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It plans to have ten teams for its first season next year

Formula E has made its biggest team signing yet with Audi Sport ABT as its seventh confirmed team for its 2014 season that begins in September.  “We’ve been watching this new project of the FIA with great interest and are deli...

It has signed three talented, British drivers for the car

Bentley has been working on its Continental GT3 racecar for over a year, and it is finally coming to fruition. The car will make its competition debut at the Gulf 12 Hours of Abu Dhabi on December 13, and it has announced a trio of talented Britis...

NASCAR, the WTCC and WRC all end their seasons

It is a weekend of endings in motorsports this weekend. NASCAR, the WTCC and WRC all have their final races this weekend, and in the WTCC and WRC the champions are already decided. By far the most exciting race this weekend, though, is the Formula...

He will take Kimi Raikkonen's seat

The Lotus F1 team has signed Heikki Kovalainen to take Kimi Raikkonen’s seat for the United States and Brazilian Grands Prix. “We are obviously involved in a tight Constructors’ Championship battle, so it was decided that the...

He is the 2013 Formula Renault 3.5 Champion

Since Sergio Perez announced yesterday afternoon that he will leave McLaren at the end of the 2013 F1 season, it has just been a matter of time for McLaren to announce his replacement. As expected, McLaren has called upon 2013 Formula Renault 3.5 ...

McLaren has not confirmed his replacement

Sergio Perez has released a statement saying that he will leave McLaren at the end of the 2013 season. Rumors have been circulating this week that McLaren would drop Perez in favor of 2013 Formula Renault 3.5 champion Kevin Magnussen. However,...

It is the first time that the team will not use Porsches

Next year is bringing huge changes to the United States sports car racing landscape in 2014. The American Le Mans Series and Grand-Am Rolex Sport Car Series are merging into the Tudor United Sports Car Championship. ALMS stalwarts Flying Lizard Mo...

Valtteri Bottas will remain with the team

Williams has announced that it has signed Felipe Massa for the 2014 F1 season. It said that Massa will have a multi-year contract but did not give the exact length. Valtteri Bottas will be the team’s second driver. Williams calls Massa&rsquo...

The trucks will use Corvette engines and two-wheel drive platforms

Call it international cooperation. The French Eric Vigouroux Racing team and American Jefferies Racing team have teamed up to build prototype pickup trucks to race in the two-wheel drive class of the 2014 Dakar Rally. The teams will build two ...

The customer-spec car will be built for the R3 class

Toyota is heading back to rallying, just not in the WRC. Toyota Motorsports Gmbh, its European motorsport division, has announced that it will build an R3-class rally car out of the GT86, but potential buyers will have to wait a season, the car wi...