Through a combination of carbon fibre expertise, innovative Formula 1-inspired technologies and development programmes, and a desire to launch a range of ‘pure McLaren’ road cars, the groundbreaking new McLaren MP4-12C has redefined high-performance sports car benchmarks. Video Rating: 4 / 5
A host of familiar faces help Jenson Button celebrate as before he competes in his 200th grand prix in Hungary, at the circuit where he won his first race at in 2006. A number of Button’s fellow drivers, including Fernando Alonso, and his former team bosses popped down to the McLaren compound to celebrate the milestone. Video Rating: 5 / 5
Onboard start, overtaking cars, team radios finally We are the champions, We are the champions! Video Rating: 5 / 5
Al Unser Jr claimed his third pole of the season. The first turn, which usually provides the most dramatic action at the Burke Lakefront Airport Circuit, saw Michael Andretti (who qualified a lowly 17th place) and Scott Goodyear spin. Bobby Rahal and the team had not yet eradicated the engine gremlins in the still-new Honda powerplant. Mario Andretti, whose season started well, had more struggles with a failed suspension after 31 laps. Emerson Fittipaldi, in desperate need of points to kep up with Unser, retired with a small fire in the rear of his car. Michael Andretti’s engine quit with just eight laps remaining, and Al Unser Jr won his fifth race of the year; the seventh in a row for Penske. Runner-up Nigel Mansell had competed in the French Grand Prix for Williams during the off-weekend, with speculation that he may return to Formula One full time for 1995. Tracy, Villeneuve, and Johansson completed the top five. Unser more than recovered what was lost at Detroit with a gruesome 41 point advantage over Fittipaldi, 55 over Mansell, 61 ahead of Gordon, and 63 points ahead of Tracy at the halfway point of the season. Video Rating: 5 / 5
Fast Lane Daily Labor Day Special – JF Musial explores the possible Formula One Grand Prix circuits for New York City while driving a new 2012 Porsche Cayman R. Video Rating: 4 / 5