Welcome to a new edition of Motorsport Weekend, our own feature where we talk about the most exciting motorsport events from the last three days. This weekend was filled with all sorts of races. We had the Formula 1 Belgian GP at the lovely Spa Francorchamps circuit, the MotoGP Indianapolis GP, as well as the IRC Barum Czech Rally Zlin. Curious to... ...read the full post
Volkswagen pretty much hammered the competition in the Dakar rally with the Race Touareg 2, winning both the 2009 and 2010 editions. Now, with the 2011 Volkswagen Touareg already in showrooms, the German company decided to upgrade its rally-spec version. As you can see above, the new Race Touareg 3 shares a few cues with the new, regular Touareg. These... ...read the full post
Welcome to a new edition of Motorsport Weekend, our own feature where we talk about the most exciting motorsport events from the last three days. Even though we only had two big races take place in the last three days, we were treated with some impressive performances. First off, the WRC Rally of Germany took place in the European country, while the... ...read the full post
Welcome to a new edition of Motorsport Weekend, our own feature where we talk about the most exciting motorsport events from the last three days. Unlike previous weekends, this time we were treated quite just a couple of big events. We had the IRC Rally of Madeira take place in the lovely Portugal, while Nascar‘s Sprint Cup saw the Heluva Good!... ...read the full post
After Mini announced that it will be entering the World Rally Championship with the new Countryman crossover, Swedish company Saab has also been linked with the prestigious motorsport competition. According to a report from Autosport, Saab and Spyker officials have been in talks with the WRC, and might prepare a special version of the upcoming 9-2... ...read the full post
A few months ago, we said that the Need For Speed racing video game franchise will be organizing its own dedicated, real life racing team, called Team NFS. We revealed some of the cars its members will be racing in various competitions all over the world, but the team has now revealed the newest addition to its racing roster. The monster you see above... ...read the full post
Welcome to a new edition of Motorsport Weekend, our own feature where we talk about the most exciting motorsport events from the last three days. This weekend, we were treated with quite a few interesting races. First off, the Formula 1 Hungarian GP was held at the Hungaroring track. Then the WRC Rally of Finland was organized in the Scandinavian country,... ...read the full post
Without a doubt one of the most expected stages of the 2010 World Rally Championship season is the Rally of Finland. The Scandinavian special stages are spectacular in nature, boasting a tough gravel surface with big jumps and perilous corners. Even though he was racing on his home turf, the first day of the rally got the better of Ford driver Mikko... ...read the full post
Mini fans, it’s official! The British brand has revealed that it will be entering the 2011 World Rally Championship competition with UK-based Prodrive team. The model they will be racing will be a customized Countryman crossover, probably with an upgraded 1.6-liter turbocharged engine. After plenty of months of speculation, it seems that the... ...read the full post
Welcome to a brand new edition of Motorsport Weekend, our own feature where we talk about and share the results of the biggest races held in the last three days. We were treated with a bit of everything this weekend, as not did the Formula 1 German GP take place at the Hockenheimring, the Moto GP US GP took place at the Laguna Seca circuit in America,... ...read the full post
Formula 1 will see its German GP take place this weekend at the Hockenheimring. But as we saw with the British GP two weeks ago, this has allowed the Red Bull Racing team another chance to show off, especially as one of its drivers, Sebastian Vettel, comes from the land that brought us the Autobahn, bratwursts and plenty of fast cars. Even though... ...read the full post
Crashes are, sadly, an essential part of motorsport, as contact between cars, either Formula 1 dedicated racers or touring cars, ends up pretty badly. The latest car crash comes from the UK’s Brands Hatch circuit, where a race in the Seat Leon Euro Cup competition was held. During the race, Portuguese driver Francisco Carvalho was touched by... ...read the full post
British carmaker Mini and British rally team Prodrive are expected to announce their entry into the World Rally Championship this week, according to a new report coming from Autosport. After many batches of rumors and speculations from various ‘inside sources’, it seems that the two entities will finally announce their partnership this... ...read the full post
Welcome to a new edition of Motorsport Weekend, our own feature where we talk about the most exciting races from the last three days and share the results with you. This week, things slowed down a bit, but we still had plenty of interesting things to see. In Europe, the Moto GP championship held its German GP event at Sachsenring, while in the USA,... ...read the full post
When Rhys Millen revealed that he will partner with Red Bull for the 2010 Pikes Peak Hill Climb challenge, many people expected that the energy drink manufacturer would just slap on its livery on the Hyundai PM580 prototype race car and call it a day. Luckily for us, that didn’t happened, as Red Bull was keen to chronicle Rhys Millen’s... ...read the full post
