The M Festival

When BMW returned to the 24h race at the Nürburgring last year, competition was fierce but the BMW M3 GT2 set out to continue the legendary performance and finished first. The BMW team secured not only the overall victory but ten class wins. Out of 198 cars lining up, 63 were BMWs.

Time for us to celebrate BMW’s outstanding performance at this prestigious race!

Therefore, we would like to invite you to merge into the world of M and come and see the backyard and playground of our M engineers. Every M car is developed and tested on the Nürburgring – the “Green Hell” – to meet the requirements for a race car suitable for everyday life. 

The M Festival, http://www.m-power.com/the_m_festival . Join the BMW M community event for M drivers and M fans, 23-26 June 2011 @ 24h race Nuerburgring, Germany. Save your tickets now.

Challenge to find Driving Heaven

Hammond May and Clarkson go on a hunt to find the World's best roads in some of the world's best supercars. Lightweight cars are the winners, James May has a rough ride and Hammond finds a gem of a road in Switzerland. 

The hills are alive to the sound of horse power. Clarkson Hammond and May pack their suitcases and their Lamborghini Aston Martin and Vanquish supercars on an epic journey to find the best driving road in the world. Amazing views and fantastic driving terrain in this clip from BBC's Top Gear.

2011 Falken Porsche GT3 RSR Testing - Sebring, FL

Falken Tire tests their 2010 Porsche 911 GT3 RSR at the 2011 American Le Mans Series Winter Test in Sebring, FL at the historic Sebring Raceway. In a few short weeks this course will host the season opener of the 2011 American Le Mans Series with a grueling 12 hour endurance race.

Team Falken Tire, along with team manager Derrick Walker and drivers Bryan Sellers and Wolf Henzler hope to improve on their performance from last year with new slick compounds and a newly managed team.

Derrick Walker's background includes open-wheel racing such as Formula One and Indy Car.

Ford Fiesta Rally Cross storms Pikes Peak

Ride along with rally champion Marcus Gronholm as he storms up the Pikes Peak course in the Ford Fiesta RallyCross in an homage to the famous Climb Dance Pikes Peak run.

Ken Block 2009 Highlights Slo-Mo & Hi-Def

Monster Energy Presents: Ken Block 2009 Highlights Slo-Mo & Hi-Def

This exclusive high definition viral film features the very best shots of Ken Block, captured during 2009, including  the Northstar at Tahoe shoot, the Gymkhana Two photo shoot at the Salton Sea, the 2009 Rally America National Championship season, Gymkhana Two: The

Informercial, the SCORE Powerdays 300 race, Ken's appearance on Top Gear and The Nitro Circus TV Shows, Gymkhana 2.1 featuring Rob Dyrdek, and  testing his 1978 Ford MKII Escort rally car. The footage was shot by Mad Media on RED, Phantom, and HD cameras.

The film is edited to "Mad World", written by Roland Orzabal and performed by Gary Jules and Michael Andrews as featured on the "Donnie Darko" soundtrack, and appears courtesy of Everloving Records. For more amazing clips and information on Ken Block visit:
www.monsterenergy.com

Ken Block vs Kimi Raikkonen - Rally Portugal

Everyone's favourite shoe salesman takes on f1 champ and ties! WTF! SHould have been in a subaru!

KEN BLOCK'S TRAX STI CAR

On the heels of Ken Blocks insane Gymkhana videos and the groundbreaking snowboarding/rally part to close out DCs MTN.LAB 1.5 video, the DC Co-Founder and Rally Team Driver has joined with Subaru to make the worlds fastest cat track operation automobile for backcountry access for snowboarding. Dubbed the TRAX STI, this is a new teaser video from the test session for the highly-modified, snow-ready (to say the least) car. Full specs and the full story at dcshoes.com/auto.

Ken Block Airfield Rallying

Rallying and stunt-driving legend Ken Block joins James May on a rather quiet airfield in California. Quiet that is until he turns the airfield into a playground and shows off his Sabaru-sliding skills against dirt-biking champion Ricky Carmichael!

Rally star Ken Block to drive Formula One car

Tyre manufacturers Pirelli have announced ’Gymkhana’ legend and World Rally Championship star Ken Block is to be given the chance to drive their Formula One test car. Block will get behind the wheel on August 5 for a one-off drive at the famed Monza circuit in Italy.

“I’ve been lucky enough to do some pretty spectacular stunts in my career so far, but this is something else,” he said. “Everybody talks about Formula One being the pinnacle of world motorsport so I can’t wait to discover it for myself.

“I’m very grateful to Pirelli, which has been one of my partners since 2010, for this amazing opportunity. These cars are so specialised that I need to be realistic about what I can do, but I know that it’s going to be a lot of fun and take hooning to a whole new level…”

Pirelli's test car was used in competition throughout the 2009 Grand Prix season but has since undergone aerodynamic and weight distribution modifications to simulate the latest Formula One regulations, which Pirelli's current PZero tyres are designed for.

