Like it or not social media isn’t going away. Did you know that many people who use Facebook don’t do anything else on their computer (i.e.) they never leave the walled garden that is FB. Once inside you can do pretty much whatever you want other than create content, although...
French Spare Parts
posted by Harty
A week ago Peugeot announced, with little specific detail, they had a new challenger for the annual Pike Peak Hill Climb in Colorado, scheduled for June 30. The car is very loosely based on a 208 road car in much the same way Group B rally cars of the mid 80′s were, albeit a greater level of safety. What possessed the company to return to such a fickle event? Surely people recall Ari Vatanen punting the 405 T16 (effectively a banned Group B car with massive aero) up the half dirt/tar road in one of the earliest in-car videos, called Climb Dance, way back in 1988? Is their any need? Here it is, just for the record. Since then few...
CALMING TROUBLED WATERS
posted by The Foges
The Foges’ words of wisdom from his latest column in Auto Action magazine CALMING TROUBLED WATERS MARK FOGARTY OUTLINES HOW V8 SUPERCARS’ BELEAGUERED BOSSES HAVE MOVED TO ASSURE TEAMS THAT THEY SEE A BRIGHT FUTURE AWAY FROM the track, V8 Supercars is going through a tough time. While interest in the racing has increased because of the new makes and Car Of The Future’s initial upending of the established order at the front of the field, the sport’s finances are under extreme pressure. The concerns and criticisms expressed about V8 management’s handling of the economic setbacks have dominated conversations among insiders and...
Not beholden to Holden
posted by JP
There has been a lot of bitching and moaning in the last couple of days. It’s revolved around Holden’s decision to axe another 400 jobs, and as usual, it’s been fed furiously by the mainstream media – creating conflict where there was really only a difference of opinion and interpretation. Let’s make it perfectly clear, as far as V8 Supercars (supposedly the best touring-car/tintop competition in the world at present) are concerned, there would be no history, no Bathurst 50th anniversary last year and quite simply, no V8 Supercar or Australian Touring Car Championship, past or present, without Ford &...
KIMI DOES WHAT KIMI WANTS
posted by The Foges
The Foges’ words of wisdom from his latest column in Auto Action magazine. KIMI DOES WHAT KIMI WANTS AMID THE POST-RACE RANCOUR AT SEPANG, MARK FOGARTY NOTICED THAT ‘THE ICEMAN’ REMAINED CHARACTERISTICALLY COOL HERE WE go again. If the first two F1 races are any guide, we’re in for another volatile season that will produce many different winners until the front-running teams get on top of the latest generation of high-deg tyres. After Sunday’s Malaysian GP, it’s also looking like intra-team rivalries will also figure in the narrative that unfolds, with friction between Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber rising to the surface, as...
Emerson Immersion
posted by JP
Whilst trawling the McLaren website the other day (looking for “Tooned”) I stumbled across a new section – an F1 blog by none other...
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