Racing and motorsport aren’t just about people getting to race each other in really fast cars around a loop of tarmac. There’s a lot of research and development involved, the results of which eventually trickle into the average road cars as well, often referred to as the transfer of technology. With Formula-E halfway through its […]
Daniel Ricciardo dominated all weekend. In every practice session, he was the man topping the charts in his Red Bull, the car that seemed to be too quick for Ferrari and Mercedes as Formula One took to the streets of the 76th Monaco Grand Prix. In qualifying, the Australian was the only one to set […]
Supercar makers are most famous for the rarest cars they make and Ferrari is pretty high on that list of manufacturers. But apart from the limited run hypercars like the F40 or the La Ferrari Aperta, they do have a programme dedicated to making special One-Off models for a select few clientele. This is the […]
Ford has a very diverse range of vehicles that have been tinkered by the Ford Performance department to make them all a bit more exciting. Taking cars built for the average consumers and then offering a bonkers, fun-to-drive variant for those who want to have fun in a quick car without breaking the bank or […]
After an exciting Parisian E-Prix, the electrifying motorsport series moved to Flughafen Tempelhof in Berlin, a track that has deep ties with the sport. Before the race, we were also treated to Nico Rosberg doing some fast laps in the second-generation of Formula-E cars that will grace these circuits from next season onwards. Jean-Eric Vergne […]
The sport headed to Europe for the first time this season and onto F1’s current test and development track — Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Spain. Teams had some newly developed bits on the cars, most notable were Ferrari’s halo-mounted rear-view mirrors and the new nose on the McLaren cars. The crowd was looking forward to […]
When the tide of the SUV was first spotted, many petrol heads and enthusiasts scoffed at the notion of being swept off by them, manufacturers included. Some vowed to never even consider making such obscene and crude category of vehicle just to make an easy buck. And yet here we are, the day that Rolls-Royce […]
What was up in the second half of the 1940s? And can we please have another phase like that soon? I say that because another icon from automotive legend turns 70 this year and this time it’s from the race tracks – Brabham. In 1948, Sir Jack Brabham launched his racing career in Australia and […]
Birthdays are an annual affair so it’s not surprising if they lose a bit of their sheen after a while, at least birthdays of others. But there is something special about a round figure when it comes how many decades old something is, like an iconic car brand. Aston recently celebrated a similar landmark for […]
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