With Mark Webber currently in the best form of his Formula 1 career, it comes as no surprise that Red Bull Racing has today announced it has extended the Australian driver’s contract for at least another year.
As team mate Sebastian Vettel is already signed on for next year, this announcement confirms Red Bull Racing’s 2011 [...]

While you probably haven’t heard of the Hulme CanAm supercar, you should have heard of the New Zealand born car racer legend Denis (Denny) Hulme.
You’re looking at the first and only Formula One World Champion from New Zealand, who in his day wasn’t the sort of guy who wanted behind you, in a car race.
Denny [...]

Porsche’s new 911 Hybrid came within two hours of winning the gruelling 24 hour race at Germany’s Nurburgring track.
BMW has denied Porsche a historic victory in yesterday’s Nurburgring 24 Hour. The experimental 911 Hybrid came within two hours of winning the German endurance classic but dropped out with an engine failure to hand the win [...]

Mark Webber celebrated his commanding Barcelona win from pole position by making a gift to the ranks of Spanish spectators.
After standing on the scales in parc ferme, the Australian rushed across the front straight of the Circuit de Catalunya and threw his distinctive blue, red and yellow helmet into the grandstand.
The gesture paled in comparison [...]

F1 teams are close to agreeing upon a new engine formula for the six-year period beginning 2013.
Until then, development of the current 2.4 litre V8s will remain ‘frozen’, to be replaced thereafter by engines of similar power but that will use less fuel, emit less pollution and are affordable for the smaller teams.
Spain’s El Mundo [...]

To mark the launch of the limited edition Peugeot RCZ coupé and the brand’s 200th anniversary, Peugeot will compete for the first time in the Nürburgring 24 Hours race.
Peugeot will race two diesel-powered RCZ coupes in the D1T category which will be mostly standard, save for the compulsory safety equipment and a few select part [...]

Jenson Button on Tuesday got a taste of V8 Supercar racing when he swapped his McLaren for a Holden Commodore of the Australian touring car series.
In a Vodafone sponsor event, the 30-year-old did a few laps of the Albert Park circuit in fellow reigning champion Jamie Whincup’s car.
But while Briton Button enthused about the “quite [...]

McLaren has brought a spare bodywork package to Bahrain in case FIA scrutineers deem its rear wing illegal ahead of the 2010 season opener.
The British team’s managing director Jonathan Neale on Tuesday said he was disappointed a flight delay from Sao Paulo meant Charlie Whiting could not as scheduled inspect the MP4-25 at Woking before [...]

Holden’s prodigal son, Craig Lowndes, has unveiled his new Commodore V8 Supercar after defecting from Ford.
Popular V8 Supercar driver Craig Lowndes has officially returned to the brand that launched his motorsport career, taking the covers off a new Holden Commodore he’ll campaign in this year’s championship.
Lowndes, who famously left the Holden Racing Team nine [...]

FERRARI DRIVER FELIPE MASSA is hoping to make his comeback from injury at the Brazilian Grand Prix in October after making rapid progress in recovering from head trauma he suffered in Hungary last month.
Massa was admitted to intensive care and placed in an induced coma after he was struck on the head by a 1kg [...]