We figured you have probably seen enough of Sebastian Vettel on the victory dais, so we’ve given the Red Bull Racing images a miss from Monaco. Actually, that’s not true, it looks like the Red Bull media site is having a few technical issues so, for now, we’re missing photos from them and Toro Rosso. [...]
Volkswagen has just released this quick promo clip to help build momentum for its new Golf GTI Edition 35. What do you think; is a Golf GTI with 173kW really a (hot) girl’s car?
Earlier this month Volkswagen gave us a preview of the Golf GTI “Edition 35″—they told us it would have an 18kW power increase on the regular GTI, but they didn’t tell us how that power would be achieved. Now, we can tell you, the Edition 35 runs a de-tuned 2.0 litre turbo from the Golf [...]
Imagine if Audi took a regular A1 body and stuffed it full of TT RS goodness. That’d be pretty cool, right. But what if they said, “No, that 250kW inline five cylinder is a bit weak; let’s pump it up to 370kW!” Well, imagine no longer, because Audi has done just that with this one-off [...]
Unfortunately the trip to Germany for Craig Lowndes and Warren Luff to race in a VLN endurance round at the Nürburgring turned out to be little more than a tourist visit to the Audi factory in Neckarsulm. According to a short paragraph in the latest Audi Motorsport newsletter Lowndes binned his R8 LMS in practice. [...]
Australia’s next F1 driver in waiting Daniel Ricciardo has capped off a dominant weekend at Monaco by claiming victory in the Formula 3.5 Series event. The 21-year-old Western Australian was never headed in any of the practice sessions and started the race from pole position. Ricciardo then led the race from start to finish and [...]
Somehow, Sebastien Loeb has managed to win Rally Argentina and extend his championship lead to 13 points. After day one Loeb was hit with a 60 second time penalty, but he proved persistence pays off by ultimately claiming the lead on the final stage to earn a slender 2.4 second win over Ford driver Mikko [...]
After mistiming his qualifying run at the Monaco Grand Prix, the last thing Lewis Hamilton wanted in his pursuit of championship leader Sebastian Vettel was an untidy race. Well, sadly for Lewis, who started back in seventh place, an untidy race is exactly what he got. It involved a drive through penalty for contact with [...]
Sebastian Vettel has made it back-to-back wins for Red Bull Racing at the Monaco Grand Prix by claiming victory in a dramatic race overnight. His fifth win of the year, and his first on the famous street circuit, has given him a seemingly unassailable 58 point lead in the drivers’ standings. Fernando Alonso achieved Ferrari’s [...]
The ragtop version of the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG isn’t due for its public debut until the Frankfurt Motor Show in September, but that hasn’t stopped the three-pointed star from releasing a big image gallery of their new Roadster. Driven by the same 420kW/650Nm 6.3 litre V8 and 7-speed DCT as the “Gullwing” tintop, the Roadster [...]
Red Bull Racing driver Sebastian Vettel has secured yet another pole position; his first at the Monaco Grand Prix, his fourth P1 for 2011 and his nineteenth career pole. His final time was a blistering 1:13.556 and was four tenths quicker than McLaren’s Jenson Button (1:13.997) who qualified on P2. Mark Webber has suffered the [...]
The British High Court has handed down its decision in the Lotus v Lotus stoush and the short version of events is, “Everyone’s a winner!” At stake was the right for 1Malaysia Team F1 to continue using the Team Lotus name. In 2010 the team was known as Lotus Racing, under a licensing agreement with [...]
Autoblog brings word that BMW is the latest manufacturer to turn to LCD technology for its dash display. The benefits of such technology allow users to customise what they see, rather than being locked into a standard gauge layout. Mercedes-Benz is already using an LCD system in its S Class and Jaguar/Land Rover have introduced [...]
Audi and two-time Le Mans winner Allan McNish have prepared this excellent short film about the rigours of racing in the world’s most famous 24 hour race. The promo will premiere on television screens this weekend during the final of the UEFA Champions League at Wembley. It’s damn good, too, and the team at UK [...]
Continuing our current run of BMW stories is the latest rumour suggesting the next-gen 1 Series Coupé and Convertible (F22 and F23) will be re-badged as a 2 Series. It makes sense in some respects, especially with a front-wheel drive 1 Series on the way. The introduction of a 2 Series will allow BMW to [...]