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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Wal-Mart Set To Offer Store Credits In Used Game Garage Sale
When the two big console platforms – Sony PlayStation 4 and Microsoft Xbox One – were released late last year, it automatically created several truckloads of used games as both systems touted new exclusive games to their respective systems as well as an unwillingness to have the new consoles recognize the older games. Wal-Mart will seize upon the fact that many gamers will have a stockpile of used video games […]
Red Bull Hints At Quitting Formula One
Red Bull and Toro Rosso team owner Dietrich Mateschitz hinted at quitting the Formula One racing series if politicization and sportsmanship issues continued. Formula One officials were obviously unhappy with Red Bull’s complete dominance in last year’s series and, seeking to avoid a repeat of the dominance, changed the rules for 2014 to even the playing field, one of those rules included a fuel consumption limit during a race. When […]
Busch Wins Wild Finish At Fontana
With seven laps left in the Auto Club 400 in Fontana, California, Jimmie Johnson was cruising in for what he most likely thought was going to be a comfortable victory until…one of his tires blew and set off a race-ending melee for the checkered flag. Jeff Gordon inherited the lead but with a mere two laps remaining, Clint Bowyer spun and sent all three contenders left – Gordon, Kurt and […]
Top Gear – Series 21, Episode 6
Synopsis: The long-awaited “Christmas” special arrives and the producers send the boys to Myanmar [Burma] in an attempt to loosely recreate the “Bridge Over The River Kwai” scenario. Details: The sixth episode in Series 21 is the annual “Christmas” special which has become somewhat of an acknowledged joke by now since it almost always never happens on Christmas week, nor even in Christmas month or – in this case – […]
GTA Cars Make Real Life Appearance
What appears to be real-life knock-offs of a Cheetah and an Elegy in the popular “Grand Theft Auto” video game have made their appearances in Monaco…
Marino Franchitti Wins 12 Hours Of Sebring
Marino Franchitti – the younger brother of former IndyCar driver, Dario Franchitti – made a late dash and won the 2014 Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring at the Sebring International Raceway in Sebring, Florida. Ryan Dalziel finished second, 4.68 seconds back and Joao Barbosa finished third another 4.27 seconds further back. Colin Braun won the PC class and Jorg Bergmeister won the GT LeMans class. The third race of […]
Rosberg Wins Down Under, Ricciardo Second, Then DQ’ed
Nico Rosberg, driving for Mercedes, won the 2014 Formula One season opener in Melbourne, comfortably defeating home favorite Daniel Ricciardo of Red Bull, by 26.7 seconds to claim the Australian Grand Prix. But after getting a podium finish on the track in his debut race with Red Bull, Ricciardo was subsequently disqualified and demoted to last place after race officials determined he had consistently exceeded the fuel consumption limits during […]
Ferrari Land Is Coming To A Europe Near You
On hallowed Australian Grand Prix Eve comes news of Ferrari Land – a Ferrari-themed amusement park – set to open up shop in Barcelona, Spain. Ferrari already has the luxurious Ferrari World theme park in Abu Dhabi and now wants to set up a similar experience closer to the home of much of their fanbase. The 807,000 square-foot Ferrari Land will be approximately a third of the size of Ferrari […]
Red Bull Gives You 2014 F1 Primer
Red Bull may be having its problems in testing but they have enough time to show both hardcore and newbie fans what to expect for the upcoming 2014 Formula One racing season this weekend…
Germans Say Nein! To HIG Nurburgring
The famed Nurburgring race track was apparently all but set to be purchased by Miami-based private equity buyout company HIG Capital last week for a reported price tag no more than $97 million for the racing complex which also includes an amusement park. But not so fast – so to speak – said the Germans, who decided the track should remain a German-owned track and awarded the contract instead to […]
Top Gear – Series 21, Episode 5
Synopsis: A BMW M135i and Volkswagen Golf square off with Jeremy supervising proceedings, Richard takes the Porsche 918 out for a spin at the Abu Dhabi F1 track and Jeremy and James make a bicycle PSA film. Details: The fifth episode in Series 21 begins with Jeremy using the Top Gear test track as center stage for a hot hatch showdown between the venerable Volkswagen Golf and the BMW M135i […]
Keselowski Doubles Down In Vegas – Wins Kobalt 400 Too
Brad Keselowski already won the Boyd Gaming 300 in Las Vegas on Saturday, then went out won the Kobalt 400 on Sunday just for good measure. Keselowski led the race for 53 laps and held off Dale Earnhardt, Jr. to win at the Las Vegas Speedway. Paul Menard came in third. With the win, Keselowski inches closer in the series points standings as Earnhardt, Jr. holds the lead with 133 […]
Ay Carumba! Ogier Wins Rally Mexico
Defending World Rally Championship [WRC] champion Sebastien Ogier rolled up and made enchiladas of the field to easily win the 2014 Rally Mexico. Frenchman Ogier, driving a Volkswagen, won by a large margin – 1:12.5 – over his VW teammate, Jari-Matti Latvala, while Thierry Neuville in a Hyundai held onto third, 4:16 back for his first podium finish of the year. The next race in the World Rally Championship series […]
Keselowski Wins Boyd Gaming 300
Brad Keselowski won the Boyd Gaming 300 after leading 144 of its 200 laps at the Las Vegas Speedway. Keselowski’s Ford held off Kyle Busch’s Toyota to claim the victory – his 28th in the Nationwide racing series. Kyle Larson finished third, followed by Dale Earnhardt, Jr. in fourth and rookie Chase Elliott rounding out the top five.
Ogier Leads After Day Two At Rally Mexico
Defending World Rally Championship [WRC] champion Sebastien Ogier held on to the lead after the second day of the 2014 Rally Mexico. Frenchman Ogier, driving a Volkswagen, had a commanding one minute lead over his VW teammate, Jari-Matti Latvala, while Thierry Neuville in a Hyundai moved into third on the day, 4:37.5 seconds back after then-second-place Swede Mads Ostberg made an error in his pace notes, crashed his Citroen and […]
Ogier Leads After Day One At Rally Mexico
Defending World Rally Championship [WRC] champion Sebastien Ogier led after the first day of the 2014 Rally Mexico. Frenchman Ogier, driving a Volkswagen, had a commanding 26.1-second lead over Swede Mads Ostberg in second place while his VW teammate, Jari-Matti Latvala, finished in third on the day, 42.5 seconds back. Rally Mexico is the second race in the 2014 WRC racing season.