formula 1
Honda’s Winning V12 F1 Car: Heavenly Sound | Giga Gears
Here at Jalopnik we love it when a car goes “nyooom” really fast on a race track. A high-rev V12 in the back of a cigar-shaped F1 car? Who doesn’t love that? Honda recently had its 1965 RA272 out at Laguna Seca to run some demonstration laps for the fans at the Monterey Motorsport Reunion. That event is a tentpole of…
“Mercedes-AMG GT3 Edition 130Y: Last Naturally Aspirated 6.2 V8 AMG GT3”
Despite the first-generation Mercedes-AMG GT using a twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter V8, the racing AMG GT3 variant continued using the naturally aspirated 6.2-liter V8 used by its SLS predecessor. As Mercedes gears up to launch the next-gen GT racer, which will have a turbocharged engine, AMG revealed the new GT3 Edition…
Formula 1 Driver Rocks Drums for ABBA | Giga Gears
Formula 1 in the 1980s was a world away from the spectacle you see today. The cars were much slower but much louder, the drivers mostly had nicotine addictions and safety peaked with hay bales lining the track. You could also find an ABBA drummer lined up on the grid alongside the likes of Mario Andretti, Nigel Mansell
“F1 Faces Andretti Cadillac Anti-Trust Probe by Feds | Giga Gears”
Michael Andretti’s denied attempt to join the Formula 1 grid has been granted a DOJ investigation. American firm Liberty Media, which owns Formula 1 Group, denied Andretti Global’s entry to F1 earlier this year. The denial by F1, following a six-month review of the team’s application, which included a commitment from…
“2024 Mercedes-AMG C63 S E Performance: Formula 1 Power and PHEV Brilliance | Giga Gears”
Since the formal merging of Mercedes and AMG in 2005 to form Mercedes-AMG GmbH the German performance subbrand has been on an interesting trajectory, especially with the relatively recent introduction of diet-AMG models like the 43 and 53 cars. Where spotting an AMG badge on the back of a Mercedes-Benz used to mean…