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Post by mmi16 on Jun 24, 2023 11:17:11 GMT -8
Would love to see Privateer's back in F1 - Rob Walker, Hesketh and others. Limit the tires to a 4 inch wide tread. Hell, even mandate Front Engines into the Formula. |
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Post by olderguysrule on Jul 13, 2023 4:12:30 GMT -8
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Post by Pistola on Jul 17, 2023 7:48:14 GMT -8
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Post by olderguysrule on Jul 19, 2023 5:42:55 GMT -8
A F1 interview with Mario Illien
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Post by olderguysrule on Jul 26, 2023 11:58:39 GMT -8
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Post by wilmywood8455 on Aug 10, 2023 8:17:19 GMT -8
Juan Manuel Fangio Museum in Argentina Is Fitting Tribute to Racing GreatA day may not be enough to absorb the meaning of everything that is on display.
 Balcarce is a small town in the pampas of Argentina. Surrounded by one of the most fertile lands in the world is known for its historical estancias (Ranch), potato farming, and a dessert cake, my favorite “Postre Balcarce,” which includes meringue, cream, and of course dulce de leche. Around the world though, the small town is known for being one of its heroes. A man that in 1947 decided to go to Europe and compete at the top of the motorsports scene in the 1950s. Juan Manuel Fangio would return to Balcarce after winning five world championships. In 1979 the city started a plan to create a tribute to “el chueco” (the bowlegged) by building a museum in his honor and by extension to the history of motorsports in Argentina. The doors open in 1986 in the former Bank 1906 building in front of the city plaza. It has become a place to visit for car enthusiasts around the world. Today the 50,000 plus sq. ft facility, which has six floors and is reminiscent of the old Mercedes Benz Museum in Stuttgart, is a jewel to car nuts. link
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Post by olderguysrule on Aug 16, 2023 6:47:45 GMT -8
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Post by Pistola on Aug 16, 2023 16:43:23 GMT -8
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Post by kidrybot on Aug 20, 2023 7:54:26 GMT -8
Interesting link I came across. I know we've all seen it live and the D2S version and were all very vulnerable in that moment, but here's a new perspective from BBC radio.
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Post by wilmywood8455 on Aug 30, 2023 6:07:04 GMT -8
The sports car star who torpedoed McLaren's record '88 F1 win streakNo one blamed him, but a hapless Jean-Louis Schlesser ended the last incredible team wins run in F1: McLaren's 1988 campaign with Senna and ProstAll-time records of achievement in F1 are very of the moment given Max Verstappen’s victory in Zandvoort which equalled the consecutive grand prix victory tally of nine (held by Sebastian Vettel in 2013, also with Red Bull, and by Alberto Ascari in 1952-53, with Ferrari). Especially so given that Verstappen heads to Monza this weekend poised to make that record his own, unshared with anyone. The other record up for being broken is the greatest number of consecutive team victories (14 by Red Bull in 2013 and Ferrari in ’52-53). Assuming either Verstappen or Sergio Perez wins at Monza to break that record, there will then be a further marker of achievement within Red Bull’s cross-hairs – that of winning every single grand prix in a season. Though that wouldn’t be unique: Alfa Romeo managed it in 1950 and Ferrari in ’52 (I am deliberately ignoring the anomalous inclusion of the Indy 500 in the championship in the ‘50s, as it was not a grand prix, just a borrowed set of results from another championship to justify the ‘world’ championship tag when all the grands prix were in Europe). McLaren came infamously close to the achievement in 1988 until Ayrton Senna’s lapping of Jean-Louis Schlesser’s Williams went all wrong. www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/single-seaters/f1/the-sports-car-star-who-torpedoed-mclarens-record-88-f1-win-streak/?utm_campaign=2607483_ED_F1-300823%20%E2%80%93%20MidweekF1&utm_medium=email&utm_source=emailCampaign&dm_i=4DIP,1JVY3,75DNUM,7916U,1
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Post by olderguysrule on Aug 30, 2023 13:00:45 GMT -8
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Post by struns on Sept 24, 2023 10:09:22 GMT -8
