Special Edition
Caterham has revived the spirit of one of its most illustrious Sevens - the boisterous 1.6-litre Seven Superlight – with the launch of a new special edition model. Just 20 of the special edition cars – launched at this weekend’s Goodwood Revival ahead of the 20th anniversary of the original … [Read more...]
The Green Laferrari Of Jay Kay At Goodwood
Goodwood festival of speed always attracts the greats from racing drivers like Lewis hamilton and celebrities and there are not many more more famous petrol heads bigger than Jay Kay himself. Jay Kay from Jamiroquai said he doesn't order a new car very often but when he does he wants it to … [Read more...]
Southern Team Win The Flying Scotsman Rally’s Great Northern Route
Despite heading further north for this year’s Flying Scotsman Rally, it was a team from the south of the UK that went on to win the three-day 600-mile event, after a ferocious battle for the lead. Driver William Medcalf from Liss, West Sussex, and navigator David Kirkham from Ruislip, Middlesex, … [Read more...]
Michael Schumacher May Be In Vegetative State Forever
Fears are rising as it’s been nearly a month that Michael Schumacher had that horrific ski accident in the French Alps. Doctors who are fighting to save the life of the Formula 1 legend still do not have a date when they want to bring Michael out of the medical induced coma. Even though Michael … [Read more...]
Porsche 911 RSR Tackles New Season From First Grid Row
At the 24 Hours of Daytona, the Porsche 911 RSR fielded by the Porsche North America works team tackles the highly-competitive GTLM class from the first grid row on Saturday. For the inaugural race of the new Tudor United SportsCar Championship on the Daytona International Speedway, Porsche factory … [Read more...]
Caterham F1 Team And Caterham Racing Announce 2014 Driver Line-ups
Caterham F1 Team and Caterham Racing have confirmed their 2014 driver line-ups with the announcement that Kamui Kobayashi and Marcus Ericsson will race in Formula One in the forthcoming season with Robin Frijns and Alexander Rossi as F1 team Reserve Drivers. In addition, Alexander and Rio Haryanto … [Read more...]
Large Porsche Turnout At The Sports Car Classic In Florida
The 24 Hours of Daytona on January 25th marks the start of the inaugural season of the Tudor United SportsCar Championship (USCC). For the first time in this new American sports car race series, Porsche runs a works team under the flag of Porsche North America. Porsche is represented by a large … [Read more...]
Joan “Nani” Roma Wins The 2014 Dakar Rally
Joan "Nani" Roma (ES) in the yellow MINI ALL4 Racing has won the 2014 Dakar Rally. The Monster Energy X-raid Team driver finished the toughest rally challenge in the world just 5:32 minutes in front of his teammate Stéphane Peterhansel (FR) in the black MINI ALL4 Racing. Nasser Al-Attiyah (QT) in … [Read more...]
Mclaren Gt Confirms Kevin Estre As Factory Driver For 2014 Season
Ahead of the 2014 season, McLaren GT has confirmed the addition of French driver Kevin Estre to its factory driver line-up for this year. The announcement follows Estre’s impressive performances throughout the 2013 season, which concluded with a podium finish at the Baku City Challenge in the 12C … [Read more...]