After a lot of rumors deeming certain an even more powerful edition of the LFA supercar, presumably named the Nurburgring, Lexus has come forward with an announcement about its performance supercar and the famous German track. Sadly, it’s not the announcement many people have waited, as the Japanese company revealed that it will be racing two... ...read the full post
Hello and welcome to a new edition of Motorsport Weekend, our own feature where we reveal the results from the most important motorsport competitions in the last three days. After last week’s numerous events, when we were treated with WRC, IRC, WTCC and Nascar, the last weekend focused on the start of the 2010 Formula 1 season, with the Bahrain... ...read the full post
Formula 1, after offering us one of its most exciting season from the last few years in 2009, is preparing to for 2010’s first race: the Bahrain GP, this weekend. The 2010 F1 season promises to up the ante even more, with reigning champion Jensen Button moving to McLaren, alongside former champ Lewis Hamilton. But the main headline of the pending... ...read the full post
One of the most successful Formula 1 drivers Great Britain ever gave, Sir Stirling Moss, has just been involved in an accident in his own London home, after he fell three stories down an elevator (or lift, as Brits call it) shaft. Despite suffering quite a few injuries, including broken ankles, a few chipped bones and skin damage, the famous driver... ...read the full post
Hello and welcome to a new edition of Motorsport Weekend, our own feature where we roundup all of the biggest motorsport events in the last three days and show you the results. The past weekend was pretty hectic, with four major events taking place. First were two rallies: the WRC Rally Mexico and the IRC’s Rally Curitiba, taking place in Brazil.... ...read the full post
The world of motorsport definitely has a lot of specific championships, but Nascar has a pretty special place. While Americans are huge fans, Europeans aren’t that into racing around oval tracks and turning left every now and then. But with the change in rules at the beginning of the 2010 season, Nascar officials hoped that excitement would return... ...read the full post
BMW Z4 fans were treated at the end of last year with two very big surprises: the announcement of the sDrive35is model, which unofficially supplants the need for a dedicated M-car, and the promise of a Z4 GT3 race car, which will be offered to professional teams. Now, the Bavarian company decided to finally unveil the first pictures of its GT3-spec... ...read the full post
After a lot of speculation and quite a few far fetched rumors, USF1’s team principal Ken Anderson confirmed that a request to delay its entry into the Formula 1 motorsport competition until 2011 has been forwarded to the governing body, the FIA. It seems that the rumors we posted a few days ago were true in part. The team has admitted to some... ...read the full post
Problems are continuing to plague USF1, one of the teams which were scheduled to start racing during the 2010 season of the Formula 1 championship. After reports of the team’s closure, as YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley was preparing to stop supplying cash, two very distinctive rumors are gathering influence these days about the American F1 team.... ...read the full post
Formula 1 is one of the most extreme motorsport competitions, with the special race cars reaching dizzying speeds on the track. As such, whenever there’s a crash, a safety car of equal performance must be used to set the pace of the racers. Starting with the 2010 F1 season, the new Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG supercar will be used, as the SL63 AMG... ...read the full post
Hello and welcome to another edition of our weekly feature Motorsport Weekend, where we gather the results from the most important races and rallies which took place in the last three days. After last week we reported only on the Nascar races in Los Angeles, now we’re tackling the Las Vegas ones, as well as the 100 Acre Wood Rally, counting for... ...read the full post
BMW is taking its “Joy” marketing campaign all over the world. After scoring some big wins with it in Europe, the company has introduced it to North America. But the campaign won’t be focused on just ads or billboards, as it will also be displayed on the 2010 livery for the two BMW M3 race cars that the Rahal Letterman team will be... ...read the full post
Rally driver Ken Block has a very special connection to the upcoming 100 Acre Wood Rally, which will take place this weekend. He won it four consecutive times in the last years, and is now aiming for a fifth win. This time however, he’ll be wrangling the new rally-spec 2011 Ford Fiesta model on the dirt roads of the competition. As you all know... ...read the full post
Aston Martin wants to make its racing-inclined customers happy, and has just announced that it will be debuting a one-make series in the UK focusing on the Vantage GT4 and the N24 variants. The competition is set to run on five tracks in Britain, plus a bonus one at the famous Spa Francorchamps in Belgium. It is open to anyone owning the aforementioned... ...read the full post
Hello and welcome to another edition of our Motorsport Weekend feature where we roundup all of the most important results from motorsport in the last three days. This weekend was rather poor in European events, so we’ll only be covering Nascar ones, more specifically the Auto Club 500, counting for the Sprint Cup, and the Stater Bros. 300, counting... ...read the full post
