Half the Periodic Table
For clarity: I’m summarising findings reported by external analysts, not presenting original research. 📍 ‘The future is electric. The infrastructure, sadly, is still Victorian.’ Electric cars promise salvation, but the reports I’m relaying suggest a more complicated picture. Cleaner at the tailpipe, yes — but far from impact-free. Full story below. ◼︎ Electric cars are
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Bravery & Cryogenics
📍 ‘Toyota has officially entered its mad-scientist era.’ Toyota has done something delightfully unhinged: it built a superconducting, liquid-hydrogen racer and hurled it around Fuji Speedway. Part science experiment, part motorsport theatre — and possibly a glimpse of hydrogen’s wild future. Full story below. ◼︎ Two-and-a-half years after proposing the idea, Toyota has produced something
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A Spaniel wearing a Rucksack
📍 ‘A hybrid 911? That’s like putting hiking boots on a racehorse.’ Porsche has drawn a bright, petrol-scented line in the sand: the 911 will not go plug-in hybrid. Too heavy, too complex, too compromising. Purity wins—for now. Read the full story below. ◼︎ The Porsche 911 is staying gloriously un-electrified. Frank Moser, custodian of
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F1 Gossip
🏁 Next F1: Australian GP Date: Sunday, 8 March 2026 Track: Albert Park Circuit 📍’ Three names, two points, one season-defining finish — Abu Dhabi crowned Norris while Verstappen won the race. The intrigue starts here.’ ◼︎ Max Verstappen delivered with a lights‑to‑flag win — but it wasn’t enough. His four‑year reign ends. ◼︎ Lando Norris
F1 Gossip
🏁 Next F1: Las Vegas GP Date: Sunday, 7 December 2025Track: Yas Marina Circuit 📍 ‘Squad-wide mayhem: Max Verstappen’s Qatar win throws the title fight wide open — suddenly it’s three-way at Yas Marina.’ ◼︎ Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team appoints legendary designer Adrian Newey as team principal for 2026 — a desperate gamble as they
The One Elegant Sentence
📍 ‘When luxury speaks at its quietest, competitors hear it the loudest.’ David Ogilvy didn’t just write an advert for Rolls-Royce — he delivered the most elegant motoring insult in history. With one line about an electric clock, he made every rival sound like a biscuit tin on cobblestones. He didn’t shout or boast. He
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A Denial Trying to Escape
📍 ‘When an F1 boss goes gardening, it usually ends with someone else being pruned.’ Christian Horner has stepped back into the spotlight — first in Manhattan, then via a discreet late-night visit to Aston Martin’s Silverstone HQ. He isn’t gardening. He’s shopping. And the whisper is he’s being courted not for a headset, but
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The True Artistry
📍 ‘People think F1 drivers live like rock stars — yachts, parties, champagne.’ In reality, monks get more sleep and far fewer hydration briefings. Pre-season is a cocktail of VO₂ tests, heat chambers and seat fittings so precise they’d make a Savile Row cutter weep. And that’s before the jet lag, simulators and Turn-7-induced existential