 Scarecrows adorn the entrance to a barren Korean International Circuit |
Source: http://blogs.espnf1.com/paperroundf1/archives/2010/12/journalists_shocked_at_korea_a.php
Chuck Daigh Yannick Dalmas Derek Daly Christian Danner Jorge Daponte
Friday, September 30, 2011
Journalists shocked at Korea award
VW of America says it's now profitable
Volkswagen brand sales are now in the black in the United States but VW won't say whether its manufacturing or financial services divisions are also profitable.
Peter Collins Bernard Collomb Alberto Colombo Erik Comas Franco Comotti
Five ways to improve F1
 Emerson Fittipaldi in his heyday |
Source: http://blogs.espnf1.com/paperroundf1/archives/2010/11/five_ways_to_improve_f1.php
Eitel Cantoni Bill Cantrell Ivan Capelli Piero Carini Duane Carter
1967 427 Stingray
Revell kit, engine wired and plumbed. Refinished in PPG lacquers, DuPont urethane clear coat. Scratch built air cleaner details.
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Jimmy Daywalt JeanDenis Deletraz Patrick Depailler Pedro Diniz Duke Dinsmore
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Who was at fault? Hamilton or Massa? You decide!
The dust has settled somewhat on the Singapore Grand Prix and we want YOUR opinion. Was the clash between Lewis Hamilton and Felipe Massa the fault of the McLaren or Ferrari man? Or is nobody to blame? Check out the altercation here to remind yourselves of the incident. Check out our poll on the homepage [...]
Jorge Daponte Anthony Davidson Jimmy Davies Colin Davis Jimmy Daywalt
Mercedes highlights the 5.5-liter V8 in the SLK 55 AMG [video]
Dubbed the M152, the engine is based on the twin-turbo 5.5-liter V8 (M157) but features a new air intake, bespoke cylinder heads and an optimized crankcase. 
Ivor Bueb Sebastien Buemi Luiz Bueno Ian Burgess Luciano Burti
Massa threatened with jail over team orders
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?A public raised on a diet of Emerson Fittipaldi, Nelson Piquet and Ayrton Senna were simply appalled and saddened in equal measure by Massa?s apparent lack of ambition.?
Source: http://blogs.espnf1.com/paperroundf1/archives/2010/11/massa_threatened_with_jail_ove.php
Jay Chamberlain Karun Chandhok Alain de Changy Colin Chapman Dave Charlton
Vygor Announces New Italian Sports Car
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There have been a number of new, impressive sports cars from the most anonymous manufacturers all over the world lately - vehicles such as the De Veno Arrinera prototype or the Rimac Concept One come to mind. Now, another random automaker is announcing a new sports car. Italian company, Vygor, has come out of the woodwork to announce that on October 10, 2011 at 10 am, they will be unveiling not only a new sports car, but a new luxury car as well.
Not much is known about the vehicle at the moment, but the company describes their new sports car as "an emotional car, like a wind-blow in the skin, like a thrill of sudden pleasure which takes your breath away...and unleashes emotions... the emotion to hear the thunder of the engine which is pure adrenalin, aggressive and biting as you have always dream but also mild as silk...the emotion of touching a panther...the emotion of taming the power..."
Creativity and marketing ploys aside, the company has only released a teaser image showing the front of the new sports car, compete with large air intakes and LED headlights. We’ll know more about Vygor’s new project as soon as it makes its official debut in October so stay tuned!
Vygor Announces New Italian Sports Car originally appeared on topspeed.com on Wednesday, 28 September 2011 15:00 EST.
Source: http://www.topspeed.com/cars/car-news/vygor-announces-new-italian-sports-car-ar117060.html
Jay Chamberlain Karun Chandhok Alain de Changy Colin Chapman Dave Charlton
Schumacher of old returns to haunt Hamilton
Since Michael Schumacher returned to Formula 1 at the beginning of last season, he has not provided many glimpses of the man who dominated Formula 1 for so long - but that all changed at the Italian Grand Prix.
It is still not clear whether the German legend has the speed he had in his first career, despite two impressive drives in the last race in Belgium and now on Sunday in Monza.
