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Ayrton Senna’s Kart Heading to Auction <span>· Video</span>
Ayrton Senna’s Kart Heading to Auction · Video

21 Jan 2015, 11:34 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Kart racing is one of the most wonderful forms of motorsport in the world, mainly because it’s three things: cheap to venture into, highly competitive, unmolested by electronic driving aids li...

 
2016 Acura NSX Rendered as Le Mans Racecar Turned Street-Legal Type R
2016 Acura NSX Rendered as Le Mans Racecar Turned Street-Legal Type R

19 Jan 2015, 10:18 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Now that the Detroit Motor Show has brought us the 2016 Acura NSX, it’s time to look into the model’s future and talk about a potential ultra-spicy model. Something like a Type R. Giv...

 
2015 John Force Chevrolet Camaro Funny Car to Run in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series
2015 John Force Chevrolet Camaro Funny Car to Run in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series

16 Jan 2015, 15:55 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / John Force Racing and the golden bowtie brand just announced they will join forces to back the 18-time NHRA Funny Car championship team starting with the 2015 season. The agreement will see all 3 of...

 
Classic Ferrari Formula 1 Cars Perform a Glorious Soundcheck at the Monza Circuit in Italy
Classic Ferrari Formula 1 Cars Perform a Glorious Soundcheck at the Monza Circuit in Italy

9 Jan 2015, 17:37 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Those among you that love motorsport and pure, unadulterated sound clips of past track warriors, you’ve just hit the jackpot, the whole nine yards. More so if you happen to be a part of the Ti...

 
Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Coming to Geneva 2015 <span>· Video</span>
Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Coming to Geneva 2015 · Video

7 Jan 2015, 10:13 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / After some safety issues, a number of recalls and the gobsmacking awful Lagonda Taraf, 007’s favorite car brand is now rolling out a new model. And in true Aston Martin spirit, it’s not ...

 
Rolls-Royce Rally Car Listed at €200,000, It Finished the 1981 Dakar Rally
Rolls-Royce Rally Car Listed at €200,000, It Finished the 1981 Dakar Rally

1 Jan 2015, 07:33 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The best name in the luxury automaking biz was officially founded 98 years ago, but who would have thought the Flying Lady would eventually adorn the hood of a rally car? This isn’t a joke, no...

 
Ayrton Senna Shop is an F1 Fanatic’s Treasure Chest
Ayrton Senna Shop is an F1 Fanatic’s Treasure Chest

29 Dec 2014, 09:18 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / When a young bloke called Ayrton Senna da Silva got a seat at Toleman for the 1984 season, the king motorsport was never the same again. After a little stint at Lotus, the Brazilian prodigy got to s...

 
Haas F1 Acquires Marussia F1 Team HQ, 2015 Formula 1 Season Racecar Designs
Haas F1 Acquires Marussia F1 Team HQ, 2015 Formula 1 Season Racecar Designs

29 Dec 2014, 07:38 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / After only three seasons in Formula 1, the Anglo-Russian outfit known as Marussia F1 entered administration over mounting financial problems. Winning a mere two Constructors' Championship point...

 
Kimi Raikkonen Raced This Formula Renault in 2000, Now It Can Be Yours
Kimi Raikkonen Raced This Formula Renault in 2000, Now It Can Be Yours

25 Dec 2014, 08:33 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / On January 10th, 2015, the Coys Autosport event in Birmingham will be the place where a very special single seater racecar is to be put under the hammer. We're referring to a lil' Formula ...

 
KTM X-Bow GT4 Boasts With 320 PS, an All-New Front Fascia and an Enclosed Cockpit
KTM X-Bow GT4 Boasts With 320 PS, an All-New Front Fascia and an Enclosed Cockpit

16 Dec 2014, 11:04 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Just over a month ago, Reiter Engineering and KTM teased us with a bird’s-eye teaser of a track-only X-Bow, slated to go racing next year. Now we’ve been informed it’s officially d...

