Mercedes Fastest In First Practice Session For 2023 Miami Grand Prix
Mercedes was the surprise fastest car in the first practice session for this weekend’s 2023 Miami Grand Prix, with George Russell doing the honors and edging past his teammate, seven-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton…
F1 23 – Reveal Trailer
The reveal trailer has been issued for EA SPORTS™ F1® 23 – currently scheduled to be coming to PlayStation 4|5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One and PC on June 16, 2023. The newest iteration of the video game franchise, F1® 23 continues the “Braking Point” story mode, includes the new Las Vegas and Qatar circuits […]
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Forza Horizon 2 Coming This Fall
On “Forza Horizon”’s heels – sorta, since “Forza Horizon” came out in 2012 – is “Forza Horizon 2” with more open world racing and more music festival backstory only this time the music festival has shifted from pot-filled Colorado to wine and French person-filled France. The 2015 Lamborghini Huracan is the featured car of “hundreds” promised for the new video game. “Forza Horizon 2” is currently scheduled to emerge on […]
Honda MotoGP Replica Bike In The Works
If you have a MotoGP heart and mind but neither the talent or money to pull it off on the professional circuit then Honda has a bile for you – or, more accurately – will have a bike for you in a couple years. That’s when Honda will be releasing a replica bike of their RC213V MotoGP bike that Marc Marquez used to become world champion. The as-yet-unnamed [or unreleased-named] […]
Forza 5 Releases Bondurant Car Pack
The Forza 5 racing video game released their Bondurant Car Pack, named after the American race car driver Bob Bondurant who raced for Carroll Shelby’s team in the 1960s and went on to become the founder of a driving school for celebrities in Phoenix, Arizona…
Mitsubishi Unveils XR-PHEV Evolution For Gran Turismo 6
While everybody has been drooling over the VW GTI Roadster’s upcoming appearance in the Vision Series collection of the Gran Turismo 6 video game, Mitsubishi unveiled their XR-PHEV Evolution entry for the Vision Series…
The Real Life VW GTI Roadster
Volkswagen unveiled their real-life VW GTI Roadster – the one which will appear in the Gran Turismo 6 video game – at the Worthersee Festival in Austria, but it is for show only. You can drive the VW GTI Roadster when it becomes part of the GT6 Vision Series collection of cars already populated by Mercedes and BMW.
Honda Speed Patrol Pulls Over A Few Unsuspecting People
It is not hilariously funny but it is always entertaining to see people’s unfiltered reactions to a surprise absurdity – in this case, infractions for offenses such as reading too slow, ordering fast food too slow and taking too long to take a selfie – in the latest video ad campaign for Honda. If the humor doesn’t do it for you then, hey, there is always Mario Andretti trying to […]
Haas Will Make F1 Debut In 2016
With the 2015 Formula One racing season edging closer and closer, Gene Haas, the owner of the American F1 team has decided that he will not have adequate time to begin racing next year and will, instead, shoot for a debut in 2016. With the current racing season in full swing, Haas has found it difficult to get F1 technical support lined up in time for preparation for the 2015 […]
Mr. Bean Saves Driver After He Flips His McLaren F1 In Italy
Mr. Bean – aka actor Rowan Atkinson – came to the rescue of an American businessman, according to the UK’s Daily Mail after he flipped his McLaren F1 and tossed it into a tree near Tuscany in Italy. Atkinson had been part of a motoring enthusiast’s group and part of a supercar convoy when he came upon the accident and pulled the man from the stricken McLaren. The afermath of […]
McLaren In Moscow Courtesy Of World Of Speed
The upcoming new video game, “World of Speed” prides itself on its realistic-looking cars and gameplay footage and they gave another example of what is on the way with a video released today splicing in gameplay footage with real-life footage of a McLaren MP4-12C zipping around Moscow…
New Picture Of Batmobile In The Raw
Looking as if it is being prepared for a Dakar Rally stage, a new picture has surfaced of the Batmobile to be used in the upcoming film, “Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice” with Ben Affleck as Batman [and Henry Cavill as Superman] set to release on May 6, 2016.
Strakka-Dome Out, Krohn Racing In For 24 Hours At LeMans
The Strakka-Dome S103 has been withdrawn from the 24 Hours at LeMans after test driver Danny Watts crashed the Nissan-powered race car in a testing session at Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium. Replacing the Strakka Dome team will be the 458 Ferrari Italia of Krohn Racing in the GTE class. The 24 Hours of LeMans is scheduled to begin in LeMans, France on June 14-15, 2014.
Clauson Gets 2015 Indy Ride
Bryan Clauson, last seen at the Indianapolis 500 in 2012, has secured a ride for next year’s race with KVSH Racing and Jonathan Byrd’s Racing. It will be only the second Indy 500 start for Clauson, who has earned his prowess in short-track racing. As a rookie, Clauson crashed out in qualifying and started in the 31st spot in the 2012 race, only to finish in 30th after experiencing mechanical […]
10 Kobayashi Caterhams Probably Already Gone
Caterham is struggling to survive the current 2014 Formula One racing season but their #2 driver, Kamui Kobayashi is keeping himself busy by helping to design some Caterham Sevens while not scoring any F1 points for the team. Kobayashi helped design 10 Caterhams Sevens which are for sale in Japan at $58,866 apiece assuming they are not already sold out. The green-themed single-seater car has a 125 horsepower Ford engine […]
Caterham On The Block
Mercedes’ dominance in the Formula One racing has claimed its first victim in the 2014 season as Caterham is reportedly up for sale for $589 million after team owner Tony Fernandes has called it quits. Fernandes, who also owns the Queens Park Rangers English soccer club which just advanced to the Premier League last week [gaining Fernandes a $135 million windfall], purchased the team in 2010 but has yet to […]
Hunter-Reay Holds Off Castroneves For Indy 500 Win
Ryan Hunter-Reay started in the 19th position but became only the second American winner of the Indianapolis 500 in the last nine years as he held off three-time winner Helio Castroneves by the second-closest margin in race history – .0060 – to claim the victory. The finishing duel was set up 25 laps earlier when, on a yellow flag restart, pole winner Ed Carpenter was involved in a two-car crash […]
Mercedes Wins [Again] At Monaco Grand Prix As Rosberg And Hamilton Go 1-2
It was another dominating Mercedes win as the team’s top two drivers – Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton – finished in the top two spots for the sixth time in six races in the 2014 Formula One racing season. After Hamilton had won the previous four races, this time, it was Rosberg collecting the first place trophy and his second consecutive win at Monaco. Rosberg fended off Hamilton for much […]