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Why Mid-Engine Cars Handle So Well: Motor101

Even if you have only a passing interest in cars, you know the fast ones usually have their engines behind the driver. When handling is a priority, putting the engine behind the passenger compartment, but ahead of the rear axle, is ideal.

Motor1

Look out, Porsche! The Polestar 5 is a gorgeous electric grand tourer

The Polestar 5 is finally here, and it’s a beauty

Five Electric SUVs Were Driven Until The Battery Ran Out. Here's How They Stacked Up.

Five more electric SUVs were driven until their batteries ran out. Here's how they stack up to the others tested in the same way this year.

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Smyth looking crisp for season run-in for Ryan Motorsport Insurance Autosport National Rankings

Allaway and Sibley are other improvers in Rankings top five

Autosport

Oscar Piastri ends McLaren’s 27-year wait for an F1 grand slam

Quite amazingly, Piastri’s grand slam in the Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort was McLaren’s first this millennium

Motorsport

Piastri’s Dutch GP feat that emulates Senna and Hakkinen at McLaren

Quite amazingly, Piastri’s grand chelem at Zandvoort was McLaren’s first in this millennium

Autosport

Lotus Loses Nearly £200m in Six Months as Sports Car Sales Collapse 64% — Is Its UK Factory at Risk?

Lotus posted a $263 million operating loss in H1 2025 as deliveries fell 43% to 2,813, and it plans up to 550 UK job cuts amid tariff whiplash, a Hethel production pause, and a pivot toward hybrid models.

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Lotus to cut 550 UK jobs amid ‘uncertainty’ including Trump tariffs

Chinese-owned sportscar maker insists it is committed to Britain and will restart production in Norfolk in September

The Guardian - UK

Lotus Is Slashing Jobs In the UK: 'A Punch in the Stomach'

Lotus’s rebirth under Geely ownership has been slow going. The Emira sports car showed plenty of promise, but was hampered by production delays and a price higher than initially promised. The Emeya and Eletre EVs haven’t proven hugely popular either, and being made in China, they are prohibitively expensive thanks…

Motor1

Line reeling in long-time leader Bray in Ryan Insurance Autosport National Rankings

Monoposto ace moves onto 15 wins for 2025 against 17 of MX-5 king

Autosport

Sports car maker Lotus plans to cut up to 550 jobs at Norfolk factory

The carmaker said the decision comes at a time of uncertainty for the sector amid Donald Trump’s tariff hikes in the US.

The Independent UK

Iconic sportscar manufacturer Lotus cuts 550 jobs in the UK

The company has a manufacturing hub in Norfolk

The Independent UK

How Perez, Bottas will fight “desperation” at back of F1 grid with Cadillac

More than 100 F1 podiums have featured Valtteri Bottas and/or Sergio Perez, but Cadillac’s new drivers are expected to be at the back of the grid in 2026 – here’s how they plan on dealing with it

Autosport

How Cadillac’s new F1 drivers will fight “desperation” at back of grid

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The stars and cars of the Silverstone Festival

A look at the highlights of the 2025 Silverstone Festival as on-track action from some of racing's greatest machines thrilled

Motorsport

How F1 teams pick their drivers and what Cadillac’s rumoured Valtteri Bottas signing means

As Valtteri Bottas closes in on a return to the grid with Cadillac, the American team shows its preference for experience ahead of its first foray into Formula 1 – but how did F1’s other new teams pick their driving line-ups?

Autosport

With Bottas, Cadillac favours experience: How did other new F1 teams approach their line-ups?

Cadillac's preference for 2026 appears to lie with experience, as Bottas closes in on an F1 return and Perez sits at the top of its list. We look at how F1's most recent all-new entrants approached their driving line-ups

The Guardian - UK

‘He was totally in tune’: how Ayrton Senna’s rain masterclass delivered his debut F1 win

Forty years ago, the 25-year-old Brazilian produced possibly the finest drive of his career, and it’s still vivid in the mind of his mechanic Chris Dinnage

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What to look out for at the 2025 Silverstone Festival

This year’s Silverstone Festival takes place this weekend and will celebrate 75 years of F1, the return of Group C and plenty more

Autosport

Highcock jumps into top four of Ryan Insurance Autosport National Rankings

Matthew Highcock leads a trio of drivers who surge up the order in the latest rankings update

Motor1

The Lotus Emira Turbo SE Is An Intriguing Porsche Alternative: Review

From the get-go, Lotus had a winner in the Emira. The concept was simple but effective: buyers wanted that iconic Lotus driving feel with a cup holder. They wanted heated seats, but also to feel a bit like Jim Clark on their morning commute. They wanted supercar looks without the…

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Bray holds the Line at top of Ryan Motorsport Insurance Autosport National Rankings

The gap between Ali Bray and George Line at the top of the Ryan Motorsport Insurance Autosport National Rankings remains at four wins after each took a hat-trick last weekend.

Motorsport

How does Fernando Alonso's winless streak rank in F1 history?

It’s fair to say Kevin Magnussen never had a real shot at victory in Formula 1. The Danish driver spent seven of his nine F1 seasons with the modest Haas team, while his sophomore campaign took place at a struggling Renault outfit as the French brand made a full-on return…

Autosport

How does Alonso's winless streak rank in F1 history?

Autosport

The pitfalls of F1's current anti-lift rear suspension trend

Mercedes eventually chose to end its on-off relationship with its rear suspension package, first pressed into action on its Formula 1 car at Imola, at the Hungarian Grand Prix. While not outwardly blamed for the team's general downturn in form, the revised suspension was seen as an obtrusive element in…

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