McLaren MP4-28 Continues Smooth-Nosed Sexiness

2013 McLaren MP4-28So you've all seen the Lotus E21 with its stepped nose and daring red sidepods. Well, the second 2013 F1 car has been unveiled this morning, and it features only one of the above things. McLaren have continued their avoidance of the "platypus nose" while improving air flow under the car by raising the front end to the same height as everyone else, thanks to the new allowance of a non-structural "vanity panel" to arch over the step....

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Rich Arabs Get Tired of Waiting For New Hypercars, Build Their Own

W Motors Lykan HypersportIf there's one place that buys a lot of hypercars, it's the Middle East (or the bits of it that aren't on fire, anyway). Places like Qatar and Dubai soak up the Agera Rs and Veyron Supersport's of the world and simply show off how expensive they are to their peers, not really bothered by what the car itself is actually like beyond how spangly the interior and how loud the engine is. I disagree with this mentality, but that's...

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Peugeot 208 Type R5: Peppy Le Peu

"YEAHHHH, LET'S WIN!!"Unless you're a rally buff, you probably don't know that both sides of the PSA Peugeot-Citroën alliance have a rally programme. The Loeb-powered DS3 dominance in the World Rally Championship stops Citroën's Pug sisters from competing against them directly, but with the 207 they have been competing very successfully in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge - a version of the WRC for upcoming amateur drivers - and national championships that use...

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Leave The Buttons Alone, I Know What They Do

You can scroll down for the rest of the 2013 Lotus E21, but the show car they unveiled today came with this little memento to their meme-tacular driver, Kimi Räikkönen, incorporating every entertaining characteristic about him in joke-button format. Enj...

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F1 2013 - Lotus Noses Ahead With E21 Launch

Interesting new sponsor on the air intake for Romain's car...It's that time of year again, folks! New F1 car reveals will be happening over the next week, with the first pre-season test at Jerez taking place next Tuesday on the 5th February. But what will the cars look like? Well they never reveal 100% what they're going to do right away, but to give us an idea of their evolved car - and livery, by the looks of it - Lotus has shown us their E21 (named...

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F1 2014 – The Second Turbo Era Begins

So, just in case you’ve somehow avoided all Formula 1 news in the last year or so, there will be a major shake-up in the regulations of F1 cars next year, the first major overhaul since the new, cleaner bodywork with wide front wings and narrow rear ones was introduced in 2009. One the one hand, it means the end of the screaming V8 engine, which is sad, but on the other, it introduces turbocharging, something not seen in the sport since 1988, along...

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2013 on SBV8: Turbo Lag

McLaren P1 PrototypeFirst of all, it wasn't my intention to go this long without posting, but having lost the internet connection in my crummy student house, it gets a little difficult to just post something when I feel like it. Second of all, a belated happy new year! I reckon January will be the best month of the year so far. Once things stabilise internet-wise, this site will be back up to speed. Blame Sky. I know I do......Here's a spy shot of...

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