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  • F1 backmarker Manor enters bankruptcy protection

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    Formula One team Manor Racing, formerly Marussia, on Friday entered bankruptcy protection, with FRP Advisory hired to oversee the process. The decision comes after several months of discussions with investors in an effort to secure funding for the 2017 season. However, with the team scoring just one point in 2016 it’s not hard to see…

  • China’s Geely is new partner for Bloodhound land speed record team

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    The United Kingdom’s Bloodhound has secured vital funding from Chinese automaker Geely in order to complete its attempt on the world land speed record, scheduled to for South Africa in October 2017. Geely, which is the parent company to Volvo, has been named the prime sponsor of Bloodhound, as well as the team’s official automotive…

  • 2019 Mercedes-AMG S63 Coupe spy shots

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    Buyers seeking a combination of luxury, performance and stunning good looks would do well to take a gander at Mercedes-AMG’s S63 Coupe. The sensuous lines and supercar-like performance thoroughly impressed at the car’s debut in 2014, and now the team at AMG is out to improve the formula. The engineers are working on a subtle…

  • Lamborghini looks to carbon fiber for engine parts

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    Carbon fiber has been slowly making its way into structural components for new cars in order to save weight while adding strength, but up until now no automaker has suggested that the composite could be used for engine internals. Lamborghini’s CEO told reporters in Washington, where it has its Advanced Composite Structures Laboratory, that the…

  • Ford GT Drivers Named For 2016 World Endurance Championship: Video

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    Ford Motor Company’s [NYSE:F] new GT supercar in race car trim will be competing this year in both the United SportsCar Championship and the World Endurance Championship, under the team banner Ford Chip Ganassi Racing. Like the road car, the race car is almost all carbon fiber and comes powered by a 3.5-liter V-6 EcoBoost…

  • Rosberg Edges Out Hamilton For Russian Grand Prix Pole

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    Today’s qualifying session for the 2015 Formula One Russian Grand Prix saw Nico Rosberg edge out his teammate Lewis Hamilton to secure pole position and in the process help his team earn an historic 30th all-Silver Arrow front row. Rosberg’s best time at the Sochi Autodrom was a 1:37.113 versus the 1:37.433 of Hamilton. Even…

  • Power Surge: Watch An All-Electric ’68 Mustang Attempt A Record Run

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    Some might think it a sacrilege to swap internal combustion from electric power in an iconic car like a 1968 Ford Mustang Fastback. But that’s conventional thinking—and Mitch Medford and the team at Bloodshed Motors don’t do conventional. The Zombie 222—as the classic Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] steed has been dubbed—isn’t some…