But it was blatantly obvious in Italy that he is as willing as ever to push the boundaries of acceptable behaviour up to and beyond their limits.
Schumacher's driving in defending his position from Lewis Hamilton will split opinions - as BBC Sport's own experts proved.
"In sporting etiquette between racing drivers," David Coulthard said, "that was right on the line and he had one foot over it. He gave Lewis the chop."
But while Coulthard went on to add that he did not feel Schumacher deserved a penalty for his behaviour, chief analyst Eddie Jordan disagreed: "You cannot move twice. It's certainly questionable. If I was a judge I would have to reprimand him."
Schumacher's defence of the position over 21 enthralling - and occasionally heart-stopping - laps was certainly robust.
But there were two incidents in particular for which many will argue he was lucky to get away without a penalty.
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The first was on lap 16, when Hamilton dived down the inside of Curva Grande - taken flat out at 190mph - and Schumacher pushed him on to the grass.
The second was four laps later, when Schumacher appeared to change his trajectory twice while defending from Hamilton out of the second chicane and into the first Lesmo corner.
Article 20.2 of sporting regulations says: "Manoeuvres liable to hinder other drivers, such as more than one change of direction to defend a position, deliberate crowding of a car beyond the edge of the track or any other abnormal change of direction, are not permitted."
It should be no surprise that Schumacher is prepared to drive like this - after all, he did it so much in his first career that his dubious tactics are remembered just as strongly as his results, which takes some doing when you have won nearly twice as many races as anyone else in F1 history.
What is perhaps more surprising is that he was not punished - particularly for the 'two moves' incident. Although this looked less dramatic, it was probably the one that further exceeded the boundaries of acceptability.
The blocking move into Curva Grande was, as one veteran F1 observer put it on Sunday evening, "a bit naughty but entirely predictable" - and Hamilton was anyway a bit optimistic in trying to go down the inside there from as far back as he was.
Race director Charlie Whiting warned Mercedes about Schumacher's driving - and team principal Ross Brawn was fully aware of how close they were to being penalised. He went repeatedly on to the radio to warn Schumacher to give Hamilton enough room.
Back in Malaysia in April, Hamilton was given a 20-second penalty after the race for changing his line twice while defending his position from Fernando Alonso. Many will look at Schumacher's behaviour in Monza and conclude it was at least as bad, if not significantly worse.
Hamilton himself was clearly unimpressed. "I thought you were only allowed one move!" he said in exasperation over his radio.
After the race, though, he kept his counsel in public. As he had made it clear he wanted to stay out of trouble to try to end the tumultuous run of events that have derailed his season, that is perhaps not a surprise. It remains to be seen whether it stays that way.
Ironically, it was the first of those two incidents that led to Schumacher losing what at the time was third place, a position he found himself in after his customary superb start, and then taking advantage of Hamilton being caught napping at the re-start after the safety car period that was prompted by a first-corner crash involving backmarkers.
In backing off after being forced onto the grass at Curva Grande, Hamilton was overtaken by team-mate Jenson Button, who used his momentum to close rapidly on Schumacher and pass him in a brilliantly audacious move around the outside into Ascari.
Button said his own move on Schumacher was one of the bravest he has ever pulled, but another earlier in the race surely surpassed it - when race-winner Sebastian Vettel passed Alonso for the lead around the outside of the Curva Grande and into the second chicane.
Alonso edged Vettel far enough to the left for the Red Bull to have its left-hand wheels on the grass while flat out in top gear. But Vettel kept his foot hard down, controlled what must have felt like a scary wobble, and nailed the Ferrari down the inside into the chicane.
It puts to bed any unfounded criticisms that Vettel cannot win from behind - and the world champion elect was still a little wide-eyed about it after the race.
"I was on the grass there," he said to Alonso with a smile as they waited to go out on to the podium. "Yeah," the Ferrari driver responded.
It was a heart-in-the-mouth moment, certainly, but was this as bad as Schumacher's chop on Hamilton into the same corner a few laps later?
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Schumacher appeared to turn in early on Hamilton and gave him no room at all, and the McLaren driver had no choice but to take to the grass with at least half of his car. Vettel, by contrast, had the option to back out of the move, but chose not to.
