Martin Brundle driving a works Ferrari F1 car at the factory test track!
Some of Brazil’s IndyCar drivers are spending their time off from the open-wheel series racing stock cars back home. It turns out their vacation pastime hasn’t been as much fun as they might have expected.
Rubens Barrichello and Tony Kanaan have struggled so far during their guest appearances in Brazil’s main stock car series, and three-time Indy 500 champion Helio Castroneves is expected to face   … More
A key cog in the Formula 1 traveling circus is the legion of rich folks that pour money into the sport and its ancillary activities. They must, of course, get to the race and parties somehow, and we ain’t talking about no rental Versa. Every race location is inundated with piles of exotic hardware, and Austin, Texas, is no different, with the parking lots at the Circuit of the Americas having no shortage of high-end metal to complement the F1 cars tearing up the track. But with F1’s large demographic spread, there also were tons of completely normal autos, as well as a metric crapton of pickup trucks—this is Texas, after all. Here are a few of our favorites:  … More
The new Austin circuit will be an ideal showcase for Formula 1 cars’ capabilities when pushed to the limit, according to Jenson Button.
The McLaren driver believes the sweeping fast section from Turn 2 to Turn 8 of the Circuit of the Americas is just what F1 machinery needs to highlight its speed.
That is why Button reckons Austin will be a bigger hit for the United States than Indianapolis was when F1 raced there from to 2000 to 2007.
“Indy was   … More