19 May 2023 Hong Kong-based billionaire Calvin Lo already has financial links to Formula One. He was involved in the 2020 takeover of the Williams team by US-based investment firm Dorilton Capital. Mr Lo says he wants a more significant Asian presence in F1 and is in talks with potential new teams, with the 2026 […]
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19 May 2023 Giotto Bizzarrini, the automotive industry icon behind the Ferrari 250 GTO and Lamborghini’s famed V-12 engine, passed away on May 13, aged 96. Giotto Bizzarrini was born to a wealthy family on June 6, 1926, in Quercianella, Livorno Province, Italy. Giotto was best known for his work on the 1962 Ferrari 250
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19 May 2023 Next Grand Prix: Emilia Romagna: Cancelled due to FloodingLocation: Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari ✺ Reports that Madrid is gearing up to host Formula 1 in the future. ✺ Leclerc stuck at Ferrari F1 amid exit rumours. ✺ Ford will assist Red Bull in developing the new power units for Formula 1
Market Find: The Unfair Advantage ‘Has more grip than most people have nerves. • The same turbocharged 2.0-litre four-cylinder powers the new Civic Type R as the previous-generation car; however, a redesigned turbocharger with a more efficient exhaust system has increased power output to 315 horsepower at 6500 rpm. • The Type R is ferociously
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Market Find: The Unfair Advantage ‘The Jaguar SS was one of the fastest and best-handling sports cars of its day.’ • Widely considered one of the most aesthetically pleasing sporting cars of the 1930s, the SS is also very rare. • In September 1935, SS launched their most advanced and significant new car, the first
Market Find: The Unfair Advantage • The new McLaren Artura has a Twin-turbocharged 3.0 litre V6, and an Eight-speed gearbox and produces 671 bhp, it uses McLaren’s new Carbon Lightweight Architecture, and the Inertia Push transmission swaps gears so quickly that the engine doesn’t have a chance to reduce in speed. Market View ‘When driven
Market Find: The Unfair Advantage As Enzo Ferrari famously said, ‘ the most beautiful car ever made, and it is difficult to disagree.’ • Designed by Malcolm Sayer, a pioneer of automotive aerodynamics, who also designed the Jaguar D-Type. • The Jaguar E-Type is one of those rare cars that will always get hearts pumping;
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12 May 2023 France was the epicentre of motorsport in the early 1900s. Almost every city had a circuit. In 1906, a cluster of French car enthusiasts established the Automobile Club de la Sarthe, which transformed into the Automobile Club de l’Ouest (ACO). In 1903, the Paris-Madrid race, held on open roads, was lethal; Marcel
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12 May 2023 Indian Motorcycles have collaborated for the seventh time with Jack Daniel’s whiskey. The moniker for the new creation is ‘Jack Daniel’s Limited Edition Indian Chief Bobber Dark Horse’. Apart from the design, assisted by Klowck Werks Kustom Cycles, the paint finish is the pièce de résistance; it is an infusion of Jack
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12 May 2023 In engineering circles, when Pagani is mentioned, thoughts become obsessed with industrial design purity. The detail is spiritual, even down to the bolts, they could all be steel but are titanium, saving negligible weight; each bolt also has ‘Pagani’ engraved around the head. This is the kind of detail Horacio Pagani is
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