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What is a F1 car made of, The McLaren GT 12C, LeMans 24 hour and trading in two wheels for a set of four; Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP Petronas driver explains the F1 Monocoque; a crash protection structure to absorb energy in the event of an impact; And in 2011 the winner of the duel is once more: Audi. It's the German manufacturer's tenth win in total in the prestigious Le Mans race!
At the dawn of motoring the number of cars on the roads was limited by the supply of fuel as cars gained popularity so did petrol stations; The Nordschleife or Northern loop; part of the famous Nürburgring is considered one of the world's toughest purpose built race tracks; In three seconds a Formula 1 car accelerates from nought to 150 km/h. In three seconds, a human being blinks once!
New research shows on average, the odds of being injured in a crash are 25 percent lower for people in hybrids than people travelling in non-hybrid models.
Mercedes GP Petrona's Ross Brawn and Nico Rosberg take us through the telemetry systems on a F1 car; Trofeo Maserati GranTurismo; Michael Schumacher and Belgium's Spa-Francorchamps race circuit; rarely in racing lore does a driver and a circuit have such a close connection.
At the 24-hour race in Dubai the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 celebrated threefold victory; The Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart is opening a special exhibition entitled 'Timeless - 60 Years of the Mercedes-Benz SL' in honour of the car's anniversary.
Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg drive two Mercedes-Benz SL 63 AMGs, on exhibit for the first time, to the presentation of the new Mercedes F1 W03; The new Honda Civic 5 door has been rated one of Europe's safest cars, according to new independent crash testing results from Euro NCAP.
Nico Rosberg talks about F1 overtaking; Dunlop is launching a new European breed of sports tyres, aimed at the high and ultra high performance tyre market.Called the Sport Maxx RT for Racing Technology, it's a road tyre, designed especially for the driving enthusiast.
The Formula One Grand Prix season of 2012 has begun in Melbourne Australia Car manufacturers and drivers must have few new guidelines to follow, in a highly competitive, but heavily regulated sport; In Australia the F1 venue is in the heart of the city: Albert Park.
WRS Renault at Silverstone; New Blood at Mercedes; Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge.
The many changes to Formula 1 design; Day 2 of the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge; Spreading the word of F1 in India; And getting that winning feeling in GT1.
David Coultard takes us around his new DTM Coupe; We look at the DHL award for the fastest Formula 1 Lap; Michael Schumacher gets us up to speed with the latest F1 steering wheel and day three and four of the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge.
