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GIBSON’S BOB BAKER: “THE WAY WE MANAGE OUR ENGINES IS OUR STRENGTH”
This year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans will host a record-breaking number of cars using a Gibson engine, in both LMP1 and LMP2. The event is shaping...
17.09.2020Tatsuru Ichishima: “We aim for less vibration and more durable engines”
For three decades, SPOON has been dedicated to improving the performance of fast Hondas. From innovative aftermarket parts to engine tuning...
17.09.2020Top Mountain Crosspoint: the motorcycle museum on top of a mountain
Set into the side of a mountain in Austria, 2,474 metres up, is the Top Mountain Crosspoint, Europe’s highest motorcycle museum. This...
17.09.202024 Hours of Le Mans preview: the show must go on!
After a delay of over three months due to the raging COVID-19 pandemic, it’s time for the biggest race in the world to make its return. This...
17.09.2020A 24 HOURS OF LE MANS LIKE NO OTHER!
A 24 HOURS OF LE MANS LIKE NO OTHER! The 2020 edition of the world’s greatest endurance racing, the 24 Hours of Le Mans, will be unlike any...
10.09.2020BETIM BERISHA: “AT PIKES PEAK YOU HAVE TO BE IN A HURRY, JUST NOT IN A RUSH”
BBi Autosports is a California-based Porsche tuner that’s known for taking some of Stuttgart’s greatest machinery to the ragged edge. In its...
10.09.2020BRUNO SPENGLER: “THE RED MOTUL BMW MUST LOOK REALLY AGGRESSIVE IN THE MIRRORS”
After a successful stint in sim racing, Bruno Spengler is back behind the wheel of his real car, a BMW M8 GTLM. Straightaway, he has managed...
10.09.2020Motul to Marseille: we drive the Tour Auto’s oldest car across France
Last week more than 200 cars set off from Paris on the 29th edition of the Tour Auto, a 2000-km trek across France in some of the world’s...
10.09.2020Orhes Racing: “We were working with sims to be ready as soon as possible”
Olivier Pernaut is the team manager of Orhes Racing, a French-based team competing in various modern and historic sportscar championships...
10.09.2020Reza Arsham: the US Touring Car Championship's youngest ever winner
He’s only 20 years old, but already Reza Arsham has made history by becoming the youngest ever winner of a US Touring Car Championship race....
03.09.2020Saul Hack: “I’m trying to make a difference in South African motorsport”
South African racer Saul Hack has made a name for himself racing Porsches, but he’s now racing a Motul-powered Polo SupaCup while trying to...
27.08.2020Crawford created the gnarliest Subaru Crosstrek imaginable!
How do you turn a nice family SUV into a gnarly overland monster? You give it to Crawford Performance and the Grabowski Brothers, of course....
27.08.2020Sébastien Petit: “It took me 10 years to build my team. COVID-19 could destroy it in one”
Take a prototype or GT car normally built for the track and unleash it on some of the most spectacular roads in Europe and you’ve got the...
27.08.2020Phil Hanson: “Going back to racing is a breath of fresh air”
United Autosports celebrated its second victory in a row at the FIA WEC 6 Hours of Spa having won the ELMS race the weekend before. Although...
20.08.20206 HOURS OF SPA: A THRILLING RETURN TO FORM
After a break of 174 days (can you tell we were counting?), last Saturday it was time for the FIA World Endurance Championship to go back to...
20.08.2020MASSIMO NALLI: “HYBRID TECH IS THE FUTURE OF MOTORSPORT”
Hybrid and electric cars are big news right now, but in the world of motorsport their introduction hasn’t been particularly speedy. Suzuki,...
20.08.2020The Motul-liveried Pfaff 935: the only one in Canada!
Steve Bortolotti is the manager of Pfaff Motorsport, a racing team competing in several national and international events. Team CEO Chris...
20.08.2020Paul d'Orléans: “It took everything the little Honda had to pass Jay Leno”
Paul d'Orléans is the founder of TheVintagent.com, a hugely popular website that goes deep into the culture of motorcycling and the people...
13.08.2020Nicolas Prost: “GT racing needs more iconic liveries”
The FFSA GT4 championship now has a bright red Motul-branded Alpine A110 GT4 on its entry list. One of its drives is none other than Nicolas...
13.08.2020Wide of the Mark: going the long-way around Tasmania by bike
Jake Ashe is one of the founders of Wide of the Mark, a new feature-length motorcycle film that’s set in the wilds of Tasmania. Due for...
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