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Dropping Honda power in favor of a turbo Chevrolet V8

The Pikes Peak Hill Climb is a land of weird cars. Its Unlimited class is one of the last places where people can build cars with as much power in whatever layout that they wish, and as long as it is safe, it is open to set a time up the mountain....

It hopes to recreate its 1988 record-setting run

Peugeot may not be the best automaker financially, but it still knows how to inspire fans. It is sending a Peugeot 208 T16 and Sebastien Loeb to the Pikes Peak Hill Climb and has set the goal to take the overall win at this year’s event on J...

Setting up for potential Le Mans class win

Alpine's return to Le Mans was met with excitement and a few groans when it was announced in March. It will be the first time in decades that the historic name will return to Le Mans, but the car that it will do it with is really last year'...

Paint celebrates 50 years of the 911.

Porsche has revealed the livery for the new 911 RSR that is among the first racecars based on Porsche’s new 991 chassis. The design of the livery is quite similar until you look at the car from the top. From the front and sides, it is ju...

Talked with them once and will again before China

Things are not very comfortable within Red Bull at the moment. Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber have not had the most trusting relationship since at least the 2010 Turkish Grand Prix when Vettel hit Webber to cause him to finish third instead of f...

First-time winners in the IndyCar Series and repeat winners in WTCC

It was an exciting weekend of racing no matter how you look at it. Formula 1 had one of its most exciting races in ages both for on-track action and politically. The IndyCar Series opener got a first-time winner, and many of the top drivers fallin...

Similar problems plague Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel scored his first win of the 2013 F1 season in Malaysia but maybe at the expense of any friendship with Mark Webber after Vettel ignored team orders. Further down the grid, Mercedes had similar problems with team orders placing Nic...

Raikkonen punished with three-space grid penalty

Sebastian Vettel took pole in the final moments of a very wet qualifying session at Sepang and prevented Ferrari from taking the front row of the race.  Q1 started in hot, humid conditions, and all of the fastest times of the day were act...

Will supply 6 cars for the season

Seat debuted its 1.6-liter turbo Leon in the WTCC last season, and it is supplying six cars to four privateer cars for the 2013 season. The Leon WTCC will be campaigned by Campos Racing, Tuenti Racing Team, Special Tuning Racing and ...

Uses a darker blue than previous Alpine racers

Alpine left while it was on top. After over a decade of competition, it won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1978 and did not return, until this year. The new LMP2 Alpine will race in the European Le Mans Series and at Le Mans for the 2013 season. ...