News
All the latest motorsport technology news, analysis and comments.
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Volkswagen unveils new Dakar challenger
Friday 27th August 2010
HANOVER, Germany: Replacing the Race Touareg 2, twice winner in 2009 and 2010 of the gruelling Dakar Rally and...
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Speed Scotland aims for 500kph
Thursday 12th August 2010
A team from Scotland is aiming to set a new land speed record for 1-litre supercharged vehicles next week. The Flower...
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Australia's Car of the Future
Friday 6th August 2010
The Australian V8 Supercar Series organisers have issued a tendering stage for the Car of the Future (CoF) that...
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World Motorsport Symposium returns to Oxford
Friday 30th July 2010
The venue for the forthcoming World Motorsport Symposium has been confirmed as Oxford Brookes University in the UK. The...
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MINI confirms WRC campaign for 2011
Tuesday 27th July 2010
It's official – the MINI is returning to rallying. Rumours of a Prodrive-backed WRC campaign began circulating as...
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World Motorsport Symposium chairmen announced
Wednesday 21st July 2010
John Iley and Ulrich Baretzky have been announced as the chairmen for the forthcoming Race Tech World Motorsport...
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Dallara clinches IRL deal
Wednesday 14th July 2010
Dallara's rolling chassis design has been awarded the tender for the IndyCar series from 2012. The Italian company's...
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Race Tech World Motorsport Symposium dates announced
Tuesday 6th July 2010
The dates for the next Race Tech World Motorsport Symposium have been announced as Monday the 10th of January and...
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WorldFirst hybrid Westfield racing car launched at Goodwood Festival of Speed
Friday 2nd July 2010
University of Warwick WMG research engineer Stephen Lambert is unveiling a four-wheel drive hybrid Westfield at...
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Formula One offers its green credentials
Thursday 1st July 2010
Formula One will reduce its carbon footprint by 12.4% by 2012. This is the claim made by FOTA, the Formula One Teams...
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Webber: Spa 'changed the landscape' of title battle
Wednesday 1st September 2010
With title protagonists Sebastian Vettel, Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button all failing to score at Spa, Mark Webber argues the Belgian GP may just have been a watershed in F1 2010.
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Biaggi refusing to settle for points'
Wednesday 1st September 2010
Max Biaggi keeps the 2010 World Superbike title at the back of his mind as he heads to the Nurburgring focused only on returning to winning ways.
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Loss-making Spa-still musing race-share with Nürburgring
Wednesday 1st September 2010
The Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps - arguably the most popular race on the F1 calendar - may in future have to alternate with the Nürburgring due to persistent financial losses.
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Rossi 'not 100 per cent' but hoping to please fans
Wednesday 1st September 2010
While he admits he isn't yet 100 per cent, Valentino Rossi is expecting to gain extra motivation from performing in front of his home crowd at Misano.
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Mosley warns there may be trouble ahead for 'fragile' F1
Wednesday 1st September 2010
Former FIA President Max Mosley has conceded that disgraced 'Singapore-gate' protagonist Flavio Briatore could soon return to F1 - but warns of difficulties ahead for the sport's management.
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Racer' Bridewell frustrated by Cadwell penalty
Wednesday 1st September 2010
Tommy Bridewell insists he was unfairly excluded from the race one results at Cadwell Park following his contact with John Laverty.
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Splitlath Aprilia shocked' by Evo exclusion
Wednesday 1st September 2010
Splitlath Aprilia's hopes of winning the inaugural Evo title are dealt a blow by a controversial technical ruling.
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'Impetuous' Vettel told: One more error, title is gone!
Tuesday 31st August 2010
'Crash kid' Sebastian Vettel has been told to 'stay calm and focussed' by Red Bull team principal Christian Horner - as Niki Lauda warns him his F1 title hopes are hanging by a thread...
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Button: Vettel fast - but too erratic to be champion
Tuesday 31st August 2010
Jenson Button admits that he is more positive about his F1 title bid, but claims that rival Sebastian Vettel makes too many mistakes to be a threat.
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Marko: Red Bull's rivals upset at being beaten by a privateer
Tuesday 31st August 2010
Helmut Marko points the finger right back at Red Bull's F1 rivals, claiming their accusations of cheating are merely a way to hide their own embarrassment at being beaten by 'a private team'...
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Alonso: F1 title chances haven't been harmed by Spa DNF
Tuesday 31st August 2010
Ferrari star Fernando Alonso is insistent that despite having seen his deficit to the top of the points table double in Belgium, he still retains 'a real possibility' of F1 title glory in 2010.
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Whitmarsh: Button won't be asked to back Hamilton
Tuesday 31st August 2010
Martin Whitmarsh insists that his two drivers will continue to be free to fight for the F1 world title.
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Haslam out to keep pressure on Biaggi
Tuesday 31st August 2010
Leon Haslam thinks back to his 2009 performance on the Stiggy Honda as he bids to win his first World Superbike race since Kyalami at the Nurburgring.
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Hamilton: Brush with barriers was 'scary'
Tuesday 31st August 2010
Lewis Hamilton may have won the Belgian GP, but his run to the podium was not without its 'edge of the seat' moments.
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Haga: Forgetting 2009, remembering 2008
Tuesday 31st August 2010
Noriyuki Haga and Michel Fabrizio eye a boost for soon-to-depart Ducati around the Nurburgring.
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Sebastian Vettel is 'the nicest guy' in F1
Tuesday 31st August 2010
Ex-world champion Kimi Raikkonen has sprung to the defence of Sebastian Vettel - arguing that the under-fire Red Bull star can still claim the 2010 title and is 'the nicest guy' on the F1 grid.
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Momentum on Pedrosa's side heading to Misano
Tuesday 31st August 2010
Fresh from improving his personal best to three wins in a season at Indianapolis, Dani Pedrosa has an immediate chance to make it four at Misano.
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Lowry prepares for WSBK debut
Tuesday 31st August 2010
Ian Lowry tests for Kawasaki ahead of his first World Superbike outing at the Nurburgring.
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Lorenzo focused on Misano podium
Tuesday 31st August 2010
Jorge Lorenzo targets another podium finish as he continues to control the MotoGP World Championship.
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Mercedes drivers more worried by lack of pace
Tuesday 31st August 2010
Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher have glossed over their close calls in the Belgian Grand Prix, focusing instead on a pair of hard-earned points finishes.
