As usual, there was some drama in the free practice sessions, but in the end, it was no surprise as current six-time Formula One world champion led a Mercedes 1-2 with teammate Valtteri Bottas in the final qualifying session for tomorrow’s season-ending race, the 2019 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen claimed the […]
It seems like it could not get any worse for Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas this month – he had an engine failure at the Brazilian Grand Prix followed by a penalization for using too many engine parts that will relegate him to the back of the grid for this weekend’s Formula One season-ending 2019 Abu Dhabi […]
Amongst the many Novembers that Mercedes Formula One driver Valtteri Bottas has spent on this planet, this might not be one of the better Novembers. First, Bottas suffered an engine failure in the Brazilian Grand Prix – his first of the year – and that means a new engine puts him over the limit and […]
Current six-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes went on “The Graham Norton Show” to explain to Graham, Ricky Gervais and Kylie Minogue how weight issues affect driving in a Formula One race…
Lamborghini was in Monaco to show their new Veneno-looking supercar that they are calling the Vision Gran Turismo [after the Vision GT series of cars in the “Gran Turismo” video game franchise]…
The trailer for Season Four-opening special episode of “The Grand Tour” – featuring Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond – has arrived and it is a boat challenge in Cambodia and Vietnam. The boys trio embark on a 500-mile river trip across Vietnam and Cambodia, in the episode which has been titled “The Grand […]
Seven-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson has announced that he will retire at the conclusion of the 2020 season. Johnson won five NASCAR Cup Series championships in a row from 2006 through 2010, then another title in 2013, and finally, added another for good measure in 2016. Johnson recorded his first career NASCAR win at Chicagoland […]
This week, it is a 2020 Corvette Stingray Z51 convertible that emerges from Jay Leno’s Garage…
Adult Swim is allowing fans of their popular “Rick and Morty” show to drive the Mortymobile. Beginning in Los Angeles, the Mortymobile will be available for fans to book on Turo in multiple cities throughout the fourth season of “Rick and Morty.” More cities and dates for the Mortymobile Tour will be announced for 2020. […]
Ford Motor Company has revealed a new electric SUV that they are calling the Mustang Mach-E – officially associating it with the iconic car brand. To launch the vehicle, Ford produced a 60-second promotional video [below] featuring actor Idris Elba. According to their press release, Ford is hoping the association of the widely recognized Mustang […]
As expected, Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton was penalized five seconds for his late-race hit on Red Bull’s Alexander Albon and the resulting time demoted him to a seventh place finish in the 2019 Brazilian Grand Prix. The demotion of the current F1 world champion Hamilton gave third place to Carlos Sainz, Jr. of McLaren – McLaren’s […]
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen started in the pole position and won the 2019 Brazilian Grand Prix rather easily, however, behind Verstappen, chaos reigned as the race finished with Toro Rosso’s Pierre Gasly claiming second place and the current world champion, Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton claiming the third and final podium position – for now, pending an […]
Land Rover new Defender 110 will make its motion picture debut in the latest James Bond film, “No Time To Die” – currently scheduled to be released on April 8, 2020. While Aston Martin is – of course – Bond’s preferred vehicle of choice, other vehicles have made cameos in the 007 series [most notably […]
Formula One has announced that they intend to become carbon neutral by 2030 – by eliminating the carbon footprint of activity at race tracks – with a goal of becoming sustainable by 2025, through the elimination of single-use plastics and ensuring all waste is reused, recycled or composted. Beginning in the 2021 racing season, new […]
A driver in New Jersey lost control of his 2010 Porsche Boxster and – after hitting an embankment – launched it into a building, killing both himself and his passenger.
Ford revealed their fancy-pants Bronco R for the Baja 1000 – but it still does not hold an aesthetic candle to Rod Hall’s original Bronco which was victorious in the Baja 1000 off-road race. Ford calls their latest updated namby pamby version the “Bronco R” and will enter it in this year’s Baja 1000 race […]
A never-sold – complete with the original window sticker! – 1987 Buick GNX emerges from Jay Leno’s Garage…
Both the IndyCar Series and its star attraction venue – the Indianapolis Motor Speedway – have been sold to Penske Entertainment Corporation by the Hulman family [who owned the speedway for 74 years]. Tony Hulman bought the speedway in 1945 and successive waves of the Hulman family have owned it ever since and then most […]
It was another familiar 1-2 Mercedes snoozefest as Valtteri Bottas easily won the 2019 USA Grand Prix in Austin, Texas, in front of his teammate, Lewis Hamilton, who won the 2019 Formula One World Championship. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen claimed the third and final podium position. It was all too easy for Bottas, who was […]
It is a Tesla Model S – but with a Ferrari cover – unveiled by the host of one-third of “The Grand Tour” who then gets sidetracked and talks about other things…