Back in March 2015 I drove the Toyota 86GT for a week, and I was impressed. When the invitation arrived to drive the facelifted model, I was intrigued. When I found out it was at Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park in Taupo I was excited. These cars are great on the road, but getting the opportunity to drive one on-track was not to be...
Car mad Manuel Nascimento has built this incredible LEGO Technic Porsche 919 after he got to experience the real-life car win the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2015. It seems like he could not live without it, and recreate it from LEGO. A lot of hard work has gone into this model, from the development of working out the shapes, the custom...
After a Formula One season that came right down to the wire, Nico Rosberg finally realised his dream to become World Champion over team mate Lewis Hamilton and it seem that was enough for the Mercedes driver.After a decade in the sport, the 31 year old German driver has announced he is hanging up his boots."When I won the race...
The Suzuka Sound of Engine, sorry the Richard Mille Suzuka Sound of Engine to give it its proper name, is an annual event held at, you guessed it, Suzuka Circuit. This was the second year it’s been held and the first time I’ve been but I can already say I’ll be going again next year and if you’re reading this thinking about going...
Have you ever watched formula racing and wondered what it would be like to be in one of those cars? Of course you have! It’s not something that most of us will ever get the chance to try, one of those bucket list experiences. Well Manfeild racing circuit want to fix that. They are the custodians of a Toyota FT40 “wings and slicks”...
Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team) secured his second FIM Superbike World Championship in succession thanks to a second place finish in the opening race at Losail in Qatar. The last time this feat was achieved was 17 years ago. Tom Sykes (KRT) finished fourth in the race to remain second in the championship standings, with one race...
The main prizes in the WorldSSP championship were awarded at the penultimate round in Jerez when Kenan Sofuoglu (Kawasaki Puccetti Racing) secured the Riders’ Championship and Kawasaki took the Manufacturers’ trophy. In the ESS category, which races within the WorldSSP rounds in Europe, Axel Bassani (San Carlo Team Italia Kawasaki)...
An impressive save from this 2016 Audi R8 driver in the wet at Nordschleife Nürburgring. He saves the car, but one would expect his pants are a write off.
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