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He just wanted to utilize his personal skills in camera animation and Mental Ray FG rendering and what came out of it this is really beautifull.

It's the time of the year when the racing teams unveile their vehicles. New riders or drivers, the livery of vehicles and the team outfits get presented. Ducati’s 2011 MotoGP project was officially presented last week at Madonna di Campiglio, with the celebration of the

Red Bull X-Fighters is a Professional Freestyle Motocross (FMX) tour, which can comprise all disciplines of FMX. These disciplines include, but are not limited to: Freestyle, Speed and Style, Step up, Quarterpipe, Parallel Freestyle. Unless outlined in competition documents, the typical Red Bull X-Fighters competition will be Freestyle only. In 2010, the organisers of the Red Bull X-Fighters World Tour wanted to push the event into the next dimension with a brand-new concept – and that is exactly what they have done! The Red Bull X-Fighters are set to debt in three new cities across the globe, with a brand new rider selection format replacing the traditional invitational system used up until now. The top six riders from last year’s World Tour – Nate Adams, Robbie Maddison, Eigo Sato, Mat Rebeaud, Dany Torres, Levi Sherwood – are qualified for the season opener. A further six riders, selected by the international Red Bull X-Fighter Jury after an application process, will battle it out for the remaining four spots in Mexico City, with two wild cards completing the starting field. How extreme the Red Bull X-Fighter competition gets explains the clip above. Postet by Matthias Zabiegly from Aixsponza. Credits go to: Client: RedBull Film production: Peter Clausen Filmproduktion CGI Studio: AixSponza

Did you miss the first Formula One GP in Korea? Here is your chance to go on the very first lap with Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel who take you through all corners and high speed stretches of the track. Matthias Zabiegly from Aixsponza just posted the new masterpiece on Vimeo.

It's really unbelievable that nobody got killed or hurt at Francisco Carvalho's rally crash at the SEAT Leon Eurocup. Pretty sure that several fans and officials did throw away their underwear in the nearest bathroom.

The 24 Hours of Le Mans is the world's oldest sports car race in endurance racing and held annually since 1923 near the town of Le Mans/France. A 24 Hour race is a film. With a storyboard which changes as laps go by, heroes, challengers, developments, unexpected finishes and always the breathtaking image of the sunrise on the Hunaudières straight line.

Fantastic film of Italian police riders putting on a motorbike display in the 50s.

The all time Formula One legend Ayrton Senna is considered by many to be the best driver in Formula One history. After he won three world championships, started 65 Formula One races on the pole position, won 41 Grand Prix race victories, he died 1994 in a hospital in Bologna, Italy after a massive crash at the San Marino Grand Prix in Imola, Italy. "Working Title Films" confirmed last year that green lights are set for a documentary about the last month of Sennas life. More than a year later the first trailer for the movie has emerged in Japan. Antonio Banderas takes the leading role in the movie. He worked very closely with Senna's family, particularly his sister Vivanne, to source personal anecdotes. Let's hope that this documentary will not become another "Driven" but will electrify the world of Formula One.

Sangho Kim is a 2010 graduate of Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. He has been a member of Local Motors since 2008, and has since won the Miami Road Racer Competition. In addition to earning $20,000 in prize money in a short 4-month period, Sangho earned the greatest prize: to see his vehicle, the Rally Fighter, brought to life. His name will forever live on the side of every Rally Fighter. Sangho penned the Rally Fighter design in 2008, and posted it to the Local Motors community for review and critique. Community feedback was immediately positive, and many demanded the car be built. Together with the community and Local Motors design team Sangho Kim designed his first production vehicle, the Rally Fighter. People always say that there is not much space for new car concepts or car designs out on the market. But coming up with something unique and much different of what most brands are going after, creates some space for a new product. Sangho Kim designed a different car concept with a unique and strong charisma. Even that the target group will be very small, I believe that this is the toy which puts every man back into the sandbox of his dreams!

FORMAT67 - the small and independent german label is well know for their amazing car movies. They just produced a new movie for the Honda NSX. The car was build between 1995-2005 and used in Motorsport until 2009. This video is again another great piece of automotive film production and directed and shot in an absolutely beautiful way. The images, music and cuts are stunning! Whether or not you are into fast car's you should watch this video.

A friend of mine shot some very nice impressions of  the 13th annual Viva Las Vegas rockabilly weekender April 1st-4th 2010. The festival is a celebration of rockabilly and a pre-1963 vintage car show. It's a great little reportage movie with some beautifull moods from the festival. Shot & edited by Christoph Wick music: staring at the sun by tv on the radio thanks to: kati, matze, claudi & minea

Very nice movie from the 24 hours in Le Mans shot with the Canon 5d MKII.

Mike Conway and his horrible crash during the Indy 500 race. He walked away with just a broken leg!!! Lucky guy!!!

Last week I stayed for the official MotoGP night testing in Qatar, the last testing before the 2010 MotoGP season starts next month. I went there for a one day shooting day on Wednesday and followed the night testing on Thursday and Friday. Good to see that both Ducati riders were top and fourth respectively in the final timesheet after the testing. Having some time off during the night testings gave me the chance to take some nice pictures from the event.