Formula 1 has completed its first three days of testing the 2022 cars. Sorry, not testing them: shaking them down in a way that by no means involves testing, which is why it wasn’t televised. Testing starts in Bahrain next month and will, naturally, be completely different. Still, we’ve managed […]
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The Dakar Rally’s Fastest Cars Now Have Speed Limits to Curb Mini’s ‘Unfair’ Advantage
Shortly before the green flag fell on the 2021 Dakar Rally, the FIA decided to implement a speed limit on five categories of four-wheel vehicles. Entries in the T1 and T2 classes—the event’s speediest cars and SUVs—are now restricted to 112 miles per hour while vehicles in the T3, T4, […]
69-Year-Old Motorcycle Racer, Land Speed Record Holder Ralph Hudson Dies After 252-MPH Crash
For all our efforts to make motor racing a safer sport, fatal accidents can and do still happen—especially on two wheels and when in pursuit of land speed records. Around this time last year, the world lost wrench, racer, and tv host Jessi Combs in a high-speed jet car crash, […]
Goodwood Festival of Speed Postponed to ‘Late Summer, Early Autumn’ And You Know Why
As the world self-isolates its way through the coronavirus pandemic, yet another automotive event has announced its postponement. In a statement from the Duke of Richmond and Gordon, the Goodwood Festival of Speed has officially been pushed back from its original July 9 to 12 date to sometime in “late […]
GM Buys Cruise Automation To Speed Self
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW_4FB6Ut1k DETROIT (Reuters) – Bain Capital and Carlyle Group are among three personal fairness firms bidding for auto elements provider TI Automotive in an auction that could fetch around $1.5 billion, folks familiar with the matter mentioned. Automotive News Knowledge Middle reports that there were 7,884,601 cars offered in 2007 […]