'Jingle Bells' Wasn't Written as a Christmas Song. Here's the Real History
Popular myths about the classic holiday tune have circulated for decades, obscuring its origins on the minstrel stage. For years, social media users …
Popular myths about the classic holiday tune have circulated for decades, obscuring its origins on the minstrel stage. For years, social media users …
Five-time British Touring Car Championship race winner Aiden Moffat will drive a West Surrey Racing-run BMW during the 2025 season. The 28-year-old Scot has been named as one of the two drivers for WSRs LKQ Euro Car Parts stable of BMW 330i M Sport machinery, alongside two other cars. That comes as little surprise Moffat has long been linked heavily with a WSR seat for next season ... Keep reading
Christmas is supposed to be a time of goodwill and cheer. But there is precious little of that festive spirit in certain quarters of the national racing community at present following the launch of two new UK series set to feature TCR cars and the subsequent response from TCR creator and rights holder WSC. This increasingly bitter (and increasingly far-reaching) situation stems from the ... Keep reading
Factory HRC rider JoanMirfeelsconcessionsbrought no notable improvement in results for Honda in MotoGP this year. MotoGP revamped its concession system in 2024 to help Honda and Yamaha close the gap to European manufacturers, with the two fallen Japanese giants having slipped away considerably from competition the previous year. Read Also: MotoGPAleix Espargaro gets ... Keep reading
It was announced earlier this month that Zandvoort would hold its final Formula 1 Dutch Grand Prix in 2026. With the current calendar seeming to be fixed at 24 races per year, this leaves a space for another track to host a GP in only a couple of years time. Will we see a new track make its debut on the F1 calendar? Or will old favourites make a comeback? Rwanda A key contender for ... Keep reading
The World Rally Championship could benefit from hosting exhibition-style events such as the Monza Rally Show, according to Toyota team principal Jari-MattiLatvala. All three WRC Rally1 teams attended a revived Monza Rally Show earlier this month, which acted as a celebration of the 2024 season, while also paying tribute to Pirellis four-year stint as the championships control tyre ... Keep reading
Gedlich Racings GT Winter Series will introduce a GT3 and GT3 Pro split category for its sixth season of running in 2025. GT2 and GT3 compete at the sharp end of the field, with Balance of Performance provided by SRO Motorsports Group. For the first time, GT3 cars will be split into two classes: GT3 for teams with at least one bronze driver in its line-up, and GT3 Pro for teams ... Keep reading
Kevin Turner sits with Gary Watkins and Haydn Cobb to review the 2024 World Endurance Championship season. In the studio, the trio discuss whether 2024 was the year the "Golden Age" of sportscars truly arrived as Toyota was joined in the winner's circle by Ferrari and Porsche, and how the German manufacturer had such a consistent season and, of course, the Balance of Performance that shapes the ... Keep read
The second season of the Prototype Winter Series will feature LMP3 entries split across the outgoing second-generation LMP3 cars and first-generation cars will be included in a Gen 1 class. The four-round campaign will contain two 50-minute races per Prototype Winter Series weekend. There are mandatory pitstops, with the length of time spent in the pits depending on the calibre of the driver ... Keep reading
One of the most significant consequences of this trial is that it revealed the banality of rapists in our society. These are often men from all walks of life; ordinary men who have seemingly regular families, jobs and responsibilities.
“We’re not going to be able to just police our way out of this,” he said, per the city transcript. “Because if you have hate being arrested, when you’re released, you’re going to still have that hate."
“Nosferatu” writer-director Robert Eggers discusses his work with Bill Skarsgård and his approach to reimagining the horror film classic.
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Just like any other sport, tomorrow's champion is always waiting in the wings and in the pinnacle of stock car racing, the final two steps before the big show are the NASCAR Truck and NASCAR Xfinity Series. We looked at the most promising drivers under 25 from these two divisions, choosing the ten brightest prospects based on their history of on-track successes, their backing, but also their ... Keep reading
Hyundai Motorsport has produced a special behind-the-scenes documentary charting Thierry Neuvilles run to a maiden World Rally Championship title. Titled Never just win, the film has been produced in-house by Hyundai Motorsport, led by the teams videographer Sebastian Scott and has today been released on YouTube. The documentary offers rare insights into the 2024 WRC season as ... Keep reading
When former Ferrari team boss Mattia Binotto accepted the calling to head up Audi's Formula 1 operations earlier this year, he knew it was going to be a tough task. It is one thing honing an established team as he did at Maranello into fighting for world championship glory; it is quite another building something up from the back of the grid. But even he admits that the Audi challenge has ... Keep reading
Oscar Piastri has revealed improving in qualifying is his main point of focus for the 2025 Formula 1 season after comparing unfavourably to McLaren team-mate Lando Norris. Piastri was outqualified 21-3 by Norris in 2024, albeit often by small margins, with Norris also getting the better of the Australian in sprint qualifying this year. That means Piastri has regressed compared to his rookie ... Keep reading
Mirko Bortolotti has pinpointed his determined runner-up finish in an eventful race at Zandvoort as being crucial to his 2024 title-winning DTM campaign, as he defied a delaminating left-rear tyre. The SSR Performance Lamborghini driver trailed race winner Marco Wittmann's Schubert Motorsport BMW by 7.239s at the flag, holding up a long queue of cars as he struggled to make the ... Keep reading
TEHRAN, Dec. 25 (MNA) – Muslims regard Jesus (peace be upon him) as one of the great prophets who brought divine guidance to humanity before Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him).
Theres no shortage of traditions when it comes to the Indianapolis 500, but the major part that Will Behrends plays in the race's heritage crafting the race winners likeness on the famed Borg-Warner Trophy had to forgo its own usual tradition after the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene. Helene formed in the Caribbean Sea on September of this year, developing into a Category ... Keep reading
The second season of the all-female F1 Academy championship was notable for having closer ties to Formula 1, as cars were decked out in the liveries of grand prix teams, and for the stunning dominance of its champion who curiously was crowned twice. But across the spectrum of motorsport categories, there were numerous noteworthy performances to be found in 2024. Here we chart 10 of the ... Keep reading
BMW has announced that Kelvin van der Linde will join its pool of factory drivers in 2025, two years after he split with rival German brand Audi. As reported by Motorsport.com last week, the South African will unite with younger brother Sheldon van der Lindein BMWs factory roster next year after spending the last two seasons as an independent driver without any manufacturer ... Keep reading
Ducati team manager Davide Tardozzi instructed Francesco Bagnaia to stop being a gentleman during the 2024 MotoGP season, a new documentary released by the Italian manufacturer has revealed. Despite being on the back foot for almost the entire year, Bagnaia continued to show respect to Pramac rival Jorge Martin in the title run-in, with the two never trading blows on track or engaging in ... Keep reading
The first F1-sanctioned TV drama series is in development, and it sounds a lot like another non-sanctioned project in the works at a rival studio. Felicity Jonesis attached to star in and executive produce the drama, which has landed atAmazon MGM StudiosforPrime Video, Variety reports. Much like Brad Pitt's and Jerry Bruckheimer's creatively-titled upcoming movie "F1", the series in ... Keep reading