Red Bull Fastest In Third Practice Session For 2023 Miami Grand Prix
Red Bull was the fastest again in the third practice session for tomorrow’s 2023 Miami Grand Prix, with Max Verstappen doing the honors…
Bentley Supplies King Charles’ Coach Cushions
Bentley Motors supplied the cushions for the royal coach as their contribution to celebrate the coronation of King Charles III today – however the cushions will remain with Bentley’s press cars and are not currently available for purchase. The cushions were created by a team of workers based at Bentley’s Dream Factory in Crewe, England […]
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James Bond’s Real DB2 Aston-Martin Up For Auction
When Ian Fleming was originally writing about his British superspy, James Bond, he always had him riding in a 1930s Bentley – but that was until he got around to writing “Goldfinger” – and living next door to the officer who ran Britain’s MI5 intelligence service and who just happened to own an Aston-Martin DB2/4 Mk I Vantage. Fleming is said to have noticed the DB2 and its gadgetry, which […]
Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee; Robert Klein
The third episode of the fourth season of “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee” continues with comedian Jerry Seinfeld taking fellow comedian Robert Klein out for a spin in a lovely green 1967 Jaguar Mark II. Source: Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
Hamilton Wins As Mercedes Dominates Again At British Grand Prix
It was looking like another standard, garden variety 1-2 finish for Mercedes at the 2014 British Grand Prix in Silverstone, when current Formula One season leader Nico Rosberg took a commanding six-second lead over his teammate Lewis Hamilton after Hamilton began the race in sixth due to poor qualification. But after having built up that big lead 29 laps in, Rosberg suffered his first mechanical issue of the year when […]
J-Lo Coming To Singapore Grand Prix
Singapore is pulling out all the stops to make you forget about the boring part of the race that has found Mercedes dominating all the results but one so far in the 2014 Formula One racing season. First, they have a hotel offering a swanky, exclusive Formula One package and now they have J-Lo signed up for the post-race shindig. J-Lo would be Jennifer Lopez, the two-time Grammy-winning musical artist […]
Fernandes Officially Bails On Caterham
In what seemed like the inevitable move, Caterham team owner, Tony Fernandes, has sold the Formula One racing team to a consortium of Swiss and Middle Eastern investors who will have former Dutch F1 driver Christijan Albers running the team while former F1 team owner Collin Kalles will act in an advisory role. Drivers Marcus Ericsson and Kamui Kobayashi currently sit in 18th and 22nd place, respectively in the drivers’ […]
Bernie Says Monza Is On Its Deathbed, Asking For Its Mother
Formula One chief, Bernie Ecclestone, is saying that the F1 racing circuit may be making its last stop at Italy’s Autodromo Nazionale Monza track after its contract runs out in 2016 – due primarily to low attendance figures for the last few F1 races held at the track. The 2014 Formula One racing season will make a stop at Monza for the 13th race of the 19-race schedule on September […]
Sochi Formula One Track Nearly Ready
The Formula One track being built at Sochi, Russia, was far from done when the 2014 Winter Olympics were in town in February, but Russian race promoters say the track is now “99%” completed with an expected completion date of August 10. The 2014 Formula One racing season will make a stop in Sochi, Russia, for the 16th race of the 19-race schedule on October 12, 2014.
Caterham About To Be Pushing Up Daisies
It is only a matter of time now. Caterham team owner, Tony Fernandes, has opted to close his Twitter account with a final message seemingly indicating that Caterham’s days as a Formula One racing team are numbered. Fernandes gave his final tweet of “F1 hasn’t worked. Love Caterham cars.” before signing off for good. Fernandes also owns the English football club Queens Park Rangers and budget airline AirAsia. Despite a […]
Motorcyclist Fatally Crashes At Pikes Peak
Texas motorcyclist Bobby Goodin had just crossed the finish line at the 2014 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb but had apparently misjudged his finishing speed in the gravel and was flung into an adjacent boulder field where he sustained injuries that claimed his life. Goodin, who was racing on the course for only the second time in his career, became the first motorcycle racer to die at Pikes Peak since […]
Chris Hoy Vs. Bales Of Hay – Bales Of Hay Win
British cyclist Chris Hoy is a six-time Olympic gold medalist who also fancies himself to be somewhat of a race car driver. But when he took Nissan’s rare Nismo GT-R out for a little spin at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, well, there wasn’t so much spinning as there was plowing straight through a corner and into some bales of hay…
Goodwood Highlights – A Green LaFerrari And Koenigsegg Doughnuts
Jamiroquai front man, Jay Kay, brought his specially-made green LaFerrari to the recently completed Goodwood Festival of Speed and the Koenigsegg One:1 did a few doughnuts for th ecrowd before going into the display area…
The Stig Vs. Chavrolet Camaro Z/28
While you are patiently awaiting Series 22 of “Top Gear” to begin later this year, The Stig took to the track to take the 2014 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 for a little spin. Alas, the car will not be included in any of the upcoming Series 22 episodes as it arrived to the Top Gear test track too late to get it into an episode – so footage of Stig whipping […]
Video – The Koenigsegg One:1 At Goodwood
There are two 1360HP Koenigsegg One:1’s at the Goodwood Festival of Speed this weekend, but one is for a customer and the other one is for taking a test drive on the course…
Video: Subaru WRX Does A Lap On The Isle Of Man
Subaru has released a video of driver Mark Higgins in their 2015 WRX STI doing a full lap of the 37-mile Isle of Man circuit in an impressive 19 minutes and 15 seconds – breaking their own record…
Formula One Makes Rule Changes For 2015
Formula One has officially announcd their 2015 rule changes and the most prominent among them are standing re-starts after safety car periods, only four engines per driver per season and a ban on new nose designs. The full list of rule changes below… Changes to 2015 Sporting Regulations Power units – The number of engines permitted by each driver in a season will be four. However, if there are more […]
Aston Martin DP-100 Revealed At Goodwood
The Aston Martin DP-100 – with its twin-turbo V12 800 horsepower power plant -was finally revealed at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. The car is the newest entry in the Vision Series for the Gran Turismo 6 video game…