How to Brake Like a Professional Racing Driver
13 Jun 2014, 11:11 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / In the world of motorsports, out-and-out horsepower or big team budgets are worth naught if the driver doesn't master a handful of braking techniques. Developing a few basic techniques into som...
2015 Ford Mustang GT Designated NASCAR Pace Car
11 Jun 2014, 17:30 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / An all-new Ford Mustang will serve as the safety car of the Quicken Loans 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup race, which will take place at the Michigan International Speedway on June 15th. Joe Hinrichs, Ford pr...
McLaren Compares F1 Starts with Penalty Kicks
11 Jun 2014, 14:11 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / If Christmas eve is the to make sure everything is ready for the big celebration, FIFA World Cup eve must be a time for paying homage to the greatest moments in football. This is what we understand ...
Mercedes-Benz Celebrates 25 Years From Le Mans 24 Hours Victory · Photo Gallery
11 Jun 2014, 09:18 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Exactly 25 years ago, during the golden age of top speeds at the Le Mans 24 Hours race, a Sauber-Mercedes C9 double-victory marked the apotheosis of the return of the Mercedes-Benz Silver Arrows at...
Porsche's Sport Plus Explained by Works Driver Tomas Duplinsky: Exclusive Interview
27 May 2014, 20:13 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / When people are out to grab a go-fast machine, it's all about the numbers - how much of this, how many of that and so on. What we should be asking instead is how good the electronics are. Most ...
NCM Motorsports Park Is Nearing Completion
27 May 2014, 09:26 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Work on the National Corvette Museum's Motorsports Park is progressing nicely according to a recent aerial photo. When it will be finished, the facility will boast a 3.15-mile road course speci...
1600 HP Icelandic Racer Sets Record for Driving on Water
20 May 2014, 18:03 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / When it comes to road cars, Europe's Northern people are as clean as a whistle. They buy more EVs than pretty much anybody else in Europe, which is just as well considering the sort of motorspo...
Ford Racing Inaugurates New Technical Support Center
15 May 2014, 11:47 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Further increasing its motorsport commitment, the Blue Oval cut the ribbon off an all-new technical support facility in Concord, North Carolina, which will serve as a center for teams to develop and...
Ken Block Teases Titanium Strong Blackout
13 May 2014, 13:29 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The famous Ken Block and his tricked out Ford Fiesta rally car are the stars of an upcoming video in the vein of the Gymkhana series every petrolhead knows and loves. But Ken won't be the only ...
How Mercedes-AMG Cools Its Cars in Formula One
7 May 2014, 14:28 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / As many of you know, modern Formula One cars are of an entirely different breed than single-seaters of yesteryear, whether from F1 or other motorsport disciplines, but we're willing to bet that...
Disappointing Start For Mercedes-Benz in 2014 DTM
5 May 2014, 07:53 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Unlike in Formula One, where the three-pointed star manufacturer has been downright trashing its competition in all the first four races of the current season, the 2014 DTM (Deutsche Tourenwagen Mei...
100-Year Old Opel Race Cars Return to Grand Prix de Lyon
3 May 2014, 10:07 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / It’s hard to fathom that Opel has such a long and illustrious history, but it really does. A full century ago, these awesome looking machines were at the pinnacle of racing technology. To our ...
Biggest F1 Parade Ever Will Take Place at Silverstone
1 May 2014, 11:34 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Celebrating half a century of grand prix racing at the historic circuit, this summer's Silverstone Classic event will stage the world's biggest ever parade of Formula 1 cars. The cavalcade...
Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 Returns to the Nurburgring
29 Apr 2014, 15:49 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The Japanese auto manufacturer announced that it will bring back the GT-R to the grueling Nordschleife circuit, for the 2014 Nurburgring 24 Hours. The tough endurance race will take place from June ...
Ready, Steady, Wow! Doge Nascar Racer Is Real
29 Apr 2014, 07:18 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The Internet's favorite Shiba Inu dog has recently found its place on the livery of the Dogecoin-sponsored Nascar race car. How was this possible? It all started after a Dogecoin user, Denis...
Another Trick Found Inside The Mercedes-AMG F1 Engine
23 Apr 2014, 12:28 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / As most of you probably already know by now, Mercedes-AMG Petronas is currently the Big Kahuna in the 2014 season of the Formula 1 championship. In the past couple of weeks there has been a lot ...
LaFerrari XX Spied on Nurburgring: Unofficially Timed at 6:35, Sounds Awesome
17 Apr 2014, 09:10 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Just when many thought the LaFerrari madness was starting to calm down, it’s time for a new wave and this time we are talking about the track version of the hypercar, the LaFerrari XX. The Pra...
The Mercedes-AMG F1 Engine Has a Weird Turbocharger
7 Apr 2014, 19:43 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / There has been a lot of speculation recently, especially off-track, about what makes this year's Mercedes-Benz Formula 1 car so blindingly fast compared with its competitors from Ferrari and Re...
New Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 4x4 Goes Rallying, Wins
7 Apr 2014, 12:23 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Last year was pretty full for Mercedes-Benz Vans, with the Sprinter getting both a mid-cycle refresh and an entirely new model variant in the form of the hardcore Sprinter 4x4, a model which will al...
The Nurburgring Has Changed Very Little: 1967 - 2014 Photo Comparison
3 Apr 2014, 16:23 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Now that the Nurburgring finally has a new owner and we can all hope on a stable future for it, we’ve found something that serves as a pretty nice tribute to the famous track. We are talking a...