This was almost certainly because - as with team-mate Mark Webber's pass of Alonso into Eau Rouge at the last race in Belgium - he knew Alonso would be hard, but could trust him to leave him just enough survival space.
It was mighty close. "Very hard but fair," was Vettel's post-race verdict
What was particularly impressive about Vettel's decision to commit was that he did not need to - as he himself said, he could easily have waited and got him in one of the zones where he could use his DRS overtaking aid that lap or the next.
Vettel has such a huge championship lead that he does not need to take any risks - and yet his hunger for victories, to stamp his absolute authority on this season that surrendered to him months ago, remains as intense as ever.
This was his eighth win of the year and one of the most impressive, and suitably it brought him to the brink of his second title.
Vettel will be crowned the youngest double champion in history - taking the honour from Alonso, ironically enough - in Singapore if he wins and Alonso does not finish third and Button or Mark Webber do not finish second.
On current form, that is entirely possible, and even if he doesn't do it there, Vettel will certainly tie it up sooner rather than later.
At the age of 24, he has 18 wins to his credit, a second title in the bag, and 25 pole positions. Schumacher's records - 91 wins, 65 poles, seven titles, which seemed unbeatable when he set them - look within reach, unless the other teams can do something about Red Bull's superiority. And perhaps even if they do.
Vettel's remarkable progress prompted superlatives from Coulthard after the race. "Are we witnessing one of the true greats - one of the legends of the sport. It's always difficult to judge when it's so early in someone's career but his results are remarkable."
To truly judge Vettel, he needs to go up against another great - Hamilton or Alonso or perhaps, on current form, Button - in an equal car. But there can no longer be any doubts that he is right up there.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/andrewbenson/2011/09/post_2.html
Andrea Chiesa Ettore Chimeri Louis Chiron Joie Chitwood Bob Christie
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Lewis Hamilton: ?We were too late to get going??
Lewis Hamilton has been left with a difficult task tomorrow after a puncture and a mistake in the McLaren garage spoiled his qualifying session. Hamilton had a right rear puncture when he went out on supersofts late in Q2 in … Continue reading 
Source: http://adamcooperf1.com/2011/09/24/lewis-hamilton-we-were-too-late-to-get-going/
Frank Dochnal Jose Dolhem Martin Donnelly Carlo Abate George Abecassis
2013 Opel Allegra/Junior - new city car - spied
Upcoming new Opel minicar spied doing some high-speed testing in heavy camouflage. 
Gianmaria Bruni Jimmy Bryan Clemar Bucci Ronnie Bucknum Ivor Bueb
G-Power M3 Tornado RS with 720 HP
G-Power makes the most powerful BMW M3 around with a new supercharger system. 
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Jaime Alguersuari Philippe Alliot Cliff Allison Fernando Alonso Giovanna Amati
Martin Whitmarsh: ?None of us is perfect??
McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh has defended Lewis Hamilton in the aftermath of his collision with Felipe Massa in Singapore. Pressed on Hamilton’s run of incidents this year Whitmarsh insisted that Lewis had done a great job to put the … Continue reading 
Source: http://adamcooperf1.com/2011/09/26/martin-whitmarsh-none-of-us-is-perfect/
Anthony Davidson Jimmy Davies Colin Davis Jimmy Daywalt JeanDenis Deletraz
Jarno Trulli - classic F1
Jarno Trulli is the latest driver to select his all-time favourite races for BBC Sport's classic Formula 1 series.
It is the 37-year-old Italian's home grand prix this weekend so it seemed appropriate to choose the senior of two Italians on the grid to whet your appetite ahead of the forthcoming action at Monza.
Now in his 15th season in F1, the Lotus driver, like Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel and Michael Schumacher before him, has chosen only races he has competed in - the ones he considers his best drives.
Trulli has slipped off the radar a little since joining newcomers Lotus in 2010, even more so this year. He says power steering problems have stopped him competing with team-mate Heikki Kovalainen until the recent race in Hungary.
Neveretheless, Trulli's list of picks are a reminder that, on his day and when everything is to his liking with the car, he is one of the very fastest drivers in F1.
