Formula One

These Were The Biggest Motorsport Stories Of 2023

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Photo: VALERIE MACON/AFP (Getty Images) In a previous life, we used to be lucky to get a good racing movie, documentary, or TV show every few years. Now that Netflix’s Drive to Survive has proven that people care about watching race car drivers on the big screen — and Hollywood has delivered. This year saw … Read more

Extreme E’s Final Race As An EV Series Will Take Place In America

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Photo: Andrew Ferraro / Extreme E Extreme E, the all-electric off-road racing series, is set to transition to hydrogen power in 2024 — but before it does, it’ll bid adieu to its electric powertrains with its first-ever race in America. Unfortunately, the Phoenix, AZ season finale will conflict with Formula 1’s sophomore Las Vegas Grand … Read more

Radford Selling $1M Copy Of Its 710-HP Pikes Peak Racer

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American driver Tanner Foust finished eighth overall at the 2023 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, driving a wildly aero-modified Radford Type 62-2 in a historic John Player Special-aping livery. His time of nine minutes 37.326 seconds was quick enough to win the Exhibition class, despite being nearly a minute slower up the hill than overall … Read more

Formula 1 Forgot To Tell Spain About Plans To Move Spanish GP

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Formula 1 is in the closing stages of its next big calendar move, relocating the Spanish Grand Prix in 2026 from Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya to a new street circuit in Madrid, the country’s capital. However, the championship’s commercial rights holder has yet to inform the Royal Automobile Club of Spain (RACE), the national body that … Read more

Lia Block Is Ready To Trade Rallying For Open-Wheel Racing

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Open Lia Block’s Instagram on any given day, and there’s a good chance you’ll find her at a distinct race course somewhere on the planet. Block, who is the 17-year-old daughter of the late Ken Block, spent her 2023 on an absolute tear, becoming the youngest person to win the American Rally Association championship while … Read more

Tremble And Debase Yourself Before The Almighty Five-Rotor Mazda

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Image: Mad Mike Whiddett on Facebook/Omega Photography New Zealand’s Mad Mike Whiddett is among the coolest dudes in motorsport, and he’s obsessed with making loud Mazda rotary engines and ripping smoke from his tires. For over a decade he’s been building wilder and wilder cars, topping his own builds with every new release. He thought … Read more