Archive for the ‘Motorsport’ Category

Laura Tillett Named Caterham Kart Project Leader

Friday, February 10, 2012 13:41 by Arman Barari No Comments

As we reported last month Caterham is going to run its own karting championship from 2013, and to sort it out they’ve hired a 20-year old girl. Read More… It’s Laura Tillett, karting ace and the first British female to compete in the ‘KF1’ World Championship, the karting equivalent of Formula One. She’s definitely the [...]

This was posted under category: Exotics, Motorsport Tags: Caterham, Caterham Karting, Karting

Honda CR-Z GT300 Super GT Racer

Saturday, February 4, 2012 13:13 by Arman Barari No Comments

Honda is kicking its motorsport efforts into high gear. After the new WTCC campaign, they are now going to enter the CR-Z in the Japanese Super GT series. Read More… Yesterday they revealed plans to take part in the 2013 (and some of the 2012 events) World Touring Car Championship with a Mugen-powered Civic prepared [...]

This was posted under category: Honda, Motorsport Tags: Honda, Honda CR-Z, mugen

Audi Going Hybrid for 2012 Le Mans 24 Hours

Friday, February 3, 2012 14:19 by Arman Barari No Comments

When Toyota announced their hybrid Le Mans car we thought it meant an amazing battle between the T030 and Audi R18 diesel monster. But Audi ruined it! Read More… They just announced they too will field hybrid cars at 2012 Le Mans 24 Hours. They will have the old TDI car on the grid as [...]

This was posted under category: Audi, Motorsport Tags: Audi, Audi R18, Le Mans, Le Mans 24 Hours

Honda Enters WTCC with Civic

Friday, February 3, 2012 9:05 by Arman Barari 1 Comment

Honda dives deeper into motorsport activities by entering the Civic into World Touring Car Championship . Read More… So they called up their in-house performance arm Mugen and J.A.S. Motorsport to turn a normal Civic into a full-blooded racing machine. Mugen will manufacture and take care of a bespoke racing engine developed by Honda R&D, [...]

This was posted under category: Honda, Motorsport Tags: Honda, Honda Civic, Wtcc

Aston Martin Off to a Good Start in Grand-Am

Monday, January 30, 2012 15:41 by Arman Barari No Comments

Yep, that’s Patrick Dempsey of Grey’s Anatomy posing with the Aston Martin Vantage GT4. He and his mates did good in their inaugural Grand Am race. Read More… The Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge (CTSCC) series opener was held at the Daytona International Speedway. Dempsey and Aston Martin’s chief engineer Chris Porritt were sharing the [...]

This was posted under category: Aston Martin, Motorsport Tags: Aston Martin, Grand Am

New BMW M3 DTM Livery Unveiled

Monday, January 30, 2012 15:21 by Arman Barari No Comments

BMW Motorsport revealed the official livery for the second BMW M3 DTM they will be running at this year’s DTM championship. Read More… BMW will return to DTM in 2012 with six M3s. The first car, of course, has the official BMW Racing colors for its livery. This green and blue livery is for the [...]

This was posted under category: Bmw, Motorsport Tags: Bmw, Bmw M3, Bmw M3 DTM, Dtm

Toyota T030 Hybrid Le Mans Racer: Video

Wednesday, January 25, 2012 19:05 by Arman Barari No Comments

Earlier today we showed you the all-new Toyota T030 Hybrid Le Mans in its full glory. Now check out this short video of the car, as it’s coming out of the pit at Paul Ricard circuit. Given the fact this is a hybrid, you’d expect it to be rather quite, would you not. But wait [...]

This was posted under category: Motorsport, Toyota, Videos Tags: Le Mans, Toyota, Videos