As part of its 50th anniversary Mercedes-AMG is celebrating not only the successful past and present; above all it is looking forward. With the show car Mercedes-AMG GT Concept the sports car and performance brand is giving an indication of the alternative drive configurations AMG is designing. Over and above this the four-door coupé heralds … Read more
Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen set blistering pace at the Bahrain International Circuit to claim pole position for tomorrow’s season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix. The Dutch driver beat Mercedes’ defending seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton by almost four tenths of a second and finished nearly seven tenths ahead of the Briton’s team-mate Valtteri Bottas. Verstappen went into … Read more
Max Verstappen made it three for three in practice for tomorrow’s Bahrain Grand Prix by setting the fastest lap of the final one-hour session ahead of qualifying. The Red Bull Racing driver outpaced defending World Champion Lewis Hamilton by almost three-quarters of a second, with third place going to AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly. With the session … Read more
Volvo Cars, the premium car maker, revealed the new Volvo S60 mid-size premium sports sedan at the company’s first US manufacturing plant in Charleston, South Carolina. The new Charleston plant is officially inaugurated. The combined car launch and factory opening reinforce Volvo Cars’ commitment to the US, an important market for the company and its … Read more
Freshly updated for the 2020 model year, the Lexus RC F coupe now boasts improved performance, revised styling and an all-new, limited production Track Edition. With the introduction of the RC F Track Edition, hard core driving enthusiasts no longer have to decide between a luxury car for the street and a serious performance car … Read more
Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen continued to set the pace at the Bahrain International Circuit as he set the quickest lap of the second practice session for the Bahrain Grand Prix ahead of McLaren’s Lando Norris and Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton. The opening part of the 60-minute session saw much of the running conducted on medium … Read more
Following the world premiere of the Audi RS 3 LMS on February 5, Audi Sport’s new TCR model is undergoing an intensive testing program. A wind tunnel test at Ingolstadt was followed by the first runs on race tracks at Castellolí in Catalonia, Vallelunga near Rome and Aragon in northern Spain. The other stages have … Read more
Max Verstappen gave an early confirmation that Red Bull’s pre-season testing pace might carry through to race weekends by setting the fastest time of the first practice session for the opening round of the 2021 FIA Formula One World Championship, the Bahrain Grand Prix. The Dutch driver used soft compound Pirelli tyre to claim top … Read more
Bentley Motors has celebrated the 200,000th luxury car built in the company’s illustrious 100-year-plus history. The Bentayga Hybrid, destined for a Chinese customer, met the oldest surviving Bentley, EXP 2, and a number of long serving colleagues, as it rolled off the production line at the home of Bentley in Crewe this week. This crowns … Read more
With the Formula 1 season being extended to a 23-race season in 2021, the sport is visiting more locations than ever before and in a usual year would expect to reap even more financial gain because of the enhanced calendar, but global uncertainty means the event faces another season of missed potential revenue, with live … Read more