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The contest runs from September 5 to September 29

Red Bull has started a contest to design Sebastian Vettel’s helmet for practice and qualifying at the US Grand Prix on November 15 and 16. The winner not only gets to see Vettel wearing his/her design but gets two VIP tickets to the race at ...

The team is predicting better reliability thanks to better cooling

The DeltaWing Coupe has successfully completed its first track test ahead of its competition debut at the American Le Mans Series round at the Circuit of the Americas from September 19-22. The team believes that it has finally solved its reliabili...

The team has reworked the body for better high speed balance

Hyundai is continuing to test its i20 WRC car. It completed a five-day tarmac test in France early in August and just completed a ten-day gravel test in Finland with test drivers Bryan Bouffier and Juho Hänninen. “I’m very ple...

Three of its four drivers have driven the car

Porsche is continuing to test and refine its 2014 LMP1 car. Now, three of its four drivers have been behind the wheel with only Mark Webber having yet to drive the car. The LMP1 had its first on-track test at Porsche’s test track in Weis...

He is the second driver to move from Toro Rosso to Red Bull

Red Bull has confirmed that it has signed Daniel Ricciardo to Red Bull for 2014. It did not give any further details on the length of the deal beyond that he would drive for them in 2014.  “It’s fantastic to confirm Daniel as ...

Reportedly asking for technical guarantees from the team

Kimi Raikkonen is the most interesting yet-unsigned driver for the next Formula 1 season. After returning to Formula 1 last season with a two-year contract with Lotus, he finished third in the World Drivers’ Championship last season and curr...

Lucas Ordonez will begin testing the car soon

Nissan says that the construction of the first ZEOD RC is progressing, and the first carbon fiber driver tub for the car has been completed, but Nissan says that it is still testing multiple powertrains for the car. It plans to test the car on-tra...

There is now a two-stage wheel retention design

After the incident at the German Grand Prix where a cameraman was hit with a loose wheel and sent to the hospital, the FIA first banned all non-needed crew from the pitlane during races and qualifying, and now it is going one step further by manda...

It looks at past Porsche success and at the future

With less than a year before it begins racing, Porsche has created a microsite telling the story of its LMP1 car and a whole new gallery of images of the still-disguised racecar. Porsche says that the project’s mission statement is: &ldq...

It has higher downforce for the shorter tracks in the rest of the season

Toyota might only be racing one TS030 at this weekend’s Six Hours of Sao Paulo at the Interlagos circuit, but that car has received a new suite of aerodynamic upgrades over the version that was race 10 weeks ago at Le Mans. Maybe the changes...