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Team could not find a buyer

The Hispania Racing Team failed to pay its entry fee for the 2013 Formula 1 season and has failed to find a buyer. Unless a buyer can be found very quickly, the team will be shuttered, and the Formula 1 grid will drop to 22 cars.  HRT has...

Hinting that it will be the car's debut

It has not been a major secret that Porsche had already begun testing a racecar based on its new 991-chassis 911. We saw it testing at Oschersleben in August, but the assumption was that Porsche would wait and homologate the latest GT3 to hav...

Ferrari says the matter is now closed

The controversy over whether Sebastian Vettel made an illegal pass under yellow on Jean-Eric Vergne is finally, officially over. After a letter from Ferrari asking the FIA for clarification yesterday, the FIA ruled that the pass was legal.  ...

The road car is based on the Holden Commodore

Chevrolet revealed the Chevrolet SS NASCAR racecar yesterday ahead of the road car debut closer to launch. The Chevrolet SS is the brand’s new rear-wheel drive sport sedan with its small block V8.  “With the SS, Chevrolet is d...

Andrea Moda Formula

Andrea Sassetti clearly didn’t think his Formula 1 project through very carefully, in fact the story of the team that bore his name and the debacle that it represented defies belief. It’s one of those where we think: “you co...

It appears they are grasping at the last possible straw

Ferrari appears to be grasping at its final straw in getting Fernando Alonso the 2012 World Drivers' Championship. It has requested a clarification from the FIA on the lap four pass of Sebastian Vettel on Jean-Eric Vergne at the Brazilian Gran...

Team has repeatedly said that it wants to expand cooperation with Infiniti

Rumors swirled last year when Infiniti announced that it would reveal a hybrid sports car concept at the Geneva Motor Show that the car had been co-developed with Adrian Newey and Red Bull. However, that turned out to be the case, and the car was ...

He is the second confirmed rookie in F1 for next season.

Williams has confirmed that Valtteri Bottas will replace Bruno Senna in Formula 1 next season. Pastor Maldonado will remain with Williams for next season. Bottas has been Williams' test driver and reserve driver since 2010. Bottas has...

The 2012 Formula 1 season has come to a close, and it ended in an extremely exciting way with Fernando Alonso being the provisional world champion at moments during the race. The first complex incident that involved Vettel, Senna and Perez caused ...

Infiniti is now the team's official title sponsor

Hot off the heels of taking the 2012 World Drivers' Championship and World's Constructors' Championship Red Bull has just announced that the team has a new title sponsor for the 2013 season - Infiniti. The team will now be called Infin...