08 December 2022 ‘Driving fast on the track doesn’t scare me. What scares me is when I drive on the highway, I get passed by some idiot who thinks he is Fangio.’ – Juan Fangio Juan Manuel Fangio was born on 24 June 1911 and died of kidney failure and pneumonia on 17 July 1995. […]
06 December 2022 Founded in 1997, Radical is a Cambridge-based company that produces what it calls ‘sports racing cars’ for Gentlemen Racers. There are nine models to pick from, two of which are road legal, and just three have closed cockpits. The current cars have a range of engines. They span from the 1.4-litre Suzuki
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06 December 2022 First unveiled four years ago, the Pininfarina Battista only went into production earlier this summer, but it’s already setting records. Performance figures for the Battista all-electric hyper GT The Battista made its dynamic debut in Dubai, where it accelerated to 60 mph in just 1.79 seconds, breaking the previous record of 1.86
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06 December 2022 The history of the Grand Prix has always been an amalgam of driver and car; over the years, producing any number of spectacular vehicles and prominent characters, heroes, and dangerous men, and with that notoriety, many carry nicknames. • Alain Prost: The Professor • Ayrton Senna: Silvastone and Magic Senna • Daniel
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01 December 2022 The original company declared bankruptcy in 2014. And this wasn’t the troubled firm’s first brush with financial jeopardy. Bertone faced similar financial troubles in 2007, 2008, and 2011. Over the last 100 years, few firms have penned more memorable and striking designs than Gruppo Bertone. Bertone is the design company responsible for
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01 December 2022 It’s not uncommon to see a supercar like a Ferrari Enzo, Lamborghinis, Porsches, Bentleys, and Nissan Skylines lying around airports and car parks left to decay across the United Arab Emirates every year. According to Gulf News, 2,000 to 3,000 cars are abandoned in Dubai annually. But why? It has to do
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01 December 2022 ❖ Mick Schumacher’s tendency to crash his Haas in 2022 has cost the German his place in Formula 1 and his team a lot of money. ❖ Ferrari has begun the search for a new team principal, with Frederic Vasseur, the leading candidate following Mattia Binotto’s departure ❖ As Ferrari prepares to
24 November 2022 Between 1915 and 1924, Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Harvey Firestone, and John Burroughs, calling themselves the Four Vagabonds, embarked on a series of summer camping trips. The group enjoyed the freedom and fun of motoring so much that Edison proposed similar ‘gipsy’ trips in future summers. All agreed For several years before
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24 November 2022 Nigel Stepney, one of the key figures in Ferrari’s all-conquering F1 team, which won five world titles with Michael Schumacher in the 2000s, was killed in a mysterious road accident in Ashford, Kent. A subsequent Coroner’s inquest concluded it was a suicide but also said they had ‘found no reason for Mr
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24 November 2022 Following the 2022 Singapore W Race, it emerged that the ladies’ W Series could not complete its planned campaign after a contracted deal with an American investor collapsed. The last three races of the season did not go ahead. The early finish to the season saw British lady racing driver Jamie Chadwick