Officially Official: USF1 signs Jose Maria Lopez to drive in 2010

Filed under: Motorsports, Hirings/Firings/Layoffs, South America

Left to right: USF1 chief Peter Windsor, Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and Jose Maria “Pechito” Lopez

The USF1 team has ended months of speculation by announcing the first of two drivers for its debut in the upcoming 2010 Formula One season. Actually, it was the President of Argentina, [...]

Heluva Good! Big renovations planned for Watkins Glen

Filed under: Motorsports

Watkins Glen is in for some renovations. The historic road course in upstate New York was once the home of the US Grand Prix, and today hosts races in the Indy Racing League, NASCAR, the Rolex Grand-Am series and the SCCA Speed World Challenge, not to mention several vintage racing series. It’s a [...]

Fiat previews updated Abarth Punto Evo, touring car to follow?

Filed under: Performance, Europe, Hatchback, Fiat

Where there’s smoke, there’s fire. So it was natural to expect that, with the debut of the mildly facelifted Fiat Punto Evo and its smoked headlights, we might expect an updated version of the fire-breathing Abarth to go with it. And this, according to reports, is our first look at [...]

Report: Citroen targeting Mini Cooper S with DS3 hot hatch

Filed under: Performance, Hatchback, Citroën
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F1 Update: Heidfeld signs as Mercedes GP test driver, Alguersuari confirmed at Toro Rosso

Filed under: Motorsports, Hirings/Firings/Layoffs, Mercedes-Benz

The off season in Formula One is nothing if not a big game of musical chairs. Sometimes drivers end up pretty much exactly where they were before the season ended – as were the majority of cases in between 2008 and 2009 – but sometimes everything gets reshuffled. This year things [...]