The Sonoma Speed Festival will host the all-electric Volkswagen ID.R on the 2.52-mile, 12-turn road course at Sonoma Raceway this May, in an attempt to set a new track record. The record lap time of 1m15.430s was set by Esteban Gutierrez in a Mercedes-Benz F1 W07 Hybrid at the inaugural...

On the same day that the sixth season of the all-electric Formula E Championship opened in Saudi Arabia, Volkswagen has announced it is shifting its motorsports strategy to focus purely on electric mobility. Consequently, the German manufacturer is ending all its factory backing of racing programs involving internal combustion engines.The...

Romain Dumas and the Volkswagen ID.R -- the fully electric prototype with which Dumas rewrote the record book at Pikes Peak last year -- broke Nick Heidfeld's longstanding hill climb record at the Goodwood Festival of Speed with a staggering 41.18-second run. #FOShttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkLMzJN6vMA

Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross’ Scott Speed held off a first-lap challenge from Loenbro Motorsport’s Ken Block to claim the victory in the second Americas Rallycross (ARX) event at the Dirtfish ARX of COTA.Speed took maximum points from the first event held at Circuit of The Americas' permanent rallycross circuit and now...

Romain Dumas, Volkswagen and the fully electric I.D. R Pikes Peak made history together at today's Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. Driving the 500-kW (680 PS) I.D. R Pikes Peak in the unique race up the 12.42-mile, 156-turn public toll road which climbs from the start at 9,390 ft. to...

An up-close look at the Volkswagen I.D. R Pikes Peak prototype.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8BSslFZ8XU&feature=youtu.be

Callum Ilott (SJM Theodore Racing by Prema Dallara Mercedes) executed a brave and beautiful passing move on polesitter Joel Eriksson on the high-speed Mandarin corner to win the FIA F3 World Cup qualifying race at Macau.In a race uninterrupted by red flags, Ilott sprinted away from Eriksson (Motopark with VEB...

Former World Touring Car Championship promoter Marcello Lotti has been confirmed as chief executive of the TCR International Series, formerly the TC3 International Series.The name change does not reflect any alterations to the entry level touring car championship's concept, which features technical regulations incorporating a GT3-style balance of performance formula...

Ahead of today's Red Bull Global rallycross event in Washington, D.C., the Andretti Autosport team has revealed the 2015 Volkswagen Beetle Global Rallycross cars that its drivers Scott Speed and Tanner Foust will race later this season. Speed will make a couple of parade laps in the car at the...

FIA World Rallycross Championship driver Anton Marklund will take a break from the series after Lydden Hill to contest the X Games at Circuit of The Americas in June.Marklund competed at the X Games last year, but crashed out at the first corner of the Last Chance Qualifier."I am thrilled...