It's easy to miss something that happens on the other side of the planet.

That's why I don't feel ashamed announcing that I have completey missed the Australian "Motor Magazine" and the frequent track testing they, apparently, have been doing for over a decade at the Wakefield Park in New South Wales.

I have to thank the very kind FastestLaps visitor Nathan who, likely being from Australia himself, has compiled this very nice laptime sheet for all Motor Magazine times ever published, several of which even predate FastestLaps.com.

I could have titled this piece "Audi win Le Mans for the 13th time with a one-two victory", but a headline like that would lead you to believe that the 2014 Le Mans was easy win for Audi, start to finish, while in truth, it was quite the opposite, and results do not tell half the story.

As late as my slow internet connection and sparse Piratebay seeders (bless them regardless) allowed, I eventually downloaded and watched this years race in all of it's 24 ... read more

Few days ago Motortrend released 11 minute video feature on Porsche 918, complete with instrumented straight line tests and a timed run on Willow Springs Big Willow circuit.

The timed run by Randy Pobst is especially notable, because it set a new production car lap record at the Big Willow, surpassing the Viper ACR by ridiculous 2.5 seconds!

The 2.4 second 0 - 60 time as well as best ever figure-8 and braking marks were also impressive. Until they g... read more

Strange things happen in the car world from time to time. Brands that were never associated with track driving, sometimes break the stereotypical mould and reach the most unexpected performance goals.

A recent Motortrend Head to Head episode presented a rather intriguing Chevrolet Camaro Z-28 and Nissan GT-R duel with a straight ... read more

There is a new track in our 140+ track list - the famous Interlagos F1 circuit in Brazil.

Recently renamed to "Autódromo José Carlos Pace", the 4.3 kilometer road course is the same that was used in Brazilian Grand Prix back in the day when F1 cars used to have screaming V-tens and V-twelves.

The laptimes originate from a Brazilian magazine "Fullpower". Laptime leaderboard is available read more