Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton will start Formula 1’s first sprint qualifying race from the front of the grid after he beat Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen in Friday qualifying at the British Grand Prix. Hamilton’s team-mate Valtteri Bottas will start third ahead of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc. In the opening phase of Q1 it was Verstappen who … Read more
Kalle Rovanperä laid early claim to Estonia’s king of speed title on Friday by winning six of the eight special stages to lead the country’s FIA World Rally Championship encounter. The 20-year-old Finn, who now lives in the Baltic country, ended Rally Estonia’s first full day with an 8.5sec advantage over Craig Breen after enthralling … Read more
The first session of the 6 Hours of Monza weekend saw the no7 Toyota Gazoo Racing GR010-Hybrid set the fastest lap, with Jose Maria Lopez posting 1m38.401 lap, 0.134s ahead of Brendon Hartley in the no8 Toyota and 0.152s ahead of the no36 Alpine A480-Gibson. The two Glickenhaus 007 LMHs were 4th and 5th fastest with the no709 … Read more
The New 500, the Fiat brand’s first full-electric car, has received the top 5-star rating in the Green NCAP tests. Specifically, in 2021 it is the first car to achieve top marks in all the tests and the only one to receive the maximum score of 10/10 in the Energy Efficiency Index. The New 500 … Read more
Max Verstappen set the quickest lap of the opening practice session for the British Grand Prix, with the Red Bull driver eclipsing McLaren’s Lando Norris and title rival Lewis Hamilton by almost eight tenths of a second. With a new format in place for the weekend to accommodate tomorrows first Sprint Qualifying and with just … Read more
Young Finn Kalle Rovanperä set the early pace at Rally Estonia after charging to fastest time by the narrowest of margins in the curtain-raising speed test in Tartu on Thursday night. The 20-year-old Toyota Yaris driver edged Craig Breen by 0.1sec in the twisty 1.64km Visit Estonia Tartu special stage, ahead of three days of … Read more
Present: Elfyn Evans (GBR), Toyota Gazoo Racing World Rally Team Ott Tänak (EST), Hyundai Shell Mobis World Rally Team Teemu Suninen (FIN), M-Sport Ford World Rally Team Q: Ott, winner here in dominant fashion last year. Many changes to the stages we saw last time out, what are your views on this year’s route? OT: … Read more
The first half of 2021 makes Lamborghini history, as global sales from January to June reached record levels. The House of Sant’Agata Bolognese delivered 4,852 cars in the first six months, making it the best half-year ever, with a 37% increase over the same period of 2020 and a growth by 6.6% over the first … Read more
New delivery record for the first half-year: Porsche delivered 153,656 vehicles, representing an increase of 31 percent compared to the previous year. The significant demand growth spanned all model series and global sales regions. The most successful model was the Cayenne with 44,050 units delivered – twelve percent more than last year. The Macan is … Read more
Direct from the racetracks of Europe comes the roar of the new Abarth F595, the new special series – fitted with an F.4 engine – dedicated to the youngest fans of the Scorpion brand. “Champing at the bit” under the bonnet are the 165 horsepower of the high-performance 1.4-liter Euro 6D-Final-compliant T-jet engine, the basis … Read more