Verstappen’s fellow racers from both past and present were keen to applaud him on his hard-fought championship – and of course, who else would tick off the ‘adorable childhood photo’ rite of passage other than motorsport icon and three-time champion Sir Jackie Stewart?
While 372.5km/h (231.4mph) is the fastest speed set during a race, the fastest speed set with an F1 car is much higher. This record is held by Honda, who took their RA106 to the Bonneville Salt Flats in the US, a site famous for top-speed runs, to try and br...
Charles Leclerc is one whose rise to being hailed as a genius has been lightning quick. It took barely more than a single race with Ferrari before all their followers, who had been quietly dozing thanks to a lethargy that began in 2008, woke up with a jolt in...
Mercedes drivers as early as possible. But Max was still entitled to take the line he did, and sometimes collisions happen when you go wheel to wheel in 140 mph corners.MH:The stewards said "racing incident," and that's about right. However, Vettel knew who he was dealing with -- he'...
Tuned versions in sports-racers like the Ford GT40 and Shelby Cobra disproved the old adage about there being "no substitute for cubic inches." In fact, the GT40 nearly took the world GT Manufacturers Championship away from Ferrari in 1964, its first full season. Still, it was the big-...
Shawn Curry/AFP/Getty Images When the French held the first grand prix in 1906, the race organizers, the Automobile Club de France, couldn't have guessed how big their motor sport would become. That first race featured 32 cars on a 65-mile course near Le Mans and took two days to...
The racers do use slightly modified mowers as they remove the blades that cut the grass. This is simply because it’s unnecessary and just gets in the way of an exciting race. They also should beride-on lawn mowersas isn’t possible to use a classic push along mower. Despite there bein...
Richard Petty is known as The King of racing for good reason. In 1984, Petty won his200th NASCAR race, which remains the most of all-time. President Ronald Reagan was in attendance for the monumental victory and later had a meal of Kentucky Fried Chicken with Petty and other racers. ...
In 2022, eight of 70 racers who started didn’t finish—because of malfunction, weather, or a crash (theirs or a competitor’s). That’s a typical attrition rate for those who make it to the starting line. In the days leading up to the 2022 edition, Ken Block was sidelined after his...
vehiclesis the absence of tailpipe emissions. Since Formula E racers only have electric motors that don't emit harmful gases, their environmental impact on race day is greatly reduced. Their emissions-free nature is one of the reasons why Formula E is mainly run on street circuits in urban ...