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*Updated with video of Kimi being his usual, terse self talking about returning to Formula 1.* Kimi Raikkonen is back in the F1 saddle for the first time in two years. He took his Lotus on the track for the first time on January 23, and Team L...

Sebastien Loeb has won his sixth Rally Monte Carlo at the race's 80th running that ended on January 22. Mini's Dani Sordo and Ford's Petter Solberg were second and third respectively.  Loeb dominated the rally by winning 9 of ...

On January 17 at 7:16am Eastern Time, Rubens Barrichello officially announced, "Twitter friends..I won't be driving the Williams car this year.I wish my friend @BSenna all the best..the future is wide open." That ends the career of t...

There have been some trials, literally, and tribulations in the course of building the Circuit of the Americas near Austin, Texas, but it looks like things are finally on track for the circuit to be done by August for the first Formula 1 race ther...

It has been a weird day if you like sports cars. First, Toyota tweets a picture of the hybrid car it will race at Le Mans this year, and now Peugeot is pulling out of the series.  Reuters reported this morning and Peugeot Sport just confi...

Bruno Senna will race for Williams for the 2012 Formula 1 season. The team's other driver is Pastor Maldonado. Bruno will enter the car for the first time on February 9 for the winter test at Jerez.  "The circumstances of Bruno&r...

Calling DRS controversial among Formula 1 fans would be an understatement, but it has done its jobs. In a recent study, DRS was responsible for nearly half of the passes in Formula 1 last season. The FIA is keeping DRS for the 2012 season, bu...

Nissan's GT Academy Teamtook third  in the 24 Hours of Dubai on January 14. The team is comprised of the winners of the GT Academy competition, which begins with gamers clocking the fasest times on Gran Turismo 5 for the Playstation 3. Th...

McLaren GT has added three drivers to its stable of available drivers for customer teams. Rob Bell, Alexander Sims and Alvaro Parente will be available to teams who have purchased a MP4-12C GT3 car who need an extra driver.  Bell drove th...

The 2012 Monte Carlo Rally begins tomorrow to launch the 2012 WRC series. It will be the first time since 2008 that Monte Carlo has been on the WRC calendar, although it was a part of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge from 2009 through 2011.&nb...