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The Top Runners in the 40th Nürburgring 24 Hours

The Top Runners in the 40th Nürburgring 24 Hours

The 40th running of the Nürburgring 24 Hours begins this Saturday at 4:00pm local time. The race will challenge the endurance of 190 cars for 24 hours around the longest permanent race course in the world. Plus, close to 100,000 mostly drunke...
18.05.2012 | 7149 views | 0 comments
Toyota Revs Up for GT86 and LFA in Nürburgring 24 with Video

Toyota Revs Up for GT86 and LFA in Nürburgring 24 with Video

Gazoo Racing and  the Toyota Swiss Racing Team are entering a total of four Toyota GT-86s - two each- into the 40th Nürburgring 24 Hours this weekend. Gazoo is also entering an LFA for the fourth time in four years.  The GT-86 i...
17.05.2012 | 1660 views | 0 comments
Audi Brings Quattro Back to Le Mans

Audi Brings Quattro Back to Le Mans

Audi will have several R8s racing in the Nürburgring 24 Hours this weekend, but the real race that it is getting ready for is the R18 E-Tron Quattro at the 24 Hours of Le Mans on June 16 and 17. It will be the first time since 1998 that an al...
17.05.2012 | 1989 views | 0 comments
Lotus Updates Evora GTC with Less Weight

Lotus Updates Evora GTC with Less Weight

The Lotus Evora GTC has struggled to find racing success. Of the two cars entered at Le Mans last year, one finished seventh in class, and the other did not finish. They have also failed to score any points in the American Le Mans Series. Lotus ha...
16.05.2012 | 1245 views | 1 comments
Williams Does Not Expect a 2nd Win This Season

Williams Does Not Expect a 2nd Win This Season

Williams had a fantastic weekend in Spain until a fire ruined some of the celebration. However, the team is not sure that it will be able to score another win this season. "I can get used to this kind of stuff, I like it. But I think we c...
15.05.2012 | 942 views | 1 comments
Alfa Romeo Parades Historic Models During Mille Miglia

Alfa Romeo Parades Historic Models During Mille Miglia

Alfa Romeo has entered four cars into the 2012 Mille Miglia- a 1500SS and 1750GS from before World War 2 and 1900SS and 2000 Sportiva from the 50s. Because of the 50th anniversary of the Giulia, 40th anniversary of the Alfetta and 80th anniversary...
14.05.2012 | 1844 views | 0 comments
Jaguar C-Type Wins Monaco Historique

Jaguar C-Type Wins Monaco Historique

Jaguar set up its Jaguar Heritage Racing works program for racing the C-Type and D-Type earlier in the year. The original plan was for the cars to just be at the Mille Miglia, Nürburgring Oldtimer Grand Prix, Goodwood Revival and&nb...
14.05.2012 | 2489 views | 1 comments
Pastor Maldonado Wins the Spanish Grand Prix

Pastor Maldonado Wins the Spanish Grand Prix

After a fantastic qualifying session yesterday, the race is finally here. If you missed the big news from yesterday, Lewis Hamilton had the fastest qualifying time but pulled off track after setting his fast lap and did not return to the pits. The...
13.05.2012 | 1108 views | 0 comments
*Update: Hamilton Loses Pole* Lewis Hamilton on Top of Pole in Spain

*Update: Hamilton Loses Pole* Lewis Hamilton on Top of Pole in Spain

*Update: So remember how Lewis Hamilton parked the car after doing his pole-setting lap? It turns out the car ran out of fuel on its in-lap to the pits. The rule is that the car must return to the pits after qualifying and give the FIA a one liter...
12.05.2012 | 1061 views | 0 comments
Audi R18s Were Forced to Cut Weight to Stay Competitive

Audi R18s Were Forced to Cut Weight to Stay Competitive

Audi is admitting something rather interesting about its R18 E-tron Quattro that might explain why it came in second to its sibling the R18 Ultra at the 6 Hours of Spa and might give us an idea of what will happen at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. A...
12.05.2012 | 2090 views | 0 comments

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