A Wasp on Fire

Adrian Newey has left Red Bull, but not before dropping a road-going grenade: the RB17. ‘It’s got a V10 that screams to 15,000 rpm, 1,200 horsepower, and weighs less than your tumble dryer.’ Oh, and it produces 1,700kg of downforce at 150mph. Only 50 people will own one. The rest of us will just sit

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Doughnuts in a Van

‘Originally built to deliver post. James used it to deliver chaos.’ James Hunt once took Ayrton Senna for a sideways thrash around Cadogan Square. Not in a Ferrari. Not in a McLaren. But in a battered old Austin A35 van, formerly owned by the Royal Mail. Senna asked, ‘What’s that?’ By the night’s end, he

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F1 Gossip

Japanese GP Date: Sunday, 6 April 2025 Track: Suzuka Circuit ♖ The F1 paddock paused in Shanghai to honour Jordan, an emotional moment as the entire sport pays tribute this weekend. ♖ Helmut Marko calls Hamilton’s Ferrari drive ‘unbelievable’—rare praise for the 40-year-old after his second race with Scuderia. ♖ Verstappen slams RB21’s handling, demanding

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