Essentially, it's a modified and re-badged version of the Toyota Auris found in international markets with some aggressive styling based on the European touring
car racing circuit.
And if that car has a fleet of fast - flying cousins on the stock -
car racing circuit, so much the better.
In my recent test drive of a special 2002 TT American Le Mans commemorative edition (which celebrates the car's success on the Le Mans sports -
car racing circuit), the car turned heads wherever I went, and most people had no idea what it was.
Not exact matches
The 24 Hours of Daytona is one of the first motorsport events of the year and over 50
race cars have been busy testing at the famous
circuit, making a lot of awesome noise!
During the WEC
race at Bahrain, the woefully lost cat look determined to cross the
circuit at turn 12, before apparently realising it didn't stand a chance against a field full of fur - ocious
race cars and trotting back to the kitty litter.
The video features Abt taking his Abt Audi Sport Formula E
car in 170Kw
race mode around the Varano
circuit in Italy.
The once in a lifetime experience of being driven at speed by a
racing driver at iconic
race circuits in dream
cars is truly unique.
After the slightly meh Australian GP, it's good to see that the 2018
cars are at least going to be able to
race each other at the traditionally overtaking - friendly
circuits.
Honda does seem to have been getting on top of things in recent
races, so it'll hopefully give us an idea of just how much this upgrade improves the
cars performance at a power
circuit like Spa.
The two
cars will go head - to - head in a roll
race - basically a drag
race from a rolling start - on the pit straight of the Adelaide street
circuit, which hosted the Australian GP until 1986.
The FIA has given a huge vote of confidence in the ability of the 2018
cars to overtake each other by adding a third DRS zone to the Albert Park
circuit for this weekend's
race.
Brawn has said that as well as looking at ways to allow the
cars to follow each other more closely, work is underway to see how existing
circuits can be altered to help provide better
racing.
The Monterey Motorsports Reunion event at the epic Laguna Seca
circuit is one of the stand - out historic
racing events of the whole year, as all sorts of different
cars take to the track for a series of short demonstrations and
races.
Today the Pau Grand Prix is one of the most prestigious
races a driver can win in junior formulae, but in the 50s and early 60s it was F1
cars that tackled the tricky street
circuit.
F1
cars have
raced all over the UK - after all, there are tons of
circuits there - but you might not expect there to have been an F1
race right down in the south west peninsula of Cornwall.
Australian GP organisers are looking into why fans were able to pour onto the
circuit while
cars were still making it back to the pits after the
race.
Given the many tight corners on the
circuit it was a reasonably, clean
race - well, apart from a four -
car pile - up caused by a lunging Lopez at half - distance, although all four
cars got going again.
In 2019, the new
cars will be
racing on the GP
circuit.
The FE update brings the Hong Kong ePrix
circuit to Real
Racing 3 and the electric single - seater
car, with three teams from this season.
All of these F1
cars raced around the Adelaide
circuit in period and will do so again during a display at the festival, which uses part of the track.
Four - time WRC champion Sebastien Ogier has dabbled in
circuit racing on occasion, but in nothing that comes close to the performance of an F1
car.
When you combine twisty, barrier - lined street
circuits with single - seater electric
race cars that are tricky to drive, you're in for a pretty manic weekend.
With
cars scattered across the
circuit and run - off, the
race was red flagged for it to be cleared before restarting.
A shortened
Circuit de Monaco and Formula E
cars aren't the best ingredients for a fun
race, but there were still a few exciting moments.
A stationary Renault Clio
race car sitting in the middle of the
circuit naturally sparked chaos behind, with various drivers involved and Lucas Orrock's machine being pitched into a scary roll in the drama.
He paid his dues on the legend -
car and late - model
circuit before Jack Roush, the owner of one of NASCAR's most dominant teams, signed him to
race in the truck series, in 2000.
The event was organised by American
Race Car Experience, who run driving experience days around the oval
circuit at Rockingham Motor Speedway in Corby.
Before sampling a GP3
car at the Franciacorta
Circuit in Italy, he hadn't driven a single - seater
racing machine for six years — the last time being the pre-season F1 test at Valencia in 2011 for Lotus.
When he returned to
racing, it was in the World Rally Championship and he's since had tentative outings in GT
cars on
circuits.
To understand what to choose and why, I'm going to go into some Formula 101 (this is not to be confused with the
racing car circuit).
It's the same thing with
racing cars: If two
cars are tested on a
race circuit, it's not only their motor power that is crucial to speed.
I like motorcycles and
cars - In April, me and a friend go to the
Circuit of the Americas
race track in Austin to watch the Moto GP.
Note that the vast selection of content available in Project
CARS 2 means that motion sensations can vary wildly between the different
racing disciplines: pristine, modern F1 - spec
circuits are a far cry from the harsh jumps and bumps of Rallycross.
Project
CARS 2 is the best example yet that a
racing game is only as strong as its
circuits.
