For 15 years, McLaren was the F1 team of choice for Mercedes-Benz, enjoying a near-works level of support and collaboration from the German automaker. But as you may recall, Daimler bought its own team three seasons ago: the outfit that started out as British American Racing, then became Honda before branching out as Brawn GP, was rebranded Mercedes GP under its latest management and now rechristened Mercedes AMG Petronas. And ever since, McLaren has had to deflect speculation that it was looking for a new engine supplier. Funk Flex
Auto Talk: California investment firm considers buying back F1
CVC. To those familiar with the commercial side of things, those letters are synonymous with Formula One. But they weren’t always, and they may not be forever. In fact, it is almost assured that the day will come when CVC Capital Partners will sell its majority stake in the premier racing series. The only question is to whom. Funk Flex
Auto Talk: F1 debates allowing customer cars
What’s the difference between F1 and Indy? Plenty. But it’s a question that comes up more than you’d expect, and there are numerous answers. While F1 races only on street circuits and road courses, Indy also races on ovals. Indy, of course, is also primarily an American series, while F1 hasn’t had a race in the United States for years now. The two series use different fuel, different engines, but the biggest difference, of course, is the cars: While Indy uses one spec chassis (and until next year, one engine), every team in F1, by definition, has to design and build their own cars. That’s why F1 teams aren’t called teams in the technical lingo. They’re called constructors. Funk Flex
Auto Talk: F1 may be coming to New York, but not NASCAR
NASCAR and New York may strike you as diametrically opposite pillars of modern America. But if Formula One can race in Texas, surely NASCAR can race in New York, right? Funk Flex
Auto Talk: How A Man Nearly Made The Most Important Barn Find In Motorsports History
Most Formula One cars end up on display or in the private collections of the wealthy. A car like the McLaren MP4/6 Ayrton Senna drove to the F1 World Championship in 1991 should be in a museum which would have had a nice price tag on it. This guy thought he found this car at space above a shipping office. Hit the jump to read the rest of the story. Funk Flex Find Flex On Google+
(Video) The First Lap Of The New Jersey F1 Race Rourse
The official announcement that New Jersey finally gets its own fist-pumping Formula One race in 2013 comes in just two hours. But The people over at Jalopnik didn’t want to wait. They took their own “first drive” of the probable 3.1-mile road course in a Jaguar XKR convertible. Hit the jump to see the video. Funk Flex Find Flex On Google+
