More pics of Rowan Atkinson’s crashed McLaren F1 have emerged and, as you can see, they don’t make for pleasant viewing. In some good news for the star of Blackadder and Mr Bean, he been released from hospital with no more than a broken shoulder blade. Looking at these images he can thank the strength [...]

Reports from the UK bring word that Rowan Atkinson has been hospitalised after crashing his McLaren F1. Although it has been described that Atkinson “cheated death” he suffered only a minor shoulder injury. It’s understood the 56-year-old comedian lost control of the car and it spun three times before crashing into a tree then a [...]

Young Australian racing driver Daniel Ricciardo is just three races in to what we hope will be a long and successful Formula One career. Starting with Hispania Racing the 22-year-old has been making steady progress with the equipment available to him. Helping us understand what’s been on Daniel’s mind of late HRT has sent out [...]

You’re looking at the world’s coolest sculpture. It’s Ayrton Senna’s 1991 McLaren MP4/6 which was dismantled in 1992 and re-assembled by artist Jay Burridge into the world’s largest ‘Airfix kit’. The work of art is now up for sale and will be auctioned by Coys at the Nürburgring on Saturday 13 August. A sale price [...]

Revisions to the 2012 Formula One calendar will see the Australian Grand Prix host the opening race next year Autosport reports. The expected changes follow news that Bernie has got his red pen out and started to fiddle with the dates due to lingering safety concerns in Bahrain. It’s now thought the Bahrain Grand Prix [...]

If you read any of the Aussie car mags you’ve probably come across the name of photographer Joel Strickland. After the break you’ll see a short video produced by Joel which gives us a behind the scenes look at the work and preparation that goes into a photo shoot. A few years ago we were [...]

Advance screenings: Melbourne (20, 22 & 30 July) // Sydney (28 July & 4 August) As most of you will know the general Australian release of the Senna documentary is 11 August. Not too far away. For those who can’t wait any longer there are a few advance screenings coming soon. The award-winning movie has [...]

This is likely to be the coolest thing you will read today. (Well, unless Mark wins at Silverstone tonight.) Imagine your favourite racetrack anywhere in the world: the Nordschleife, Circuit de la Sarthe, Monaco, Spa or even Australia’s own Albert Park and Phillip Island. Now imagine some clever clogs cutting out a three-dimensional representation of [...]

Australia’s Mark Webber has been presented with the Hawthorn Memorial Trophy for 2010 following his third placing in last year’s drivers’ world championship. Presented with the trophy at the 2011 British GP by Alan Gow from the Motor Sports Association UK, Webber joins Sir Jack Brabham and Alan Jones—both three-time winners—as the third Australian to [...]

Fantastic news for Australian F1 fans with confirmation Daniel Ricciardo has landed an F1 race seat with Hispania Racing Team for the rest of 2011. It’s expected Indian driver Narain Karthikeyan will make way for Ricciardo at HRT under a new agreement struck between the Spanish team and Red Bull. This will allow Red Bull [...]

Grant Denyer’s latest television adventure will see him join forces with Kelly Racing in the hunt for a new V8 Supercar driver. The program, titled Shannons Supercar Showdown, will run on 7mate and premieres on Saturday 23 July. There will be 10 drivers—including three females, one Kiwi and one Briton—fighting for the chance to drive [...]

A standard Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG has smoked its way to the record books by claiming the world’s longest drift. The stunt took place at Mercedes-Benz World in the UK and the V8 powered C63 was driven by pro driver Mauro Calo. Calo managed to hold his powerslide for a total of 2308 metres, bettering the [...]

The Australian opening dates for the Ayrton Senna movie-length documentary have been subject to change and confusion. The film has already had a short run in Adelaide, and Sydney gets its chance this weekend, too. According to Asif Kapadia, writer/director, the Australian Grand Prix Corporation will host a premiere of Senna on Wednesday 20 July. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]