Like many other Americans, luxury car owners make monthly auto payments. When they pay, it is often to entities that carry the names of their cars—McLaren Financial Services, Aston Martin Financial Services,

The whispers that McLaren Racing was eyeing sports car racing have circulated for months, and the rumor made sense.

Calling all Formula 1 fans hungry for more as they await the start of the 2025 season – BBC’s F1: Back At Base podcast returns to BBC Sounds on 22 January with exclusive access into two of the sport's most historied teams, McLaren and Aston Martin, as they fight to the finish line in the final ten races of the 2024 season.

The whispers that McLaren Racing was eyeing sports car racing have circulated for months and it made sense: The brand is, after all, a supercar to sell to consumers and the truest platform to showcase high-performance vehicles would be a prototype class of sports car racing.

And the refreshing thing is, choosing a McLaren, with its focus on function and pure engineering, sidesteps the wankery that so often goes with ownership of an 'established' exotic brand. We absolutely love it. Personally, I felt like Aston Martin peaked ...

The first Hot Wheels Elite 64 collectible for 2025 is an iconic race car built by Bruce McLaren, and you can expect a cool feature in the rear.

Newey played a huge role in delivering 13 world titles for his former team over two dominant spells, and worked alongside some of the best drivers in the sport's history, including Sebastian Vettel and reigning champion Max Verstappen .

“The iconic blue and orange colours of Gulf Oil have been involved in endurance racing for many decades and in recent times have had a close association with the Aston Martin brand in European racing.

After a fresh report linked Max Verstappen to Aston Martin, Jacques Villeneuve has warned the four-time champ that wins come with teams like Ferrari and Mercedes, “not with Aston Martin”.

Aston Martin claims it can run 0-100km/h in just 3.6 seconds and has a top speed of 325km/h. The 720S runs a 4.0-litre version of McLaren's familiar flat-plane crank twin-turbo V8. Power is up to 537kW (or 720PS, hence the name) and torque up almost 100Nm ...

Adrian Newey believes a lack of experience set Red Bull back during the 2024 season, as the team struggled to keep up with rivals McLaren and Ferrari.

Recently, reports suggested that Aston Martin were close to signing the champion, however these claims have been strongly denied by the team since they emerged. Verstappen himself has also revealed no intention of switching teams,