Forced induction vs natural aspiration
I was fascinated to discover that Mercedes-Benz’s brand new AMG GT GT3 race car was, in one respect at least, not new at all. For years Mercedes had been hinting…
Porsche’s Weissach operation – responsible for all the manufacturer’s RS models – has been working hard over the winter. The Cayman GT4 burst onto the scene last month and the…
My question about the 2015 racing season is: will it witness the resurgence of the big, powerful super teams of the past? I’m talking about Penske in America in NASCAR and IndyCar…
And so unto the shores of Lake Geneva do those pilgrims we call car constructors draw once more, for their annual gathering in the land of cuckoo clocks, chocolate and…
McLaren has released further details of Fernando Alonso’s Barcelona testing accident on Sunday, having completed analysing the data. The statement is reproduced below. We are pleased to confirm that, having…
Hendrick Motorsports’ fleet of Chevrolets looked darn near unbeatable at Daytona last week but Joey Logano drove a superb race in one of Roger Penske’s two Fords battling hard all…
Fernando Alonso’s puzzling, hospitalising crash in the McLaren-Honda dominated the headlines from the final day of Barcelona testing. But amid that drama, a late lap by Nico Rosberg’s Mercedes strongly…
By Darren Turner Since you heard from me last I’ve been back to America for the Daytona 24 Hours. It’s amazing to race at Daytona; the circuit isn’t technical, but it…
OK, so it looks like we are not going to get the mooted twin turbos or turbo V8s – but we will almost certainly be getting 1000bhp+ versions of the…
It seems like every year we're told that the new BTCC season will be the most exciting and unpredictable to date, and there's usually every chance that it will be.…
Where should the British Grand Prix have its home? What we are looking for is a circuit that tests the mettle of the riders as much as the metal of…
I’ve learned a new word. I wanted to describe what happens when winter visits these far flung parts and all the Land Rover Defenders that have spent their summer months…
Formula 1 cars, sports cars, Indycars... Mark Blundell must have driven more racers than most. We knew it was going to be a struggle getting his entire career into an…
Four days of testing in Jerez last week will have told the teams a lot – but only about themselves. Relative to their opposition, they will know very little more…
My dogs are so tuned into me that if they see me donning a pair of trainers, wellies or walking boots, they will leap to their feet in anticipation of…
Last week I wrote about Nissan's greatest sports cars. Then, over the weekend, Katsumasa Chiyo, Wolfgang Reip and Florian Strauss made me look clever by winning the Bathurst 12 Hours.…
Nissan's new GT-R NISMO is the latest in a line of left-of-centre designs from Ben Bowlby of DeltaWing and Zeod RC fame. But for a long time, the company's motor…