Brazilian GPDate: Sunday, 05 NovemberTrack: Autódromo José Carlos Pace ♖ Rumours have been circulating that Alonso could make a sensational switch to champions Red Bull in the future. ♖ Verstappen claims record win to draw level with Prost. ♖ Helmut Marko has revealed that Max Verstappen has an escape clause in his contract should Red […]
Bugatti, a French hypercar maker, is known for producing some of the finest high-performance luxury cars since 1909. All Bugatti’s are ultra-rare and produced in very limited numbers in the company’s factory in Molsheim, France. Bugatti is known for producing some of the world’s fastest, exclusive, and aesthetically breathtaking motor cars. Ettore Bugatti was an
As far as I know, no official trade terms categorise Supercars or Hypercars. When you hear supercar, you know that the motor car is unique, a rarity, even exotic, but when you hear hypercar, you know that motor car is at the pinnacle of hierarchy. There are four main criteria for categorising super and hypercars:
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The 24 Hours of Le Mans, named initially the Grand Prix de Vitesse et d’Endurance, is, indubitably, the world’s best-known car race. The winner of Le Mans is the car that has covered the greatest distance in 24 hours. In comparison, the car wins a fixed-distance race with the minimum time. The famous race has
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Designed to Beat Ferrari: The GT40 was explicitly developed to beat Ferrari at their own game. In the early 1960s, Ford attempted to buy Ferrari, but the deal fell through. The deal failure led Henry Ford II to decide to beat Ferrari on the track. The undertaking began in the early 1960s when Ford Advanced
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Mexican GPDate: Sunday, 29 OctoberTrack: Autódromo Hermanos Rodriguez ♖ Ferrari of Leclerc and Mercedes of Hamilton both failed the skid block inspections. ♖ The skid block was introduced as a safety feature in 1994 after the deaths of Roland Ratzenberger and Ayrton Senna. ♖ Lewis Hamilton shows true colours after being disqualified from the US
Tushek, a Slovenian company founded by Aljoša Tušhek, a Slovenian racing legend, established the company in 2008. Their ethos was to build the perfect driver’s car using a low-weight vehicle, capitalising on the power-to-weight ratio. Tushek’s current model line-up includes the TS 900 Apex and the TS 900 Racer Pro. Tushek has now unveiled the
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Mario Andretti’s son Michael, a former F1 driver, is one of several parties bidding to join the F1 grid. General Motors is supporting Andretti Global. Mario let slip the FIA decision for new F1 teams after Mohammed Ben Sulayem’s praise. According to the latest news, the FIA has confirmed that Andretti Global has succeeded in
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Giotto Bizzarrini was an Italian automobile engineer from the 1950s through the 1970s. In 1953, Bizzarrini joined Alfa Romeo as a test driver and headhunted by Ferrari in 1957. Bizzarrini’s responsibility increased until he became sports car development chief at Ferrari in the late 1950s, working on such notable projects as the Ferrari 250 GTO.
United States GP Date: Sunday, 22 October Track: Circuit of the Americas ♖ Alfa Romeo ‘finally understands their upgrade,’ Bottas believes, as the team targets Williams. ♖ Dr Helmut Marko has rejected rumours of a power struggle behind closed doors at Red Bull. ♖ Formula 1 has blocked Alpine’s push for special permission under’ engine