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02011 Belgian Grand Prix was a hard day at the Spa [spoilers] 1314552720
Everyone deserves a little break once in a while. But once that vacation is over, it's time to get back to work. For the Formula One circus, that break took the better part of a month, giving the drivers and their teams some much-needed R&R from the Hungarian Grand Prix that served as the ...
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Bruno Senna to take Heidfeld's place at Renault for Spa 1314275280
Most drivers who fail in F1 fail downwards – that is, they drop down to another form of motorsport and change focus. But if your name is Senna, you fail up. Having tested for Honda before it closed up shop and quit F1, Bruno Senna took the only chance he had to get onto the grid when he ...
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Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 meets its father at Spa 1311883320
Though today the letters stand for power and performance, if you go back four decades, almost nobody had ever heard of a tuning garage called AMG. That was until the Mercedes-Benz tuner showed up at the 1971 running of the 24 Hours of Spa with... a luxury sedan. But not just any luxury ...
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Official: McLaren MP4-12C GT3 to debut in triplicate at Spa 1311703260
The moment of truth is upon McLaren this weekend. After rolling out its MP4-12C road car to positive reviews, the racing team turned automaker is turning itself back into a racing team with the new McLaren GT division and its MP4-12C GT3 – the first GT racer from the Woking, UK outfit since ...
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Intercontinental Le Mans Cup hits Spa-Francorchamps [spoilers] 1304973000
The second round of the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup took place in Belgium, and even though the Audi R18 took to the starting line for the first time, Peugeot was able to take the top two spots on the podium after six hours of racing. Interestingly, the qualifying results were the opposite of ...
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New Audi R18 racers qualify 1-2-3 at Spa 1304802300
Audi's newest diesels are running strong. A trio of R18 TDI race cars have qualified 1-2-3 at the Le Mans Cup 1,000km of Spa. It should be noted, of course, that Peugeot's cars didn't get the chance to set qualifying times due to a red flag that ended the session for all teams. Despite the lack ...
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Confirmed: Audi R18 TDI to debut at Spa while Aston Martin watches from the pit lane 1304267100
There's plenty to be excited about in this year's Le Mans racing season, and the new Audi R18 TDI arguably ranks chief among them. Audi's new fixed-roof racer will make its debut at the Spa 1000km race next weekend, showing for the first time what it can do against a competitive field ahead of ...
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2010 Belgian Grand Prix packs in the action [SPOILERS] 1283117640
2010 Belgian Grand Prix – Click above for high-res image galleryAfter the nearly month-long break that followed the Hungarian Grand Prix, F1 fans around the world have patiently awaited the return to business as usual on the grand prix circuit. And by business as usual, we mean ... -
Video: Mark Webber and Red Bull F1 take us on a tour of Spa Francorchamps 1280789880
Red Bull's Mark Webber running Spa for the Red Bulletin – Click above to watch video after the jumpAlthough all the F1 focus was on Hungaroring this past weekend, Red Bull is gearing up for the race at Spa at the end of August. This time it's Mark Webber taking us around the Spa ... -
Spa Treatment: Mercedes-Benz S63 AMG "Thirty-Five" meets 300 SEL 6.8 AMG 1276111860
Legendary AMG rote Sau meets an even bigger, faster "Red Pig" – Click above for high-res image galleryFans of endurance racing need no introduction to the first ever AMG racing luxury sedan, the 300 SEL 6.8. You non-fans, however, do. Known affectionately as the rote Sau (i.e. Red Pig, ...

