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Canadian GP Date: Sunday, 9 June, 2024 Track: Circuit Gilles Villeneuve ♖ According to the rumour mill, Fred Vasseur has decided against Adrian Newey joining Ferrari. ♖ Monegasque’s Charles Leclerc wins Monaco F1 GP for Ferrari, ending the Monaco curse. ♖ Monaco GP: Oscar Piastri (McLaren), second; Carlos Sainz (Ferrari), third; and Lando Norris (McLaren), […]

In 1998, brothers Friehelm and Martin Weismann founded Weismann Cars in Dülmen North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Their vision was to hand-build sports cars that were retro in design but with the latest engineering. The corporate logo was a Gecko, and its significance was its ability to grip the road’s surface, similar to the characteristics of the

A little-known Italian Hypercar manufacturer, Automobili Estrema, has ruffled a few feathers with the announcement of the Estrema Fulminea. Automobili Estrema claims it will produce the first car in the world with a battery pack that uses both solid-state cells and ultra-capacitors in tandem. The Estrema, driven by four electric motors producing 2,040hp, will exceed

Lamborghini Temerario, or Lamborghini 634, is a successor to the Lamborghini Huracán. In April 2024, Lamborghini released the Huracán SJ as the final variant. The Temerario, a cutting-edge successor to the Huracán, is set to revolutionise the automotive industry with its advanced technology and electrification. Boasting a 4.0-litre twin-turbocharged V8 engine and a plug-in hybrid

Monaco GP Date: Sunday, 26 May, 2024 Track: Circuit de Monaco ♖ Max and Lando fought to the very end at Imola. ♖ Toto Wolff’s decision to suggest some staff members must leave in the wake of key personnel joining Ferrari. ♖ Max exchanges middle finger gestures with a Ferrari fan at Imola. ♖ Pierre Waché, Red

At the recent Financial Times, Future of The Car Conference, Mate Rimac, CEO of Rimac, said of the 150 Nevera’s scheduled for build, only 50 have found homes. Wow! He explained that when Rimac started to develop Nevera in late 2016, ‘Electric was Cool.’ However, now the world’s wealthy want analogue combustion-powered super and hypercars.

The 92nd 24 Hours of Le Mans is looming. It is scheduled for 12-16 June 2024 at the Circuit de la Sarthe in Le Mans. Porsche won in 2025, 2016, and 2017; Toyota won in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022. In 2023, Ferrari achieved its first Le Mans victory since 1965, with the No.

I think we can all agree that Porsche makes mighty fine high-performance sports cars, but supercars or hypercars, not so much. However, four particular models have broken that mould: the Porsche 959, the Porsche 911 GT1, the Porsche Carrera GT, and the Porsche 918 Spyder. The 959 was introduced in 1986. At the time, it