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Winning is really expensive for the Mercedes Formula One Team
Entry fees in the world of F1 are a bit strange. And world domination is expensive.
For the sixth year in a row, the Mercedes F1 Team has claimed the F1 Constructors’ Championship. That brings their championship winning percentage up to 60% in the history of the team.
Read MoreLewis Hamilton is surprised to hear the ‘first compliment ever’ from Ferrari
Lewis Hamilton started his racing career in karting. He was quickly picked up as a McLaren development driver, while still in karting.
In 2007, Hamilton made his first career F1 start. Naturally, it came with McLaren and he finished 2nd in series standings.
Read MoreToday, NASCAR and F1 are racing in the same state, 3 hours apart
In Fort Worth, Texas there sits a 1.5-mile paved oval. This weekend, Texas Motor Speedway hosts race number two in the Round of 8 in the NASCAR Playoffs.
222-miles and nearly exactly 3 hours to the South,
Read MoreFirst images of the 2021 F1 car revealed along with bold changes to the rule book; Spending cap implemented; Shorter race weekends; Stock parts
For the previous two years, F1 has worked with the FIA to set new guidelines for the 2021 season and beyond. They’re fixing everything.
“The regulations,
Read MoreTwo Haas F1 drivers are set to jump into the NASCAR race car at Circuit of the Americas as well; Stewart’s first stock car drive since 2016
This weekend, F1 rolls into Circuit of the Americas in Austin Texas. The track is a 3.426-mile road course purpose built for Formula One.
Read More“Last night was easily the scariest and most painful time I can remember.” -Scott Speed
This weekend, the Nitro World Games are underway at the Utah Motorsports Campus.
See the Scott Speed hospital photo and update below.
The sanction hosts a select number of events across the country per year.
Read MoreFerrari boss says “We won today” and the F1 team elects to appeal the penalty; Vettel shows antics after the race
On Lap 48 of the Canadian Grand Prix, the race was on for the lead. Heading into a chicane, race leader Sebastian Vettel lost the rear end.
Watch the Sebastian Vettel vs Lewis Hamilton race in Canada below.
Read MoreTony Stewart is ‘somewhat frustrated’ of hearing lower-tier teams complain about a lack of performance due to funding
The costs of NASCAR racing aren’t getting any cheaper for Tony Stewart and his four-car stable of premier series machines. It still costs millions of dollars to circle the NASCAR circuit.
Between 2012-2017,
Read MoreHaas F1 driver Kevin Magnussen visited Carolina Speedway in a race car that’s completely strange to him; NETFLIX was there
F1 visits the dirt track
F1 and dirt track racing couldn’t be racing worlds that are further apart. But, Tony Stewart bridges gaps anywhere he goes.
NASCAR champion Tony Stewart is the co-owner of Stewart-Haas Racing,
Read MoreThe owner of Wayne Taylor Racing details why IMSA somewhat lacks American drivers
2019 Wayne Taylor Racing drivers for Rolex 24: Jordan Taylor of the United Stated (27), Renger Van Der Zande of Amsterdam (32), Fernando Alonso of Spain (37) and Kamui Kobayashi of Japan (32).
Wayne Taylor Racing are the defending winners of the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona.
Read MoreMercedes AMG could enter 38,706 dirt races for the same entry fee costs of just 21 Formula One races
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series drivers will pay a $125 entry fee to enter a race that pays $20,000 to the winner.
Meanwhile, overseas they’re taking a drastically different approach.
Read MoreAlonso also details his experiences with the American race fans
Fernando Alonso is a free agent looking for a permanent gig
Fernando Alonso spent 17 years in the world of F1. He ran 312 races and collected 32 wins, a win percentage of 10%. 16,777 laps later, he’s retired from F1.
Read MoreNASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson and F1 driver Fernando Alonso are set to swap seats for an extended test session
Racing worlds collide: Champions from different forms of racing, on opposite ends of the world are set to swap rides.
Hendrick Motorsports has loaded up their backup car from the Roval event and stuffed it in a shipping container.
Read MoreAfter the race, the Max Verstappen and Esteban Ocon crash brought a physical confrontation to the garage area; The FIA has handed Verstappen a penalty for that
Max Verstappen was racing for the lead in Brazil. The Red Bull Racing driver has two wins so far in 2018, he was going for a third.
Read MoreFormula One will head to Vietnam for a new street circuit in 2020
The Vietnam Street Circuit will be the first new track added to the F1 schedule since the series was purchased by American owned Liberty Media in 2016.
Hanoi is the second largest city in Vietnam.
Read MoreKimi Raikkonen claimed his first F1 win in over five years via the 2018 USGP; Naturally, the Finnish Ferrari driver isn’t impressed
Raikkonen talks the USGP win; Is excited to drive for Sauber in 2019
Lewis Hamilton started on the pole position in his Mercedes in the 2018 USGP and The Circuit of the Americas over the weekend.
Read MoreYou can now play an official F1 racing game on your tiny computers for free
New F1 racing game released today
The new F1 Mobile Game features all the teams and tracks from the current season. The Codemasters development is the official mobile racing game of the 2018 FIA Formula One World Championship.
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