Lorenzo Bandini Henry Banks Fabrizio Barbazza John Barber David Carl Allison
woensdag 29 februari 2012
Brawn says W03 not ready to win yet
Magna Steyr MILA Coupic concept announced
Paco Godia Carel Godin de Beaufort Christian Goethals Paul Goldsmith José Froilán González
Fisher gets Honda engine deal
Gimax Richie Ginther Yves Giraud Cabantous Ignazio Giunti Timo Glock
Official: Audi unleashes hybrid, AWD powertrain on Le Mans with new R18 e-tron Quattro
Filed under: Motorsports, Coupe, Hybrid, Audi, Diesel, Racing

When we hear names like TFSI and Quattro, we automatically think of Audi. But while these technologies have proliferated across the company's production model range, they weren't initially developed for the road - they were developed for racing. So sit up straight and pay attention to Audi's cutting edge new Le Mans prototype, because it's jam-packed with new technologies that will likely end up in showrooms sooner or later.
Called the R18 e-tron Quattro, the LMP1 you see here doesn't just continue Audi's tradition of turbo diesel propulsion in endurance racing, it supplements it with hybrid propulsion and all-wheel drive. The two are part of the same system, regenerating brake energy (similar to F1's Kinetic Energy Recovery System) into a flywheel that is then fed back into the front wheels under acceleration, while the V6 TDI engine feeds 510 horsepower to the rear wheels for a combined through-the-road all-wheel-drive system. The added weight of the hybrid powertrain is offset by a carbon-fiber gearbox housing, used for the first time in endurance racing.
Audi will be campaigning two examples of the R18 e-tron Quattro at Le Mans in June and before that at Spa in May, alongside two of the R18 Ultras with conventional diesel power. Since both cars were developed together, they use mostly the same components, enabling more efficient race logistics for the team. We'll be watching to see how the tour de force fairs against the newcomers from Toyota with their TS030 Hybrid at Spa, Le Mans and the rest of the FIA World Endurance Championship, but for now you can check out the high-res images in the gallery above and the details in the press release after the jump.
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Spy Shots: Audi TT mule shows little, promises much
Filed under: Spy Photos, Coupe, Audi, Luxury

When we last checked in with the little bit of speculation there's been on the coming, third-generation Audi TT, rumors said the TT would move upmarket to make MSRP space below for a mid-engined Audi R4. With the R4's future in question, who knows how the TT will play it, but other scuttlebutt says that the TT will be on the MQB platform, will combine first- and second-generation designs and be lighter and more driver oriented.
The snappers at CarPix have encountered a TT mule testing in the snowy north and unfortunately, it doesn't give much more away. The wheelbase has grown - notice the hood shutline is uneven with the front arch, and the arches are said to look wider. The exhaust was described as "more mature," but that could be down to numerous mule-related reasons.
There were hints that we'd see it at last year's Tokyo Auto Show, but obviously that didn't happen. Based on the car in these spy shots, it could be a while yet.
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Spies ends day two on top at Sepang
Joe James Carlo Abate George Abecassis Kenny Acheson Andrea de Adamich
BMW 3-series GT spied with retractable rear wing
Nissan Hi-Cross Concept
| Posted on 02.28.2012 14:00 by Kirby | |
Japanese automaker, Nissan, is keen on making an impression at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show. While we don’t expect any supercar concepts to be shown at their booth in Geneva, we did find out that they’re bringing a couple of concept vehicles of their own, one of which, is the Hi-Cross Concept.
No details have been given on the concept crossover with Nissan opting to draw out the suspense courtesy of a teaser photo and a teaser video of the Hi-Cross. Based on what we can tell from the hazy green image - and video - the Hi-Cross Concept could very well be the eventual successor of the Nissan X-Trail.
With the tease of the Hi-Cross Concept officially underway, the total number of Geneva-bound Nissan concept vehicles comes up to two with the Hi-Cross joining the Invitation Concept, a prototype version of what could very well be a B-segment replacement for the "ancient" Nissan Note.
We’ll have more information surrounding the Hi-Cross Concept when Nissan officially pulls the covers off of it in Geneva. For now, check out the photo, watch the video, and try painting a picture in your head on what the Hi-Cross Concept is going to look like.
Nissan Hi-Cross Concept originally appeared on topspeed.com on Tuesday, 28 February 2012 14:00 EST.
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dinsdag 28 februari 2012
Casey Roderick’s Strong Daytona Run For Randy Hill Racing Comes Up Short
Carlo Abate George Abecassis Kenny Acheson Andrea de Adamich Philippe Adams
Briscoe praises oval car handling
David Carl Allison Gregory Jack Biffle David Lee Blaney Michael Duane Bliss Kurt Thomas Busch
Mikkelsen wraps up Azores victory
Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/real-world-racing/3rdparty/mikkelsen-wraps-up-azores-victory
Lewis Hamilton David Hampshire Sam Hanks Walt Hansgen Mike Harris
My son's Super Bee WIP COMPLETED
While I wait for decals on my build my boy is getting way ahead of me ! Body paint by Dad but he is doing a great job so far. This is his 5th kit and I have him researching the cars now before he builds ! Not sure if this belongs in the Muscle forum but I am a stickler for bone stock so I thought I would put it here.






