Reigning world champion Sebastian Vettel has won an incident-packed 2012 Singapore Formula One Grand Prix under lights. McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton led the race from pole and appeared to be running away into the darkness, but a gearbox problem saw his car come to a halt on lap 23, handing […]
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2013 Holden Racing Team V8 Supercar COTF unveiled
While Mercedes-Benz and Nissan have been the focus surrounding the 2013 V8 Supercar season, Holden Racing Team has unveiled its entry using the Car of the Future platform. Reigning Bathurst winner Nick Percat put the COTF Holden through its paces – which wears a vastly different gold and black carbon […]
Mercedes-Benz joining Aussie V8 Supercars in 2013
In a surprise move it has been announced that Mercedes-Benz will be joining the V8 Supercars race series as of the 2013 season. The move comes after Nissan announced earlier this year that it would provide a mix to usual Holden-Ford-only field from next year as well. (Image of current […]
2014 Ferrari LMP race car previewed in official sketches
Ferrari Le Mans team Glickenhaus has released some initial design sketches of a potential 2013/2014 Ferrari LMP1 race car. The car would be a successor to the Ferrari P 4/5 Competizione which blitzed the Nurburgring during this year’s 24-hour race, setting a new Ferrari lap record of 6:51. For the […]
TeamVodafone’s Craig Lowndes, Warren Luff win V8 Supercars Sandown 500
TeamVodafone drivers Craig Lowndes and Warren Luff have taken out the first V8 Supercars endurance race of 2012 at the Dick Smiths 500 at Sandown Raceway. The talking point of the race however was what happened in deciding the two following positions. Ford Performance Racing’s Mark Winterbottom (co-driven by Steven […]
Holden Cruze set to make Aussie Racing Car debut at Gold Coast 600
Holden’s best-selling car, the Cruze, will make its Australian racing debut (albeit a pint-sized version of it) at the Gold Coast 600 V8 Supercars event in the FW1 Aussie Racing Car Series. (rendered image) Based on the Cruze SRi, Holden Motorsport will develop a scaled down body to sit on […]
Toyota 86 wins 2.0-litre class at Winton Raceway Sprint Series
Australian rally champion Neal Bates has taken a Toyota 86 to victory at the Winton Motor Raceway Sprint Series. The victory, achieved on Saturday, was Bates’s first in the 86. Racing in the 2.0-litre class, the Toyota 86 in question is a GT variant which is also road registered. This […]
Lewis Hamilton wins 2012 Italian Formula 1 Grand Prix at Monza
Just one week after he crashed heavily out of the Belgian Grand Prix, McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton has won the 2012 Italian F1 Grand Prix at Monza. The British driver lead from flag to flag and held off a fast finishing Sergio Perez in the Sauber. Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso […]