Singapore GP Date: Sunday, 17 September Track: Marina Bay Street Circuit ✺ If Verstappen is the 2023 world champion, Red Bull’s clean sweep of the season will match Alfa in 1950 and Ferrari in 1952. ✺ Ralf Schumacher stated Perez’s ‘days at Red Bull are numbered’ and a ‘separation agreement’ is in place that could […]
Ettore Bugatti, Milan, 15 September 1881 – Neuilly-sur-Seine, 21 August 1947, was an Italian-born French motor car designer and founder of Bugatti. Ettore thought himself an artist as much as an engineer. He was also a very keen horseman and would often ride around his factory on horseback, overseeing the work of the mere mortals
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The Donkervoort family business started with Joop Donkervoort in 1978, and now his son, Denis, runs it. Donkervoort Automobielen BV manufactures hand-built, ultra-lightweight sports cars and is based in Lelystad, Netherlands. They are known as The Motoring Pride of the Netherlands. Their latest creation, the Donkervoort D8 GTO-JD70, is a motor car like no other;
Following his professional life as a rally driver for other teams ended, Luca Betti, the founder of Kimera Automobili, started his own motorsport team called Kimera Motorsport. Kimera Automobili produces the Kimera EVO 37, a limited-run version and reminiscencent of the Lancia Rally 037. Their latest iteration pays tribute to Martini Racings Group B racer.
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For 61 years, Keith Richards has been the lead guitarist and primary musical force behind The Rolling Stones. The man who famously snorted his father’s ashes jumped out of a window with only a short T-shirt to protect his modesty and learned to ski when ‘I was a complete junkie’, Richards once swaggered. Also, it
The debate continues about the future investment value of premier Classic Cars. Especially with the rise in interest rates and non-yielding assets like classic cars. And the worldwide volatility in the ‘markets. It is reasonable to assume a significant downward price adjustment; others feel the market will continue surging. The experts believe that the market
Italian GP Date: Sunday, 3 September Track: Autodromo Nazionale Monza ✺ Red Bull is extending their record constructor win streak to 14 after the 2023 Dutch GP. ✺ Pierre Gasly confirms Bruno Famin is in charge of Alpine for the rest of 2023. ✺ Alex Albon’s hopes of one day returning to Red Bull have been crushed
Did you know Alfa Romeo produced a 3-tonne truck from 1937 – 1945? You could choose between diesel, petrol and gas. The Alfa Romeo 500 was considered to have an aerodynamic style, which Alfa refined over the few years of production. The 500 was used by the military; the Royal Italian Army, as it crusaded
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Zenvo Automotive is a Danish supercar manufacturer in Præstø on the Danish island of Zealand and founded by Troels Vollertsen in 2004. Zenvo has just debuted their new Zenvo Aurora, actually two versions, the Zen Aurora Tar and the Zen Aurora Agil. The Tar is the ‘comfortable’ one, ideal for road trips; the Agil is
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In 1948, Ferdinand and his merry band of 200 founded Porsche; by the end of 1949, they had produced 52 Porsche 356s. By 1953, Porsche was achieving significant trackside success with the Porsche RS 550 Spyder. The 550 became a threat even to the larger engined competition and rescripted motor racing history. It was so
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