Infiniti will enter the British Touring Car Championships in the 2015 season with a race-prepared Infiniti Q50. Aside from competition, the company hopes to help raise awareness for Support Our Paras charity foundation. Most teams want to go racing to win. However, Infiniti says it has teamed up with the […]
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2015 Honda F1 engine revealed, with sound (video)
This is Honda’s next-gen Formula One engine that will power its F1 cars in the 2015 World Championship season. The turbocharged unit is still under development but it sounds pretty good so far. Honda decided to unveil the new engine at the 2014 Japanese F1 Grand Prix a couple of […]
Ford out of V8 Supercars end of 2015, new Bathurst lap record
Ford is set to end its participation in the Australian V8 Supercars series at the end of the 2015 season, effectively putting an end to the world-famous Ford vs Holden racetrack battle. Fans have probably been waiting for this to happen ever since Ford Australia announced last year that it […]
2015 Hyundai i20 WRC car begins testing, based on new i20
Even though there’s two rounds left on the 2014 WRC calendar, Hyundai has already completed its first shakedown of its 2015 prototype i20 WRC car based on the new 2015 Hyundai i20 road car unveiled in Paris last week. Hyundai Motorsport bosses enlisted French driver Bryan Bouffler to pilot the […]
Lamborghini Huracan GT3 previewed, sounds insane
A video teaser of the Lamborghini Huracan GT3 has been released, showing the track-only Italian supercar undergoing initial stages of development at the ‘Piero Taruffi’ circuit in Rome, Italy. Under the watchful eye of Lamborghini’s Giorgio Sanna, Lamborghini Squadra Corse test drivers Adrian Zaugg and Fabio Babini set up the […]
2016 BMW M6 GT3 racer previewed, will replace Z4 GT3
BMW is planning to introduce a new racing car for GT3-class racing based on the BMW M6 coupe. It will replace the current Z4 GT3 car in the 2016 season. You don’t often see the M6 associated with any sort of motorsport, except as a pace car in some championships. […]
F1 driver Sebastian Vettel quits Red Bull, moving to Ferrari?
Formula One driver Sebastian Vettel has today announced he will leave Red Bull at the end of the 2014 season after spending 15 years on the company’s pay roll. Daniel Ricciardo, currently the number two driver to Vettel, is set to become the highly-successful race team’s new top dog, with […]
Mitsubishi Mirage R5 to compete in WRC 2
If the regular Mirage doesn’t excite you enough, perhaps this Mitsubishi R5 rally car will? Based on the Mirage, the four-wheel drive R5 has been developed by Tomas Weng of Mpart (Ralliart Sweden). Built to FIA R5 class specification, the Mitsubishi R5 will compete in WRC 2 in 2015. The […]