Posts Tagged ‘mercedes’
Click above image for high-res gallery of Grand Prix of SonomaMotor racing is, of course, highly competitive, and the logistics highly complicated. The higher the level of racing, the more competitive and the more complicated. But racing fans expect to see it duked out on the track, not on the way t......
F1 teams meet, form new association in Maranello
Thursday, July 31st, 2008
In the highly competitive world of Formula One racing, the only thing teams can agree on is money -- they want more of it. To that end, they've set up the new Formula One Teams Association.Unlike the previous Formula One Constructors Association – which represented only the independent teams and c......
Provisional 2009 F1 calendar released
Thursday, June 26th, 2008
While Kimi, Felipe, Robert and Lewis are fighting it out for the 2008 Formula One World Championship, the sport's regulatory body has released the provisional calendar for next season.Much of the calendar mirrors this season and years passed, however next year's championship will include the new gra......
More details emerge as Veritas RS III gears up for production
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
Click to view the Veritas RS III in our hi-res gallery
Regular readers will recall that about a month ago, our man Chris Tutor grabbed a photo of a mysterious car standing at the gates of the vaunted Nurburgring Nordschleiffe. We all hazarded our guesses, but it was our astute reader PandaBeat who i......
VIDEO: Lexus LF-A racing at the ‘Ring
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
Click above for a high-res gallery of the Lexus LF-A racecar.Toyota is still prepping the LF-A for its assault on the 24 Hours of Nurburgring later this month, but it managed to campaign the Lexus supercar in the ADAC Rundstrecken Trophy Endurance, held on a 15.1-mile course that combines the Nordsc......
[SPOILER ALERT] Turkish Grand Prix was dog gone good
Monday, May 12th, 2008
Click above for high-res gallery of the 2008 Turkish Grand PrixThe real story coming out of this weekend's Turkish Grand Prix should be the fact that Ferrari won again and Lewis Hamilton is driving better than any other driver in F1, but a stray dog that was struck and killed on track during a GP2 S......
RIP: Super Aguri F1 Team folds due to lack of funds
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
Super Aguri announced today that it would immediately be ending its participation in Formula 1 after funding for the team has all but dried up. The news comes not long after Super Aguri was denied access to the Turkish Grand Prix paddock area due to its mounting financial issues. Honda has been Supe......
Super Aguri denied paddock access at Turkish Grand Prix
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
Reports are surfacing that the Super Aguri F1 team has been turned away from the Turkish Grand Prix's paddock. The denial of access occurred because of financial complications. Team supporter Honda contacted Formula One Management and informed the organization that they would not be providing any mo......
VIDEO: Sometimes it’s best to quit while you’re ahead
Monday, May 5th, 2008
Professionals earn pockets full of cheese usually because they do whatever it is they do better, faster, stronger than anyone else. Sometimes, though, they get the big bucks because they'll do something again after having nearly killed themselves the first time. That is: they'll get right back on th......
SPOILER ALERT: Crashes aplenty at the Spanish Grand Prix
Monday, April 28th, 2008
Click above for high-res gallery of the 2008 Spanish Grand PrixFormula One is fast, and fast is dangerous. That's the assumption formed on the basis of decades of fatal crashes in the sport when the slow advancement of safety measures couldn't keep up with the ever-increasing speeds of grand prix ra......