This is a man who, in the first half of 2004, was able to match his then Renault team-mate Fernando Alonso.
The 2004 Monaco Grand Prix
Trulli's only F1 win to date. He started from pole and led the entire race, soaking up pressure virtually the entire distance, first from Alonso and later from Jenson Button's BAR-Honda.
"I scored my first pole position and my first win in F1, so it stands out in my mind, as it would for any driver," says Trulli.
"It was a very intense race. We went through two safety cars, I was constantly battling with Fernando, so that was a good feeling, but I was always in control of the race.
"I pulled away from Fernando by 16 seconds initially and then, when he was trying to catch me up, we reached the backmarkers. I took it a bit safer and Fernando crashed. He probably went a little bit too far.
"After that, when the second safety car came in, the group was compacted again with only 10 laps to go.
"At that stage, I thought: 'OK, there is no point now to pull away because the race is over because no-one can pass me.' I had the pace but I did just enough to keep my car on track without hitting the walls, because we know very well how tricky Monaco is.
"I will never forget when Ayrton Senna crashed in Monaco in 1988 when he was on the way to the win. That was a lesson. I said to myself, 'Don't do that because you will look stupid.' Especially because Senna had many chances and I only had this chance.
"I had easily the pace to keep Jenson behind and he was never close enough to pass me."
The 2005 Malaysian and Bahrain Grands Prix
After falling out with Renault team principal Flavio Briatore in the second half of 2004, Trulli moved to Toyota for the following season.
He qualified second at the opening race in Australia, where his hopes of a strong finish were dashed by tyre problems, but achieved the same grid position at the next race in Malaysia, where he trailed pole-sitter Alonso throughout to finish second and take Toyota's first F1 podium finish.
In Bahrain, Trulli qualified third behind Alonso and Schumacher. In the race, the Italian followed them closely until Schumacher ran wide and then retired on lap 12, eventually finishing second.
"When I joined Toyota, it was a team with huge potential but it had not delivered," says Trulli. "No-one really expected us to be that competitive from the beginning, so what I was doing was pretty impressive and I still remember the team were over the moon.
"Renault was the car to beat during that season, so I had my satisfaction. I could say: 'OK, if I cannot do it for one team, I can do it for another.' I was driving very well, I was comfortable in the car and we were 0.3secs a lap away from winning."
Trulli and Hamilton, driving for McLaren, were engaged in a race-long scrap for second place behind the dominant winner, Red Bull's Vettel.
With Toyota planning to quit F1 at the end of the season, Trulli knew that the only hope of stopping the move was to win a race.
"This was probably one of my best drives," he says. "Like in 2005, the car was competitive but not competitive enough to beat the fastest car, the Red Bull. On the other hand, it was maybe as competitive as the McLaren. But we had a weak point, we didn't have Kers, so Lewis had quite a big advantage in some places on the track.
"At the same time, I was driving with passion and desperation. I knew what was going on with Toyota and deep in my heart I was really trying to save the team.
"I knew if the team stayed in F1, I would have stayed with them. But if they didn't, it would be very hard for me for the future. So I was very desperate to get the best result on home ground for Toyota.
"I qualified a brilliant second but I knew that I would lose a position at the start because of the Kers cars. But I only lost one position, to Lewis, and I remember it was a head-to-head with Lewis, every lap like a qualifying lap.
"He did a brilliant drive but I never gave up. I was chasing him, trying really hard, and I was almost over the limit every lap.
"At the first pit stop, we stopped on the same lap. But the team was smart enough to give me, I think, one more lap before the next stop, which paid off because on that lap I just made the ground to get ahead of Lewis.
"Then we had a safety car and I thought: 'He's going to get me on the re-start with his Kers.' When he didn't, I realised he did not have the Kers. Then it was a big satisfaction.
"Everything was perfect but, at the same time, I was sad. I knew a second place would not change anything for the team. The only result which might have changed the future was a win. Unfortunately we didn't get it."
The F1 drivers are all asked to pick five races, but Trulli wanted to add his victory in the 1991 karting World Cup to his four choices. It may have been a great win for Trulli but we've had to rule that out on grounds of eligibility.
