09 June 2023 How did you instantly know the picture is a Ferrari? Because it is RED. It won’t surprise you to know that the history of car colour associations is from the early days of motor racing. In 1900 the first colours were allotted at the Gordon Bennett Cup, a race between Paris and […]
09 June 2023 Despite the Swinging Sixties being a time of cultural hedonism, it was also a time in history when the world was introduced to the Supercar. The ‘swinging sixties’ were a time of significant change and contrast, emphasising modernity, the world was changing, and car design leapt forward. ‘Gone were the traditional three-box silhouettes
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09 June 2023 As readers know, I blither on, ‘Cars are not just a means of Transport, but Cultural Artifacts. Objects of Desire, Icons of Design and Works of Art.’ If there was one man who personified the above, it was Ettore Bugatti and his cars winning races. They are recognised internationally as works of
09 June 2023 Spanish GP Date: Sunday, June 04 Track: Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya ✺ George Russell has admitted that he doesn’t care whether Lewis Hamilton leaves Mercedes. ✺ Verstappen Monaco display leaves rival F1 drivers stunned. ✺ Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff admires Red Bull driver Max Verstappen. ✺ Mario Andretti plans to ‘persuade’ Max
26 May 2023 I am probably showing my age, but when I was a little younger, Adler was a generic term for a typewriter, like Hoover was for the vacuum cleaner. Sorry Mr Dyson. Adlerwerke was a German company that manufactured typewriters and produced sundry office equipment, motorcycles, bicycles, and motorcars under the brand Adler.
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26 May 2023 It was recently announced that the Rimac Nevera set 23 records in one day. It clocked a 0-60 mph time of 1.74 seconds and equally impressively 0-249-0 in 29.94 seconds. Last year the Pininfarina Batista hit 0-60 in 1.79 seconds. Now call me easily impressed, but those performance figures are nothing short
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26 May 2023 Four days before his death, Alberto Juan Manuel Ascari said to Juan Manuel Fangio, ‘My game is going wrong; the star is setting.’ Ascari was the son of Antonio Ascari, who was an Italian Grand Prix motor racing champion. He won four Grands Prix before his premature death at the 1925 French
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26 May 2023 The owner of Formula One Group is an American large media company, Liberty Media Corporation, owned by billionaire John Car Malone. Whilst the FIA own a series of motorsports, including F1, Liberty Media own the commercial rights to F1. Recently the grapevine reported a supposed offer from Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund
26 May 2023 On 19 May, 95 years ago, Colin Chapman was born. Following the second world war, Mr Chapman and his wife Hazel started building cars for racing; in 1952, Lotus Cars started life. Team Lotus entered F1, and Jim Clark won their first championship in 1963. Team Lotus, a sister company of Lotus
26 May 2023 Monaco GPDate: Sun, 28 May, 14:00Track: Circuit de Monaco ✺ Aston Martin and Honda set to announce 2026 F1 deal. ✺ The drivers are the problem at Ferrari, claims Ralf Schumacher. ✺ Toto Wolff has already responded to Ferrari’s £40m Lewis Hamilton contract offer. ✺ According to Toto Wolff, Lewis Hamilton will