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With all the money that goes into running an F1 team, and the limited opportunity to make any of it back, we can't see why anyone would view owning a team as a sound investment. Evidently Herr Toto Wollf feels otherwise, as the Austrian financier and gentleman racing driver has acquired a ...
F1
Frank Williams
Williams F1
Patrick Carpentier
This year's Sprint Cup was awarded this past weekend at Homestead , where Jimmie Johnson scored his record fourth consecutive championship with a fifth-place finish behind race winner Denny Hamlin. (Oh yeah, "spoiler alert".) Anyway, on to the interesting part: the oval speedway had some ...
F1
Heikki Kovalainen
Audi
Sebastian Vettel
Lamborghini
Roger Penske
Volkswagen
SEAT World Touring Car Championship Team with the Leon TDI - Click above for high-res image gallery
If you would have told us ten or twenty years ago that diesel would come to dominate motor racing, we probably would have laughed in your face. But since Audi charted new territory by ...
F1
Seat Leon
SEAT
The 672.85-mile-long Baja 1000 race is over, and 328 starters were boiled down to just a handful of winners in various classes. The premier events were taken by Andy and Scott McMillin in the trophy truck category, in a modded Chevrolet Silverado. Andy won the race three years ago as a year ...
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Toyota 4Runner
Hummer
Toyota
Hummer H3
Questionable past acquisitions aside, you don't get to be as large and successful as BMW without having some business acumen. That assumption, however, is being cast into question as reports out of Germany suggest that the Bavarian automaker may have been duped in its sale of the Sauber F1 ...
F1
Sauber
Following earlier speculation, the newly-acquired Mercedes Grand Prix team has confirmed its first driver for the upcoming Formula One season. As expected, Nico Rosberg will be switching places with Rubens Barrichello, the departing Brawn GP driver who moves to Williams for next year. ...
F1
Nico Rosberg
Arrows
Ross Brawn
We don't condone illegal behavior here at Autoblog. Heaven forbid. But if you are going to break the law, this strikes us as a good way to go about it.
Reports out of Germany indicate that a group of some 100 people in 43 cars descended upon the Hockenheimring (host of the German Grand ...
F1
Hockenheim
Hockenheimring
Reports circulating the motorsport press indicate that USF1 has signed a provisional contract with Argentine driver Jose Maria Lopez to drive for the new team next season. The arrangement, however, depends on Lopez bringing with him $8 million in sponsorship dollars, of which the young ...
F1
It used to be that a racing driver would pick his form of motorsport at the beginning of his career and stick with it for the duration. Sure, there have been a few notable exceptions - especially among the Finns - but these days, it seems as if the exceptions are gaining on the norm. F1 ...
F1
Sebastian Vettel
Kimi Räikkönen
Robert Kubica
Renault
Buell 1125R - Click above for high-res image gallery
Knee-draggers take heart: following the disappointing news that Harley-Davidson has killed the Buell brand, comes the announcement of its rebirth. Don't go looking for any new street bikes, though; the Buell name will carry on ...
NHRA
Harley-Davidson
Erik Darnell
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right one. So it stands to reason that the driver who wins the championship must be the best, right? Well, that's assuming all things are ...
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1963 Aston Martin DB4 GT Lightweight - Click above for a high-res image gallery
With just 75 built between 1959 and 1963, the Aston Martin DB4 GT is a rare breed. Of those, a mere six are the coveted lightweight models that cut weight by using aluminum components (instead of steel) and ...
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Aston Martin DB4
Pininfarina Ferrari P4/5 Competizione - Click above for high-res image gallery
A few months ago, the internet started to rumble with rumors of a race car being built out of the incredible Pininfarina Ferrari 612 P4/5 that James Glickenhaus had commissioned at a staggering (but ...
F1
Nürburgring
Ferrari
Ferrari Enzo
Ferrari 612
Say it ain't so, Schu! The Daily Telegraph is reporting that seven-time World Champion Michael Schumacher is close to signing on with the newly formed Mercedes Formula 1 team. Mercedes is the new name of the former Brawn GP team, the current Constructors Champion. After a stellar rookie ...
F1
Michael Schumacher
Mercedes-Benz
Ferrari
1993 European Grand Prix at Donington
It's been one heck of a rollercoaster ride for Donington Park this year. The British racing circuit hosted a Formula One race back in 1993, and was set to take over the British Grand Prix from Silverstone until the race promoter fell on hard times. ...
F1
Donington
British Grand Prix
Romeo Ferraris 500 Abarth endurance racer - Click above to view in high resolution
Think you've seen the most hardcore 500 already? Sure, Abarth has churned out some pretty wicked versions of the retro-hatch, but even the 695 Tributo Ferrari and R3T rally machine can't hold a candle to ...
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Fiat 500
Valentino Rossi drives the BMW M3 GTS - Click above for high-res image gallery
After securing his record ninth MotoGP title, there's little doubt that Valentino Rossi is the fastest man on two wheels. And BMW has acknowledged the Italian rider's speed by awarding him a ...
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BMW
2010 Porsche 911 GT3 R - click above for high-res image gallery
Over its nearly half-century of its existence, the Porsche 911 seems to have spawned nearly as many racing variants as production models. The newest one announced is the 911 GT3 R, which, as the name implies, is targeted at ...
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Porsche
Porsche 911
A few weeks back, Toyota announced its departure from Formula One, and it looked like Renault could follow. The team had lost its drivers, its team leaders, its sponsors and its reputation. The French automaker's board convened in France to discuss the matter , but no announcement followed, ...
F1
Renault
Renault F1
Ford Fiesta S2000 rally car - click above for high-res image gallery
Ford Motor Company and noted rally masters M-Sport have pulled the veil off their latest collaborative rally machine, the Fiesta S2000. It's their first global rally car, and as such will be able to compete in a whole ...
