Vijay Mallya – the former co-owner of the Force India Formula One racing team from 2007 until last year – has been ordered by a London court to pay $135 million to spirits giant Diageo [owner of Johnnie Walker brand – a prominent F1 sponsor]. Diageo began the process of suing Mallya in 2017, after […]
The iconic 1988 Porsche 959 emerges from Jay Leno’s Garage this week…
Frenchman Simon Pagenaud won the 2019 Indianapolis 500 – his first-ever Indy 500 victory – by a mere two-hundredths of a second over 2016 Indy 500 winner, American Alexander Rossi, in a thrilling race finish that saw six lead changes in the final laps. Japan’s Takuma Sato – the 2017 Indy 500 winner – placed […]
Lewis Hamilton led start to finish as Mercedes continued to dominate with a 1-3 finish in the 2019 Monaco Grand Prix as teammate Valtteri Bottas finished third, split by Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen finished second on the track but had incurred an earlier five-second penalty for an unsafe release in the pit […]
It was the expected Mercedes 1-2 as Lewis Hamilton grabbed pole position ahead of his teammate, Valtteri Bottas, for the 2019 Monaco Grand Prix. Hamilton took pole by 0.086 seconds over Bottas. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen was third, ahead of Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel in the second row. The third and final row of possible race […]
Juncos Racing – the little racing team that could – who knocked mighty McLaren along with two-time Formula One world champion Fernando Alonso, out of the 2019 Indianapolis 500, finally got a sponsor for the race. Last week, after driver Kyle Kaiser put in a lap that barely – by .02 miles per hour – […]
Lexus is showing off their new 2020 Lexus RC F in a promo video for the upcoming [release date: June 14, 2019] movie, “Men In Black: International”. The movie stars Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson and in the promo, Thompson wants to drive the new 2020 RC F and presumably hops into the driver seat, […]
Three-time Formula One world champion, Niki Lauda, has died at age 70. Lauda won the F1 driver’s titles in 1975, 1977 and 1984 and is most remembered for surviving and recovering from a fiery crash at the Nurburgring track during the 1976 German Grand Prix. Lauda competed in 171 F1 races, amassed 25 wins and […]
A 2019 Lotus Evora 400 – not a Ferrari – emerges from Jay Leno’s Garage this week…
The massive hype is over for another year as former Formula One world champion Fernando Alonso failed to qualify for the 2019 Indianapolis 500 in his McLaren. Ironically, Alonso’s big money, overly hyped McLaren team was bumped from the field by a mere .02 miles per hour by 23-year-old Kyle Kaiser from obscure Juncos Racing, […]
Season Three of “The Grand Tour” has concluded and now preparations are being made for the fourth season of Amazon’s wildly popular motoring show that will be focused on road trip specials for the upcoming season. The Middle East, however, will not be one of those destinations after a planned Saudi Arabia-to-Cairo road trip special […]
The official trailer for “And We Go Green” – a documentary movie about the Formula E racing series with the ironic bonus of CEO Alejandro Agag smoking a cigar [surely made from only sustainable sources] is set to debut at Cannes next week…
“Driven” is one of two feature films focusing on the life of automotive entrepreneur John DeLorean and Universal Pictures Home Entertainment Content Group has announced the film will have its worldwide theatrical debut on August 16, 2019 [after having already been shown at film festivals in Toronto and Venice]. “Driven” stars Lee Pace [‘Guardians of […]
McLaren’s Fernando Alonso was introduced to the wall at Turn Three during the second day of practice for the upcoming Indianapolis 500…
A foolish German person attempted to steal a 1985 Ferrari 288 GTO but failed miserably – although he has successfully eluded the police…so far. Posing as a car collector, the foolish German person had expressed an interest in purchasing the 1985 Ferrari 288 GTO (with only 27,000 miles on the odometer and reportedly worth $2.2 […]
Formula One announced that they will have a Dutch Grand Prix at Circuit Zandvoort beginning next year, with – not surprisingly – longtime primary sponsor and Dutch beer giant, Heineken, as the title sponsor of the event. The Circuit at Zandvoort hosted F1 races from 1952-1985 and the facility will be rebuilt with the track […]
“You expect me to talk?” “No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die!” Ever since the original DB5 used in the iconic James Bond movie “Goldfinger” was stolen from an airport hangar 22 years ago, there has been a void in the motoring world. But now, Aston Martin is attempting to partially fill that void […]
Honda and Mattel’s Hot Wheels are teaming up for the second annual Hot Wheels™ Legends Tour, where they will conduct a national search for a life-size custom car worthy of being immortalized as a Hot Wheels toy car. The Honda Super Tuner Legends Series, is the exclusive live custom tuner component of the Legends Tour […]
Former Scuderia Toro Rosso Formula One driver Jean-Eric Vergne led from start to finish to win the 2019 Monaco e-Prix over Oliver Rowland and another former Formula One driver, Felipe Massa, in third…
Defending world champion Lewis Hamilton led yet another Mercedes 1-2 snoozefest in the 2019 Formula One season – their fifth in a row – with the easy victory at the 2019 Spanish Grand Prix. Hamilton defeated his teammate, Valtteri Bottas with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen finishing a distant third to claim the final podium position. […]