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, […]
‘♔ 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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♔ ‘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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♔ ‘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:
♔ ‘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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♔ ‘Christian Horner, the wandering general of Formula One, is popping up in more rumours than a Mayfair dinner party.’ Alpine wanted him. Aston Martin courted him. And now Cadillac supposedly has him pencilled in beside Sergio Pérez. Fact or fiction? That depends on whether you believe Cadillac’s boardroom has space for Graeme Lowdon and
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Socks in a Three-Pack ♔ ‘The GP1 is aimed at purists. Or masochists. Hard to tell once the clutch leg starts trembling.’ Picture this: a howling V‑12, a proper six‑speed manual, and not a screen in sight. Garagisti & Co’s GP1 is the purist’s dream come roaring to life—wedge‑sculpted, carbon‑boned, and priced in the stratosphere.
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Next F1: Dutch GP Date: Sunday, 31 August 2025 Track: Circuit Zandvoort ♖ Dropped by Red Bull despite outperforming rivals, Lawson blasts the team’s preparation, fuelling rumours of future stints elsewhere. ♖ Red Bull asserts its RB17 hypercar will lap Spa faster than current F1 machines, shifting competition to the aftermarket. ♖ Nico Hülkenberg and Bortoleto
♔ ‘Choose a number your fans will tattoo. And ideally, one they won’t regret.’ In Formula 1, numbers are more than paint on carbon fibre — badges of identity, superstition, and occasionally, scandal. Hamilton’s #44 harks back to a battered family go-kart. Verstappen’s #33? A doubled-up lucky charm. And #17? Retired forever, respecting the tragic
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