Nico Rosberg won his first Formula One world championship, then stunned his Mercedes team by promptly announcing he was retiring now that he had a view from the top. So, what does Mercedes Formula 1 do now that they need to fill an important vacancy in their organisation with a fair degree of urgency? They […]

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Formula One cars aren’t like your usual cars but if they were, ever wondered what driver’s car keys might look like? Probably not, but Car Keys have created a few F1 keys for the likes of Lewis Hamilton, Jenson Button, Daniel Ricciardo and our old favourite, Pastor Maldonado. The F1 car key used by McLaren’s Jenson […]

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TV presenter Chris Evans has stepped down from his role on Top Gear, just one series after taking over from its previous star Jeremy Clarkson. Evans signed a three-year deal to front the show, which is the BBC’s biggest earner in terms of overseas sales. He steps down after just six shows were aired. The […]

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There’s talk of Formula One having a radical makeover in 2017, which should hopefully make F1 cars look awesome again. Graphic designer Andries van Overbeeke has already created a number of epic-looking future concepts for 2017 but this latest one for 2019 includes a closed cockpit. Closed cockpits always throw up and interesting debate, with purists wanting the […]

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While McLaren might not know how to paint their Formula One cars properly, there’s no denying they totally nailed it with their new track-only car, the P1 GTR. To be fair though, you could cover the car in shit and it would still look absolutely incredible. I mean just look at it! Look at those […]

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Jaguar hasn’t raced in the Le Mans top category since 1991, but that hasn’t stopped designer Mark Hostler dreaming up a P1 concept for the 24 Hour race. This rather radical design is the Jaguar XJR-19 and like all the best concept designs it focuses far more on looking totally bad-ass rather than aerodynamic and… legal.

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There are plenty of Ferrari LMP1 concepts about, but this stunning render from Spanish designer Folch Oriol Garcia is, in a word, perfect. If Ferrari do decide to enter the World Endurance Championship, let’s hope this will make them seriously consider it. Are you looking Sergio Marchionne? This’d be a good way to kickstart your new role as Ferrari […]

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Because having a German F1 champion for the last four years wasn’t enough, Deutschland went and won the World Cup too. And now there’s plenty to gloat about, Sebastian Vettel and Nico Rosberg have gone and run special helmets for this weekend’s German Grand Prix. Rosberg was meant to use THIS special helmet but was later asked by FIFA to remove the […]

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Last week at Silverstone we got a first look at the 18 inch rims Pirelli are so keen to introduce. While Lotus were the only team to take them for a test drive, thanks to the power of Photoshop, we can see what they look like on other cars in this gallery from Reddit user walon. Personally, we think they […]

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There’s been some pretty awesome sponsors in F1 history; Superman, Sega, even Star Wars! Now here’s another one courtesy of Japenese anime, Dragon Ball Z. Creator, Akira Toriyama met with Ayrton Senna in 1990 to draw some special (and super cool) artwork for an edition of Shonen Jump magazine. The company logo also appeared on […]

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