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Carlos Slim denies interest in Honda F1

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008 516 Views

Carlos Slim, the Mexican business tycoon, has denied having any talks with the Honda F1 team. The TelMex owner said he didn’t have any interest in buying the Brackley based team.

Mallya, Prodrive, Carlos Slim to bid for Honda F1

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008 749 Views

Bidders from across the globe have shown interest in buying the Honda F1 team. The owner of Kingfisher and Team Force India F1, Vijay Mallya has been keen to purchase the Honda F1 Team. David Richards and the one of the world’s richest men, Carlos Slim, are also involved in ...

Force India announces its driver line-up

Monday, December 15th, 2008 581 Views

Force India has announced its 2009 driver line-up. Since the Force India-McLaren tie-up, there were rumours of Pedro de la Rosa, the current McLaren test driver, replacing one of the two current drivers.

Race of Champions 2008

Monday, December 15th, 2008 531 Views

The Race of Champions was held on 14th December, 2008. Like every year, the event was a grand success. It was great to watch the best drivers racing head-to-head in the same machinery.

Race of Champions 2008

Saturday, December 13th, 2008 528 Views

The Race of Champions in an international motorsport event which is held at the end of every year, where the best racing drivers from across the globe participate. It is the only event where drivers from Formula One, World Rally Championship (WRC), Le Mans etc. participate and race against each ...

Lamborghini Announces Super Trofeo racing series

Thursday, December 4th, 2008 676 Views

Lamborghini has announced the "Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo", a single-make racing series that will kick off in May 2009 featuring a lightweight version of the Gallardo LP560-4. For the record, Blancpain is the Swiss watchmaker that will sponsor the race series. The Italian firm intends to build a total of ...

Young Italian drivers test for Ferrari at Fiorano

Monday, December 1st, 2008 759 Views

The top three finishers in this year’s Italian Formula Three Series got the chance to drive a Formula One car at Ferrari’s Fiorano circuit on Wednesday, as a reward for their success in the championship.

Valentino Rossi tests Ferrari Formula One car at Mugello

Monday, November 24th, 2008 4,553 Views

MotoGP champion Valentino Rossi tested a Ferrari Formula One car on the Mugello track yesterday. Rossi's best time was 1 minute 22.5 seconds - compared to Rubens Barrichello's track record of 1:18.704. Massa and Raikkonen have timed 1:21 at Mugello.

Pedro de la Rosa joins the Force

Friday, November 21st, 2008 494 Views

Pedro de la Rosa, who was a test driver for McLaren last year, will be back on the starting grid next season having signed with Force India for 2009.

Force India paints itself silver

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 726 Views

Force India will use Mercedes-Benz engines and McLaren gearboxes from next season following the confirmation of a new technical partnership. It comes after last week’s news that Ferrari had agreed to end their engine supply deal with the team a year early.

Lotus engineering developing Civic hybrid racecar

Friday, September 26th, 2008 1,014 Views

Lotus Engineering is supplying technical expertise to Oaktec in developing racing technology that exploits the performance potential of the petrol-electric Honda hybrid system. Lancashire based Oaktec, a specialist in energy efficient vehicle design, approached Lotus Engineering to investigate areas of battery and system control technology that enable maximum racing performance ...

LMP1 diesels to get slower

Thursday, September 18th, 2008 1,063 Views

The Automobile Club de l'Quest, which sets the rules for the 24 Hours and the series that take its name around the world, announced new engine rules for the diesels for 2009 at the Silverstone Le Mans Series event.

Porsche wins Transsyberia Rally 2008

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008 943 Views

After a double victory in 2006 and a triple victory in 2007, the Porsche Cayenne S Transsyberia has filled in the first six positions of the 2008 edition of the Rally.

Dakar rally moves to South America for ‘09

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008 828 Views

Next year's Paris-Dakar Rally will involve neither of the places that lend it its name. It will not even be held on the same continents – for next year, it will start in Buenos Aires on Jan 2 and end in the same city on the 18th. Officials have said ...