Image: IMSA There isn’t much that IMSA isn’t doing right at the moment. On Thursday the sanctioning body announced that it would be bringing its entry-level racing series, Mazda MX-5 Cup, to a NASCAR oval for the first time. Yes, MX-5 Cup has run at Daytona in the past, but only on the road course. … Read more
Image: Toyota For eight lackluster seasons in Formula One, Japanese auto giant Toyota was getting its clock cleaned by almost everyone else on the grid. If rumors are to be believed, the manufacturer may be eyeing a comeback to the sport, using its Gazoo Racing arm in Germany to tie up with American team Haas. … Read more
Photo: Red Bull Red Bull Racing, the reigning dominant force in F1, finally revealed its first production hypercar at the Goodwood Festival of Speed on Friday. The RB17 promises a level of performance equal to Grand Prix-winning machinery. However, the track-only hypercar lacks any distinctive design cues from Red Bull’s actual F1 cars. The RB17’s … 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
An Apple film production has been running around the Formula 1 paddock during the 2023 and 2024 seasons, working on a new F1 movie driven by lead actor Brad Pitt and producer Lewis Hamilton, called “F1.” According to reports, the film has already blown through its entire $300 million budget with plenty of production still … Read more
Image: F1 TV Cable and terrestrial television viewers are dropping like flies, and many don’t want to pay the exorbitant $84.99 per year fee that F1 TV charges for live streaming of Grands Prix. I, myself, was an F1 TV subscriber until the rates went up significantly for the 2024 season. If you wanted to … Read more
Photo: Aston Martin Aston Martin Racing announced this week that it has elected to retain the Violet Beauregarde of Formula One, Lace Stroll, “for 2025 and beyond.” Canadian billionaire Lawrence Stroll purchased the failing Force India team in 2018, installing his son as a driver in the team from 2019 onward (and renaming it Aston … Read more
Image: McMurtry The tiny British automaker with a funny name and a fast-as-hell car, McMurtry, is back. After wowing the world at Goodwood a couple of years ago, the tiny EV speed demon is back for another run at some record laps. This time the team brought a production-ready validation prototype out to Germany’s famed … Read more
Photo: Qian Jun/MB Media (Getty Images) For those of us of a certain age — people whose formative years happened between 1960 and 2021 — there’s a very specific way that Aston Martin cars look. Sleek, silver, that sort of oval-ish grille — the image that shows up in Bond film after Bond film, which … Read more
After months of production, rumored delays and filming that’s seen crews field Formula 1 cars at grands prix in the UK and Hungary, we finally know when Brad Pitt’s Formula 1 movie is due to be released: July 2025. But while it’s got a theatrical release date set in stone, there’s still no name for … Read more
