Red Bull Fastest In Second Practice Session For 2023 Monaco Grand Prix
Red Bull was fastest in the second practice session for this weekend’s 2023 Monaco Grand Prix, with Max Verstappen doing the honors. 2023 Monaco Grand Prix Second Practice Session Top 10 1. Max Verstappen (Red Bull) – 1:12.462 2. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) 3. Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) 4. Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) 5. Lando Norris (McLaren) […]
Ferrari Fastest In First Practice Session For 2023 Monaco Grand Prix
Ferrari was fastest in the first practice session for this weekend’s 2023 Monaco Grand Prix, with Carlos Sainz, Jr. doing the honors… 2023 Monaco Grand Prix First Practice Session Top 10 1. Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) – 1:13.372 2. Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) 3. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) 4. Sergio Perez (Red Bull) 5. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) […]
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James May’s Cars For The People – Episode Three
While everyone and their brother continues to wait for the new series of “Top Gear” to begin, BBC America continues with Episode Three of “James May’s Cars for the People” this week. The three-episode series from the Top Gear presenter lays out the history of the supercar’s nemesis – the everyday automobile. Episode Three goes straight to the “cars for the very wealthy people” jugular with an immediate focus on […]
Stroll Set To Buy Sauber
After declining to buy directly into Formula One itself, Canadian billionaire Lawrence Stroll has instead decided to purchase the Swiss Sauber Formula One team. Stroll is reported to be negotiating with the current owner, Peter Sauber. Stroll is a fashion industry tycoon, having made hundreds of millions after the 2011 IPO of the popular Michael Kors brand. The Ferrari-powered Sauber is one of only two teams [Caterham being the other] […]
Williams Will Keep Bottas And Massa For 2015
Casting aside speculation that they might have a driver change next year, Williams has announced that they intend to keep Finnish driver Valtteri Bottas and Brazilian Felipe Massa as their top two drivers for the 2015 season. Bottas has been with the team for five years while Massa joined last year. Williams has not won a race since 2012 [Pastor Maldonado] and has not won the team championship since 1997. […]
Preliminary 2015 Formula One Schedule Released
The preliminary 2015 Formula One racing season calendar has been released and there is not much drama as, at this point, many of the races are the same, with the exception of the addition of the Mexican Grand Prix on October 25, 2015 for a total of 20 races. Additionally, the 2016 Formula One calendar will add a race in Azerbaijan. Date Race Circuit March 15 Australia Melbourne March 29 […]
Jaguar Throws Big London Party For New XE
Later this morning, Jaguar will be throwing a massive day-and-nightlong party in announcing the arrival of their new Jaguar XE model. A list of British celebrities including Emeli Sande [singer], Stella McCartney [famous for being married to a famous Beatles singer] and Brian Johnson [AC/DC singer] will perform during the reveal extravaganza for the XE, which is touted as the first Jaguar to achieve 75 miles per gallon status thanks […]
Mercedes Goes 1-2 Again At Italian Grand Prix
Life is back to normal in the world of Formula One racing as, after a brief invasion from Daniel Ricciardo of Red Bull, Mercedes regained their dominance on the circuit with a convincing 1-2 finish. This time, the order of finish had Lewis Hamilton in first after his teammate Nico Rosberg made a mistake on Lap 29 that allowed Hamilton to pass. From there it was the Mercedes Show as […]
NASCAR And NickSports Put Hammer Down
NASCAR has joined forces with Nickelodeon’s NickSports to produce a television program called “Hammer Down” geared toward profiling the up-and-coming drivers in the NASCAR racing series. “Hammer Down” will have four episodes beginning on Nickelodeon’s channel Wednesdays in September 2014.
Renault Makes KITT Van
Using KITT – the computerized car from the television series “Knight Rider”, Renault introduced their new “Trafic Rider” van…
NASCAR Signs 10-Year Deal With Comcast
Beginning with the 2015 racing season, NASCAR’s Nationwide Series will be the NASCAR Xfinity Series for the next decade, after the two organizations agreed on a deal that gives NASCAR $200 million. Comcast replaces Nationwide as the main sponsor for the past seven years. Budweiser had been the main sponsor for 26 years prior to that.
Ferrari Supplies Haas With Engines For 2016 Debut
The American-based Haas Formula One team will have engines supplied by Ferrari after signing a multi-year commercial deal with the Italian manufacturer. The Haas Formula One team is set to debut in the 2016 Formula One season.
Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee Single Shot – New York Life
In the newest of the weekly Single Shot snippets of Jerry Seinfeld’s popular web series, “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee”, Seinfeld’s guests from previous seasons discuss life in New York City…
2016 Mazda Miata Unveiled
After some initial PR blather, the new, lighter 2016 Mazda Miata was officially unveiled…
CHiPs Are Back – Sorta
The twin Kawasaki 1000’s are back patrolling the California Highway system with the recent announcement that a new feature film version of the “classic” late 1970s television series “CHiPs” is getting the revival treatment from Hollywood. Originally starring Erik Estrada as Francis “Ponch” Poncherello and Larry Wilcox as Jonathan “Jon” Baker, two California Highway Patrol motorcycle officers who would cruise the California highways for criminals and emergencies and sometimes, babes, […]
James May’s Cars For The People – Episode Two
While everyone and their brother continues to wait for the new series of “Top Gear” to begin, BBC America continues with Episode Two of “James May’s Cars for the People” this week. The three-episode series from the Top Gear presenter lays out the history of the supercar’s nemesis – the everyday automobile. Episode Two began where Episode One left off – with only a token mention of American “cars of […]
Honda Talking The Talk For 2015
After taking six years off from the circuit, Honda will return to Formula One racing in 2015 as the engine supplier to the McLaren team and Honda Motorsport boss Yasuhisa Arai says the engine manufacturer “will match Mercedes” next year. In throwing down the gauntlet, Arai points out that the key will be in finding a perfect balance between the race car’s chassis and its power unit. Honda will exclusively […]
Kahne Wins Oral-B 500 In Atlanta
Kasey Kahne held off Matt Kenseth by just over a half-second to win the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Oral-B 500 at the Atlanta Motor Speedway – it was Kahne’s 17th career win but his first win of the 2014 season. Denny Hamlin finished third and Danica Patrick finished sixth – her best-ever Sprint Cup finish. Tony Stewart, making his first start since a Sprint car incident resulting in the death […]