Earlier yesterday, at the final qualifying, McLaren F1 driver Lewis Hamilton posted a lap time of 1:21.707, which also gave him the pole position. Lewis's laptime was more than half a second faster than second placed Williams-Renault driver Pastor Maldonado's lap time of 1:22.285. Later, after Lewis posted his best time in Barcelona, he was ordered to stop the car right there on the track, by his team... 

As the Spanish Grand Prix gets set this weekend, Mercedes AMG Petronas have announced their alliance with Starwood Hotels and Resorts. This agreement was announced by both Nick Fry and Michael Schumacher at the W Hotel in Barcelona. All Mercedes AMG Petronas team members will stay at the Starwood resorts as they travel to Grand prix venues across the globe. For Starwood, this alliance is a perfect... 

A series of mishaps at the hands of pit crew in two races of China and Bahrain have resulted in McLaren team Hamilton and Button losing valuable points. At the Shanghai event, Button lost precious time due to slow change of tyres as the left wheel nut cross threaded due to what looked like negligence of pit staff. Later in Bahrain, Hamilton suffered loss of time in a similar way on two occasions with... 

IWC Schaffhausen, the Swiss watch manufacturing company is set to be the new official engineering partner of Mercedes AMG PETRONAS from January 2013. This business alliance dates back to 2004 and the new relationship is expected to take the team forward in precision engineering. IWC Schaffhausen have been in the business of producing luxury watches since 1868 and have been well known for bringing out... 

Among a crown of 72000 strong, 1100 Audi mechanics were also present at the 2012 DTM season race at Lausitzring. These mechanics of Audi partner operation in Region East were special guests at the DTM events and besides a taxi ride in the Audi R8 LMS, Head of Auto Motorsports Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich, Timo Schnider and Ernst Moser, Team Director of Audi Sport team Phoenix visited the mechanics at Audi... 

Valentino Rossi, 33, 9 time world champion and greatest rider at two wheeler racing is set to retire from MotoGP racing at the end of this season. His contract with Ducati also comes to a close at the end of this year and though the racer has shown interest in extending his contract with the company for an additional two years it is apparent now that that is not to be. It has been 18 months since he... 

DTM stat Markus Winkelhock took first place at the 2012 Scirocco R Cup finals. Runner up was Jann Hendrik Ubben and Adam Gladysz. Kris Nissen, Volkswagen Motorsports Director said that it was for the first time that Markus Winkelhock had his name on the winning list while spectators too enjoyed his performance. Winkelhock did particularly well in qualifying events as well and though he did have a shaky... 

To draw attention to the Toyota Etios Motor Racing which was introduced at the Delhi Auto Show 2012 Toyota dealers in Bangalore such as Nandi Toyota and Ravindu Toyota displayed concept cars this weekend in a bid to reach out to a new and younger set of customers. The company is keen on projecting itself for their EMR concept cars heralding a new motorsports based activity for the youth in India. Racing... 

While everyone gears up for the Spanish Grand Prix, Michael Schumacher is rather skeptical of the Catalunya circuit not being fit for the likes of Mercedes WO3. Schumacher has warned against spectators having high expectations as his team tackles the upcoming Grand Prix even though they did meet with success at Mugello test this week. In pre season testing, Mercedes did well at Circuit de Catalunya... 

Gary Paffett in his THOMAS SABO Mercedes AMG C-Coupé came in second in the second race of the 2012 DTM Season in Lausitzring, the first being at Hockenheim. In first place was Bruno Spengler of BMW. Gary Paffett received 43 points and is top in the drivers' standing ahead of Jamie Green with 30 points. Where team standings are concerned Team Thomas Sabo – Mercedes Benz Bank AMG is in first place...