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Bernie Ecclestone has admitted that he too is worried about the sound of F1’s new engine formula for 2013.

Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo said recently that for “the top class of racing”, 1.6 litre four-cylinder power plants “sounds a bit pathetic”.

Triple world champion Niki Lauda agreed: “I am worried about the sound, which in Formula One has been so unique.

“Hopefully there will be   …  More

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We’ve all been there: stuck behind someone in a classic car doing ten under the speed limit — a stereotypical Sunday driver.  Mercedes-Benz’s new ad dubbed ‘Sunday Driver’ is a fun spoof on the kings of the slow lane– with multiple Formula 1 world champions Mika Häkkinen and Michael Schumacher in starring roles.

To say Schumacher and Häkkinen were rivals on the track is a dramatic understatement — with Schumacher later admitting the only driver he feared   …  More

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What started as a way for airmen in the 1950 to pass the time has become a well loved sport around the world for many. Go carts have quickly become a worldwide phenomenon. With most historians giving Art Ingels the credit for inventing the go cart, who built his very first in 1956. But that first go cart was nothing compared to the models we have today. newer cars are newer and can travel at 160 mph or quicker. Now that is incredible.

This miniature Formula One racing machine is referred to by many names including karts, karts, go-carts, carts shifter, gocarts, gokarts, enduro carts, and a number of other ways. But one thing is for sure, getting behind the wheel of one of them is exciting. Go carts are related to   …  More

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Robby Gordon roams around his shop about three weeks before his 2011 season kicks off with the Dakar Rally, and he has a group of mechanics working on his Hummer for that event and a smaller group working on a Sprint Cup car for the Daytona 500.

The three Dakar support haulers, with millions of dollars worth of equipment, were ready a month earlier and left by boat for South America. The actual race vehicles needed to   …  More

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