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Romain Grosjean put in the drive of his life

It is hard to say which is more impressive. Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull Racing winning their fourth consecutive World Drivers' and Constructors' World Championships or Romain Grosjean finishing in third after starting in 17th place. Both...

Expert tire strategy helped him grab the top spot

Sebastian Vettel scored his seventh pole position of the year at the Indian Grand Prix today. He was in rare form and put in just 12 laps during the entire qualifying sessions, nearly half of Nico Rosberg in second place. It was also a good day fo...

Race from F1, NASCAR, V8 Supercars and the WRC

This weekend does not offer the prototype racing of last weekend, but it does have the return of Formula 1 for its 16th race of the year. It will be one to watch with the possibility of Red Bull and Sebastian Vettel scoring their respective champi...

The tires are half the width of normal front tires but have to perform as well

Nissan is deep in development of its ZEOD RC experimental race car for the 2014 24 Hours of Le Mans. It is collaborating with Michelin to create the tires specifically for the car. The tires on the ZEOD RC are 10cm wide, half as wide as the fr...

It will make its competition debut at the 24 Hours of Le Mans

Nissan publicly unveiled its ZEOD RC last week and during the lead up to the Six Hours of Fuji, Nissan sent it on track at Fuji Speedway in front of the public for the first time. "This has been a fantastic opportunity for everyone involv...

He replaces Daniel Ricciardo

Toro Rosso has filled the hole left by Daniel Ricciardo’s move up to Red Bull Racing with 19-year-old Russian GP3 and Formula 3 driver Daniil Kvyat for the 2014 season. He did a straight-line test with Red Bull last week. "Whenever ...

Some small teams disputing the change

Formula 1 tends to move in waves. Turbos are returning to F1 after a roughly 30-year absence. For years it was the norm that teams could buy customer cars as a cheaper way to enter the sport. But in the last decades teams had to build their own ch...

Rain prevented the race from ever really starting

The Six Hours of Fuji on October 20 was nothing short of a fiasco. There was good news for both Toyota and Audi. Toyota scored its first win of the season, and Audi scored enough points to guarantee the manufacturers’ championship with two r...

The engine will debut in 2015 with McLaren

Honda has released a 39-second audio clip of it testing its 2015 Formula 1 engine.  The Youtube clips only have audio of the engine, but it certainly sounds good. There should be no concerns about the cars sounding boring next year. ...

It will race in the 2014 24 Hours of Le Mans as an experimental entry

The Nissan Zeod RC had been confirmed as the 2014 24 Hours of Le Mans Garage 56 entry for experimental cars before the car actually existed in the real world, but Nissan and Deltawing designer Ben Bowlby were confident in the hybrid racecar. On Oc...