It’s one week until Rally Sweden and Autosport brings word that the BMW Group is expected to terminate its contract with Prodrive later today. This news brings the future of the MINI WRC program into question. A BMW Group source has allegedly revealed, “There was a chance this might have happened last year, but in [...]

Toyota confirmed overnight that it will be entering two TS030 Hyrbids into the 2012 FIA World Endurance Championship. One car, wearing the number 7, will be driven by Alex Wurz, Nicolas Lapierre and Kazui Nakajima. The drivers for the second car will be announced shortly. Yoshiaki Kinoshita, team president, said: “The circumstances for the championship [...]

Ferrari was all set for a big reveal of its 2012 F1 car at Maranello today. But, as the pic above shows, heavy snow has made things a bit tricky. As such the red team has cancelled their launch event. However, the good news is pics and info of the new car will still be [...]

Just like the title says, here is a comparison of the new McLaren MP4-27 and its predecessor the MP4-26. Side on profile and overhead images have been compared, with the 2012 car appearing first.

The official launch of the 2012 McLaren MP4-27 Formula One car has just taken place at the team’s headquarters in Woking, Surrey. The car you see here has been described as an evolution on last year’s MP4-26. Technical Director, Paddy Lowe, says the team had fairly straightforward goals: “Our main objectives for the 2012 season [...]

Later today McLaren will take the wraps off its new MP4-27 F1 car. But a recent article in Gazzetta dello Sport has raised questions over McLaren’s future engine partner when F1 swicthes to V6 turbo engines in 2014. The report claims McLaren has met with new engine maker PURE to discuss a deal that would [...]

Former Force India driver Adrian Sutil has been found guilty of causing grievous bodily harm to Eric Lux by a Munich court. The 29-year-old German, who is without a drive in 2012 after being replaced by Nico Hulkenberg, has been given an 18 month suspended jail sentence and a €200,000 fine. The incident happened in [...]

BMW returns to DTM racing with its M3. Initially, we were very happy about this, but since learning of rumours that this is the sponge sucking money away from the MINI WRC program we’re a little less enthusiastic. Still a racing M3 is a thing to behold and here is what one of the six [...]

The Head and Neck Support device, better known as the HANS device, is now a common sight across racetracks the world over. The device even has widespread use in amateur racing as well. And when you see how well it works it is easy to see why. Designed to reduce the chance of death or [...]

Factory-backed Phoenix Racing has revealed the liveries for its two Audi R8 LMS racecars which have been prepared to be defend Ingolstadt’s honour at the 2012 Bathurst 12 Hour race later next month. The Australian-based crew of Craig Lowndes, Warren Luff and Mark Eddy will race in the white R8 featuring a large redback spider. [...]

Italian magazine Autosprint has published these technical drawings of what they say is Ferrari’s 2012 F1 racecar. Likely to be dubbed the F12 or F2012 the car is due for an official reveal on 3 February. Like the Caterham CT01, it’s understood the Ferrari will also feature a hump of some sort along its nose. [...]

An article on the new Caterham CT01 which features a series of images published by F1 Racing magazine has given us the first taste of what the F1 cars of 2012 may look like. Strict technical regulations stipulating the front end of the cars can be no higher than 550mm, while the portion behind can [...]

Pirelli has updated its tyre range for the 2012 Formula One season. The most obvious changes are the markings on the side, which hark back to the old Bridgestone look with a bold stripe around the sidewall. Keen observers will also note that the colours used for the intermediate tyres (now green) and full wets [...]

After last week’s brief twitter preview, Toyota Motorsport has officially revealed its new LMP1 racer, which is heading for Le Mans later this year. It’s called the Toyota TS030 Hybrid and it runs a conventional 3.4 litre V8 petrol engine. Final spec for the hybrid components will be finalised after more testing has taken place, [...]

Overnight Kimi Raikkonen got back in a Formula 1 car for the first time in over two years. Fittingly, and to get around F1′s strict testing policies, it was a two-year old Renault R30 chassis running old tyres. And, as you’d expect, Kimi was over the moon to be back in an F1 car. You [...]