Cars

In the second of today’s two F1 car launches, the technically new Alpine outfit has revealed its A521 contender for 2021. It’s the first ever F1 car to wear the brand’s name, marking Alpine’s debut in the sport this season.

Defending seven-time world champion Mercedes-AMG has revealed the car that most will expect to take the 2021 title too.

After a 50 year absence from top class sportscar racing, Ferrari is set to return as an official entry in the Le Mans Hypercar (LMH) category in 2023.

Red Bull is the latest team to unveil its car for the 2021 Formula One World Championship, taking the covers off the RB16B today.

The Alfa Romeo team has become the third to reveal its car for the upcoming 2021 Formula One season, which it calls the C41.

Red Bull’s junior F1 team, Scuderia AlphaTauri, has become the second team to reveal its 2021 challenger. The car, officially known as the AT02, follows on from last year’s race winning AT01, and AlphaTauri hopes it will propel the team to the front of the midfield.

McLaren has taken the covers off its newest supercar overnight, revealing the “Artura” in full for the first time. It’s a relatively familiar shape on the outside, but the Artura is packed with new technology, including a brand-new engine, and based on a totally new platform.

The latest model in the Porsche 911 GT range has arrived, in the shape of the new 992-generation GT3. Boasting the usual race car-derived technology, the GT3 represents the entry level of Porsche’s highest performance 911s, and it’s quite the high bar for the subsequent models.

McLaren is the first of the 2021 season F1 manufacturers to reveal its car for the year ahead, in an unusual event held at the brand’s headquarters in Woking, UK.

If you like Gran Turismo, Gran Turismo collectibles, and model cars, US-based model manufacturer Maisto has a treat for you. The company will be producing 1:18 scale models of the newest Vision Gran Turismo car, the Lamborghini Lambo V12, for its 2021 collection.

The Super Bowl is the season-ending championship game of football in the USA. It’s a mixture of sports and entertainment that’s hard to beat, with the famous “halftime show” rivaling most live concerts (Prince’s performance at Super Bowl XLI a particular highlight).

Volvo is staging a repeat of its 2020 Super Bowl competition to win a whole fleet of cars, this year worth $2m, and it’s all in the name of safety.

Jaguar is set to create another “continuation” model, this time of the Le Mans-winning C-Type, and has launched an online configurator for potential customers to create their perfect specification.

One of the most entertaining and controversial of 2020’s hastily arranged esports events will return in March, as the NASCAR Pro Invitational comes back for a second season.

After having to put a pause on proceedings in 2020, the FIA Motorsport Games will return this year, with more events than before.

After successful high-speed tests in 2019 seemed to put its troubles behind it, the Bloodhound Land Speed Record project is once again in need of a new owner.

After more than 25 years in production, during which it became the brand’s best selling car ever, the Lotus Elise is set to retire later this year.

The first race in the new Hypercar era of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) will take place in Portugal in April, after the championship’s organizers dropped Sebring from the calendar.

The FIA has published the full, 33-car entry list for the 2021 season of the FIA World Endurance Championship.

The relationship between Nissan and GT Academy seems to be well and truly over, as the brand appears to have all-but ended its relationship with the sole remaining driver. Jann Mardenborough, who won the competition in 2011 and has been part of the brand’s Super GT campaign in recent years, no longer has a spot in the factory GT500 GT-Rs for 2021.