Cars

Whether it’s Ferrari’s return to form or the recent controversy at Baku, this year’s F1 season has proven itself unpredictable. The surprises continue heading into this weekend’s British Grand Prix, albeit with an unfortunate one.

Zarooq Motors, a company based in the United Arab Emirates, has debuted the production spec version of its SandRacer 500GT.

After the unpredictability of Azerbaijan a fortnight ago, Austria put on a more mainstream affair as the likely suspects came out on top. The Red Bull Ring was not without its own surprises during the race, however.

As if the events at Baku two weeks ago weren’t enough, this weekend’s qualifying starts off on a similar note. Lewis Hamilton starts eighth, while Sebastian Vettel sits behind Mercedes’ Valterri Bottas.

France’s new minister of ecological transition, Nicolas Hulot, has claimed that the nation will end the sale of petrol and diesel cars by 2040.

Volvo has announced plans to phase electric powertrains into all of its future models.

There’s a something endearing about about a performance badge applied to a highly unsuitable car.

Elon Musk has taken to Twitter to confirm that the Tesla Model 3 is finally on its way.

The Goodwood Festival of Speed is one of the largest motoring events on the calendar. Combining a motor show with a race weekend, the meeting attracts around 200,000 visitors each year.

Porsche has officially introduced the fastest and most powerful street-legal 911 to date with the release of the 2018 GT2 RS.

The saga between Ron Dennis and McLaren seems to finally be coming to an end. In what can be seen as the final nail in the coffin, the former chief executive has sold his shares in McLaren Technology Group and McLaren Automotive.

After over a month’s sabbatical, the Blancpain Endurance Series got back on track at Circuit Paul Ricard. It was a hard-fought battle from beginning to end at the French circuit. In the end, one manufacturer saw itself back on the top step for the first time in two years.

Aston Martin has announced that the first of its cars to receive a Mercedes-AMG engine will be the DB11.

The 2017 Azerbaijan Grand Prix was arguably Formula One’s most exciting race so far this year. Safety Cars, a red flag, some bad manners and some bad luck all gave way to an unlikely winner. But the story of the race still continues.

This week’s Want is one of the most spectacular cars produced in the Noughties, and also one of the oddest.

Formula One legend Emerson Fittipaldi is set for a very unusual return to racing in 2019.

Jaguar will be using this weekend’s Goodwood Festival of Speed to unveil its most powerful production road car ever.

It seems like only last week we were talking about Aston Martin’s new hypercar. Now the company has slated an electric car for production – the first in its history.

The 95th running of the historic Pikes Peak International Hill Climb took place last weekend. While Sebastien Loeb’s stunning 8:13.878 record stands for another year, the competition was nonetheless impressive.

Heading into this Formula One weekend, the main narrative was tire trouble, with a continuous lack of grip around the streets of Baku. For today’s Grand Prix, that narrative took a nosedive in exchange for chaos.