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Mercedes Boss Toto Wolff Thinks Engine Mapping Explains Renault Pace

Mercedes Boss Toto Wolff Thinks Engine Mapping Explains Renault Pace

Lotus and Red Bull have taken the podiums in the last two races

Mercedes believes that the recent boost in performance from Lotus and Red Bull is down to new engine mapping from Renault that could be good for as much as 0.4 seconds per lap. "I think what you can see is that Red Bull from Singapore onw...
14.10.2013 | 1765 views | 0 comments
Vettel Takes Hard-Fought Win in Japanese Grand Prix

Vettel Takes Hard-Fought Win in Japanese Grand Prix

Fernando Alonso still has a chance at the championship

It seems nothing can stop Sebastian Vettel. Even starting from second was not enough to keep the German down. This victory is his fourth Japanese Grand Prix win. However, the win was not enough to give Vettel the championship; Fernando Alonso fini...
13.10.2013 | 766 views | 0 comments
Webber Takes His First Pole of the Season in the Japanese Grand Prix

Webber Takes His First Pole of the Season in the Japanese Grand Prix

Vettel will start right beside him

Mark Webber is giving Japanese fans quite a farewell by taking pole position at the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka. It is his first pole position of the season, and the first time that he has out-qualified teammate Sebastian Vettel this season as w...
12.10.2013 | 960 views | 0 comments
Pirelli Attempting to Organize Tire Test with McLaren in November

Pirelli Attempting to Organize Tire Test with McLaren in November

It needs authorization from the FIA and all of the teams

Pirelli is not going to let itself get in trouble again with the FIA like when it conducted a tire test with Mercedes earlier is the season without authorization. Its plan had been to test 2014 tires with McLaren at the Circuit of the Americas, bu...
11.10.2013 | 723 views | 0 comments
Former Marussia Test Driver Maria de Villota Found Dead in Spain

Former Marussia Test Driver Maria de Villota Found Dead in Spain

She was there to promote her book and give a lecture

Maria de Villota, the former racing driver who was seriously injured while testing for Marussia in July 2012, was found dead in her hotel room in Seville early in the morning on October 11. The cause of death is not yet known. De Villota was i...
11.10.2013 | 6029 views | 0 comments
Weekend Motorsports Preview: the Pressure is on Ferrari in Japan

Weekend Motorsports Preview: the Pressure is on Ferrari in Japan

The V8 Supercars have the biggest race of its season

This is going to be a very exciting weekend of racing, especially if you are in the western hemisphere where most of the big events are taking place. The Asian Le Mans Series has its third round of the season, and Formula 1 head to Suzuka for the ...
11.10.2013 | 1042 views | 0 comments
Lewis Hamilton Coming to Final DTM Race to Drive Taxi Laps

Lewis Hamilton Coming to Final DTM Race to Drive Taxi Laps

Unfortunately, the drivers' championship is already decided

The 2013 DTM season is coming to a close at Hockenheim on October 20, and it will have a special guest in Lewis Hamilton. He will also be giving a few lucky visitors taxi rides around the track in a Mercedes DTM car. German readers can enter t...
08.10.2013 | 2033 views | 0 comments
Vettel closer to title with Korean win

Vettel closer to title with Korean win

German won his fourth consecutive Korean Grand Prix

Sebastian Vettel had another comfortable win in Korea to grab his fourth consecutive win in this venue. The German grabbed important points, extending his lead in the Drivers' Championship and driving closer to his fourth consecutive world tit...
06.10.2013 | 1319 views | 0 comments
Vettel takes third pole in a row

Vettel takes third pole in a row

The German continues his path towards a fourth consecutive world title

Although pratices had previewed that the Mercedes would be a little faster than the Red Bull cars Sebastian Vettel managed to take his third consecutive pole position at the Korean Grand Prix stealing it from Lewis Hamilton. Hamilton was leadi...
05.10.2013 | 1276 views | 0 comments
Sebastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia Win 2013 WRC Championship

Sebastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia Win 2013 WRC Championship

The team also leads the manufacturers' championship

Volkswagen Motorsport just entered the World Rally Championship this season, and its team of Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia has mathematically won the WRC Drivers’ Championship during the Rallye de Alsace. “To have won...
04.10.2013 | 3820 views | 0 comments

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