03 November 2022 There was a severe oil crisis in the early 70s and another in 1978. The same year the prepossessing M1 was introduced to the world. The car, on paper, was fantastic; it was mid-engined, magnificently designed and able to create the heart flutter customarily reserved for the Italian car design cognoscenti. The […]
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03 November 2022 Ferrari is returning to endurance sports car racing for the first time in 50 years. They will be competing in the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship, and they will be using the 499P, which is their new Le Mans Hypercar (LMH). Le Mans is particularly significant to Ferrari; between 1949 and 1965,
03 November 2022 ‘It’s not incredible that so many cars look so similar. It’s incredible that cars look different at all.’ I don’t know about you, but I find it difficult to distinguish the various marques; apart from the more outrageous hypercar or two, they all look very similar. Many factors determine the shapes of
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03 November 2022 Mario Andretti once said, ‘There’s something special about racing in real streets. The artificial circuits have a sameness to them. But every race conducted on real streets has a character of its own. He, of course, was referring to Circuit de Monaco. That incredible circuit on the French Riviera, with the famous
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03 November 2022 Maybach is a German luxury car brand today as a part of Mercedes-Benz. The original company was founded in 1909 by Wilhelm Maybach and his son Karl Maybach. In 1960, Daimler-Benz acquired Maybach. The name returned as a standalone ultra-luxury car brand in 2002, sharing significant components with Mercedes-Benz cars. Maybach’s recent history
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03 November 2022 ❖ Lewis Hamilton baffled onlookers on Sunday when he stepped up to the podium at the Mexican Grand Prix with a mysterious cut on his head. ❖ Fernando Alonso’s Alpine frustrations hit a new high in F1 Mexico City Grand Prix ❖ Daniel Ricciardo, who is looking likely to not be on
27 October 2022 At the 2010 Paris Motor Show, Renault unveiled the DeZir Concept, an electric 2-seater coupé designed by Laurens van den Acker, the Dutch automobile designer. The mid-engined supercar adorned with gullwing doors; the driver’s door opened as you would expect of a gullwing, and the passenger door, which can only be described
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27 October 2022 The Bugatti Divo is a mid-engine track-focused sports car developed and manufactured by Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. The car named after French racing driver Albert Divo, who raced for Bugatti in the 1920s, winning the Targa Florio race twice. The Divo is a more exotic-looking and exclusive version of the Bugatti Chiron hypercar.
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27 October 2022 A pioneer in motor racing, Maria Teresa de Filippis was the first woman to race in Formula One and participated in five World Championship Grand Prix races. She first raced a Maserati 250F on the 18th of May 1958 at Monaco and has since held the position of Vice President of the
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27 October 2022 A new film is to be made based around the F1, with Brad Pitt playing the part of a veteran F1 driver who mentors promising young drivers. Previous attempts to make such a film were rebuffed by Bernie Ecclestone when he was Chief Executive of the Formula One Group. However, he relented
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