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As the only visible part of a Formula One driver on global television each race, the F1 racing helmet has become a modern icon. But in a world where a Mickey Mantle baseball card is worth US$12.6 million, it's amazing how little F1 helmets sell for.

The gargantuan American collector marketplace is only just waking up to Formula 1, and while prices on memorabilia are now beginning to move skyward, it's still grossly undervalued next to more traditional American sports.

Red Bull Advanced Technologies has lifted the lid on its very first hypercar project, a two-seat track vehicle called the RB17 that will be overseen by Chief Technical Officer Adrian Newey and produced as a limited run of 50.

It’s been five long years since the unveiling of the Mercedes-AMG Project ONE, but the production version has finally landed. With a Formula-1-inspired hybrid powertrain that generates over 1,000 hp, the ONE can reach speeds over 350 km/h (217 mph).

Sporting enterprises are searching for new ways to cater to a locked-down world and while most flounder in the virtual realm, motorsport is quite the opposite: no other virtual sport can replicate the real deal for a spectator quite like motorsport.

Take one genuine ex-F1 chassis, fit it with a 600-hp, 9,000-rpm engine designed for reliability and low maintenance, add one set of custom Pirelli tires, and you can own a 600-kg track weapon capable of generating up to 4 g of cornering force.

It may not come as a huge surprise that the Formula 1 World Championship generates massive amounts of CO2. It has today, however, pledged to clean up its act in a big way, with a commitment to become entirely carbon neutral by 2030.

What's going to happen to F1 when it goes fully electric, and today's lack of overtaking joins tomorrow's lack of sound to create the fastest yawn-fest on wheels? McLaren's been thinking about how to save top-tier motorsport in the future, and has presented a vision for a 2050 electric Grand Prix.

What do you do when you've got a crack team of F1 engineering experts with time on their hands, as well as dream-level facilities for aerodynamics, carbon composites, electrification and low-volume manufacturing? All sorts of things, as it turns out. We spoke to WAE Technical Director Paul McNamara.

Aston Martin has unveiled a new track-only version of the Valkyrie, dubbed the AMR Pro edition. The hybrid supercar is showing alongside the Aston Martin Red Bull Racing Formula 1 car at the Geneva Motor Show, and was unveiled by racers Christian Horner and Adrian Newey.

​After three decades away, Alfa Romeo will return to Formula 1 in 2018 in partnership with Sauber F1. Alfa and Sauber have entered into a multi-year partnership agreement covering strategic, commercial and technological cooperation with the new team to be known as the Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 Team.

The US$7.5 million sale of Michael​ Schumacher's 2001 Ferrari F1 at Sotheby's Contemporary Art Evening Auction could have ramifications for the automotive auction industry