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Ford expects cooling advantage
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MATT ARTIN JOINS NHRA AS DIRECTOR OF ADVERTISING AND PROMOTIONS
Source: http://www.motorsportsjournal.com/archives/2012/01/matt_artin_joins_nhra_as.php
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Red Bull will be challenged in 2012
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Bentley target 25,000 SUV sales, gets plug-in hybrid
Elio de Angelis Marco Apicella Mário de Araújo Cabral Frank Armi Chuck Arnold
maandag 27 februari 2012
Rosberg fired up by Mercedes progress
Scott Russell Riggs Hiroshi Fushida Beppe Gabbiani Bertrand Gachot Patrick Gaillard
New GT Aston a ‘big improvement’
Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/real-world-racing/3rdparty/new-gt-aston-a-big-improvement
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Fernando Alonso: “We are not where we want to be…”
Source: http://adamcooperf1.com/2012/02/22/fernando-alonso-we-are-not-where-we-want-to-be/
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Porsche drive for Frentzen
Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/real-world-racing/3rdparty/porsche-drive-for-frentzen
Gerry Ashmore Bill Aston Richard Attwood Manny Ayulo Luca Badoer
Jeep Unveils Special Grand Cherokee, Compass, and Wrangler for Europe [Geneva Auto Show]
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Rainstorms force delayed start of Daytona 500
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Is There Really a “Rule of Two”?
Source: http://www.streetsblog.org/2012/02/22/is-there-really-a-rule-of-two/
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zondag 26 februari 2012
2013 Mercedes-Benz A-Class spied almost uncovered
Philippe Adams Walt Ader Kurt Adolff Fred Agabashian Kurt Ahrens Jr
Hirvonen test hindered by snow
Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/world-rally-championship-news/wrc/hirvonen-test-hindered-by-snow
F1 pre-season testing provides poor guide to form
So, after four days of testing and nearly 3,500 laps of running at Jerez in sunny southern Spain, what has the first Formula 1 pre-season test revealed about the season to come?
The simplest answer – as ever – is “not much”. Testing – or the “winter world championship”, as McLaren chairman Ron Dennis famously described it – is a notoriously poor guide to form.
Or at least it is if you look only at the headline lap times. At the end of last year’s test in Jerez, the fastest man was Williams driver Rubens Barrichello – and his team were about to embark on the worst season in their once-illustrious history.
Likewise, if anyone thinks Lotus driver Romain Grosjean is going to win this year’s world championship after setting the pace in Jerez this week, they will be waiting a long time for those pigs to fly in front of that blue moon.
Ferrari's Fernando Alonso set the fastest time on the final day of the first Formula 1 pre-season testing in Jerez, in Spain with a time of 1.18.877. Photo: Getty
Nevertheless, it would be wrong to say that Jerez has revealed nothing.
First of all, it has become clear the teams dislike the look of the new cars as much as anyone.
For them, the ugly step on top of the noses of all cars apart from the McLaren is an unfortunate necessity in the pursuit of the best possible aerodynamics, following a rule change requiring lower front noses.
"Performance comes before aesthetics," as Red Bull design chief Adrian Newey put it.
The teams head back to their factories with a mountain of data, on which decisions will be based about the direction in which to take the development of their new cars.
These gleaming machines are prototypes for their entire lives, but in terms of maturity right now they are still in the post-natal stage.
Nowhere, it seems, is that more true than at Ferrari, whose decision to start with a clean sheet of paper after a chastening year in 2011 has left them with a lot of work to do.
Fernando Alonso may have left Jerez with the fastest time from the final day - and the second fastest overall - but no-one was fooled by that.
Ferrari were clearly struggling to understand their new F2012 and spent most of the four days doing aerodynamic assessment tests.
The car, they said, was behaving inconsistently in the corners, and so far fixing its behaviour at one stage - the entry, say - messes it up at either the mid-corner or exit, or both.
This is not an especially encouraging sign for a team whose 2011 season came off the rails at the final pre-season test, when new parts that they expected to bring a chunk of speed actually made the car worse.
It turned out this was a result of a lack of correlation between the results that were being created in the wind tunnel and the actual performance of the car out on the track - a major problem in a sport where aerodynamics are critical to performance.
Ferrari spent most of last season trying to get on top of this, and by late summer they insisted they had. Yet when they introduced an update to the car at the Belgian Grand Prix in August, that too did not work.
Were they not concerned about this, I asked an insider a little later in the season. No, he said, they knew why it had happened - the wind tunnel correlation was fine.
Yet on Thursday this week, there was technical director Pat Fry admitting that there was still a small problem in this area. "There's reasonable correlation," Fry said. "I certainly wouldn't say it was perfect."
Despite that eye-catching lap time from Alonso, then, Ferrari's potential remains unclear.
"That time was on soft tyres," a source close to the team said. "It was not so special. The feeling is they are waiting for a lot from this car - but they don't know how to get it. It is impossible to say what will be the future."
