Peugeot has (again) announced its return to the 24 Hours of Le Mans from 2022 with the Le Mans Hypercar (LMH) project developed together with partner Total. The French automaker will compete in the top tier LMH category, joining confirmed entries from Toyota, Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus, and ByKolles. Alpine also announced recently an entry into […]
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Cupra announced it’s entering the new Extreme E racing series, making them the first carmaker to officially participate in the new electric off-road championship. Cupra has paired up with ABT Sportsline for its new racing endeavor, with brand ambassador (as well as Rally Cross and DTM champion) Mattias Ekström to become the team’s male driver. […]
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The Chevrolet Corvette C8.R, complete with its screaming 5.5-liter V8 engine, is now available on iRacing. Chevrolet built the new Corvette C8.R for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship with the car making its racing debut at the 2020 Rolex 24 in Daytona. The C8.R has gone on to claim a handful of race wins, including […]
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Netflix will produce an eight-part biopic series about the life and career of Formula 1 legend Ayrton Senna. The series, which will come from Brazilian film producer Fabiano Gullane, has the approval of the Senna family and will detail Ayrton’s motorsport life from his arrival in England for his first season of Formula Ford 1600 […]
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Renault’s factory team will take a breather in Formula One starting next year, when it will be rebranded as Alpine F1 Team. By using the phrase “put the colors of French excellence at the heart of Formula 1” in their press release, we can only assume that the 2021 Alpine cars will boast a tricolor […]
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There is a big difference between a GT3 racing car and modified road cars that have been modified for track use or racers from lesser categories, as this video reveals. The following clip was uploaded to YouTube by British racing driver David Pittard and shows him behind the wheel of a BMW M6 GT3 at […]
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Honda has unveiled its 2020 Civic Type R Pace Car which will lead the NTT IndyCar Series field at this weekend’s Bommarito Automotive Group race weekend at World Wide Technology Raceway near St. Louis, Missouri. The Japanese automaker’s hot hatch is painted in a shade of Boost Blue and includes a bespoke graphics wrap with […]
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Two of the three Tesla Model 3s competing at this week’s Pikes Peak International Hill Climb have crashed before race day on Sunday. The most significant incident involved the modified Model 3 from Unplugged Performance that was being helmed by racing driver Randy Pobst. The experienced racer was familiarizing himself with the upgraded Tesla during […]
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The 2020 Formula 1 World Championship has been updated with four additional races. When the Covid-19 pandemic hit, this year’s Formula 1 season was postponed and a multitude of races were cancelled. The season kicked off with a double-header in Austria and organizers have since been busy adding more races to the season. With these […]
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The 2021 BMW M4 has yet to be presented to the world, but at the BMW M Grand Prix of Styria over the weekend, MotoGP winner Miguel Oliveria won the keys to the new German sports car. BMW M was the title sponsor of this weekend’s race and displayed a prototype with a motorsport-inspired livery […]
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