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08 December 2022 Enzo’s creed was, ‘The Horse has to pull the cart, not push it. So when the idea of a rear-engined motor car was mooted, Enzo Ferrari was not enthralled with the concept. That is, until Sergio Pininfarina, the master of Italian style and Luigi Chinetti, the Italian race car driver, presented the […]

08December 2022 Aston Martin’s Engineering director Mike Loasby sketched a mechanical layout that would be packaged beneath an extraordinary silhouette; The Aston Martin Bulldog. It only progressed a little. Loasby left to join DeLorean, and Aston’s management was preoccupied with the Lagonda, whose metamorphosis from concept to production car was proving painful and long-winded. In

08 December 2022 In the music industry, Nick Mason is known as the famous drummer of Pink Floyd (previously known as the Tea Set). The group has sold 250 million copies worldwide and influenced many other musicians. As a petrolhead, Nick Mason is even more well-known. He owns one of the 39 Ferrari 250 GTOs

08 December 2022 McLaren has sold some of its 54 rare Formula 1 and F1 Supercars; according to its 2021 annual report, ‘the company sells cars from its collection from time to time. McLaren has recently sold 54 of its prized heritage car collection to Bahrain’s sovereign wealth fund Mumtalakat Holding to raise Capital to

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

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

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

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

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