Stirling Moss.....  |
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Post by olderguysrule on Sept 30, 2023 7:24:44 GMT -8
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Post by wilmywood8455 on Oct 1, 2023 9:54:59 GMT -8
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Post by wilmywood8455 on Oct 5, 2023 3:53:20 GMT -8
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Post by wilmywood8455 on Oct 6, 2023 14:42:25 GMT -8
McLaren has a top-secret Heritage center. We went there. When McLaren said to me “we’ll see if we can get you down to the Unit as well” after spending some time with them at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, I was a bit stunned. I remember hearing about that place as a kid. It was like the car world’s Atlantis – a mythical place that existed only in folklore. Pictures of it were rare, solid information even rarer. There’s no way it could possibly exist in real life. Except it does. And I’ve been. It might as well not exist, though. I’m not allowed to divulge where it is, and when the team finally passed on its exact location so I could get there, Google Maps got confused – the papaya team’s partner inadvertently doing its bit to keep Formula 1’s best-kept secret under wraps. I eventually found my way though, and when I arrived, I wasn’t met by much – a parking lot full of generic daily drivers outside an unassuming warehouse-like structure. Its front door and corridors gave the impression that the place hadn’t been touched since the ’80s, but I wasn’t here to survey the property. What was contained within the walls was what I was itching to see, and good lord was it something… “Welcome to Unit 2,” I heard as I stepped into the building’s main space, a greeting that was followed by a laugh, my face obviously saying more than enough as I struggled to remember how to speak actual words. As soon as you walk in, there’s history everywhere you look – the sheer magnitude of what McLaren has done over the years hits you like a punch in the face. It was a fitting coincidence that I was taking all of this in on Bruce McLaren’s birthday, too. racer.com/2023/10/06/mclaren-has-a-top-secret-heritage-center-we-went-there/?utm_source=RACER+%2F%2F+Newsletter&utm_campaign=176283cdd8-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_10_06_08_33&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-176283cdd8-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D
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Post by struns on Oct 8, 2023 15:05:25 GMT -8
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Post by struns on Oct 9, 2023 6:58:50 GMT -8
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Post by wilmywood8455 on Oct 9, 2023 13:52:55 GMT -8
A very rare Newey swing and miss, due to being outvoted ... 20 years on, it's time to reappraise McLaren's never-raced MP4-18Twenty years ago, one of the most talked about Formula 1 cars in history hit the track. Even before it first ran, it had achieved near-mythical status thanks to its lengthy gestation and multiple delays, but despite all that it was widely expected to be a game-changer when it finally raced – a car capable of blowing the dominant Ferrari team out of the water. How could it not be with Adrian Newey’s design genius and a powerhouse team behind hit? Unfortunately for McLaren, the lofty expectations proved appalling misplaced. Slowly but surely, the eager anticipation gave way to derision as it became clear that the McLaren-Mercedes MP4-18 was not just disappointing, but a disaster. A car heralded by much fanfare ended up being abandoned after Alex Wurz refused to drive a machine that fellow McLaren tester Pedro de la Rosa has called “dangerous” anymore. It stands as a cautionary tale of the hubris of an F1 team shooting itself in the foot, even though many of the ideas underpinning the design were right on the money. racer.com/2023/10/09/20-years-on-its-time-to-reappraise-mclarens-never-raced-mp4-18/?utm_source=RACER+%2F%2F+Newsletter&utm_campaign=02af99f766-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_10_09_08_00&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-02af99f766-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D |
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Post by olderguysrule on Oct 16, 2023 12:28:43 GMT -8
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Korean cable TV is lousy. no more NASCAR nor NHRA
Jul 12, 2024 22:05:14 GMT -8
Korean cable TV is lousy. no more NASCAR nor NHRA
Jul 12, 2024 22:05:14 GMT -8