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05 August 2022 The Blue Train was an overnight express train that ran from Calais in the north of France to the resort towns along the Cote d’Azur. Its passengers were vacationers, typically wealthy and often British by the late 1920s. And for a short time, racing the train and winning became a marketing tool used

05 August 2022 In November 2020, Ferrari CEO Louis Camilleri said, ‘Ferrari Will Never Be A Fully Electric Brand, the line-up won’t even reach 50-percent EVs, and we’ll always have internal combustion. Camilleri said, ‘My own sense is that, to say 100-per cent electric, that’s pushing things. I really don’t see Ferrari ever being at

05 August 2022 On 1 April 1928, Alfa Romeo made a determined bid for racing victory with the Sport and Super Sport versions of the 6C 1500. With its brilliant inline-six engine, the sporty Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 dominated the Mille Miglia in the late 1920s, beginning with Giuseppe Campari and Giulio Ramponi’s victory in

05 August 2022 Bengt Ronnie Peterson was a Swedish racing driver. Known by the nickname ‘SuperSwede.’ Peterson Moved to Lotus alongside 1972 World Champion Emerson Fittipaldi. He took his victory at the French Grand Prix and ultimately won four races to finish third behind Jackie Stewart and Fittipaldi in the championship. His relationship with Fittipaldi

29 July 2022 For those of us that admire the Italian racers of the 1950s and 60s, the brothers Leonardo and Vittorio Frigerio have the perfect solution, the Effeffe Berlinetta. A machine of great passion, strong personality, charm, plus the 50’s inspired road worthy café racer were the prime motivating factors that underly this car

29 July 2022 The first Rimac Nevera is registered. It’s unclear whether it is Mr Rimac’s motor car or the first of the 150 limited supply customer cars. Whether or not it is significant, it means the Nevera is road-legal and presumably the start of customer deliveries. ‘After five years of development, over 1,000 people

29 July 2022 Details of Porsche’s planned 50 per cent buy-in of the Red Bull Formula 1 team have been revealed in legal documents ahead of a potential announcement on August 4 2022; I understand the original announcement was planned for the early July Austrian Grand Prix. The ‘leak’ occurred because agreement from a worldwide

29 July 2022 The Mercedes car has been slower than Red Bull and Ferrari this season; Mercedes was planning to do well at last weekend’s French Grand Prix held at the Circuit Paul Ricard with its flat track surface and high-speed corners. And do well they did; Lewis Hamilton, in his 300th F1 race, finished

22 July 2022 During Le Mans Classic Race 2022, a particular Austrian driver, Lukas Halusa crashed it into a wall. The good news is the driver was unhurt, and the Ferrari 250 GT ‘Breadvan’ is salvageable. However, there is no guarantee that the manufacturer will be able to fix it or even want to. With

22 July 2022 According to Autocar, Pagani Abandons EV Research To Focus On V12 Supercars. Horacio Pagani has disputed this statement and said that the company would continue to invest in researching and developing an electric car, the research for which began in 2018. It appears that Pagani’s research established that its supercar would require