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Webber ends his F1 career with a podium finish

Sebastian Vettel won his ninth consecutive race this season at the Brazilian Grand Prix, the tying the record of Alberto Ascari, and by winning 13 races this season he ties Michael Schumacher's 2004 wins record. Mark Webber ended his career wi...

Rosberg and Alonso will start second and third respectively

*Update* Perez originally qualified 14th, but received a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change to move him down to 19th place. *Update* Sebastian Vettel set another pole position this season at the Brazilian Grand Prix. The rain pl...

It replaces the M3 GT4

BMW has a new GT4-class customer race car in the M235i Racing that will be available to buyers in 2014 for €59,500, plus local VAT. BMW is especially marketing the M235i Racing to buyers that will take it to the Nürburgring for the VLN r...

There are only two big races this weekend, but one of them is the end of an era

It is a very light weekend for racing this time. Obviously, the biggest race of the weekend is the finale for the Formula One season with the Grand Prix of Brazil, but there is also a race from the International V8 Supercar Series. In other ra...

The test car only had a quarter of the power of the full version

The Formula E Spark-Renault SRT_01E made its first track test at the La Ferté Gaucher circuit on November 20 and 21. The test car used a 50kw (67hp) electric motor, rather than the 200kw (268hp) that the full racing version will use. The te...

It joins the Lamborghini and Honda Museums this year

Someone in the Google Street View team must love cars because the service has added yet another automotive destination to its list. You can now take a virtual lap around the Circuit of the Americas with Google's service. “We’re...

They will continue to have support from Land Rover

Race2Recovery, a long distance rally team made up of injured soldiers, made its Dakar Rally debut in the 2013 race and will return on January 5, 2014, to make another attempt at the grueling rally. Like last year, they are receiving support from L...

Romain Grosjean held off Mark Webber for the entire second half of the race

*Update* Jean-Eric Vergne has received a 20-second penalty for crashing into Esteban Gutierrez on the final lap. It drops him from 12th to 16th place. *Update* Sebastian Vettel notched another victory this season at the United States Grand Pri...

Valtteri Bottas was fastest in Q1 and made it to Q3

*Update* Following the race several drivers received penalties, which changed the starting grid. Jenson Button received a three-spot penalty for passing during a red flag in free practice 1. Esteban Gutierrez received a 10-spot penalty for impedin...

He received a 120cm-tall cup engraved with his wins

Felipe Massa may be leaving Ferrari for Williams next season, but there are no hard feelings. Scuderia Ferrari staged a farewell parade for him at Mugello and over 15,000 fans turned up to say goodbye. Massa made his first F1 test at Mugello for S...