23 June 2023 The Automobile Club de l’Ouest (Le Mans organisers) has been working on introducing hydrogen technologies to racing since 2018, with the aim of decarbonizing motor racing. A new racing series, the H2 Class, has been created. Toyota has announced that from 2026 onward, it will race a hydrogen-powered internal combustion prototype. In […]
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23 June 2023 Sir John Young Stewart OBE celebrated his 84th birthday on 11 June. A former British Formula One racing driver from Scotland. Known with endearment as the ‘Flying Scot’, he competed in Formula One between 1965 and 1973, winning three World Drivers’ Championships and twice finishing as runner-up. Apart from being a superb
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24 June 2023 Austrian GPDate: Sunday, July 02Track: Red Bull Ring ✺ Helmut Marko has claimed that Red Bull didn’t have the fastest race car in Canada. ✺ Adrian Newey says his career ‘can’t last forever’ after he helped guide Red Bull to their 100th victory in F1. ✺ F1 teams set to reject blanket-free
15 June 2023 Pagani has been working on an EV since 2018 but won’t make it official until the battery tech is ready. Horacio’s son, Christopher, recently explained, ‘Pagani will continue to work on an electric car, but it has to be lightweight. And, at the moment, battery tech is just too heavy for the
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15 June 2023 Few of the personalities in racing history have had tongues like Enzo Ferrari. Arrogant, stubborn, tyrant, genius and self-aware, Ferrari’s words were as great as his cars. I like to provide the odd quote or three for regular readers of my newsletter. Not surprisingly, Enzo’s are featured quite frequently. Just a sample:
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15 June 2023 The following list of speeds is awe-inspiring; I should point out that the Bugatti Chiron Super Sport 300+ is electronically limited to ‘only’ 273 mph. However, Bugatti invites Super Sport 300 owners to have a roll-cage fitted and the engine derestricted to try to beat the 304mph factory record at Bugatti’s test
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15 June 2023 On the 8th of June 1948, the Porsche 356/1 Roadster car was awarded its operating permit, a two-seater open-top with a mid-mounted, air-cooled flat-4 engine of 1,131cc producing 40 horsepower. Much to the pleasure of Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche, known to his chums as ‘Ferry’. Seventy-five years later, the Porsche Museum is
15 June 2023 The last time Ferrari won the legendary Le Mans was in 1965 when Masten Gregory and Jochen Rindt raced a near-obsolete 250LM for the North America Racing Team. More remarkable, it had to compete above its weight class in the Le Mans Prototype category against proper LMP1 cars. Forty-eight years later, the
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15 June 2023 Canadian GPDate: Sunday, June 18Track: Circuit Gilles Villeneuve ✺ Wet conditions are again expected this season in F1 at the Canadian Grand Prix. ✺ Charles Leclerc’s frustration with his current situation at Ferrari could drive him to take a punt on a switch to Alpine. ✺ Ferrari cannot solve the mystery surrounding
08 June 2023 At the 2019 Geneva Motor Show, I saw the impressive Koenigsegg Jesko dominating the viewing public. Four years later, the first Koenigsegg Jesko Absolut is ready for its new home. Jesko is named after Jesko von Koenigsegg, the father of company CEO Christian von Koenigsegg. The Jesko is the replacement for the