Jalopnik: Grand Prix

For $26,995, take home the Grand Prix

graverobber — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 08:00:00 EST

The era of grandiose American luxury coupes is long gone, and those who still jones for a big two-door boat from the past have to put up with their utter lack of modern amenities. That is unless they buy today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe custom '71 Grand Prix, which has been modernized. Its price however, has also been updated. More »

Construction has begun at America's next failed F1 circuit

Raphael Orlove — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:30:00 EST

Jalopnik superfriend and New Jersey explorer J.F. Musial captured this image of the start of construction for the New Jersey Grand Prix. It might just be the paddock/parking garage, located in exceedingly glamorous Weehawken, but it's a start. More »

IndyCar racing returns to Detroit's Belle Isle

Ray Wert — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 10:45:00 EDT

There's more Chevy news today coming out of the big GM backgrounder in Detroit. The bowtie-badged brand today announced a multi-year agreement with Penske and IndyCar to bring professional motorsports back to the Motor City for the first time in four years. More »

Retro F1-inspired BMW concept is android James Garner's new ride

Matt Hardigree — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 13:30:00 EDT

The designer behind Bullfinch Visuals decided to take the front-engined, open-wheel design of '50s F1 cars and modernize the language for a new passenger car. The results are kind of awesome. More »

New BBC film on the blood-drenched glory years of F1

Peter Orosz — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 14:30:00 EDT

When men were men and race cars looked like cars, men and women were dying on Grand Prix weekends like flies. The early history of Formula One is a horror of burning flesh, and a new one-hour BBC documentary puts the easy nostalgia for the early days in a sad new perspective. More »

Restoring The World's Oldest Ferrari

Justin Hyde — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 11:59:00 EST

Ferrari enthusiast Jim Glickenhaus has a new project: A full restoration of the world's oldest Ferrari, a 1947 166 Spyder Corsa that was the first vehicle Enzo Ferrari sold bearing his name. Why? So he can keep driving it. More »

Spawn Of Kirk Douglas To Ruin Grand Prix With Remake

Matt Hardigree — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 10:00:00 EST

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Peter Douglas is remaking John Frankenheimer's Grand Prix. Why? The film only stands up because of the romance of the era, the novelty of the production, and the charm of James Garner — and that's all gone. (H/T Scroggz!) [Deadline] More »

"The Guy Seemed Nice Enough"

John Krewson — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:30:00 EDT

Welcome back to Garage of Horror, where we share your worst wheeled experiences. Today we re-learn autodom's oldest message: Everyone, absolutely everyone, is trying to screw you, even in Canada. More »

Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em

Matt Hardigree — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 10:00:00 EDT

The best purpose-built race cars are almost always at least incidentally beautiful. Anyone out there have a guess as to specifically what this is? UPDATE: Answer below. More »

U.S. Grand Prix Formula 1 Track, Financier Revealed

Matt Hardigree — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:00:00 EDT

The mysterious circumstances bringing the U.S. Grand Prix to Austin, Texas and the location of the track were both revealed today. Big-bucks former Vikings/Saints owner Red McCombs will provide the funding, and the track will be out in the sticks. More »

Five Reasons Monaco Is The Grandest Of Grands Prix

Sam Smith — Thu, 20 May 2010 14:00:00 EDT

The oldest race on the Formula 1 calendar is also one of the most glamorous and most dangerous. The 68th running of the Monaco Grand Prix took place last weekend. Miss it? Here's why you should pay attention. More »

The Carnage Of Iron Man 2

Sam Smith — Fri, 14 May 2010 12:00:00 EDT

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Even for a metal-suited superhero film, Iron Man 2 destroyed an awful lot of cars. The list contains everything from smashed Rolls-Royce Phantoms to formula cars sliced in half by laser whips. Here's how the magic is made. More »

Apparently, New Jersey Has Too Much Class For F1

Sam Smith — Wed, 05 May 2010 17:15:00 EDT

A mere 24 hours after Jersey City revealed plans to host a Formula 1 race, the city's mayor has killed those plans, citing environmental issues. You may now go back to ignoring Jersey City. [GPUpdate] More »

Formula 1 Coming To... New Jersey?

Sam Smith — Tue, 04 May 2010 16:00:00 EDT

In response to overtures made by Bernie Ecclestone's Formula One Management, Ltd., Jersey City, New Jersey has announced a track layout for the proposed return of the United States Grand Prix. (What? You were expecting Newark?) More »

Grand Prix Two Plus Two Equals $8,000!

graverobber — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 07:00:00 EST

Seeing how Ford's Aerobird performed on NASCAR's speedways caught GM off guard. With a plastic nose and a glass fastback, today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Pontiac helped GM's Sunday prospects, and, for $8,000, could help yours all week. More »

1964 Pontiac Grand Prix

Murilee Martin — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 09:00:00 EDT

Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. 18 months since the last Alameda big Pontiac? Much too long! More »

