Only a few minutes ago Martin Bellefeuille tagged me on twitter in an article from City News Montreal. The news “Gilles Villeneuve statue stolen in Berthierville”. Right in front of the museum that dedicates Villeneuve’s legacy it got stolen. Stolen during the night from Wednesday to Thursday. Who in his right mind steals a statue […]
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Quando si parla di Colin Chapman si parla non solo di una figura straordinaria, ricca di talento e genio, ma di un uomo che rivoluzionò, come pochi fecero, il mondo della F1. Carismatico e lungimirante, Colin si è raccontato attraverso il suo team ed ha arricchito la sua figura, grazie alle monoposto che ha creato, […]
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The roaring twenties an era of economic prosperity the years when the sky was the limit. People started dancing on Jazz music, the fashion become more exciting and modern. People started enjoying life in a modern way, as we have today. The era that evolved motorsport to a new standard, professional and serious. Car manufacturers […]
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The roaring twenties an era of economic prosperity the years when the sky was the limit. People started dancing on Jazz music, the fashion become more exciting and modern. People started enjoying life in a modern way, as we have today. The era that evolved motorsport to a new standard, professional and serious. Car manufacturers […]
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F1 Manager from EA Sports turned the wheel recently 25 times! Yes, our all-time favourite F1 manager game, and for decades the only one on the market is that old. However, over here, we had F1 Manager 2001 and F1 Manager and if you look deeply in the game data it says F1 Manager 1999. […]
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Time to dust off the Sour Formula One Boomer blog and write about you Stefano Domenicali. I just heard part of the BSMT Podcast. The podcast you were saying that “If a track has historic value, it’s a plus, but not enough”. Insisting that it doesn’t matter for the young people who follow F1 where […]
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I had a lovely summer break from social media and writing. Enjoyed the summer with my friends on many festivals, the circuit and in Macedonia. However, we are back, and it seems a lot has happened in those few weeks I wasn’t active. Perhaps the most interesting news, besides McLaren’s breakdown after the summer, are […]
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Phoenix Grand Prix, which became for a short instant D.A.R.T. Grand Prix, is some fascinating story surrounded by a lot of mystery. Even after 25years, it is not clear in what form the team eventually existed. Rising as a Phoenix from its Prost Grand Prix ashes the team disappeared before it even arrived on the […]
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Siamo nel 1984, precisamente ad agosto (il 19 agosto), quando la F1 approda all’Osterreichring dove si svolge il Gran Premio d’Austria, dodicesimo appuntamento del mondiale. Il gran premio venne vinto da Niki Lauda, a bordo di una Mclaren-Tag Porsche: il pilota austriaco si impose su Nelson Piquet (Brabham-BMW) e su Michele Alboreto, pilota del Cavallino Rampante.
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The last two years I have been showing of my recent purchases of vintage (or retro) team gear on regular base. Every time when I post them I get question like where do you buy the team gear? I buy them on vinted, for the simple reason that is most of the times reasonably priced. […]
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De temperaturen in het zuiden stegen tot boven de 30 graden, dat beloofde een heerlijke dag in Zandvoort. Helaas, bij doorkomst in Haarlem bleek het weer totaal anders in net Noorden. De eerste druppels vielen, de wind werd sterker en voor het wisten stonden we in de regen in Zandvoort. De Historische Grand Prix was […]
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Het is weer Juni, tijd voor de Historische Grand Prix op het circuit van Zandvoort. De eerste dag zit er weer op. De zon scheen, het geluid van V12s, V10s en V8s galmde weer door de duinen en door het pitcomplex. Keer op keer kippenvel, was het niet de Lotus van Nigel Mansell was het […]
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