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English carmaker Radical Sportscars has announced the calendar for the 2010 edition of the Radical Netherlands Cup. This race series is part of a partnership between the Dutch Power Pack (DPP) and Radical Netherlands, promoted by the Circuit Park Zan...

The FIA Motorsport Council has announced the 12-round calendar for next year’s edition of the World Touring Car Championship. Following a meeting the Council had this Wednesday, October 20th, it was decided to get Belgium back on the programme ...

Porsche claims its 100th American Le Mans victory at the Laguna Seca season finale

Porsche claimed its 100th victory in the American Le Mans Series at the event’s 2009 season finale in Laguna Seca, California. Porshe works’ German driver Joerg Bergmeister and north-American driver Patrick Long ran a Porsche 911 GT3 RSR ...

Gabriele Tarquini and Yvan Muller consolidate SEAT's advantage on the WTCC

SEAT has reinforced its leadership in the World Touring Car Championship with its last two victories at the Italian racetrack of Imola, where the 10th WTCC encounter of this year occurred. Not only did the Spanish team win the races but they also too...

The French track of Magny Cours was the chosen spot to introduce the Superlight R300 model

Caterham saw the weekend of the Caterham Cup event at Magny Cours, France, as the ideal time to unveil its new R300 Race Car in Europe. Coordinated by the Caterham Competition France (CCF), the Cup series introduced the new European roadgoing Superli...

Aston Martin

It would be fantastic wouldn’t it? Aston Martin lining up against Ferrari on the Formula 1 grid. The British Racing Green of the Astons would offset perfectly the fiery red of the prancing horse, and you’d have to imagine that...

Will be oldest driver on grid next season

Mark Webber will inherit the title of oldest driver on the Formula 1 grid next season with Michael Schumacher and Pedro de la Rosa leaving the sport. Still, the 36-year-old Webber says that he has not plans to leave the sport until he in uncompeti...

Lauda is a manager of the Mercedes F1 team

In September, Niki Lauda agreed to take a non-executive management role at the Mercedes F1 team. Now, he has stepped down from his board of directors position at Air Berlin to focus all of his energy on Mercedes.  Before begin by hired of...

Set in January 1938 on Autobahn

Seventy-five years ago today, Mercedes set a record that still stands today. Unfortunately, later the same day, Bernd Rosemeyer lost his life trying to break the record.  On what is today the A5 autobahn between Frankfurt and Darmstadt on...

Both cars carried over from last season

There is no Formula 1 race this weekend, which gives the opportunity to look at Mercedes latest safety cars for this season. It has been supplying the safety car to the sport for the last 18 years, and this year it is using the SLS AMG GT as the s...