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The Biggest Motorsports Stories Of 2018
Regardless of how good or bad a year is in every other aspect of life, we can at least count on our passions, like motorsports, to help us through it. And between some big names stepping aside for a new generation, a high-profile implosion of one series and at least one major arrest, 2018 was…
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Formula One’s New Budget Cap Could Start As Early As 2019: Report
Formula One is considering a budget cap to level the playing field among its big-budget and smaller teams, and leaked details obtained by Auto Motor und Sport show exactly how they might do it. F1 wants to start testing out the cap in 2019. Notably, drivers’ and top managers’ salaries and marketing expenditures won’t be…
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F1 Wants To ‘Amplify’ Engine Sound On TV By Adding Microphones To The Exhaust
Gather ’round, kids, and let’s talk about the olden days of Formula One: Back before 2014, the sport used to use these big, loud V8 engines. Before that, it used even bigger and louder V10s and V12s. Then, in the tragic year of 2014, the turbo hybrid V6 engines came along. They were not very…
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Kimi Räikkönen’s Ludicrously Fast Pole-Winning Lap Of Monaco Is Surreal
You know that part in Star Wars where they go speed a narrow channel to blow up the Death Star? That’s what the Monaco Grand Prix circuit feels like at speed, except with Formula One cars. It’s absurdly tight and narrow, and you should enjoy its ridiculousness in this onboard of Kimi Räikkönen’s pole-winning lap.