Fortunately for Australians, the game contains all the Australian V8
racing circuits such as Bathurst, Adelaide and Sandown, even the authentic Holden and Ford V8 super
cars are there.
Here, he plays a Hollywood stuntman whose secret dream is to save enough money to become a professional
race car driver on the NASCAR
circuit one day.
Where the core of Project
CARS 2 lies in
circuit racing and now rallycross, ice
racing seems more of a novelty than a mode you'd willing want to return to.
A significant technical effort went into camera placement on
cars and at strategic locations around the
racing circuit in order to caption the elements of excitement, tension, and danger.
Without question, it is a reminder of the halcyon days of sports -
car racing when brave men, great machines, and legendary
circuits were the attraction.
While
race cars crackle to life in the infield, Robert Orcutt steers a Mazda6 out onto the
circuit.
The gleaming white wonder posing in pit lane at the Nürburgring Formula 1
circuit looks like a distant relative of the
race car that competed in the twenty - four - hour endurance run earlier this year.
Created to dominate on the international
race circuit, new sanctions imposed by the FIA required a small run of street - legal production
cars before it could set wheel on the starting line.
Along with the weird and wonderful Goodwood Revival, the Members Meeting is a motorsports - focused event that draws some of the coolest and rarest
race cars to the Goodwood
circuit.
Constructed for
race duty at London's Brooklands
circuit, the
car never actually served its purpose, as assembly was halted due to the dawn of World War II.
Judge's Eye View — Nick Georgano's photographs of the European Concours d'Elegance / Lotus Blossoms — Anthony Pritchard relates how the Lotus Mark VIII set Colin Chapman on the road to success / Austin Healey Sprite — Buyer's Guide / Austin Seven Ulster Rebuild / Pasquino's Little Gems — David Tarallo recalls the postwar Fiat - based sports -
racing cars built by Pasquale Ermini / Closed
Circuit Centenary — The 1902 Circuit des Ardennes was the first large scale motor race of its kind to be run over a closed c
Circuit Centenary — The 1902
Circuit des Ardennes was the first large scale motor race of its kind to be run over a closed c
Circuit des Ardennes was the first large scale motor
race of its kind to be run over a closed
circuitcircuit.
By Barry Carter / «The Morgans time forgot» — Two survivors of the three - wheelers exported to Australia are described by Dennis Harrison / Archers of Dunmow — In the first of a series of articles on restoration and technical subjects David Hawtin writes about this long - established restoration workshop / 1909 Sizaire - Naudin — The brothers Sizaire and Louis Naudin produced a variety of
cars including the example described here by Douglas Ormrod / MG Picnic at Brookiands — Malcolm Green reports on the well - attended picnic for MG enthusiasts in support of the Brookiands Appeal / The English - bodied Stutz — The popularity of Stutz
cars in this country in the late 20s is explained by Michael Worthington - Williams / 1929 Stutz straight - eight — The Editor drives a Lancefield - bodied type M in this month's Excursion / Pre-war
racing at Donington — Robert Heelis recalls watching motor
racing at the Midlands
circuit when he was a boy / VSCC Welsh Trial — In his Diary of a dilettante Tom Threlfall reports on this year's Welsh Trial / Rallye des Ancetres — Malcolm Elder tells us how much he enjoyed taking part in this French rally.
The Goodwood Revival is always about more than just historic
racing, with a mouth - watering selection of «period»
cars both inside and outside the
circuit
Australian motor museum — Peter May finds one where the Avon runs through Yorkshire / Churchill's Daimler — The just restored Daimler that Winston Churchill used in the early 30's / Howard's Way — We visit the London premises of C.A.R. Howars vintage
car dealer / VSCC Lakeland trial — Tom Threlfall has been mud - plugging in the Lake District /
Circuit des Remparts — Toby Ross reports on a
race around the old walled town of Angouleme / Down - under London to Brighton.
The showdown is set at the new Motorland
race circuit near Barcelona, Spain, and the participants include the Ford F - 150 Raptor, Focus RS, Mustang GT, Mustang Shelby GT350R, GT road
car, GT
race car, the outgoing Fiesta ST, and the all - new Fiesta ST with the EcoBoost three - cylinder that isn't available in the U.S. Because it would be easy to predict the outcome of a battle between a 200 - hp Fiesta ST and Ford GT
race car making more than 600 hp, each
car gets a staggered start, with the heavier, less agile Raptor getting to go first and the GT Le Mans
car relegated to the back of the pack.
Built to compete in TCR Touring
Car races, the car represents Hyundai Motorsport's first steps off the rally stages and onto the tarmac of circuit raci
Car races, the
car represents Hyundai Motorsport's first steps off the rally stages and onto the tarmac of circuit raci
car represents Hyundai Motorsport's first steps off the rally stages and onto the tarmac of
circuit racing.