Hybrid racing vehicles are incredibly successful, including all recent wins at the famous Le Mans 24 Hour annual race.
Audi’s pioneering hybrid-diesel technology has provided Britain with the nation’s first sportscar world champion for 21 years. Dumfries-born Allan McNish who won this year’s Le Mans 24 Hours for a third time was “crowned” the FIA World Endurance Champion in China last weekend (9 Nov). McNish plus co-drivers Tom Kristensen (Den) and Loïc Duval (F) […]
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A unique and successful history links Porsche with Le Mans. 2014 will see Porsche making a return to the top catagory 24 Hours of Le Mans race with two LMP1 prototypes – 16 years after its last overall victory in 1998 with the Porsche 911 GT1. For Porsche, the coming year will mark the start
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Audi has defended its titles early in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) in Japan. The success with the R18 e-tron quattro was achieved by Audi Sport Team Joest in odd circumstances: Heavy rain at Fuji meant that not a single lap could be completed under the Green Flag. In the end, the leaders of
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Audi is still undefeated in the 2013 sports car season. All five rounds of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) went to Audi Sport Team Joest. In addition, the Audi R18 e-tron quattro won the Sebring 12 Hours. Most recently, at Austin, Head of Audi Motorsport Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich’s squad celebrated the 100th overall victory
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The final part of Infiniti Red Bull Racing’s mini-series, “Assembly,” reveals how the assembly of the Formula One car takes place in the ‘Race Bays’ at Milton Keynes HQ. With thousands of parts being created for each car, the team work fast to put together all the parts which result in a world class car
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Episode three of the Infiniti Red Bull Racing mini short-documentary series, The Making of an F1 Car, has been released for your viewing pleasure. Manufacturing concentrates on the processes used by the team to construct pieces of the Formula One racing car. Episode four will show how building of the car itself takes place in
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Infiniti Red Bull Racing have released part two of their four part documentary, unlocking the doors to some of their development secrets. It’s interesting stuff with some of the figures mentioned being quite literally mind blowing. With thousands of design changes occurring every week and only 5 months (in general) to design a new car
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As preparations for the start of production of the EU-specification Outlander PHEV were underway in Japan, Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) took its technology flagship to a last and most unexpected reliability exercise – cross country racing. (FIA) Asia Cross Country Rally MMC remains convinced of the virtues of motor sports to improve the breed and
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Creating a successful Formula One car, from drawing board to race track that is able to be competitive across a entire racing season, usually involves the kind of secret that only the ‘inner circle’ is able to access. so closely guarded are secrets and development work, that even Red Bull Racing themselves were loathed for
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Allan McNish heads for the next round of the FIA World Endurance Championship in Japan next month having crucially extended his points lead yesterday (SUN). Dumfries-born McNish plus co-drivers Tom Kristensen (Den) and Loïc Duval (F) brought their hybrid-diesel Audi R18 e-tron quattro home 23.617secs ahead of their nearest challengers in a Six Hour race
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