As regular readers will know, we choose one of these races to highlight in this blog.
This time we have gone for Monaco 2004, certainly the most entertaining of Trulli's picks.
Highlights of that race are embedded below.
Beneath them, to whet your appetites for this weekend's action in Monza, are links to short and extended highlights of Alonso's superb victory for Ferrari in last year's Italian Grand Prix. We have also decided to include extended highlights of the 2009 Japanese GP.
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CLICK HERE FOR SHORT HIGHLIGHTS OF THE 2010 ITALIAN GRAND PRIX
CLICK HERE FOR EXTENDED HIGHLIGHTS OF THE 2010 ITALIAN GRAND PRIX
CLICK HERE FOR EXTENDED HIGHLIGHTS OF THE 2009 JAPANESE GRAND PRIX
For those in the UK, a selection of the classic races will also be shown on the red button on digital television - short highlights of Monaco 2004 and Malaysia 2005 as well as extended highlights of Italy 2010.
Satellite and cable viewers will be able to see them from 1500 BST on Wednesday 7 September until 0855 BST on Friday 9 September.
On Freeview, they will be broadcast from 1035-1250 BST on Friday 9 September.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/andrewbenson/2011/09/jarno_trulli_-_classic_f1.html
Mike Beuttler Birabongse Bhanubandh Lucien Bianchi Gino Bianco Hans Binder
1964 Ford Mustang Convertible
Hi everybody!
Had this sweet pony painted since early this summer. Body is Tamiya Mica Blue spray, and Revell enamels for the interior. Aside some engine detail and some tiny PE parts it was an oob job. Fun and easy ride on this retooled classic Revell kit. Hope you like it!
Nuno.
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George Constantine John Cordts David Coulthard Piers Courage Chris Craft
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
1969 Dodge Charger "Hawaiian" NHRA Funny Car - WIP
Hello all! First off I just wanted to say that although I haven't posted much, I've been reading posts and taking inspiration from so many people on these forums. Thanks to all the vets who have helped me take my modeling further. As a result of this, I am entering my first contest at the end of October. I've decided to try to get two models ready (hopefully). The priority is a box stock '69 Hawaiian Funny Car from the Revell kit. I picked it up yesterday at my LHS, which is also where the contest will be. Along with the Charger I picked up an AMT '62 Impala (the other entry). And some paint. And the August issue of Scale Auto that I missed. And a brush. Ugggh what an expensive hobby! On the plus side, the owner of the shop threw in a Speed Racer Mach 5 by Nothern Lights because he hadn't been able to sell it. Free models are sweet!
As soon as I got home I got to work on the Charger. The first step I always start with is the engine. I like that it can be started and finished in a single afternoon/night. I brush paint all of the engine since I don't have an airbrush. After painting all the engine pieces I got to work on the chassis on the body. I removed everything that was going to be painted the metallic blue from the sprues. After hours and hours and hours of sanding and removing ejector marks etc, everything is pretty much ready to be painted. The body will only be primered for now as I am going to follow Chuck Kourouklis' advice from his build in the August issue and fill in the roof hatch that is not supposed to be on the Hawaiian. I also got to work on the drag slicks to make them look more realistic.
Question: Should I sand the treads on the front tires like I did with the back slicks? Maybe just a little bit?
Anyways, here's a few photos. Sorry they are terrible, but my camera is garbage. All of the chassis/roll cage components you see will be painted metallic blue. The interior tub will be aluminum, The wheels are also going to be painted to their appropriate color. All of these parts will be spray bombed.
A before and after of the rear slicks
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Conny Andersson Mario Andretti Michael Andretti Keith Andrews Elio de Angelis
Twenty years of Schumacher
At Spa-Francorchamps
For the first time since he started his comeback at the beginning of last season, Michael Schumacher was the centre of attention as the Formula 1 circus rolled into the spectacular Spa-Francorchamps circuit ahead of the Belgian Grand Prix.
Twenty years ago this weekend, the man who would go on to become the most successful racing driver of all time made his debut here for the Jordan team, which was also in its first season in the sport.
