RACING GEAR 4K29

Recently introduced at the 2015 Shanghai Motor Show, this new Mercedes AMG GT comes with a new 4.0 lire V8 biturbo, with zero to 100km.h in 3.8 seconds and a top speed of 310 km/h. Racer Frank Mons and his son bring their rare British classic racer, the ELVA MKVI, to the Buttonwillow race track in Southern California, for the VARA race weekend. Head of the BMW Design Group, SVP Adrian van Hooydonk participates in the 40th year anniversary of BMW Motorsports and explains what the M stands for.

A short look at the Lamborghini racing series as it makes it way to the FUJI Circuit in Japan. A super thrilling rain soaked wet race. Renowned South African Art Dealer and limited Edition Porsche re-manufacturer Gavin Rooke, decides to give his DUTCHMANN WEEKEND RACER 911T a good hand wash. DRIVING TO ARCHITECTURE. We take a glimpse at the Marina City Towers in Chicago. This was the first modern skyscraper built with reinforced concrete. A set of twin towers that still defines the Chicago skyline with its 19 floors of parking space.

RACE SCENES. 2015 TROFEO ABARTH SELENIA EUROPE. Finnish racer Pajuranta comes in first overall at the SPA FRANCORCHAMPS CIRCUIT during the 2015 Trofeo Abarth Selenia Europe. RACE SCENES. PORSCHE 919 HYBRID AND 911 RSR AT NURBURGRING. 2015 WEC. The Porsche 919 Hybrid and the 911 RSR teams finish with 1-2 victories at the Round 4 of the 2015 Sports Car World Endurance Championship at the Nurburgring.

For the 2015 Le Mans 24Hr race, two Porsche teams took overall wins. Earl Bamber (NZ), Nico Hülkenberg (GER) and Nick Tandy (GBR) took the 17th overall victory.  Followed by the sister car of Timo Bernhard (GER), Brendon Hartley (NZ) and Mark Webber (AUS). This made it the fourth one-two result for the brand after achieving this in 1971, 1983, 1987 and 1998.

In 2013, to celebrate its centenary, Aston Martin designed and built the CC100 Speedster Concept. This is a short glimpse from their film on the design process that gave birth to this stunning master piece.

In Privateer Stories. Buttonwillow, we see glimpses of the Buttonwillow Raceway in Buttonwillow, California. Vintage car racer Chuck Kolstad talks about this racetrack and his love for it.

Josh, one of the crew team leaders of the DragonSpeed team, at the 2015 Long Beach GP,  talks about the US Flag livery Mercedes Benz SLS AMG driven by Henrick Hedman. The team from Bentley Motorsport sets out to race at the grueling 2014 Spa 24 Hours with a pair of Bentley Continental GT3 cars. Darren Cox of NISMO talks about the NISMO LMP1 race car.

In the hills outside the city of Salinas, California, sits a race course nestled in a piece of ground surrounded by a Nature Preserve. During the last week of September 2015, Porsche threw it’s gargantuan fifth get together here. About 1400 Porsche cars of all shapes and sizes gathered in one spot. This short cinematic piece is a visual observation of the people, machines and sounds captured on a Saturday morning, as tens of thousands of Porsche fans gathered to attend this massive Porsche reunion.

Racers assemble along the Las Vegas strip prior to the 2015 MINT 400. Episode 2. Qatari racer Nasser Al-Attiyah wins both the 2011 and 2015 Dakar Rally. Here he

practices for the 2105 Dakar with his well outfitted MINI.

RACE SCENES. A LOOK BACK AT BMW AT LAGUNA SECA IN 2012. The racers generally don’t need any incentive to move fast, but, here the engineers with supreme confidence in their machines try to get the drivers to move even faster, testing the limits of the racing machine. RACE CARS. THE FANTASTIC BMW V12 LMR. The stunning and visually arresting race car from the 2000 American Le Mans Series, the BMW V12 LMR is a magnificent racing machine. Seen here being track tested before making it to the race at Sebring.

A look at the new Porsche Concept Mission E. The stunning new all electric sedan from Porsche is one of a kind and is creating endless desire from petrol heads everywhere. FIRST LOOK. FERRARI 488 SPIDER REVEALED AT THE 2015 FRANKFURT MOTOR SHOW. Ferrari continues it’s love affair with the open top with the new 488 Spyder. This new Spyder is a continuation of a story that started with the targa top 308 GTB. BROAD MUSEUM OPENS IN LOS ANGELES. We take a trip on the BMW i3 to have a first look at the just opening Broad Museum in downtown Los Angeles.

The Bentley team takes the monstrously fast endurance racing machine, the BENTLEY Continental GT3 to the tracks for a test run and fine tuning. AFRICAN RACER. PART 3. GAVIN ROOKE FINISHES THE 2015 KNYSNA HILL RACE. Gavin Rooke fixes his motor and tests the car just a day before the race. He then makes his way to the Knysna Hill Climb and manages to finish this majestic African race. RACE CAR. 2013 LAUNCH OF THE BMW Z4 GTE. A look at the fantastic BMW Z4 GTE racing machine as it was revealed just before it’s inaugural race at Sebring.