Checkpoint 10 (Free subscription) | yesterday
Indianapolis 500: The Simulation came with a manual that had pictures of Indy 500 winners, arranged in chronological order, and I remember noticing how the cars would look faster and faster throughout the decades (this made perfect sense, as it kept with the progress of technology). I also remember learning the names Wilbur Shaw and Johnny Rutherford, who seemed to keep popping up as multi-race winners....
Ask the Expert: IRL (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Question: Regarding a question on the Trackside show last night, Ayrton Senna tested in Phoenix, I believe, in February 1993 as a serious test for Penske. His team, McLaren, had just lost its Honda engines and were looking at a season in the mid-field and his proposed move to the Williams F1 team was blocked by long-time rival Alain Prost. (Senna eventually moved a year later, where he lost his life...
Forward our Motto (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Two Things: 1. Jill Sixpack does some math: The Hammes Co. has scaled back its plan for the Edgewater redevelopment, from $109 million to $90 million. However, they are still asking for the full $16 in TIF funding that Mayor Dave Cieslewicz included in his capital budget. ...Going from 15% taxpayer funding to 18% taxpayer funding... Huh, funny how that works. If they are scaling back the plan...maybe...
Autoblog (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Filed under: Motorsports , Hirings/Firings/Layoffs , South America The past few years in Formula One have seen an unprecedented return of legendary family names to the sport: names like Villeneuve, Piquet and Rosberg. But the most hyped scion of racing fame has been Bruno Senna . The nephew of the late, great Ayrton Senna was rated highly by his world-champion uncle and has been on everyone's watch...
China Car Times (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
So says China Daily A Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano China Limited Edition was sold on Wednesday night for nearly $2 million to an anonymous bidder from Shanghai at an auction in Beijing. The auction took place at a gala dinner held to celebrate Ferrari’s fifth anniversary in China and proceeds from the sale will fund engineering students and teachers from Tsinghua University to study in Milan and at...
Edinburgh Evening News (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
MOTOR racing legend Sir Jackie Stewart offered hope to prisoners when he visited Saughton Prison.
F1Technical.net (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Yesterday Luca di Montezemolo received the "Golden Steering Wheel”, one of the most prestigious acknowledgements in the world of automobile. The prize, founded by Axel Springer in 1976, founder also of the editorial group with the same name, has been awarded to men like Henry Ford II, Ferry Porsche and Lee Iacocca as well as two men especially dear to the Ferrari Chairman: Giovanni Agnelli...
Crash.Net (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Audi's two-time DTM Champion Mattias Ekstrm has become a three-time Race of Champions winner, in defeating new F1 king Jenson Button and Michael Schumacher in Beijing.
Autoblog (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Filed under: Coupe , Auctions , China , Ferrari Ferrari 599 China special in cracked porcelain by Lu Hao - Click above for high-res image gallery A Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano is an exceptional piece of automotive art. Even more exceptional is the latest model equipped with the Handling GT Evoluzione package . More exceptional still is the limited-edition 599 HGTE made exclusively for the Chinese market...
Brits on Pole (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Double DTM champion Mattias Ekstrom has taken his third Race of Champions title - by winning every single race he competed in then beating Michael Schumacher in the event's final.
Planet-F1 News (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Mattias Ekstrom claimed his third Race of Champions crown after beating Michael Schumacher in the final at Beijing's Birds Nest stadium on Wednesday.
Luxist (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Ferraris are particularly enticing purchases for the wealthy, but special Ferraris have proven themselves even more attractive to those with the means. Case in point this one-of-a-kind 599 GTB Fiorano which was hand-painted by Chinese artist Lu Hao on the pattern of the sought-after Ge Liln porcelain from the Song Dynasty. This unique example on which we reported last month is based on the limited-edition...
Jalopnik (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Here's the plan: paint Song Dynasty Ge Kiln pottery patterns on a Ferrari 599 , call it the "China" then auction it off for a cool $1.8 million at a Beijing gala event of Ferrari owners swooning over Michael Schumacher . The event was held at the Red Gate Gallery in Beijing and was attended by Ferrari owners and collectors (already sounds pretty obnoxious). The 599 China , which was created...
F1Technical.net (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Swede Mattias Ekstrom completed a remarkable hat-trick of Race of Champions titles today, beating F1 legend, Michael Schumacher, in the final. Double DTM champion Ekstrom beat newly-crowned F1 World Champion, Jenson Button, in the semi-finals and eight time Le Mans 24 Hour winner, Tom Kristensen, in the quarter finals, having already won his group.
Jalopnik (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Michael Schumacher and his buddy Sebastian Vettel picked up another Race of Champions Nations Cup victory for Team Germany after besting China, Finland and England. The Americans nearly won, but Vettel put the hurt on both Foust and Pastrana. [ RallyBuzz ]
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