The Formula 1 motor races are among the most watched sporting events world over. The races take place across Australia, Asia, Europe, North America and South America. The 2012 Formula 1 season is more than half way through. There will be a few races in Asia before the season ends with the United States and Brazil. While motor racing fans are busy following the fortunes of their favorite drivers and constructors, they are also busy wagering on the motor racing themed slots games at online casinos. This article reviews motor racing themed slot machines from software providers Microgaming and Realtime Gaming. These software providers are the leaders when it comes to online slots based on sports.

The Microgaming motor racing themed online slot is titled Good to Go. The symbols are all taken from Formula 1 racing. The wild symbol is the girl in the pit stop and it offers the highest line payout of 5,000 coins. This symbol, a Ferrari type racing car and the Good to Go logo start paying when they appear only on reel 1. The other symbols include the driver, the checkered flags and the racing car wheel. The high value card symbols go down to Seven. The speedometer is the scatter symbol. Apart from awarding scatter payouts this symbol also triggers the free spins bonus round. Three free spins are awarded. During the free spins the scatter symbols are held and pay out even if they appear anywhere on the reels. The free spins can be retriggered. Good to Go also offers the standard Microgaming gamble game. This is an optional game that can be activated after any payout. If players guess the color of the card they can double the payout and if they guess the suit of the card then they can quadruple the payout. However if they guess wrong then they will lose the payout. Good to Go can be played at all Microgaming online casinos like Platinum Play, All Slots, Spin Palace and River Belle.

The software provider Realtime Gaming offers a motor racing themed online slot game titled Green Light. The symbols are also from racing but not crafted as realistically. The driver is the wild symbol. It offers a jackpot payout of 10,000 coins and doubles payouts as well. The other symbols include racing car, female fan, trophy and champagne bottle. The high card value symbols have a check pattern similar to the checkered flag. The lights are the scatter symbol. When lights appear on the reels they will turn either green or red. If two or more lights turn green then scatter payouts are made. This is an innovative twist to scatter payouts. Realtime Gaming Green Light offers a very lucrative free spins bonus round. The player selects a car from the five displayed. The cars race and depending up on the position of the player’s car up to 25 free spins are awarded with tripled payouts. If the player’s car comes in the top two then another race takes place and the player can win up to 100 times the triggering bet. Green Light is a Real Series slot game and offers a randomly triggered progressive jackpot. It can be played at all Realtime Gaming online casinos like Slots Jungle, Win Palace and Club World.