Briatore, Staff Out At Renault F1 Over Race-Fixing Scandal

Wes Siler — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:00:00 EDT

Flavio Briatore and head engineer Pat Symonds are out at Renault F1 in a seeming admission of guilt in the Nelson Piquet Jr. race-fixing scandal. FIA still plans to hold a disciplinary hearing for Renault on Monday. [BBC] More »

The 12 Greatest Car Movies

Matt Hardigree — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:00:00 EDT

We love movies. We love cars. We love movies about cars. And there are some really great car flicks out there. Below, thanks to your help, is our list of 12 of the greatest. More »

Formula One Through Tilt-Shift Lenses

Peter Orosz — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:00:00 EDT

Originally developed for architectural photography, tilting and shifting lenses are much more than gadgets for turning cars into toys. Professionals even use them to document the ins and outs of Formula One. Mega-sized gallery below. More »

Lewis Hamilton Portrait Painted With Motor Oil From His F1 Car

Peter Orosz — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:30:00 EDT

Parsons graduate David Macaluso proves there's other ways to depict motorsports than with crayons: he painted his corporate-commissioned portrait of Lewis Hamilton with the very oil from Hamilton's McLaren he drove to a 2008 F1 title. More »

2009 Turkish Grand Prix: A Delight

Peter Orosz — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 08:00:00 EDT

Our twitter live-blog of the 2009 Turkish Grand Prix was a complete success. If you were checking it out this weekend, you already know what happened. If you didn't, hit the jump for the spoilers and a crude crayon drawing. More »

Civic Station Wagon Leading After Day One At The Laissez Les Crapheaps Roulez LeMons

Murilee Martin — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 02:00:00 EDT

The first day of racing is done, and the mechanical carnage has been horrific; LeMons Perpetrator Nick Pon was heard to utter "Dang, looks like a Taurus grenade done went off in the SHO pits! More »

The Grand Prix For British Philatelic Immortality

Peter Orosz — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:00:00 EDT

In 2007, Royal Mail issued a set of stamps commemorating Britain’s Formula One greats. With six slots for eight world champions and Sir Stirling Moss, the stage was set for a philatelic battle royale. More »

Pontiac Still Building 16-Alarm-Level Excitement

Ben Wojdyla — Wed, 20 May 2009 10:30:00 EDT

A 2000 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP under a recall warning against parking underneath any structure is being blamed as the source of a $3 million apartment building fire in Plymouth, Minnesota. How exciting! More »

2009 Spanish Grand Prix: A Great Battle of Strategy

Peter Orosz — Mon, 11 May 2009 15:00:00 EDT

Whispers of team orders clouds a brainy race in Barcelona, where most of the action happened in the pits and in the tactical computers. Warning: spoilers below. More »

50 Classic Pontiac Print Ads

Murilee Martin — Sun, 03 May 2009 10:00:00 EDT

Pontiac made some pretty good television ads, but we mustn't overlook the print ads. Franzouse has found a treasure trove — here are 50 Pontiac classics. More »

2009 Chinese Grand Prix Gets Wet, Real Wet

The Auto Insider — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 09:40:00 EDT

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We made it over to the Shanghai Grand Prix again yesterday for some F1 action, but the weather was most definitely not on our side. We'll put it this way, we got wet. Spoilers below. More »

2009 Chinese GP, Day Two: Qualifying And The F1 Lifestyle

The Auto Insider — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 10:20:00 EDT

We're back at the Shanghai International Circuit today to catch F1 qualifying action for Sunday's Chinese GP as well as immersing ourselves in the interesting sights and sounds going on right outside the track. More »

2009 Chinese Grand Prix, Day One: The Practice Sessions

The Auto Insider — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 11:00:00 EDT

We're here in China with little to do today, so we thought we'd head out to the Shanghai International Circuit to catch the first two Formula One practice rounds before Sunday's 2009 Chinese Grand Prix. More »

Satellite Photo of Ross Brawn's Brain Reveals World Domination Plans

Peter Orosz — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 12:00:00 EDT

Ross Brawn's three-week-old team roared to take a 1-2 victory in the 2009 Formula One season's first Melbourne Grand Prix, causing the clouds to part above the South Pacific. Click through for Brawn's full plans. More »

Vorsprung Your Way to Goodwood This July to See Audi at Its Very Best

Peter Orosz — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:00:00 EDT

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Audi will be the featured marque at this year's Festival of Speed, held July 3-5. This is your last chance to see the Auto Union race cars before Audi becomes, by default, hopelessly uncool. More »

Putting The 8:19 Nürburgring Camaro SS Time In Perspective

Peter Orosz — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 07:30:00 EDT

Muscle cars have come a long way since the 60s. The 8:19 lap by the Camaro SS would have been competitive in the 1967 German Grand Prix: the model year of the first Camaro. More »

