TeamVodafone driver Craig Lowndes has won his fourth straight V8 Supercars race at Queensland Raceway after leading from start to finish in the first of two races for the Ipswich 300. The five-time Bathurst 1000 winner got a perfect start from pole while his teammate Jamie Whincup dropped down to […]
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DDMWorks Ariel Atom 700 is a bullet on wheels
In terms of raw acceleration and agility, the Ariel Atom 3 is hard to go by. Unless you have the DDMWorks Ariel Atom 700 of course. It comes with the same lightweight (657kg) platform, only it has a 522kW engine in the back. Yes, an Ariel Atom 3 with a […]
TeamVodafone first V8 Supercars team to test ‘Car of the Future’
Triple 8 Racing has become the first team in V8 Supercars to test their new “Car of the Future” ahead of the new specification debut in 2013. V8 Supercars champion Jamie Whincup got his first taste of his new car, which is to be one of nine 2013 Holden Commodore-silhouetted COTF […]
Romeo Ferraris 2012 BMW M5 tune to offer 483kW
Renowned tuning company Romeo Ferraris from Italy is developing a tuning package for the awesome new 2012 BMW M5. Full results are yet to be finalised but they are talking around 483kW. In its standard form the 2012 BMW M5 is a weapon already, featuring a 4.4-litre twin-turbo V8 producing […]
Chris Atkinson’s Citroen DS3 ready for WRC Rally of Finland
While plenty of Australians will be flying the flag in London for the next two weeks at the 2012 London Olympic Games, rally driver Chris Atkinson will be doing the same in Finland as he makes his much awaited return in the World Rally Championship. Atkinson unveiled his southern cross […]
Lewis Hamilton wins 2012 Hungarian Formula 1 Grand Prix
Mercedes McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton has taken out the 2012 Hungarian Formula One Grand Prix after fighting off a fast finishing Fin Kimi Raikkonen. Hamilton led from pole and was never overtaken – except during pitstop sequences – in the 69 laps of the Budapest circuit. He did have to […]
Video: Pulse Performance ‘6B’ six-rotor engine sounds incredible
You may have heard of the Mazda 787b Le Mans car from the early Nineties, featuring a quad-rotor Wankel engine. Well, the guys over at Pulse Performance Race Engineering in New Zealand have just finished building an insane six-rotor rotary engine. Yes, a rotary engine with six rotors. It is […]
McLaren Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton takes pole for Hungarian Grand Prix
McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton has taken pole position for the 2012 Hungarian Grand Prix in Budapest, pipping Renault driver Romain Grosjean by a whole four tenths of a second. Australian Mark Webber had a shock exit after Q2, missing out on a spot in the top 10 by 0.018 seconds. […]