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From 1984 through to 1987, the McLaren Formula One team used a turbocharged Porsche V6 engine, which took them to 26 Grand Prix wins and two World Championships.  The engine, which was financed by Luxembourgian holdings company Techniques d’Avant Garde (TAG), eventually found its way into a 930...

Another day, another storied sports car brand considers entering the Formula 1 world championship.  Aston Martin says it could be interested in running an F1 engine program but only if the sport figures out how to keep costs to a minimum. Company CEO Andy Palmer recently attended the FIA's...

The brain trust at Porsche is starting to wonder if its motorsports budget might be better spent racing against Ferrari, McLaren, and Mercedes in Formula 1 rather than winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans against broken down Toyotas. Porsche has always had a tumultuous relationship with the single...

Driving a Formula 1 car has always been a rarefied experience limited to only the hottest of shoes and the absurdly wealthy.  But maybe you've got stacks and status and nothing would make you happier than spending an undisclosed amount of money purchasing a race winning F1 car from the modern...

With contributions by Michael Accardi One of the most misunderstood stereotypes about top-level racing series is that technology developed on the track eventually finds its way into road cars . That was certainly the case 100 years ago, when the internal combustion engine was still an...

Racing dweebs across the world were waiting with baited breath for the start of the 2017 Formula 1 season... In their restlessness the folks over at UK based Car Keys teamed up with designer  Javier Oquendo  to render team liveries onto a relevant selection of hypercars and concepts like the...

The 2017 Formula One season is going to be a fast flashing kaleidoscope of color.  After McLaren's surprise return to orange and Toro Rosso's switch to blue, Sahara Force India just unveiled a new pink paint job after signing a new sponsorship agreement. Along with a change in regulations and...

Albeit in 1:43 scale... Michael Schumacher was a monster behind the wheel, and never was that more evident than the utterly demoralizing dominance he displayed during the 2004 season. Schumi won 12 out of the first 13 races and would eventually end the season with 13 race victories from 18...

McLaren is celebrating their 50 th year of Formula 1 racing in classic McLaren style – a specially-made, one-off 570S. The McLaren 570S M2B edition is the firm’s latest supercar, rocking the original Pure White with a central green stripe and silver edging. The colour scheme of McLaren’s...

TAG Heuer became the Official Timekeeper & Official Watch of the Formula 1 Red Bull Racing team in December 2015. The two brands announced the new name of the 2016 car, “Red Bull Racing – TAG Heuer RB12″, with TAG Heuer being included in the team’s official name, apparently the first time a...

Aston Martin  is building a mid-engine hypercar with the expertise of a Formula 1 (F1) team. The British brand is becoming “innovation partners” with F1 team  Red Bull Racing , and the result of this collaboration will be a new hypercar. Red Bulls F1’s chief technical officer, Adrian Newey, and...

Putting arguably the best driver in the world in one of the sweetest sports cars shouldn’t end like this. Three-time Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton smashed his purple, one-off Pagani Zonda LH into a stationary car while in Monaco. The Pagani is a beauty, with this one being one of the few...

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So I have been reading a lot in the last several months about the Nürburgring going bankrupt (apparently due to grandiose non-motorsport plans, mismanagement and poor business development) and things seem to be coming to a head as time runs out the end of July. The EU refuses to support it...

I'm going to start off by saying that I am a Lewis Hamilton fan, so I might be a bit biased. However, while watching this weekends European Grand Prix, I was outraged. For those of you that watched the race, you know exactly what I am talking about. On the 2nd to last lap, Maldonado goes off...

Hello everyone, on June 2nd the Ferrari racing team Risi Competizione presented to the crowds at Houston C&C a beautiful lineup of competition race cars including the rare and menacing Ferrari FXX. The FXX was started twice, the first time the team stepped on the gas lightly for a very unique...

Hi all, I love Formula 1 and I go to the Canadian GP every year. It is however the only one I've ever been to. Which Grand Prix's have you guys attended and which would you like to attend? For me it would be: Monaco GP British GP German GP Italian GP Belgian GP Japanese GP United States GP I...

While running around on my lunch break on Sunday of the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, I went by to see a friend and check out his Gilles Villeneuve 1980 Ferrari 312 T5 F1 car. As I had done at Ferrari Racing days back in May, the chance to take a seat in his F2003-GA, I asked if I could...

Hey Guys I've just found this "old" Video of mine and damn, I still really like it and I still get goose bumps of their sound. Turn your speakers up and enjoy this massive sound :laugh: