Always ready to rise to a fresh challenge, the nine-time world rally champion Sébastien Loeb and Peugeot Sport will contest the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb on June 30. The Frenchman will tackle the world’s highest hill climb – which culminates at an altitude of 4,301 metres – at the wheel of the 208 T16 [...]

When the 2013 MotoGP World Championship gets underway with the Qatar Grand Prix this weekend, BMW M will be starting its 15th season as “Official Car of MotoGP”. BMW has been involved in MotoGP since 1999 and provides the official Safety Cars. The first of many highlights over the course of the anniversary comes at [...]

At the International Motor Show in Geneva, Wolfgang Dürheimer, Member of the Board for Technical Development of AUDI AG, and Head of Audi Motorsport Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich on Tuesday afternoon presented the racecar for the DTM 2013 – the Audi RS 5 DTM. The driver line-up for the new DTM season is also fixed. “Motorsport [...]

The McLaren 12C GT3 has been confirmed as eligible for the Pirelli World Challenge (PWC), by the series organisers following a strong competitive debut season in Europe. This announcement means that the British-built racer is now able to compete in North America for the first time. The 12C GT3 enjoyed a promising 2012 season, claiming [...]

We are doing something new on our website! A report from Formula 1 test days in the preseason and full reports and reviews of races during the season. Let’s get it started. Mercedes-Benz saw the addition of Lewis Hamilton this preseason and he’s been away at testing at Circuit de Catalunya near Barcelona. Testing has [...]

A milestone for Volkswagen in motorsport: Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia (F/F) have won the Rally Sweden at the wheel of the Polo R WRC. In doing so, Volkswagen has already far exceeded its own expectations of what is the team’s debut season in the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC). In only its second competitive [...]

The latest chapter in the story of McLaren Automotive, the McLaren P1™, made a brief appearance this morning at the McLaren Technology Centre, driven by none other than 2009 Formula 1 World Champion Jenson Button. This formed part of the launch event for the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes 2013 Formula 1™ challenger, the MP4-28. Vodafone McLaren [...]

We got a treat for you coming from Russia! Talent comes not only from United States, but definitely from Russia as well. Roman Lavrov took a stunning photo at the Moscow stage of FIA GT Championship depicting a race prepped Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 car. Roman comes from Nizhny Novgorod and his favorite work is [...]

David Coulthard will line up on the grid for the final time as a DTM driver at the DTM season finale in Hockenheim (19th to 21st October 2012). The former Formula 1 driver is ending his DTM career after three seasons and 33 races in order to concentrate more on his role as a Formula1 [...]

Toyota Motorsport GmbH (TMG) continued its record-breaking success with the TMG EV P002 by setting a new electric record on the legendary 20.8km Nürburgring Nordschleife circuit in Germany. With the electric in mind, we are very impressed by the times showcased here. Driver Joachim Krumbach was able to deliver a lap time of 7 minutes [...]

A real treat installed for readers of My Car Portal today! Mario Klemm was at a racetrack today where he had the opportunity to shoot a race ready Lamborghini Gallardo that competes in the ADAC GT Masters, a racing series from Germany. Mario had only thirty minutes with this sweet Lamborghini Gallardo 600+, but his [...]

Rumors are finally officially confirmed, Lewis Hamilton will be joining Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula 1 team! Lewis Hamilton has signed a three-year agreement to race for the team from the 2013 Formula One season. What an epic turn of events! Personally I am sad that Michael Schumacher will retire once again, but Lewis Hamilton, even [...]

We are looking at another exciting event of the eight DTM race of the season at Oschersleben happening tomorrow! The race (which can be seen live at 13.45pm on ARD television) is marked by Gary Paffett (THOMAS SABO Mercedes AMG C-Coupé) who is in second place on the grid in the 140th race since 2000 [...]

Erhardt Szakacs has visited the Nurburgring AVD Oldtimer Grand Prix just recently and he has decided to share his view on the event caught by the lens of his camera. Packed with more than 500 race cars, the 40th edition of the event attracted spectators and racing drivers both old and young. What can certainly [...]

McLaren Group just dropped a bomb on us! From what we see here it seems that McLaren GT (the new race car manufacturing arm of McLaren Group) has designed a perfect track car! They plan to reveal it at Pebble Beach Concours and its the 12C Can-Am Edition. Showcased in the striking shade of McLaren [...]

Highly expected supercar from Porsche in a livery instantly recognized by any and every racing fan, old or young with some more juicy details. That’s what we got for you today! A plug-in hybrid drive car that’s being tested on the Nurburgring! Yeah! With the testing phase entering its final stage, the Porsche 918 Spyder [...]

This is the Lexus IS F CCS-R race car that will compete in the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb on July 8, 2012. This is Lexus’ first ever entry in the international Pikes Peak Hill Climb race. Quite interesting to see it take on the other Japanese manufacturers on this mythical race. The Lexus IS [...]

Erhardt Szakaczs from ES Photoarts is back with another round of photos, from another round of RCN Nürburgring! With this being the third race of the season, he capture some action involving a pretty wide variety of racing cars. Cars like the oldschool Mercedes-Benz C-Class racers to Renault Clios, the range is pretty interesting. We won’t bug [...]