Button takes last minute win in Canadian GP epic

Jenson Button made sensational amends to McLaren, having inadvertently taken team mate Lewis Hamilton out of a chaotic Canadian Grand Prix on the eighth lap on Sunday, by snatching victory from Sebastian Vettel halfway round the final lap.

The disjointed race began behind the safety car due to heavy rain, started to dry, then got much worse as the rain returned and refused to abate.

Things went bad for McLaren by the second corner as Hamilton tapped Mark Webber into a spin and attracted the attention of the stewards yet again. But that was nothing compared to the bad news that lay ahead for McLaren…

Intoxicating beauty of Le Mans cars at sunset

The sun has already rising on Le Sarthe, but the cars looked amazing as twilight gave way to no light. How is it that Gulf Oil livery looks better as the sun goes down?

Second Audi R18 crashes at 24 Hours of Le Mans

Another massive accident has marred Audi's 79th running of the Le Mans 24 Hour race. Just hours after Audi's Allan McNish suffered a heavy shunt, the sister R18 of Mike Rockenfeller, who had been running second at the time, was involved in an enormous crash between Mulsanne and Indianapolis.

Race control immediately sent out the safety car and recovery trucks and ambulances were quickly on the scene of the accident, which had strewn debris over a wide area.

Allan McNish Huge Crash 2011 Le Mans 24 Hours

The first major accident of the day with the #3 Audi R18 of Allan McNish crashing into the #58 Ferrari 458 Italia in ridiculous fashion. McNish went in too fast, smashed the Ferrari, and went tumbling into the tire wall. Everyone's ok but, warning, it's horrific.

Le Mans 2011 - The New GT Cars

With great fanfare, a bulk of the fan focus for this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans will zoom in on Audi’s and Peugeot’s new prototypes expected to battle for the overall victory. Since each of the two powerhouse manufacturers first launched diesel-powered cars in 2006 and 2007, respectively, they have never gone into Le Mans with new cars at the same time as they are this year.

In the class where production relevance is more evident, GTE Pro, it’s worth noting a number of cars have also gracefully ridden off into the sunset while newer, hungrier cars take their place. 

The biggest one, of course, is the new Ferrari F458 Italia, the replacement for the F430 GT. Visually stunning, the 458 in race trim features a modified nose and front hood with a trio of inlets, far curvier sides, and a fiercer rear body.

Dice fall perfectly for Vettel and Red Bull Racing

Seems like luck has always played a big part in winning in the gambler’s paradise that is Monte Carlo. And on Saturday it was very much on Sebastian Vettel’s side, as the Red Bull driver emerged triumphant in a qualifying session that was rendered something of a lottery by Sergio Perez’s dramatic accident in the Sauber (from which the Mexican mercifully escaped without serious injury). With a grid that may well not represent their true Monaco form, we take a look at each team’s pre-race fortunes…

Full Grid Classification:

Sunday, 29 May 2011

Conditions: Sunny

Position	Country	Driver	Car number	Team	Qualifying time
1	Ger	Sebastian Vettel	1	Red Bull-Renault	1:13.556
2	GB	Jenson Button	4	McLaren-Mercedes	1:13.997
3	Aus	Mark Webber	2	Red Bull-Renault	1:14.019
4	Spa	Fernando Alonso	5	Ferrari	1:14.483
5	Ger	Michael Schumacher	7	Mercedes GP	1:14.682
6	Brz	Felipe Massa	6	Ferrari	1:14.877
7	Ger	Nico Rosberg	8	Mercedes GP	1:15.766
8	Ven	Pastor Maldonado	12	Williams-Cosworth	1:16.528
9	GB	Lewis Hamilton	3	McLaren-Mercedes	1:14.275
10	Mex	Sergio Perez	17	Sauber	1:15.482
11	Rus	Vitaly Petrov	10	Renault	1:15.815
12	Brz	Rubens Barrichello	11	Williams-Cosworth	1:15.826
13	Jpn	Kamui Kobayashi	16	Sauber	1:15.973
14	GB	Paul Di Resta	15	Force India-Mercedes	1:16.118
15	Ger	Adrian Sutil	14	Force India-Mercedes	1:16.121
16	Ger	Nick Heidfeld	9	Renault	1:16.214
17	Swi	Sebastien Buemi	18	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:16.300
18	Fin	Heikki Kovalainen	20	Lotus-Renault	1:17.343
19	Ita	Jarno Trulli	21	Lotus-Renault	1:17.381
20	Spa	Jaime Alguersuari	19	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:17.820
21	Ger	Timo Glock	24	Virgin-Cosworth	1:17.914
22	Bel	Jerome d'Ambrosio	25	Virgin-Cosworth	1:18.736
23	Ind	Narain Karthikeyan	22	Hispania-Cosworth	No time
24	Ita	Vitantonio Liuzzi	23	Hispania-Cosworth	No time

Hamilton had qualifying time deleted for cutting a chicane; Perez does not start following accident.