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  • Williams launched the FW35 for the 2013 F1

    Williams launched the FW35 for the 2013 F1

    The Williams F1 Team launched its 2013 race car the FW35. The latest Williams is a culmination of more than 12 months’ research and development by the team’s technical departments in Grove and features improvements in several key areas over last year’s race-winning FW34. “Given the rule stability over the winter,” says Williams Technical Director…

  • Honda will race in 2013 Dakar Rally

    Honda will race in 2013 Dakar Rally

    Honda is getting ready for participation in the Dakar Rally in January 2013, for the first time in 24 years. The prototype machine, which is being developed based on the CRF450X, has been demonstrating high fighting performance on rough road surfaces such as the desert and rocky hills in various tests on engine performance, endurance…

  • Abarth 695 Assetto Corse

    Abarth 695 Assetto Corse

    Designed for track racing, the Abarth 695 “Assetto Corse” conceptually depicts the continuity of the historic 695 brand that came into being in 2009 with the 695 Tributo Ferrari. The car also appears as the evolution of the Abarth 500 “Assetto Corse”, the “small and mean” protagonist of huge successes during the past three years…

  • Renault Sport F1 and Williams F1 announced a long-term partnership

    Renault Sport F1 and Williams F1 announced a long-term partnership

    Renault Sport F1, the F1 division of Renault, will supply AT&T Williams with its championship-winning V8 power units for the 2012 and 2013 seasons. In addition to the supply of its Formula One engines, the newly-formed alliance includes several other exciting business and marketing opportunities, with a view to continuing after the introduction of the…

  • Climatic wind tunnel helps Audi at Le Mans

    Climatic wind tunnel helps Audi at Le Mans

    Premiere for Audi Sport: the Audi R18 TDI, with which Audi Sport Team Joest contests the 24 Hours of Le Mans on June 11-12, is the first Audi race car to be developed with the aid of the new climatic wind tunnel. Since the beginning of 2008 the climatic wind tunnel completes the Audi Wind…

  • Infiniti supplies safety car to the Spanish Rally Championship

    Infiniti supplies safety car to the Spanish Rally Championship

    Infiniti is working with the Royal Spanish Motorsport Federation by supplying a G37 Coupe S for the 2011 season to be the Work Car Zero in the Rallies Championship of Spain. The car began its duties on April 1 in the Rally of Villajoyosa. This collaboration expands on Infiniti’s involvement with the GT Championship of…

  • New Corvette Racing C6.R and Production Corvette ZR1 Represent the Culmination of More Than 10 Years of Technology Transfer

    New Corvette Racing C6.R and Production Corvette ZR1 Represent the Culmination of More Than 10 Years of Technology Transfer

    In the 2010 American Le Mans Series, Corvette Racing will compete in the series’ production-based GT category (formerly GT2) and in the GT2 class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans with a second-generation C6.R that is homologated on the Corvette ZR1. The GT rules require the use of many production-based components, making the ZR1…