As Cadillac races to first F1 season, insiders advise patience for U.S. fans
For the first time, a major U.S. automaker is putting a team up against the European giants of Formula One. Can Cadillac be a contender?
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For the first time, a major U.S. automaker is putting a team up against the European giants of Formula One. Can Cadillac be a contender?
While the British champion - the only Black driver to ever race in F1 - talks about overcoming racism, Americans (including female drivers) are also hoping to make inroads in the sport.
Last year Lewis Hamilton made his way across the pond to Texas and became a 6-time Formula One World Champion. This year Austin's Grand Prix of the Americas race has been postponed.
He's made history in Great Britain and in Texas. Winning one lap at a time, Lewis Hamilton has passed all the great Formula One drivers -- except one.
Lewis Hamilton has a certain love affair with the Texas Hill Country... and it's easy to see why.
From New York to Texas, Lewis Hamilton returned to the United States this week with yet another Formula One championship ready for the taking.
The car, designed by engineering students, was parking in a trailer in an SMU campus parking lot just east of Highway 75.
Lewis Hamilton tightened his control on the F1 season title by winning the U.S. Grand Prix on Sunday ahead of title rival Sebastian Vettel, who finished second in a race he said he had to win.
Jay Howard topped the speed charts at Indianapolis 500 practice Thursday with a fast lap of 226.744 mph while Honda cars claimed nine of the fastest 11 speeds during the session.
The Texas attorney general's office will keep secret how much money Formula One receives from organizers of the U.S. Grand Prix to run the annual race.
Tens of thousands packed into the Circuit of the Americas on Saturday night for Swift's only concert of the year at Formula One's only race on American soil.
Lewis Hamilton said that he won't stop having fun. The defending Formula One champion said that he will probably have his phone on hand Thursday to take more pictures during a news conference at the U.S. Grand Prix in Texas.
NASCAR driver Kurt Busch said team owner Gene Haas is serious about making a strong entry into Formula One, a move that could expand the series' footprint in the U.S.
Texas Motor Speedway executive Eddie Gossage is frustrated over Formula One's decision to hold the Grand Prix at Austin on the same weekend that his track hosts NASCAR.
NASCAR is overhauling its qualifying process and will go to a knockout format similar to Formula One and IndyCar.
For the first time in five years, Formula-1 Racing returns to the U.S. this weekend and the drivers will be climbing behind the wheel at a new track in Texas. And a Lone Star Olympic legend is helping train members of one international team.
Federal officials will do air quality flyovers of the Central Texas racetrack where the Formula One U.S. Grand Prix will be held Sunday.
The track is under construction outside of Austin. The cheapest tickets allow access to grassy areas located around the track, with higher prices for the grandstands.
Workers have excavated about 85 percent of the Circuit of the Americas track near Austin and they expect to start putting down the first layers of asphalt in April.
Organizers of the proposed U.S. Grand Prix in Texas face a Wednesday deadline to guarantee its long-term financial backing or lose the race for 2012.
Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone says the U.S. Grand Prix could be removed from the 2012 calendar because construction of the Texas race track was halted.
What could be more exciting than racing a scale version of a Formula One racer? What about starting by designing it from scratch.
