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Alonso did it with typically intelligent and forceful driving, stealing three places on the first lap and gradually moving into the top six, ready to make the most of circumstances that fell in his favour.

Posted by CAR magazine - 24 June 2012

Mercedes and Rosberg’s perfect first victory

It takes a lot to make Ross Brawn emotional. But he does have his moments. One was when Jenson Button clinched the 2009 World Championship at the end of the incredible single year of F1 for the Brawn team…

By CAR magazine - 16 April 2012

A strong southeaster

Old racecars make their presence felt at Killarney this weekend.

By Sudhir Matai - 2 February 2012

Interview: Sebastian Vettel

Sebastian Vettel has won six of the first nine races in 2011 and therefore could have backed off, knowing that consistent podium finishes would have ensured his retention of the world championship…

By CAR magazine - 1 October 2011

Street screamers

Round six of the 2011 Formula season takes place in Monaco this weekend.

By Sudhir Matai - 27 May 2011

The electric revolution

In 2012, a new racing series arrives and brings with it the scream, er… whirr of electric motors.

By CAR magazine - 9 May 2011

Vettel – the fastest guy – won

CAR’s deputy editor wraps the 2010 F1 season, bemoans the folly of Ferrari’s strategy at Abu Dhabi, and toasts the crowning of the sport’s youngest ever World Champion.

By CAR magazine - 15 November 2010

BMW confirms DTM return

Fans of the revived Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) series will be overjoyed to hear that BMW has officially announced that it intends to return to the iconic series to contend by the 2012 season with a car that helped define the first DTM era – the M3.

By CAR magazine - 18 October 2010

Loeb brings title number seven home

With Sebastien Loeb’s seventh world championship riding on a home win – this year Rally de France replaced the historical Tour de Corse – and a one-two for Citroën to bring the team a sixth world championship, the weekend couldn’t have ended sweeter for both parties.

By CAR magazine - 5 October 2010

Next-gen WRC cars unveiled in Paris

With the FIA having passed new regulation with regard to the 2011 World Rally Championship, stalwarts Ford and Citroen have been hard at work developing and preparing the new-spec cars for next year’s season with another championship contender, Mini, hot on their heels. The Paris Motor Show is where the cars make their international debut.

By CAR magazine - 1 October 2010

Tomizawa dies after Misano crash

Up and coming Japanese rider Shoya Tomizawa died after sustaining what turned out to be fatal injuries to his head, chest and abdomen during the eleventh round of the inaugural Moto2 World Championship at the Misano World Circuit in Italy on Sunday.

By CAR magazine - 6 September 2010

Go Red Bull… but did the wrong man win?

So, despite trying their best to throw it all away, Red Bull came away from the Hungarian Grand Prix with a good result – and the lead in the world championship. One suspects however that, in the eyes of team principal Christian Horner and Austrian team-owner Dietrich Mateschitz, the wrong man won…

By CAR magazine - 2 August 2010

Mini sets its sights on WRC

The World Rally Championship has for two consecutive seasons only been contested by two manufacturer teams, Citroen and Ford. But the current champions and number one contenders will have to deal with a new threat from Mini, who is making a long-awaited comeback on the international rally scene.

By CAR magazine - 28 July 2010

A tale of new heroes and a brainless has-been

Silverstone victor Mark Webber voiced dissatisfaction with his team in no uncertain terms on Sunday, but the Red Bull bosses weren’t the only ones who bungled at the British Grand Prix, writes CAR Editor John Bentley.

By CAR magazine - 12 July 2010

Loeb and Citroën unchallenged in Bulgaria

Frenchman Sebastien Loeb once again made the record books as he tore his way to the front of the field and a 58th World Rally Championship win, in Bulgaria’s most prestigious rally over the weekend – the historic event’s first time on the WRC calendar.

By CAR magazine - 12 July 2010

‘Seb bangs’ and other F1 hits

As the Formula One circus makes a belated return to Montreal, Red Bull needs to refocus itself and prepare for an onslaught from the so-called F-duct brigade, led by McLaren-Mercedes.

By CAR magazine - 10 June 2010

Late win for Latvala

Jari-Matti Latvala and co-driver Miikka Anttila kept their cool while the other front runners in the fifth round of this year’s World Rally Championship in New Zealand made costly mistakes all weekend, securing victory for the Finnish duo and setting a record 75 world championship wins for the Ford team.

By CAR magazine - 10 May 2010

Webber mastering his demons

CAR associate editor Mike Fourie admires the way Mark Webber turned the tables on Sebastian Vettel in the Spanish Grand Prix.

By CAR magazine - 10 May 2010

MF’s F1 picks – head, heart, lotto

CAR associate editor Mike Fourie hazards a guess at the outcome of the 2010 Formula One world championship.

By CAR magazine - 11 March 2010

Monaco memories

There’s a double bill ahead for car enthusiasts at Monaco this year, with two grands prix around the famous track in May.

By CAR magazine - 17 February 2010

Last of the SLR Legend

Late last year CARmag.co.za had an early look at what was one of the purest and most exciting performance cars of this year, the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Stirling Moss, and as the last batch of the commemorative supercar goes into production so too the relationship between McLaren and Mercedes-Benz draws to a close.

By CAR magazine - 7 December 2009

Turning the ‘screw in the SLS

CAR editor John Bentley blogs on his experience of driving a new SLS AMG from Mercedes-Benz at the legendary Laguna Seca track in California.

By CAR magazine - 13 November 2009

Jenson… the rake reformed?

Now that Jenson Button has clinched the title, the Brits are raving about him. But I seem to recall that when he visited Cape Town back in 2005 he mentioned having an Afrikaans granny. So crack open the witblits, South African genes have once again made the grade in the fast world of grand prix racing…

By CAR magazine - 20 October 2009

Abarth’s 500-based fireball

Ferrari might seem like an unlikely candidate for a collaborative effort with Abarth, but the legendary Turin-based tuner has paid tribute to the iconic Prancing Horse stable with an even higher performance version of the Abarth 500 dubbed 695 “Tributo Ferrari”.

By CAR magazine - 18 September 2009

Audi Sportscar Experience

CAR magazine associate editor Sudhir Matai samples Audi’s latest sportscar offerings and feels his blood pressure drop afterwards. Many people may be under the impression […]

By CAR magazine - 2 September 2009