Unemployed Canadian Ford GT Pace Car Goes Up For Auction

Matt Hardigree — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:20:00 EST

While we'll be awaiting the results of an election tomorrow, certain Canadians will be awaiting the results of the auction of a Ford GT used as a pace car during various Canadian Champ Car races. As there are no more Champ Car races, and with the Canadian F1 Grand Prix gone, there's not much more for the pace car to do. There won't be any F1 races at all on the continent of North America next year — the first time that's happened since 1957. Lacking a race to lead (okay, there is still Indy) the car is now on the block for certain Canadian customers. This is a chance to pick up a rare version of an already rare car. Check out the flyer below the jump. More »

Portrait Of F1 Star Lewis Hamilton Created From Hole Punch Dots

Andrew Stoy — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:40:00 EDT

British artist and Formula One race fan Nikki Douthwaite has taken Seurat's pointilism to a whole new level, creating an eight-by-five portrait of Lewis Hamilton out of discarded hole-punch dots. Roughly 250,000 individual pieces went into the work, which Douthwaite finished just before Hamilton drives for an F1 title attempt at the Brazilian Grand Prix this weekend. But why a race car driver? Says Douthwaite: "I was at the British Grand Prix just a couple of days before I graduated and that's when I decided what I would do next. I am a massive Formula 1 fan and I have been since I was a little girl. And I've always supported McLaren." [Telegraph.co.uk] More »

2009 French Grand Prix At Magny-Cours Cancelled, May Move To Disneyland Paris For 2010

Andrew Stoy — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 08:30:00 EDT

First we lost the Canadian Grand Prix from the 2009 Formula One schedule, and now the 2009 French Grand Prix has been dropped — only the second time since 1950 that the French have not hosted a Grand Prix event. A statement from the French Motosports Federation said simply "For economic reasons, the FFSA has decided to cancel the (2009) French Grand Prix." The race was to be the last at the famed Magny-Cours track in rural France; Disneyland Paris is a rumored replacement for 2010 thanks to its ~~famed racing heritage~~ easy rail access and hotel accommodations. [BBC; Image: France24watch] More »

1968 Monaco Grand Prix In 8mm Glory

Mark Arnold — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:00:00 EDT

This silent Super-8 film of the 1968 Monaco Grand Prix is the perfect time warp to watch in contrast to the dazzling spectacle of the recent Singapore Grand Prix. The raw footage of the then-savage sport captures the essence of what a street-circuit F1 race was 40 years ago. For better or for worse, things have certainly changed. Film below the jump. More »

F1 Teams Plan To Avoid Mosley In Monaco

Wes Siler — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:20:00 EDT

Drivers, team bosses and senior executives from major sponsors are making elaborate plans to avoid meeting or being photographed with Max Mosley during the Monaco Grand Prix. The May 25th race will be the first Mosley will attend since the Max Mosley Sex Video leaked. According to The Times, some teams are even going as far as employing scouts to keep them informed of Mosley's location and movements. More »

Senna Hits Stray Dog, Ends Day At Turkish Grand Prix

Ben Wojdyla — Sun, 11 May 2008 19:30:00 EDT

We watched the first part of the Turkish Grand Prix this morning and after the first corner featured some serious car over car accident action and the Ferrari/Mercedes slap fest, we got a little bored and sought out better things to do with our Sunday. Our mistake. We missed the Bruno Senna stray dog destruction derby. Yep, Fido (do wild dogs have names?) and a friend wandered onto the track. Fido's friend escaped but Fido wasn't so lucky, and ended up being struck by Senna's right suspension. Both the suspension and the dog found their end. Yeah, Felipe Massa may have won the race, but we definitely know who lost. Poor, poor Fido. This video is not safe for members of the ASPCA, small children or anyone else with a strong dislike for seeing dogs accidentally run over on a track. [Eurosport and Youtube] More »

1935 Monaco Trossi Is 16 Cylinders of Radial Engine Awesome

Ben Wojdyla — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:20:00 EDT

When we showed off the Moto Guzzi version of the three-wheel Blackjack, commenter superstar DoctorNine dropped an image into the thread that had us running for the history books. Built by Augusto Monaco and Carlo Felice Trossi, the 1935 Monaco Trossi is a front engined beast designed to race in Grand Prix, but due to terrifying driving dynamics never did. The engine is an eight bank, 16-cylinder radial air-cooled 2-cycle, 3982cc engine with two Zoller superchargers. The whole shebang was good for 250 HP at 6000 rpm and powered the front wheels. More »

Aerocoupe Grand Prix And Monte Carlo

Mark Arnold — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:20:00 EDT

Always wanted an "Aero Wars" muscle car from the early '70s like the Plymouth Roadrunner Superbird, or the Mercury Cyclone Spoiler II, but have never been able to afford one? Well, if you desire an attainable NASCAR homologation special, how about one of these GM G-body specials from the '80s? What we have here is an '86 Pontiac Grand Prix Aerocoupe and an '87 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS Aerocoupe, each for sale on eBay. Now, these may not be the most desirable cars right now, but give 'em 20 years and who knows how much they'll be worth. More »