auto racing
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Mercedes’s Toto Wolff Is Worried The FIA Is Letting Red Bull Get Away With It
Mercedes’s Lewis Hamilton spent a lot of time behind Red Bull’s Max Verstappen during the Spanish Grand Prix two weeks ago before eventually passing the Dutchman for the win. It was enough time for Hamilton to familiarise himself with the Red Bull’s flexible rear wing — a design characteristic that Mercedes quickly pointed out went…
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Janet Guthrie, The First Woman To Qualify For The Indy 500, To Get Her Own Feature Biopic
Janet Guthrie made history in the late 1970s when she became the first woman to attempt, and then to qualify for, the iconic Indianapolis 500. It was an era where women were still barred from the garage, which meant Guthrie had an uphill battle to fight in many ways. Now, she’s getting her own future…
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Italian Kart Racer Given 15-Year Racing Ban For Actions Which Would Be Encouraged At Your Local Dirt Track
Last year during the FIA’s KZ Karting World Championship event, things got a little bit Saturday Night Special when Luca Corberi tangled with Paulo Ippolito, sending Corberi off the track and binning his TonyKart 401S. Corberi then went nuclear, launching into a rage at his competitor. That’s pretty common when you’ve been given the chrome…
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We Raced A Plane And A Mustang From Sydney To Canberra
Qantas and Virgin recently told passengers that they needed to arrive at the airport two hours before domestic flights due to temporarily tightened security restrictions. This got us thinking — with these rules, is it faster to just drive to Canberra from Sydney now? We decided to find out.