Cars

Bugatti may have been knocked out of the history books yesterday, but that’s not going to stop the brand which produces some of the fastest, most expensive luxury cars ever seen. Indeed only a handful of hours after the SSC Tuatara rocketed past the Chiron Super Sport, Bugatti is dropping some hints of what’s to come.

The chase for the fastest ever production car just got a lot spicier as SSC has recaptured the crown it lost in 2010. In regaining the record, SSC has also thrown down an incredible challenge, raising the bar by almost 40mph — the largest margin in the record’s history.

McLaren has shown off its nearly finished new hybrid supercar, as it enters the final stages of its pre-production development and testing phase. The car, still wrapped in its testing camo, is a pretty major step for McLaren, as it represents a number of firsts — most notable of which is the brand’s first full production hybrid.

GT Sport’s first world champion Igor Fraga has put in an eye-catching performance during the Formula 3 post-season test at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Making his debut for his new Hitech team, for which he’ll drive in 2021, Fraga completed almost 150 laps, and recorded the fifth fastest lap of anyone during the two-day test.

You might remember a little while back that Tom Brooks, the Voice of Gran Turismo Sport, was starting out on a motorsport career. Tom, who not only provides the narration for many of the in-game videos but also acts as the presenter of the Gran Turismo live events, wanted to get racing himself and set out to combine that with his natural talent for talking about it for a video series on Youtube.

Engine supplier Honda has announced it will withdraw from Formula One at the conclusion of the 2021 season. The surprise move, announced this morning, brings to an end Honda’s return to F1 which started in 2015.

2020 marks an important milestone. It is 100 years since Jujiro Matsuda founded a company in Hiroshima, Japan, that would eventually become the Mazda Motor Corporation.

This past weekend’s 24 Hour of Le Mans was the end of an era. After a history stretching back more than 25 years, the Le Mans Prototype (LMP) effectively bowed out as the event’s top category.

It’s fair to say that this year’s racing calendar hasn’t exactly gone to plan. That’s why we’re about to settle down for one of our favorite 24 hours of racing of the year in mid-September — for the first time since 1968 — rather than its more common summer time slot.

Aston Martin has revealed its AMR-C01, a driving rig created by the brand and technical partner Curv Racing Simulators.

2020 Toyota Racing Series champion and 2018 GT Sport World Champion Igor Fraga is set to drive for a new team in his second FIA Formula 3 season.

You may recall earlier in the year that Ford wanted help from the gaming community. The brand, through its Team Fordzilla esports team, asked gamers to help it put together a design for a new car.

Renowned McLaren racing team Lanzante has revealed its LM 25 Editions, a suite of seven cars to celebrate a significant landmark. 2020 marks a full quarter of a century since McLaren entered the famous Le Mans 24 Hours race for the first time, and won.

After picking up his first point of the season last weekend, GT Sport World Champion Igor Fraga could have been forgiven for some optimism in Barcelona this week. Indeed in our exclusive interview, the Brazilian was looking forward to more progress and putting the memories of the first few races behind him.

It has been a roller coaster of a year for FIA Gran Turismo champion Igor Fraga.

Brazil’s Igor Fraga, 2018 GT Sport World Champion, has finally nabbed his first point of his FIA Formula 3 career, courtesy of a fight-back and a slice of luck.

British luxury sports brand Bentley is offering up an unusually inexpensive brand-new car. For two-thirds the price of a Chevrolet Spark — or the same money as a Dacia Sandero, for our European readers — you can pick up a shiny, new Bentley Continental GT.

The 2018 GT Sport world champion Igor Fraga has had another weekend to forget in FIA Formula 3, after his car broke down during the sprint race at Silverstone.

Top-tier electric racing series Formula E is going to take a leaf out of the video game book and run a reverse direction circuit race to close out the season.

Lamborghini is on a bit of a roll at the moment, setting new sales records seemingly every other month. It’s recently sent out its 10,000th Urus SUV to a customer, but this week it’s reveling in something a little less common.