World’s fastest car show, no speed limits!

It does seem strange doesn’t it, that each year, millions of people around the world flock to car shows of static displays of their favourite four-wheel objects, specifically designed to move us from one place to another.

It’s hardly what you would call the ideal environment to evaluate what is functionally, a moving object.

Schumacher cancels Formula 1 return

In what is sure to be disappointing news for fans and critics alike, Michael Schumacher has cancelled his planned return to Formula One in place of the injured Ferrari driver Felipe Massa.

On his official website, the seven-time world champion released an official statement citing a prolonged neck injury sustained after a bike accident in February [...]

Schumacher returns to Formula One

It has inevitable written all over it and the Ferrari Formula One Team has confirmed that seven-times World Champion, Michael Schumacher, will return to the cockpit of a race car as a temporary replacement for injured driver Felipe Massa.

In an official announcement this morning Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro said it intends to put Schumacher, who retired [...]

Aussie teenagers compete for title of F1 champion

A group of 15 teenagers from Sydney, Canberra and Noosa are preparing for the trip of a lifetime, to represent their nation and compete in the world championships of the F1 in Schools Technology Challenge, in England.
Up for grabs is the title of world champion, $1.5 million in university scholarships, and the crystal Bernie Ecclestone [...]

F1 teams break from championship

In an unprecedented move, eight of the major teams involved in Formula One racing have announced that they are breaking away from the FIA administered championship that’s run by F1-Czar Bernie Ecclestone.

The FIA, Mr Ecclestone and the Formula One Teams Association (FOTA) have been arguing for more than eight months over the future of the [...]

Ferrari, Renault threaten to quit F1 in 2010

Ferrari and Renault have both issued press releases threatening to leave Formula One next year in protest against new FIA regulations that would force them to cap team expenditure at approximately A$80 million.

The Ferrari threat would see its uninterrupted participation in the World Championship come to an end after almost 60 years as the only [...]

Behind the scenes with Shell & Ferrari at the Australian Formula One Grand Prix

In what can only be described as extraordinarily privileged access, CarAdvice was today been allowed an exclusive behind the scenes look at Ferrari’s pit garage at the Australian Formula One Grand Prix in Melbourne.
Now before we start, I must begin with an apology, for although we were allowed to take cameras in to the garage, [...]

BMW 135i Coupé to tackle Albert Park

The BMW 135i Coupé is set to take to the tarmac at this year’s 2009 Australian Grand Prix, at Melbourne’s Albert Park, in the Ultimate Speed Comparison.

The honorary addition to the M-division line-up will wear its famed tii livery and a raft of BMW Performance gear as its takes on a V8 Supercar and a [...]

Tax payer funded F1 GP for Melbourne

It is expected that next month’s F1 Grand Prix in Melbourne will be a tax payer funded event to the tune of some $50 million due to the loss of major corporate sponsors.

The hefty bill comes as no surprise to Victorians who have footed consistent losses of up to $40 million for the race over [...]