Archive for 'Motorsport'
No UK safety drama for Le Mans legend
Richard Aucock writes:
Euro NCAP 5 star crash test scores have, since 2009, only been awarded to cars with standard ESC stability control. Cars such as the Mercedes E-Class, as pictured below. Dear oh dear, though, what a dull picture I took:
Action-lacking? Well, if fizz is what you’re after, try this one:
The difference? Well, […]
Posted: July 15th, 2010 under Motorsport.
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BMW’s new Art Car: technicolour scream
cj hubbard writes:
Hot diggity dog – how awesome does this look?
It’s the latest BMW Art Car, designed by celebrity American artist Jeff Koons.
Fractally fantastic, dontcha think?
The canvas is a BMW M3 GT2 car, all set to race at this year’s Le Mans 24hrs. Powered by a 4.0-litre V8 producing 500hp, covered in light weight panels […]
Posted: June 3rd, 2010 under Motorsport.
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BMW takes ‘ring win
Dan Trent writes:As far as the FIA is concerned overtaking at the Monaco GP and spoiling the world’s noisiest, most expensive car parade is apparently a no-no. And overtaking a Ferrari is near-treason, even if you are Michael Schumacher. So, there you go, the one man to put in a decent pass on the […]
Posted: May 17th, 2010 under Motorsport.
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Audi lockdown at the ‘ring 24H
Dan Trent writes:Uh-oh, look out Porsche. Yup, that’s an Audi in pole position for the Nürburgring 24-Hour. And in second. And third. And, er, fourth.
Audi had hedged its bets by arranging for the new R8 GT to lead the field of 200 cars around on the pre-race parade lap tomorrow. But the gods […]
Posted: May 14th, 2010 under Motorsport.
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Battle royale at the Nürburgring 24 Hours
Dan Trent writes:
Apparently there’s some race or other going on in Monaco this weekend. For real racing forget the drama queens parading around Monte Carlo’s harbour though. No, real men will be doing proper racing over in Germany at the Nurburgring 24-Hour. And it’s shaping up to be a genuine grudge match too.
Porsche owns this […]
Posted: May 14th, 2010 under Motorsport.
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The Buemic Man?
cj hubbard writes:
So, er, yeah.
In case you haven’t seen it, both front wheels came off Sebastien Buemi’s Toro Rosso F1 car under braking during practice for this weekend’s Chinese grand prix.
I’ve only managed to find a short YouTube video to post here – if you want the whole thing, with decent commentary and slow motion […]
Posted: April 16th, 2010 under Motorsport.
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Excuses, excuses.
cj hubbard writes:
Nissan has just become the Official Car Supplier to the inaugural 2010 FIA GT1 World Championship – which means a ‘high performance’ Nissan will act as safety car at each event.
But really I just wanted to post that tremendous photograph at the top there. One of two British-run Sumo Power Nissan GT-R GT1 […]
Posted: April 13th, 2010 under Motorsport.
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Review: 2009 Goodwood Festival of Speed DVD
cj hubbard writes:
In case you haven’t noticed, it’s Christmas in about two and a half weeks. Struggling for something to get that motorsport/car enthusiast in your life? Here’s an idea.
Images: Dan Trent
Goodwood has very kindly sent us the official DVD of the 2009 Festival of Speed to review – and it’s fantastic. Presented by Steve […]
Posted: December 9th, 2009 under Motorsport.
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New Porsche racer walks ‘most ridiculous spoiler’ contest
Dan Trent writes:If racing were a simple matter of ‘my wing’s bigger than yours’ the new Porsche GT3 R would be off to a head start from the word go, the competition department seemingly attaching an ironing board to the back of a ruded up 911 racer and leaving it that. OTT? Apparently not.The […]
Posted: November 19th, 2009 under Motorsport.
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Citroen wins fifth WRC title … for what?
Dan Trent writes:
The only thing more astounding than Sebastian Loeb’s sixth consecutive WRC title – and Citroen’s fifth manufacturer crown – is the firm’s complete lack of interest in cashing in on this incredible record with a range of suitably spicey hot hatches.
Oh, hang on, they do make a ‘By Loeb’ special edition C4. With […]
Posted: October 26th, 2009 under Motorsport.
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