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Porsche Video

Porsche 918 tackles Goodwood FoS hillclimb

Let’s start your week with a run up the famed Goodwood hillclimb course, filmed aboard the Porsche 918 Spyder at the Festival of Speed on the weekend. The brief clip Porsche has made with titled “Sounds of Goodwood 2014” is a nice little treat as well. Mark Webber was at Goodwood on the weekend and […]

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Formula 1 Red Bull Racing

Is Ricciardo being favoured over Vettel?

Right from the season outset Daniel Ricciardo has shown he’s neither intimdated nor inferior to Red Bull Racing’s golden child Sebastian Vettel. The young Aussie is comfortably ahead of the four-time world champion in the 2014 standings and has more often than not been the best of the drivers left in the wake of the […]

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Formula 1 Mercedes-Benz

2014 Austrian GP: Post-race press conference

We’re sorry to Valtteri Bottas that we can’t get a photo of him on the podium, but he’ll have to have a crack at Williams for being so tight with the images they release to the little people like us. Meanwhile, Daniel Ricciardo explained a mistake at Turn 1 was responsible for a difficult day. […]

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Porsche WEC

2014 LM24: Porsche post-race review

Porsche’s return at Le Mans was a story of what could have been. For the #20 919 Hybrid (Bernhard/Hartley/Webber) the misfortune of others gave it hope that a fairy tale victory could be theirs. When Mark took the wheel with around three hours to go spirits were incredibly high and race win was a real […]

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Porsche WEC

2014 LM24: Go to sleep Australia!

The dream is over. Mark Webber has retired from the 24 Hours of Le Mans with an unidentified drivetrain problem. He slowed on track while in second place and was able to limp back into the pits. The car was wheeled into the pits and the crew worked on the car for over 15 minutes […]

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Audi Porsche WEC

2014 LM24: Wake up Australia!

With less than three hours to race Mark Webber’s #20 Porsche 919 Hybrid is leading the 24 Hours of Le Mans! Mark’s car is not the fastest and has assumed the lead due to problems with its competitors. First, the #7 Toyota TS040 looked very comfortable and set for a well earned victory. The car […]

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Toyota WEC

2014 LM24: #7 Toyota retires from lead

Terrible news for Toyota from the 24 Hours of Le Mans with the leading #7 TS040 forced out of the race due to a technical fault with the wiring loom. Kazuki Nakajima was driving the #7 car and pulled to the side of the track without incident. Toyota has since confirmed the car’s official retirement […]

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Audi Porsche Toyota Video WEC

2014 Le Mans video updates

The 2014 24 Hours of Le Mans is approaching half race distance and to date the race has been dominated by the #7 Toyota TS040 Hybrid. Alex Wurz is at the wheel right now and he holds a lead of over 2 minutes from the #2 Audi R18 e-tron quattro with André Lotterer at the […]

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Formula 1 Mercedes-Benz Red Bull Racing

2014 Canadian GP: Post-race press conference

Hey, guess what Australia, Daniel Ricciardo just won the 2014 Canadian Grand Prix! His first ever F1 victory—how cool is that. Here’s what he said after being asked what it was like to join the small but elite club of Australian drivers who have won a grand prix: Yeah, it’s awesome. It’s still sinking in […]

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Formula 1 Mercedes-Benz Red Bull Racing

Daniel Ricciardo wins 2014 Canadian GP

Daniel Ricciardo claimed his maiden grand prix win this morning with a thrilling victory in the Canadian Grand Prix. The 24-year-old Australian overtook Nico Rosberg’s failing Mercedes AMG with just two laps to run before taking the chequered flag behind the Safety Car. While dicing for P4 in the closing stages Felipe Massa (Williams) and […]

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Audi Porsche Toyota WEC

Toyota favourites heading to Le Mans

The Toyota TS040 Hybrid has firmed as the car to beat at this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans. Two wins in the opening rounds of the WEC season had already set up Toyota as the 2014 front runners and the TS040’s abilities at the Circuit de la Sarthe were confirmed after last weekend’s official […]

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Ferrari WEC

Fernando Alonso to start Le Mans 24 Hours

Fernando Alonso is going to start the 2014 Le Mans 24 Hours. No, he hasn’t been released to compete in the race itself, rather he will be the ceremonial flag waver to indicate the start of the endurance classic. Automobile Club de l’Ouest invited Fernando along in recognition of Ferrari’s past history at Le Mans and […]