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Technology that has been instrumental in Indy car racing for two decades will be applied to a USA Luge training sled with the goal of striking gold at the 2014 Winter Olympics.

An informal conversation between Panther Racing director of technology David Cripps and USA Luge officials during the IZOD IndyCar Series race weekend at Belle Isle in June evolved into development ideas and collaboration on the project of installing on-board telemetry on   …  More

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We have already learned the Porsche is returning to Le Mans, but now there are some new rumors with a little bit of validity regarding Porsche and professional racing. This new rumor is that Porsche is considering a return to F1. This rumor, however, has some strength, as Porsche has been hiring folks with F1 background. The latest hiring episode by Porsche included: Fritz Enzinger, Alex Hitzinger, Mike Krack and Urs Kuratle.

Enzinger was the Head of F1 Test and Race Organization at  …  More

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Formula 1 appears destined to have a new television partner in the U.S. from 2013. A statement released from the FOX Sports Media Group to the Associated Press said F1 and SPEED will part ways at the end of this season.

“It’s disappointing to learn that F1 has elected to move forward with a different media partner,” the statement said. “SPEED has been the U.S. voice of F1 since the mid ’90s, and it is   …  More

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We spoke with Paul McKenzie, Programme Director for the McLaren #P1, about why the technology on the P1 rivals that used on our Formula 1 race cars.

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