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Mercedes GP will be skipping the first Formula 1 test at Jerez to further develop the this year's new car. It first made this announcement last year, but at the time, it looked like most teams would also skip the test. Things have changed, tho...

Michelin has delivered the first tires to the Project 56 Deltawing team. What is novel is the size of the tires. The front tires on the Deltawing are just 10/58-15 meaning that the tires are just 4in (10cm) wide. In comparison, an Audi R18 uses ti...

Caterham is the first team to reveal its 2012 Formula 1 car. The car has a quite complicated front wing with a fairly high nose, but the rear appears simple and more like old-school Formula 1.  Caterham has been working on the CT01 since ...

The Audi R8 LMS has been a force in European GT3 racing since its inception in 2009. Now it is finally moving across the pond to compete in the US in the Grand Am Rolex Sports Car Series. The R8 Grand Am will compete for the first time at the 24 H...

Pirelli announced its range of tires for Formula 1 for the 2012 season at the Yas Marina circuit in Abu Dhabi. Pirelli says that the new tires have squarer profiles, increased grip, softer compounds and longer performance peak.  Pirelli s...

Ford has revealed the design for its Fusion-based Nascar at a press event at Charlotte Motor Speedway.  ”We wanted Fusion to be the car that helped return ‘stock car’ to NASCAR. I think fans, when they see the car, are j...

Nissan has been successful in racing the GT-R so far in FIA GT1 and the Japanese Super GT series winning both last year. Now it is broadening the racing-spec GT-R out into FIA GT3 specifications. The car was developed by Nismo, which is Nissan mot...

Caterham has released the first image of the Formula 1 car that it will campaign during the 2012 season. It says that the image was supposed to come first from F1 Racing magazine, but the magazine shipped earlier than expected; so it is releasing ...

*Update 2* Toyota is coming fast and furious with information today. It has released a high-resolution picture of the TS030 from testing this afternoon at Paul Ricard. The image shows the car and drivers Alexander Wurz, Nicolas Lapierre and K...

At 6:42am Eastern Time, Toyota's Head of PR in the UK Scott Brownlee (ToyotaPR on Twitter) tweeted a picture of the new Toyota Le Mans car. All his tweet said was, "New Toyota Le Mans hybrid race car," with a link to the picture post...