Ferrari, one of the most well-known automotive brands in the automotive and motor-sport field, joined hands with Shell Qatar to deliver one of the most anticipated street demonstrations in the Middle East region, since the last F1 Festival on the Abu Dhabi Corniche in the UAE back in January 2007. And although Shell Middle East is not known for any local or regional motorsport ......read more

Dubai, UAE - The Dubai International Rally, like most motor sport events, is traditionally dominated by men, but two young Turkish ladies plan to steal at least some of the limelight during the 33rd edition of the event running over UAE National Day weekend. Burcu Çetinkaya and her co-driver, Çiçek Güney, have arrived in the Emirates for the first time at the start of what they ......read more

In the previous episode of our series of "Are you fit enough to be a world-class racing driver?" we have outlined the importance of keeping optimum hydration levels to compensate and replenish the lost electrolytes during the preparation phase and the grueling race distance. In part 3 of our series, we will discuss one of the fundamental pillars of being a world-class racing driver, ......read more

I have to admit that this could be an attractive title page of a tabloid newspaper article, with the guarantee, that this issue will be a big hit, while at the same time making the gossip factory working overtime. But the track is clear for the above-mentioned title to turn into reality. After the return of 7 times Formula 1 World Champion Michael Schumacher to the Formula 1 grid back ......read more

Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel won the first 2011 Formula 1 Airtel Grand Prix of India, in dominance and in style which was a carbon copy of his victory in the last Formula 1 Grand Prix of Korea. The German Red Bull driver and the youngest Formula 1double world champion ever ran away right from the start and left Vodafone McLaren Mercedes driver Jenson Button to chasing him from a ......read more

German Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel easily dominated Sunday’s Korean race, snatching the lead from Vodafone McLaren Mercedes driver and 2008 Formula 1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton after the polesitter had led into the first corner and thereafter pulling away to a superb 10th victory in the 2011 Formula 1 season that left him 12s ahead by the end of the race. While Red Bull ......read more

Munich - Suzuka - Cairo / Seven years ago he made history in the Formula BMW series, at the weekend he created motorsport history once again – this time in Formula One: Sebastian Vettel became the youngest driver ever to defend his title in the Formula One World Championship. BMW Motorsport Director Jens Marquardt says: “Congratulations to Sebastian Vettel on the successful defence ......read more

German Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel moved even closer to his second consecutive world championship after scoring his eighth victory on the famous Monza circuit on the 11th of September 2011. When the red lights went off, Sebastian Vettel had to play second fiddle initially to the rocket-starting Scuderia Ferrari of Fernando Alonso, who took-off from P4 to sandwich Vodafone ......read more

2010 Formula1 World Champion and Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel and his team mate Mark Webber turned the tables ardently on McLaren and Ferrari to score a dominant Red Bull one-two in a breathtaking Grand Prix in Belgium on Sunday. The race began with slow-starting Jaime Alguersuari (starting from P6) in the Toro Rosso being hit at La Source by Bruno Senna’s Renault (starting from ......read more

Bonneville (USA) - London - Cairo / ŠKODA’s Octavia vRS has become the latest member to join Bonneville’s legendary 200 mph club. The 500 bhp ‘salt spec’ challenger – built to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the iconic vRS performance flagship badge – pushed its way through the 200 mph barrier, four days ahead of schedule. In doing so the car, dubbed the ‘vRS ......read more

Budapest / Abu Dhabi / Cairo - Vodafone McLaren Mercedes continued its winning series, when Jenson Button celebrated his 200th Grand Prix by winning the Hungarian Formula 1 Grand Prix in style, after an incident rich Hungarian race witnessed Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel and Vodafone McLaren Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton take turns leading early on before the 2009 champion exploited ......read more

(Part 2) What is the first thing you do when you start to sweat? You tend instinctively to drink water like a camel, believing that this will be the best solution to replenish the lost amount of fluid. Unfortunately, this is a very dangerous behaviour no matter how young and fit you think you are. Drinking too much water can lead to a condition known as water intoxication ......read more

Nuerburg (Germany) / Vodafone McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton silenced all of his critics with a supreme and beautifully judged drive to victory on Sunday afternoon, in a race which the 2008 Formula 1 World Champion described to his crew as ‘easy’ during his slowing down lap. Beside the immaculate drive, the faultless pit stop strategy and the excellent timed pit stops showed ......read more

Nuerburg - Cairo - Abu Dhabi / The 2011 FIA Formula One World Championship now makes its way to Germany for round 10 of 19, the German Grand Prix, held this year at the twisty, undulating 3.2 mile Nürburgring on the edge of the Eifel mountains and forest range to the north of the country. The German Grand Prix is the home race for two drivers from Renault-powered teams; Lotus ......read more

Silverstone (UK) - Two times Formula 1 World Champion and Spanish Scuderia Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso was the closest rival for Red Bull after qualifying and on Sunday afternoon he put Ferrari back in the long awaited Victory Lane with a beautifully-judged performance that was accentuated by the involutary delay during Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel’s second pit ......read more

London (UK) - Jaguar Land Rover is proud to be supporting the world's largest student motorsport event − Formula Student 2011 − which kicks off this Thursday (July 14th) at Silverstone. The event organised by the Institute of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) is now in its 14th Year and will challenge graduates from around the globe to design, build, and eventually race single-seat ......read more

Valencia - Dubai - Cairo / It was a yawning week-end without any interesting adrenalin kicks like the ones Formula 1 enthusiasts enjoyed till the last lap of the entertaining Canadian GP, when 2010 World Champion and Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel scored his sixth victory of the season in Valencia on Sunday, without anyone being able to threat his dominance at any stage of the ......read more

(Part 1) Whereas a lot of people in the Middle East solely focus on driving the most up-to-date cars both on the racing circuit and on the normal road, and equip them with the latest performance and handling improving gadgets, they are missing out on the most significant variable of the equation, namely the driver. Using the most sophisticated fuel and oil, is essential for the ......read more

In Loutraki / It would have been indeed difficult to find a better place for the first victory in SWRC. The Red Bull ŠKODA team won the legendary Acropolis Rally, one of the most difficult events in the rallying calendar. The season's fourth event saw Juho Hänninen win after putting in a brilliant performance - a combination of speed, patience and cool-headedness. Although he was ......read more

Montreal - Dubai - Cairo / Vodafone McLaren Mercedes driver Jenson Button made sensational amends to McLaren, after involuntarily taking team mate Lewis Hamilton out of a chaotic Canadian Grand Prix on the eighth lap today (12.06.2011), by snatching victory from Sebastian Vettel halfway round the final lap, when the German Red Bull driver came of the dry racing line and ......read more

Monaco - Dubai - Cairo / Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel gave his opponents a run for their money and entertained millions of people around the globe when he scored a maiden victory in the prestigious Monaco Formula 1 race this weekend. He got the pole position, then had it inadvertently safeguarded after Sergio Perez’s heavy accident at the exit of the tunnel and start of the chicane, ......read more

Barcelona - Dubai - Cairo / Vodafone McLaren Mercedes driver and 2008 Formula 1 world championship Lewis Hamilton made it a thrilling Barcelona race on Sunday as he chased Sebastian Vettel from the 20th to the checkered flag. The reigning world champion had to work every centimeter of the race-track as he took his fourth victory of the season for Red Bull out of five races, and the ......read more