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It is employing 20 factory drivers for a variety of series

Porsche is prepping for its biggest year of factory racing in its history with the 919 Hybrid and in the World Endurance Championship and two 911 RSR cars in the Tudor United Sports Car Championship. It also has a team of 20 factory drivers, the ...

The series does not begin until September 2014

The inaugural Formula E season does not start until September 2014, but the car was shown driving publicly for the first time during the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on January 6. It was also the first time that the  Spark-Renault S...

The narrower front wing has to produce downforce and direct cool air

Ferrari technical director Pat Fry predicts that the biggest challenge facing Formula One teams in 2014 will be getting the cooling right on the cars. He calls it a “massive opportunity” for teams to find an advantage or fail miserably...

It's first public test will be at Bahrain on February 19

Lotus will not take part in the first Formula One test of the season at Jerez on January 28 in favor of taking more development time for its car. Instead, Lotus will not test the car publicly until the Bahrain test on February 19. "We'...

The test car is based on a modified Laferrari

At the beginning of December, we posted about Ferrari being spotted testing a highly modifed LaFerrari that might have been a development car for its Formula 1 engine. Now, new evidence indicates that the test car may actually be Ferrari's tes...

A Chinese Great Wall truck led the first stage

The 2014 Dakar Rally kicked off on January 5 with a 180km (111.8 miles) special stage running from Rosario, Argentina, to San Luis, Argentina. Portuguese driver Carlos Sousa led the first day in his Great Wall Haval truck and beat three driver...

Nissan is now racing in the top class of US prototype racing

Nissan has made a name for itself as one of the premiere engine builders in prototype racing. With the cancellation of the LMP1 class in the new Tudor United Sports Car Championship in the US, Nissan is now competing in the top class of prototype ...

Ferrari is also wishing him a happy birthday

Scuderia Ferrari clubs from Italy and French have descended on the Grenoble Hospital where Michael Schumacher is in a medically induced coma following his skiing injury on December 29. Over 200 fans from the clubs, Germany and Spain were waiting o...

It will be the first time it has been shown in North America

The Formula E Spark-Renault SRT_01E will get its first public demonstration of the final car in Las Vegas on January 6, and it will also be the first time that the car has ever been shown in North America. The event will coincide with the Consumer...

He will receive a seat on the promoter's board of directors

The fledgling Formula E racing series has received a major investment from Wyc Grousbeck, the largest single shareholder in the Boston Celtics NBA basketball team, and his company Causeway Media Partners. The investment comes to $21 million, accor...