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It is ready for Le Mans in two weeks

The 24 Hours of Le Mans is just two weeks away, and the teams will be at the track this weekend for a pre-race test. Audi is touting the latest safety features installed on the 2013 R18 E-tron Quattro including a digital rearview camera and LED ma...

Alonso actually doing better than last season

Fernando Alonso believes that Sebastian Vettel's luck has to run out soon. The Ferrari driver is actually performing better this season than last season by scoring 78 points in the first six races of the season compared to 76 points last seaso...

It does not plan to bid to return to the series

Bridgestone says that it will not bid on the contract to supply tires to Formula 1 next year. Pirelli's contract with F1 expires at the end of the season, and the FIA has not signed a new contract with a supplier. "We have no current ...

Ferrari cleared of suspicion

The FIA International Tribunal has announced that it has begun an investigation into Mercedes for its tire test with Pirelli in Barcelona prior to the Grand Prix of Monaco. Ferrari has been cleared of breaking the rules for testing with Pirelli in...

The van has turbocharged V6 engine

IndyCar Series driver Simon Pagenaud has received perhaps the most fun job ever this year at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. Honda has tapped him to drive its turbocharged Honda Odyssey minivan up the hill at Pikes Peak. The van ...

Team has high hopes for the race

Signatech is sending two its Alpine A450 cars to the Le Mans Test Day on Sunday, June 9, to prepare for the brand's Le Mans return for the first time since 1978. Tristan Gommendy, Nelson Panciatici, and Pierre Ragues will drive the cars w...

He was uninjured

Adrian Newey has to be considered one of the greatest racecar engineers ever. His designs have won championships in IMSA, CART and nine World Constructors' Championships in Formula 1. Just as being a good farmer does not necessarily make ...

It is ready to take on Pikes Peak on June 30

The Toyota EV P002 has completed its testing shakedown at the Carolina Motorsports Park ahead of competing at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb on June 30. The car is based on the EV P002 that holds the electric car record around the N&...

The team will embed engineers and data analysis with the team for a future car

Caterham will sponsor the #41 Greaves Motorsport Zytek Z11SN-Nissan LMP2 car in the 24 Hours of Le Mans with an eye towards building its own car for the race in the coming years. Caterham F1 Reserve Driver Alexander Rossi, Tom Kimber-Smith and Eri...

Possible that punishment could be leveled against both

The FIA continues to investigate Mercedes and now Ferrari for in-season tire testing with Pirelli this year. Ferrari became involved when it admitted that it tested with Pirelli two weeks before Mercedes but used a 2011 car. The major controversy ...