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Season openers from IndyCar Series and WTCC

While last week was the real beginning of the international racing season with the 12 Hours of Sebring and Formula 1 opening race, the Indycar Series in the US and World Touring Car Championship in Europe both have their season openers this weeken...

Has learned a link between setup and tire degradation

Red Bull says that it is not disappointed after qualifying first and second and being unable for either of its drivers to score a win. Vettel finished third, and Webber was in sixth.  "Nobody in the team is leaving here despondent or...

Promotes new Lego Ferraris

Ferrari revealed a full scale 2011 F150th made from Lego just before the Australian Grand Prix.  The car was built be a promotion by Shell in Australia where Shell gas stations will sell limited edition Lego Ferraris starting March 18. Th...

He will begin helping develop young drivers

Ralf Schumacher has officially retired from professional motorsport and will not take part in the DTM for 2013. The former Formula 1 driver will take a management role at RSC Mücke Motorsport where he will primarily help develop drivers....

ALMS, F1, V8 Supercars and NASCAR review

The opening for the international racing season brought exciting races at Sebring and in Australia. If things stay like this, we will be looking forward to a great season of racing ahead.  Formula 1 Who would have ever expected that K...

Ferrari takes early lead in constructors' championship

Lotus took an early and surprising victory at the Australian Grand Prix with Kimi Raikkonen taking the first win of the season, and his second win since returning to F1 last season. Raikkonen had a strong start by moving from seventh to fourth...

The second portion of qualifying was delayed a day due to rain

Formula 1 qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix had quite an interesting start and finish. The first session of qualifying was very wet, and it began raining so hard prior to the second session that the rest of qualifying was postponed unti...

The biggest races of the weekend

The winter is over and racing has finally returned. While NASCAR has been back for about three weeks, this is the first weekend that the international racing schedule can be said to actually begin. It is actually quite an exciting weekend with the...

Could be on track as soon as May

DeltaWing Race Cars, the company that is now running the DeltaWing racing program, has just announced, and released the first image of, the rumored DeltaWing coupe. The car is on display at the 12 Hours of Sebring this weekend, and the team says t...

Had four cars in the top 10 in last year's race

Opel is hoping that the Ampera will take a second consecutive win in the New Energy Rallye Monte-Carlo that begins on March 21. The race is specifically for alternative-fueled cars, and the Ampera will compete in the electric car category. Ope...