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Huge pileup in Portugal as touring cars crash in street race

Touring cars crash in Portuguese street race

A World Touring Car Cup race at Portugal kicked off in spectacular style, after a huge pile-up involving numerous cars on the opening lap.
Published 28 June 2018
Volkswagen ID R smashes Pikes Peak hill climb record

Volkswagen ID R smashes Pikes Peak record

The all-electric Volkswagen ID R prototype racing car has smashed the outright record at the Pikes Peak hill climb course by a whole 16 seconds.
Published 25 June 2018
Toyota wins the 2018 Le Mans 24 Hours with Fernando Alonso, Kazuki Nakajima and Sebastien Buemi

Toyota wins Le Mans 24 Hours. Finally.

Toyota scored an emphatic one-two in the 2018 Le Mans 24 Hours with its pair of 1,000hp TS050 Hybrids, finally putting to bed the company's years
Published 17 June 2018

Hypercars to replace LMP1 at Le Mans in 2021

The latest hypercars are poised to race at Le Mans by 2021, as part of a massive new shake-up in the rules for endurance racing.
Published 15 June 2018
Guy Martin to restore and race ex-Senna and Rosberg Williams F1 car

Guy Martin to restore and race Williams F1 car

Isle of Man TT racer Guy Martin will restore and race a classic Williams F1 car ahead of next month's British Grand Prix.
Published 13 June 2018
Ellie Norman, Formula One’s first female executive: I ran the grid girls off the F1 track

Interview: I ran the grid girls off the F1 track

Formula One oozes machismo. The roaring engines. The fast cars. And, of course, the infamous “grid girls”. Hang on, though: they were banished...
Published 10 June 2018
Trio of Toyota GT86 cars with Le Mans liveries mark car maker's 2018 24 Hours challenge

Trio of Toyota GT86 mark Le Mans heritage

Toyota has wrapped three GT86 sports cars in liveries celebrating some of its greatest Le Mans racers, ahead of this years infamous 24-hour event
Published 08 June 2018
World Rallycross Championship will go all-electric in 2020

World Rallycross goes all-electric in 2020

The World Rallycross Championship will ditch combustion engines in 2020, in favour of all-electric powertrains.
Published 08 June 2018
Video: Multiple DTM drivers crash in the pits at a soggy Hungaroring

Three DTM cars crash in slippery pit lane (video)

The recent DTM German touring car race at the Hungaroring will likely be the best-remembered round of the 2018 championship for all the wrong...
Published 06 June 2018
Porsche 919 Evo racing car Nurburgring record

Video: Porsche unleashes wild 919 Evo on 'Ring

Porsche may have set a new Nürburgring lap record after letting loose its most extreme car to date on the German race track.
Published 05 June 2018

Ferrari F1 team being monitored by FIA at Monaco

The Ferrari Formula One team is being monitored by the FIA at this weekend's Monaco Grand Prix, as F1 bosses investigate claims that the Italian
Published 25 May 2018
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Meet the new Brabham BT62 hypercar

At a time when the UK is teetering on the brink of recession, some drivers may wonder who would buy a new car that costs £1.2m and cannot be driv
Published 04 May 2018