Formula 1 teams have been officially notified of a dramatic rise in the entry fees for next year’s world championship.
After much discussion about the matter in recent weeks – with teams seeking clarification on why the costs were going up – the FIA has finally revised its sporting regulations to confirm the scale of the increase.
As previously reported, the governing body amended the original plan to include  … More
Ron Howard, two-time Academy Award-winning director, (A Beautiful Mind, Frost/Nixon), on Thursday delighted a capacity crowd in the Austin (Texas) Hilton Ballroom by previewing a five-minute clip of his much-anticipated Formula One film Rush, due in theaters on Sept. 20th, 2013. The script was written by Peter Morgan, who collaborated with Howard on A Beautiful Mind.
Rush is the story of the epic 1976 F1 championship battle between Niki Lauda and James Hunt. According to Howard, the film is now in  … More
Playboy Playmate Pilar Lastra taking a ride around Circuit of the Americas in an F1 car with Mario Andretti driving! We were very honored to be invited to the Circuit of the Americas first lap ceremony.
The machine you see here is Nico Rosberg’s 2012 Mercedes AMG F1 W03, a carbon-fiber monster with a naturally aspirated 18,000-rpm V-8 producing over 700 bhp. Amazingly, that engine isn’t the W03’s most impressive feature. Like all modern F1 cars, the Mercedes is both defined and dominated by its aerodynamic aids.
Topside, Rosberg’s car uses multi-element wings to produce downforce, but peer underneath and you’ll find  … More