Driver’s Standings Post Dutch GP
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More Financially Ruinous than Three Divorces.
♔ ‘Ferrari sold dreams. Vector sold fantasies — and like most fantasies, they cost a fortune and ended in disappointment.’ The Vector W8 was the supercar that made even Ferraris look underdressed. Carbon-Kevlar bodywork, aerospace instruments, and 625bhp from a twin-turbo V8. It promised perfection — and almost delivered. But here’s the catch: when you
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The Loudest Quiet Car Ever Built
♔ ‘Mission X is Gladiatorial combat with Physics itself.’ Porsche’s Mission X isn’t just another EV. It’s a 1,500hp statement necklace for the garage, a carbon-fibre chandelier masquerading as a hypercar. Faster than a jet on take-off, destined for fewer owners than a Mayfair wine cellar has vintages. But here’s the twist: the market for
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Elvis at the Dorchester
♔ ‘The exhaust note isn’t a sound; it’s a full-blown declaration of war on the modern hybrid.’ Take a 1960s McLaren prototype, feed it champagne and steroids, and get the Nichols N1A ICON 88. It’s not just a car – it’s a rolling rebuke to everything with touchscreens and driver aids. Fifteen will be built,
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F1 Gossip
On-Track Drama ♔ Formula 1, as ever, proved that the scriptwriters in Hollywood are not imaginative enough. Zandvoort delivered thrills, spills, and broken crockery. ◼︎ Piastri dominates Dutch GP, eclipses Ricciardo’s win tally, equals Webber, and storms into a 34-point title lead. ◼︎ McLaren heartbreak: Norris retires late at Zandvoort, denying team another 1-2 finish,
A Caribbean Island
‘♔ At $26m, even the gavel looked stunned.’ A Ferrari Daytona SP3 ‘Tailor Made’ has just rewritten the rulebook at RM Sotheby’s. The professionals tried guessing the hammer price: $5m, $7.2m, a touch higher. Instead, it leapt like a startled stallion to $26m. Even the auctioneer looked faintly astonished. Charity or not, this wasn’t just
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PowerPoint & Panic
♔ ‘Jaguar promised us big cats. We got pink poodles.’ Jaguar’s bold electric rebrand has collapsed faster than a soufflé in a gale. First came the pink ‘Type 00’ concept with stone seats, then a partnership with Accenture Song that delivered cryptic slogans and corporate bafflement. Now? The whole thing has been binned. Even Elon
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🚩 Bishops & Bankers
♔ ‘For most, a Rolls was the height of success. For Keith Moon, it was just another bath toy.’ Keith Moon, drummer, maniac, and occasional driver, once parked his Rolls-Royce not in a garage, but in a swimming pool. It was the Sixties: excess wasn’t a lifestyle—it was compulsory. Champagne at breakfast, Cadillacs at lunch,
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Next F1: Dutch GPDate: Sunday, 31 August 2025Track: Circuit Zandvoort ♖ The circus returns. And as always, it’s not just racing; it’s theatre, politics, champagne, heartbreak, and occasional heroics. ♖ Next week’s grid promises fireworks: Verstappen hunting records, Hamilton seeking miracles, and Russell reminding everyone silver arrows don’t rust. ♖ Hamilton’s Ferrari dream falters midseason:
Full of Gallows Humour
♔ ‘Back then, a paddock argument ended with a handshake and a whisky. Now it ends with three lawyers and a PR statement.’ Once upon a time, Formula One was less corporate hospitality suite and more gentlemen’s club with petrol fumes. Picture Jochen Rindt and Jackie Stewart: gladiators by day, dinner companions by night, swapping
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