This weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix at the legendary Spa Francorchamps, loathe as I am to admit it, was a pretty damn good Formula 1 race. George Russell went extremely long on a set of hard tires, running a one-stop strategy that nobody thought was viable, and it paid off (until it didn’t.) No single driver, … Read more
Rush (8/10) Movie CLIP – Lauda’s Crash (2013) HD Niki Lauda’s infamous crash at the Nürburgring during the 1976 German Grand Prix nearly cost him his life. Before the event, the Austrian wanted to organize a boycott because of how dangerous the circuit was and how ill-prepared the race organizers were to hold an F1 … Read more
Image: Red Bull Racing Following last weekend’s shambolic display from three-time Formula 1 World Champion Max Verstappen, the team have stated that they don’t believe his childish shouting over the radio, or erratic driving, stem from late-night sim racing-related fatigue. Reports from the 24 Hours of Spa virtual indicate that Verstappen was called in as … Read more
Photo: Bryn Lennon – Formula 1 (Getty Images) Formula 1 isn’t immune to Friday’s global technology outage that ground airports to a halt and hampered most forms of commerce involving a computer operated by Windows. Cybersecurity giant Crowdstrike said that a faulty software update caused the mass calamity. Crowdstrike also has a massive presence in … Read more
Brad Pitt is revisiting a location that holds special memories of his time with Angelina Jolie while filming his new movie. Ironically his estranged ex has also been in the area filming recently. Brad is currently shooting F1 in which he plays Sonny Hayes, a retired Formula One driver who is enticed back into the … Read more
Race cars are exotic beasts that require all kinds of care and attention, they aren’t simply plug and play like most normal cars. It’s for this reason that Formula 1 cars take hours to get ready to race and vintage racers require the kind of love that we’d never normally give our daily drivers. Now, … Read more
Six-time Formula One race winner Ralf Schumacher has come out with an emotional post on social media. The 49-year-old, the younger brother of F1 legend Michael, shared a photo with his partner Etienne on Sunday night in Europe. “The most beautiful thing in life is when you have the right partner by your side with … Read more
Photo: Ford For an extra fee, Ford is allowing Mustang GTD buyers to claim a color as for their supercar alone, keeping all other rich people copying their precious high-powered ‘Stang. The Mustang Mach-E Rally Revealed In addition to the six standard colors, thousands of possible hues are available at extra cost through the optional … Read more
Disc brakes were hardly a new technology in 1962, as Jaguar and Dunlop had tested the concept in the crucible of motorsport as early as a decade prior at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Up to this point in the company’s history, Porsche had been using tried and true (and cheap) drum brakes, even … Read more
Photo: Subaru The current Subaru WRX makes 271 horsepower and 258 pound-feet of torque from a turbocharged flat-four and sends its power to all four wheels via your choice of a manual or continuously variable transmission. As you may have guessed based on the photo, though, this particular WRX isn’t exactly stock and makes a … Read more