But it is not just Ferrari. Over at McLaren, Lewis Hamilton has said his first impressions of the car were "all positive". But the more he talked, the more you wondered.
They had not found the best set-up yet, he said - unsurprising, perhaps, so early in testing.
"It feels like an evolution of last year's car in many ways but also there are some things that are not so good," he added. "The downforce on the rear for instance, is not as good through the high-speed corners as it was last year, but I'm sure we'll get that back."
Again, this was to be expected given the ban on exhaust-blown diffusers, from which all top teams gained huge amounts of rear downforce last year - and Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel also noticed a similar experience in his car.
But perhaps Hamilton's most revealing remark was this: "You never know what fuel loads people are on. I think we've been quite aggressive with our fuel loads."
A translation of which seems to be that McLaren are running with less fuel on board than they might normally be expected to - which will make their lap times look more impressive.
Despite that, the car looked as if it was not quite as fast as the Red Bull, which Hamilton effectively admitted. "I think you can see the Red Bull looks quick," he said.
The Red Bull indeed appeared to do its times with relative ease, both in the hands of Mark Webber and, later in the week, Vettel.
Just as much of a concern for their rivals will be that pictures suggest the car seems to have retained what most believe to be its crucial secret.
That is getting the front wing to run closer to the ground than any other car, a critical aerodynamic advantage.
This is despite design chief Adrian Newey saying they had had to reduce the rake on their car following the ban on exhaust-blown diffusers and despite the introduction of a tougher front-wing deflection test.
And yet even Red Bull clearly have work to do. After three pretty much trouble-free days, an electrical fault appeared on the final morning, and Vettel lost an entire morning's running while the team fixed it.
In summary, then, Red Bull again look like the team to beat, and there is a mixed picture from McLaren and Ferrari.
Just as it did in 2011 when the team were Renault, the Lotus has left a good initial impression.
Toro Rosso and Williams also appear to have decent cars, while Force India fell back after a promising start, almost certainly because of losing a day to reserve driver Jules Bianchi's crash on Thursday.
There follows a 10-day break before the teams reconvene at Barcelona on 21 February.
The Circuit de Catalunya's mix of long corners of varying speeds have long been the ultimate test of an F1 car's all-round capabilities, so more pieces of the jigsaw should fall into place there.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/andrewbenson/2012/02/f1_pre-season_testing_provides.html
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Krumm returns to Super GT Series
Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/real-world-racing/3rdparty/krumm-returns-to-super-gt-series
Mario Andretti Michael Andretti Keith Andrews Elio de Angelis Marco Apicella
Alonso still unsure on Ferrari pace
Carlo Abate George Abecassis Kenny Acheson Andrea de Adamich Philippe Adams
Ferrari Launch Their 2011 Car The F150
Source: http://f1fanatics.wordpress.com/2011/01/31/ferrari-launch-their-2011-car-the-f150/
Duncan Hamilton Lewis Hamilton David Hampshire Sam Hanks Walt Hansgen
2013 Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Vitesse: The Most Powerful Roadster of All Time
Bobby Grim Romain Grosjean Olivier Grouillard Brian Gubby André Guelfi
Staying the Course
Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/iracing-news/staying-the-course
Bob Gerard Gerino Gerini Peter Gethin Piercarlo Ghinzani Bruno Giacomelli
Next-gen 2014 Renault Clio spied for first time
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Double BAFTA success for Senna movie
Source: http://adamcooperf1.com/2012/02/12/double-bafta-success-for-senna-movie/
Ferrari, RBR change final test plans
Rene Arnoux Peter Arundell Alberto Ascari Peter Ashdown Ian Ashley
zaterdag 25 februari 2012
Robert Kubica Could Be Ruled Out For At Least A Year Following Accident
David Lee Blaney Michael Duane Bliss Kurt Thomas Busch Kyle Thomas Busch Jeffrey Tyler Burton
Gumpert tease again, two world debuts in Geneva
Walt Hansgen Mike Harris Cuth Harrison Brian Hart Gene Hartley
Your favourite drivers and teams at the start of the 2012 F1 season | 2012 F1 season preview
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Fernando Alonso: “We are not where we want to be…”
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Yves Giraud Cabantous Ignazio Giunti Timo Glock Helm Glöckler Paco Godia
Atkinson: Lack of experience no worry
Juan Pablo Montoya Joseph Francis Nemechek III Ryan Joseph Newman Kyle Eugene Petty Floyd Anthony Raines
The Mole ponders F1 in Britain
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Your favourite drivers and teams at the start of the 2012 F1 season | 2012 F1 season preview
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F1: Sauber Of Kobayashi Quickest Of The Week
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José Froilán González Oscar González Aldo Gordini Horace Gould Jean Marc Gounon
INDYCAR: Honda To Provide Fisher With Full Season Supply
Source: http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/indycar-honda-to-provide-fisher-with-full-season-supply/
David Lee Blaney Michael Duane Bliss Kurt Thomas Busch Kyle Thomas Busch Jeffrey Tyler Burton
vrijdag 24 februari 2012
2012 F1 testing day 7 in pictures | F1 pictures
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Pictures from the third day of F1 testing at the Circuit de Catalunya.
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