A second Audi R18 TDI has crashed out of Le Mans in terrifying circumstances. This time it was the #1 car with Mike Rockenfeller at the wheel, although the contact was similar to that suffered by Allan McNish who crashed out in the first hour. The 27-year-old German was fast approaching the #71 AF Corse [...]

Audi driver Allan McNish was lucky to walk away from this spectacular crash in the 2011 Le Mans 24 hour race. The incident happened inside the first hour, just after the Dunlop bridge, when McNish clipped the #58 Luxury Racing Ferrari driven by Anthony Beltoise. According to Beltoise the speed of the prototype R18 TDI [...]

In the battle of the heavyweights Audi has landed the first punch by claiming a front row lockout after qualifying at the Le Mans 24 hour race. For a team with such a great winning record of late, it’s difficult to believe this is the first pole for Audi Sport Team Joest since 2006. It [...]

Organisers for the Bahrain Grand Prix have done the job the FIA World Motor Sport Council should have done and made a decisive move. Facing pressure from all angles the Bahrain International Circuit chairman Zayed Rashid Al Zayani has announced they have relinquished hopes of hosting a race in 2011. In a statement posted to [...]

With a Grand Prix weekend ahead of them Formula One teams are expressing their concerns over the handling of the Bahrain race. Currently, the official stance says Bahrain has been reinstated for 30 October and the inaugural Indian Grand Prix has been pushed back until 11 December. FOTA represents 11 of of 12 F1 teams [...]

Word coming from the Red Bull Racing garage in the build up to this weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix says are happy to keep Mark Webber for the 2012 season. Webber turns 35 in August and has been signing one-year contracts of late, saying he wants to ensure he has the desire to keep racing at [...]

Earlier this week an interview with James May was published by The Telegraph in the UK. It mostly centred on his TV show Man Lab, but right at the end he made a few comments about Top Gear which we gather created some fuss over in Blighty. “Well I think it can probably last a [...]

Audi are the defending champions at Le Mans and they currently sit on a total of nine wins, equal with Ferrari and second only to Porsche (16 wins). It’s a pretty tidy effort considering the first four-ringed victory was achieved as recently as 2000. They will have high expectations for their new hardtop R18 racecar. [...]

Last November Autocar brought word that Mazda is hoping to bring its next-gen MX-5 to market with a sub-1000kg kerb weight. Now, InsideLine has raised expectations further by nominating a sub-800kg figure. However, it’s unlikely that Mazda will reach such a low weight, so expect a kerb weight somewhere near the first-gen MX-5, which was [...]

BMW Canada has produced this spectacular clip to promote the 1 Series M Coupé. According to the title of the video on YouTube it is only Part 1 as well, so we’ll keep an eye out for more. Yes, those concrete walls are probably fake, either some sort of foam or added in later with [...]

BMW will be taking two M3 GT cars to Le Mans this year. They’ll be hoping for better luck in 2011 after heading to La Sarthe last year full of confidence following the team’s outright success in the Nürburgring 24 Hour race. In 2010 just one car finished—sixth in class—while the well promoted Jeff Koons [...]

Reactions to the new BMW 1 Series hatch have been luke warm, at best. Sadly, we can’t see this promo video changing anything soon. The clip is part of the One Origin, Two Originals campaign, which in itself is not such a bad idea. But are we totally misreading the target audience, or do you [...]

Car magazine brings word on the third-generation Porsche Boxster (981), telling us its wheelbase will increase by 60mm, its length by 37mm and internal legroom by 18mm. Overall height will drop by 10mm and the front overhang will lose 25mm. As expected these days the new model will feature more equipment, but Porsche has found [...]

Just days after the FIA’s World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) declared it was safe to reschedule the Bahrain Grand Prix in 2011 the future of the event now finds itself in total disarray. First, Mark Webber expressed his disapproval when he said, “It’s obvious that the parties involved have struggled to reach a decision but [...]

Further info on the MINI Rocketman and its journey from concept to reality has emerged in recent days. Scott26, the BMW insider with the growing reputation across internet car forums, tells us the carbon fibre body won’t make it to production, despite earlier rumours to the contrary. Cost factors cam be blamed for that, instead, [...]