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Vettel and Coulthard Are the First Drivers to Try Sochi F1 Circuit

Vettel and Coulthard Are the First Drivers to Try Sochi F1 Circuit

Track is not yet totally completed

Sebastian Vettel and David Coulthard have become the first two drivers to lap the new F1 course in Sochi, Russia, and the track is not even finished yet. The first grand prix for the Sochi track is not scheduled until 2014 The Sochi Olympic Pa...
10.05.2013 | 9271 views | 0 comments
Lotus Challenged to Build Top Car to Keep Raikkonen in 2014

Lotus Challenged to Build Top Car to Keep Raikkonen in 2014

Raikkonen's contract up next at the end of season

The Lotus F1 team has quite the challenge laid ahead of it, if it wants to keep Kimi Raikkonen with the team in the future. Raikkonen's contract is over at the end of the year, and the team believes that if it can create a championship-winning...
09.05.2013 | 4310 views | 0 comments
Peugeot Releases First Video Showing 208 T16 and Loeb in Action

Peugeot Releases First Video Showing 208 T16 and Loeb in Action

The car is what happens when a Le Mans prototype is stuffed into a hatchback

The Peugeot 208 T16 Pikes Peak is one of the coolest cars that have been revealed so far this year. It is what happens when the crazy guys at Peugeot Sport get bored and stuff most of the parts of a Peugeot 908 Le Mans prototype and a twin-turbo V...
09.05.2013 | 1721 views | 0 comments
Nissan Announces Factory Drivers for 24H of Le Mans

Nissan Announces Factory Drivers for 24H of Le Mans

They will race in the LMP2 class

With Nissan abandoning its sponsorship of Signatech this season so that Alpine can use the car, Nissan has just announced sponsorship of the Greaves Motorsport Zytek-Nissan LMP2 car for the 24 Hours of Le Mans and their team of three Nissan factor...
09.05.2013 | 5922 views | 0 comments
Ferrari Chief Designer Gives First Part of F1 Season a 6 Out of 10

Ferrari Chief Designer Gives First Part of F1 Season a 6 Out of 10

He is still optimistic about the end of the season

Despite challenging for the World Drivers' Championship last year, Ferrari said that it had a mediocre car for the entire season. It appears that it is using the same tactic this season. Ferrari F138 chief designer Nikolas Tombazis gives ...
07.05.2013 | 986 views | 0 comments
FIA Testing Penalty Points System in F1

FIA Testing Penalty Points System in F1

It will begin running the proposed system to show teams how it works

The FIA and Formula 1 have begun discussing changes to the sporting regulations for next season that could include a new testing schedule and a proposed driver penalty points system. For the new rules to be passed, there would need to be unanimous...
07.05.2013 | 1236 views | 0 comments
Toyota Bringing Upgraded Electric Prototype to Pikes Peak

Toyota Bringing Upgraded Electric Prototype to Pikes Peak

It set the record for electric cars up the peak last year

Toyota has announced that it is bringing an upgraded version of its EV P002 to the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb this summer. The car set the record for an electric vehicle up the 12.4-mile hill climb with a time of 10 minutes and 15.380 sec...
06.05.2013 | 5487 views | 0 comments
Weekend Motorsports Preview: Something for Everyone

Weekend Motorsports Preview: Something for Everyone

Nearly every major series has a race this weekend

Unless the only racing that you care about is Formula 1, there will be racing for you to watch this weekend. If you like touring cars there are races from the DTM, V8 Supercars and WTCC. The biggest race of the weekend is the Six Hours of Spa for ...
03.05.2013 | 824 views | 0 comments
Susie Wolff Predicts Women Will Be on F1 Grid in Near Future

Susie Wolff Predicts Women Will Be on F1 Grid in Near Future

More women already working in F1 from team management to test driving

Williams test driver Susie Wolff predicts that it will not be long before women are starting on grid of Formula 1. After last year's career-ending crash of Maria de Villota of MaRussia, Wolff is currently the only woman driving in F1.  ...
03.05.2013 | 3737 views | 0 comments
Audi R18 e-tron Quattro Long Tail Makes Track Debut at Spa

Audi R18 e-tron Quattro Long Tail Makes Track Debut at Spa

Features subtle differences at the rear

The Audi R18 e-tron Quattro Long Tail has made its track debut at the Six Hours of Spa. It first announced the car last week but refused to release any images that really showed the differences in the car. Now that the race has begun, we can final...
03.05.2013 | 10648 views | 0 comments

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