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The DTM heads to Austria

It is an incredibly light weekend of racing this weekend after the excitement of the Grand Prix of Monaco and Indy 500 this weekend. The WRC begins the Rally of Greece, and the DTM heads to Austria. There is also the Grand Prix of Italy at Mugello...

One fewer team with Renault engines

Williams has announced that it will switch from Renault engines to Mercedes next season. The team did not announce the duration of the deal but described it as "a long-term engine partnership." That makes it fairly certain that Will...

Red Bull describes Mercedes test as underhanded

The controversy over Formula 1 teams doing secret tire tests with Pirelli this season continues to heat up. The news initially broke just before the start of the Monaco Grand Prix that Mercedes had done a 1,000km secret test with Pirelli after the...

Red Bull and Renault agree to long term partnership

We can mark two teams off the list of unknown engine users for 2014. Renault has announced that it has signed deals with Red Bull and Toro Rosso to supply engines for 2014 and beyond.  Carlos Ghosn made the announcement during the Grand P...

It is expected to begin competition in 2014

Hyundai Motorsport has taken its new i20 WRC car out of its workshop in Germany and began shakedown tests of the car that is scheduled to debut at the 2014 Rallye Monte Carlo. The test covered 550km over three days. The car is technically comp...

Mercedes finally converts a pole position to a win

Nico Rosberg won from pole in a very long and relatively unexciting Grand Prix of Monaco. It is his first win of the season after four Mercedes pole positions. There were multiple safety car periods and a red flag over the course of race due to se...

Nico Rosberg led a variable wet and dry qualifying session

Nico Rosberg has been a phenomenon this during this year's Grand Prix of Monaco. Before qualifying, he had led every practice session, and he kept up the streak during qualifying to start from pole for the race. His teammate Lewis Hamilton wil...

A light weekend but two major races

It is a surprisingly light weekend for racing, partially because of the holiday weekend in the US. However, two of the races are ranked as some of the most famous in the world but both have their flaws. Formula 1 The Grand Prix of Monaco i...

Talks between teams and tire maker have stopped

As if there was not enough controversy about tires in Formula 1 already, now there is a contract dispute for next season to add to the list of grievances.  Pirelli says that the teams are running out of time to make a deal for the tires f...

Monocoques have reduced in weight by 50% from 1999 to today

Weight is the enemy of motorsports. While the cars in nearly every series have weight minimums that they must meet, every bit that a team can get under that amount allows the team to distribute weight wherever it would like. Audi says that since 1...