Peugeot pulls out of sp...
Filed under: Motorsport Peugeot is to withdraw from all endurance racing with immediate effect. The French manufacturer, which has been the only challenger to Audi’s dominance of sportscars in recent years , made the shock announcement on the day that entries for the inaugural...
MINI continue to domina...
Filed under: Motorsport Despite heavy snow forcing the cancelation of today’s sixth stage, the X-raid team and their MINI Countryman’s continue to dominate this year’s Dakar rally. Heavy rainfall on stage five may have forced the organizers to shorten it by 24km, but...
Video: A 412 foot jump ...
Filed under: Motorsport Once again the crazy folks at Red Bull staged an epic jump for New Year. This time it involved a motorbike, a snowmobile and a 412 foot leap over lots of cold water. Presumably said water was filled with bits of other snowmobiles that failed to make the leap....
MINI contests Dakar Ral...
Filed under: Motorsport Heard of the Dakar Rally ? Well, if you haven’t you’re not alone as this historic extreme rally seems to get less and less press coverage year on year. This year’s event started in Mar Del Plata, Argentina, on New Year’s Day and will finish...
Rolex 24 at Daytona to ...
Filed under: Motorsport The first major race of the international sports season starts next month (28 January 2012) at Daytona International Speedway when leading drivers will go head to head in the famous 24 hour Rolex endurance race . Next year will be particularly special for the...
Fastest Audi S4 in the ...
Filed under: Motorsport When you’re a man with a dream that might possibly be achievable you swiftly find that there’s little that can get in your way until you manage it. Jeff Gerner is one such man. One of Jeff’s dreams was to drive a silly, silly speeds on the salt...
Raikkonen to start F1 t...
Filed under: Formula One Kimi Raikkonen has revealed plans to give his formula one testing return an early start. The former world champion, who is returning to F1 with Lotus in 2012 after two years in world rallying, has not driven a grand prix car since he left Ferrari in late 2009....
Video: Toyota GT 86 get...
Filed under: Motorsport It sat in development for two long years. Toyota teased us with concepts, tiny details and all manner of wild goose rumours until the GT 86 was finally unveiled at the Tokyo Motor Show earlier this year. Now it’s the turn of Scion , Toyota’s...
McLaren MP4-12C GT3 dri...
Filed under: Motorsport The debut outing in Macau of Leeds-based United Autosports’ McLaren GT3 car, driven by Brit Danny Watts, ended in a resounding success. Watts and the United Autosports team took home third place, despite having the first MP4-12C GT3 to compete in Asia and...