It doesn't seem that long ago that Sebastian Vettel was being crowned F1 World Champion for a second time, but with the new season due to start in March, attention is quickly turning to whether the German can make it three Drivers Championships in a row and also three consecutive Constructors Championships for his Red Bull team. Certainly, Vegas believes Vettel will complete the hat-trick of Drivers Championship and list him at around +110 favorite to do so. Next-best in the betting is Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso at 5:1. Interestingly, Vettel’s Red Bull teammate Mark Webber is only quoted at +1200, behind the twin attack of McLaren's two former world champions, Lewis Hamilton, who is +500, and Jenson Button at +700. Most pundits a...

The final day of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Tour hosted by Charlotte Motor Speedway ended with a surprise entry in the Coke Zero 400 and the all-time most popular driver will be behind the wheel of a Hendrick Motorsports powered car. First thing in the morning, Walmart announced they are celebrating their 50th anniversary in 2012 and that Bill Elliott will be the driver of the No. 50 Impala. Elliott did not know this deal was happening until Monday of this week. He ranks this announcement right up there with the being the 16-time NASCAR Most Popular Driver. Walmart will expand their partnership with NASCAR by selling more NASCAR merchandise, and featuring racing simulators and driver appearances at their stores. It ...

The final day of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Tour hosted by Charlotte Motor Speedway ended with a surprise entry in the Coke Zero 400 and the all-time most popular driver will be behind the wheel of a Hendrick Motorsports powered car. First thing in the morning, Walmart announced they are celebrating their 50th anniversary in 2012 and that Bill Elliott will be the driver of the No. 50 Impala. Elliott did not know this deal was happening until Monday of this week. He ranks this announcement right up there with the being the 16-time NASCAR Most Popular Driver. Walmart will expand their partnership with NASCAR by selling more NASCAR merchandise, and featuring racing simulators and driver appearances at their stores. It ...

Formula 1 tyre supplier Pirelli has promised closer, more unpredictable racing for 2012. The Italian company will continue to supply six different tyres, including the four dry-weather compounds—supersoft, soft, medium and hard—along with intermediate (for "damp" tracks) and wet. Three of the slick tyre compounds have been altered to make them softer—the soft, medium and hard.  Pirelli promises greater levels of grip and a longer performance peak, but with the same overall tyre lifespan and the same deliberate degradation characteristics which the 2011 tyres had. The tyres will have a squarer profile (less rounded "shoulders"), and the coloured markings on the sidewalls which allow fans to tell the difference between ...

Tuesday night was fun and games with the drivers of NASCAR. In an effort to bring out the personalities of the Nationwide drivers, we first watched the Early Evening Show with Elliott Sadler. Sadler dressed in a suit, sat behind the desk and invited guests to come by and chat after taking a seat on the sofa. This seems to be a trend with the same idea at Michael Waltrip Racing. Most of the guests were drivers in NASCAR's second tier, but Travis Pastrana stopped by to explain that he had good intentions of debuting in the series, but things sometimes change. He will be driving in the K&N Series and hopes to still make his way to the Nationwide series. He said he would be testing and that he wanted to be "as least sucky as possible." The ...

NASCAR has always had a reputation for being accessible.Drivers and fans interact with one another on a weekly basis, which leads to more autograph signings in one weekend than most sports stars do in an entire season. With social media sites such as Twitter, fans can really see the personalities of their heroes come to life.Kevin and DeLana Harvick are self-admitting Twitter addicts. For instance, DeLana “tweeted” earlier today that the Harvicks’ dog was being custom-fitted for a doggie wheelchair.Twitter brings out the beauty of the down-to-earth nature of NASCAR—the biggest celebrities of the sport have normal lives, just like you and I. Yet Twitter’s biggest new stars of NASCAR are not the usual suspects. S...

The 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series is shaping up to be another fantastic year. One can only hope for a repeat of a championship battle like the one in 2011. Tony Stewart made a late charge, winning five out of 10 races in last year's chase, to claim the title.Carl Edwards, coming off his second place in the points, is the favorite going into the season. Let's see if he is deserving of that title as I show you who I think will make the chase and win the championship.Begin Slideshow...

The 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series is shaping up to be another fantastic year. One can only hope for a repeat of a championship battle like the one in 2011. Tony Stewart made a late charge, winning five out of 10 races in last year's chase, to claim the title.Carl Edwards, coming off his second place in the points, is the favorite going into the season. Let's see if he is deserving of that title as I show you who I think will make the chase and win the championship.Begin Slideshow...

With the season-opening Australian Grand Prix now less than two months away, the time has come for Formula One's giants to come out of hibernation and reveal their latest machines. Unfortunately for Ferrari, the excitement surrounding the launch of their new car for the 2012 season, scheduled for the 3rd of February at the team's Maranello base, has been dampened by a flood of information released in the Italian press.Italian Technical Illustrator, Giorgio Piola, was the first to reveal the information, before detailed drawings of the new car appeared in Autosprint.Perhaps the biggest performance-related revelation so far, according to those sources, is that the new Ferrari will feature a pull-rod suspension system—a clear a...

With the season-opening Australian Grand Prix now less than two months away, the time has come for Formula One's giants to come out of hibernation and reveal their latest machines. Unfortunately for Ferrari, the excitement surrounding the launch of their new car for the 2012 season, scheduled for the 3rd of February at the team's Maranello base, has been dampened by a flood of information released in the Italian press.Italian Technical Illustrator, Giorgio Piola, was the first to reveal the information, before detailed drawings of the new car appeared in Autosprint.Perhaps the biggest performance-related revelation so far, according to those sources, is that the new Ferrari will feature a pull-rod suspension system—a clear a...