 
Fastest Monster Truck In the World Record Goes to the Raminator of Hall Brothers Racing
Fastest Monster Truck In the World Record Goes to the Raminator of Hall Brothers Racing

16 Dec 2014, 09:11 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Back in the swinging ‘60s, a handful of pickup truck owners started jacking the suspension, fitting huge rubber and toughening up the chassis for the fun of mud bogging and truck pulling. Desp...

 
1970 Chevrolet Chevelle Red Alert Super Stock Drag Racer Heading to Auction
1970 Chevrolet Chevelle Red Alert Super Stock Drag Racer Heading to Auction

15 Dec 2014, 16:27 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Out of the three generations of Chevrolet Chevelle, the now defunct nameplate fascinated a lot of guys and gals with its second incarnation. Built between 1968 and 1972, the second-gen Chevrolet Che...

 
2015 McLaren-Honda F1 Driver Lineup - Alonso and Button Join Forces, Magnussen Now a Test Driver
2015 McLaren-Honda F1 Driver Lineup - Alonso and Button Join Forces, Magnussen Now a Test Driver

11 Dec 2014, 11:14 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Ever since Sebastian Vettel announced he will jump ship to Scuderia Ferrari for next year’s season, all eyes were on Fernando Alonso and the imminent announcement about his change of heart. No...

 
F1 Test Driver Susie Wolff Finds Out that Doing a Burnout in a DTM Car Is Not that Easy
F1 Test Driver Susie Wolff Finds Out that Doing a Burnout in a DTM Car Is Not that Easy

9 Dec 2014, 10:44 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / We’ve talked about Susie Wolff before, for instance when we showed you that the woman knows her way around drifting a... Maybach. Nonetheless, the F1 test drive has her good and her bad days, ...

 
Why the 60 Trophies Stolen During the Red Bull F1 Factory Attack Affect Us All
Why the 60 Trophies Stolen During the Red Bull F1 Factory Attack Affect Us All

6 Dec 2014, 15:40 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Over the years, motorsport has become more of a business and less of a passion. This has led to a decrease in interest from the public, the greatest challenge motor racing is facing nowadays and som...

 
Why Ferrari Should Build an FXX K Spider (Open-Top LaFerrari Racecar)
Why Ferrari Should Build an FXX K Spider (Open-Top LaFerrari Racecar)

6 Dec 2014, 13:22 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Now that you can pay Ferrari to fly you to various motorsport events where they'll allow you to drive the racing incarnation of the LaFerrari, the FXX K (you can't actually own the track s...

 
2015 Formula 1 Season Packed With 21 Grand Prix Events, Survival Cell Modified for More Protection
2015 Formula 1 Season Packed With 21 Grand Prix Events, Survival Cell Modified for More Protection

5 Dec 2014, 14:33 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The highest class of professional single-seater auto racing will return next year with a season that includes 21 Grand Prix events. Apart from the two more races over the current season, the FIA inf...

 
Jules Bianchi is Responsible For Japanese GP Crash, Says FIA
Jules Bianchi is Responsible For Japanese GP Crash, Says FIA

5 Dec 2014, 13:14 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / After both Ayrton Senna and Roland Ratzenberger tragically lost their lives at the San Marino Grand Prix in 1994, Formula 1 got safer. Not just single seaters, but also circuit layouts, crash barrie...

 
Marussia F1 Auction is a Complete Closure of the Team’s Headquarters
Marussia F1 Auction is a Complete Closure of the Team’s Headquarters

3 Dec 2014, 17:18 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / After his unfortunate crash at the Japanese Grand Prix, Jules Bianchi will be in for quite a big shock when he’ll find out Marussia F1 is no longer a team. Years of spending way more than nece...

 
Sebastian Vettel Onboard Lap at the Wheel of the Ferrari F2012 Isn’t Half Bad
Sebastian Vettel Onboard Lap at the Wheel of the Ferrari F2012 Isn’t Half Bad

3 Dec 2014, 15:26 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / After 2 years at BMW Sauber, another 2 at Toro Rosso and 4 Drivers’ Championship titles with Red Bull Racing, Seb got bored and decided to jump ship to Ferrari, taking Fernando Alonso’s ...