09 February 2023 According to the rumour mill, McLaren will soon announce a replacement for the 720S; if the information is correct, McLaren will apresent the new car in April, with a teaser later this month. The new car’s moniker will be the 750S; it will fit between the Artura and the 765LT in the […]
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09 February 2023 There’s only one Jaguar XJ13 in the world, built as a potential Le Mans contender, although it never competed in any race. Its development, which started in 1964, had to take second place to that of the much more crucial new saloon car, which became the XJ6 and launched in 1968. The
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09 February 2023 In April 2016. Dr Andy Bell from the University of Sheffield applied statistical analysis to determine who was the greatest F1 driver of all time. Dr Bell said the question ‘who is the greatest F1 driver of all time’ is difficult to answer because we don’t know the extent to which drivers
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09 February 2023 Followers of the NBA will be familiar with the 6’10” Luca Dončić, but even his large stature is dwarfed against the Apocalypse Hellfire 6×6 he has just acquired. The Hellfire is Apocalypse’s latest beast that was custom-built to Luka’s specifications. The Hellfire measures a staggering 20.5 feet long and over 6.5 feet
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09 February 2023 ✺ Ford announced plans to return to F1 from the 2026 season with Red Bull. ✺ Mercedes, not Ferrari, to be the first rival, says Verstappen ✺ Red Bull Christian Horner had no interest in replacing Mattia Binotto as Ferrari’s team principal. ✺ McLaren to share F1 reserve driver Schumacher with Mercedes.
03 February 2023 I recently read the headline, ‘Ferrari to go all out to sigh Lando Norris as Charles Leclerc eyes Hamilton’s seat.’ Wow, I thought, have I missed something? I should have realised what it was saying, if Hamilton was to retire (looking unlikely) and Charles Leclerc was interested in taking Lewis’s place, then Ferrari would
03 February 2023 Lewis Hamilton’s contract with Mercedes finishes at the end of the 2023 F1 race season. All the rumblings indicate that Lewis and his boss, Toto Wolff are ‘confident’ of moving ahead together, even though the goalposts have been dramatically widened. Fernando Alonso, who is 41 and 42 in July, has signed a two-year contract
03 February 2023 Ferrari has always been at the forefront of high-performance cars but has been surprisingly slow regarding electrification; whilst they currently offer four hybrid variants, they still need to take the final step, although it appears they are very close, with 2025 being the target. Ferrari has lodged a recent patent stating, ‘an amplification
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03 February 2023 According to a recent report, Liberty Media, the owners of F1 want to get rid of Ben Sulayem, the current president of the FIA (Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile), elected in December 2021 for a four-year term. The F1 has said they have a possible replacement; the rumour mill indicates that David Richards, chairman
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03 February 2023 ✺ F1 has been listed as the ‘most valuable sports empire’ in the world by Forbes. ✺ Red Bull boss Christian Horner has called for a ‘sensible conversation”‘over Andretti’s potential F1 entry. ✺ Lewis Hamilton is Britain’s richest active sportsman – an accolade he’s held since 2020, overtaking retired football star David Beckham. ✺ The FIA