It did not take long for him to catch the eye - a stunning qualifying performance put him seventh on the grid, several places ahead of his vastly experienced team-mate Andrea de Cesaris. And although he retired after a few hundred yards with a broken driveshaft, Schumacher had made his mark.
By the time of the next race, Benetton had stolen him from under Eddie Jordan's nose - and the legend that culminated in seven world titles and 91 race victories began.
Although it is - as Red Bull's Mark Webber pointed out - only Schumacher's 17th season in F1, on account of the three he missed during his 'retirement', this weekend has partly been set aside to honour his achievements.
His Mercedes team are planning an event on Saturday, while Ferrari, with whom he won five of his seven titles, have promised "a little something to mark the occasion".
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However you count the years, Schumacher's achievement came into sharp perspective when his rivals were asked whether they remembered his debut.
Most of them were too young to have any recollection of it at all, picking a later point in his career as the time they first became aware of him.
Most, though, were more than happy to pay tribute to his remarkable achievements, with the most glowing reference coming from Fernando Alonso, the man who ended Schumacher's run of five consecutive titles in 2005 and then won a memorable mano-a-mano duel between them the following season.
"Michael, I have great respect for him," Alonso said. "He is one of the greatest, if not the greatest, in the history of our sport. There are numbers there it will be impossible to repeat for any one of us.
"It has been a great pleasure to drive with him all these years. I will always remember all the battles with him and for me it was a privilege to drive against Michael Schumacher. It will be something I always remember. Then he decided to stop and come back.
"I'm sure he missed the adrenaline and the F1 show. Now he is in the second part of his career, the car is not competitive, but he is still enjoying [it].
"There are some criticisms about his return and results now, but I don't agree with those.Michael three years ago was watching F1 at home. Now he is doing seventh or ninth but I'm sure he is happy every morning because he is doing what he wants to do."
When Alonso was racing Schumacher before his comeback, the German was the benchmark, so beating him gave the Spaniard's titles the ultimate stamp of credibility.
There are no questions about Alonso's greatness now, standing as he does alongside Lewis Hamilton as the new benchmark against which all drivers are measured.
For Schumacher, though, these are very different times, and the last 18 months or so have been punctuated by ongoing questions about the merit and wisdom of his return.
Last year, he was by and large pasted by team-mate Nico Rosberg - a man who for all his undoubted potential has yet to win a race. This season there have been signs of progress - while the younger German still comfortably has Schumacher's measure in qualifying, the veteran has looked more competitive in the races
It is clear, though, that Schumacher is not the driver he was.
Where once he appeared to dance at will on a limit beyond almost all his rivals, he now appears too often to be searching for that rarefied high wire, usually without success.
But the man who was famous for his willingness to do almost anything to win says he is satisfied with his current lot, scraping around for lower-ranking points as Mercedes battle to catch the top teams, while still insisting he wants to repay the German manufacturer for funding his debut and "return race wins and championships back to them".
His anniversary has given him a chance to reflect on a career that is still remembered for its many controversies as much as it is for his great success.
And in an interview with BBC F1 pit-lane reporter Lee McKenzie, which will be broadcast as part of the race build-up on BBC One on Sunday, he went as far as to admit he had regrets about some of the incidents that in so many minds went beyond the boundaries of respectability.
"Certainly I would do things differently," he said. "After 20 years in F1, you have a few regrets but, quite honestly, if I think it was 20 years, the few spots I have, you have to make mistakes to learn from them - and I think I do learn."
Asked if any of his mistakes stood out, he picked this race in 1998, when he lost a certain victory in the wet after crashing into the back of David Coulthard's McLaren. Once he had made it back to the pits, convinced the Scot had slowed deliberately to take him out, Schumacher charged off to the McLaren garage and had to be restrained from physically assaulting him.
"Maybe I should regret to go for an attack to David after he spoiled my race in 1998," he says. "We had this mysterious misunderstanding, I had a certain reaction, I think it was the first and only time I have been like this, I am normally a very balanced person."
It is perhaps revealing that of all the many incidents in his career, he should choose one for which he was not at fault, rather than his two title-deciding collisions with Williams drivers Damon Hill and Jacques Villeneuve in 1994 and 1997, or his decision to 'park' his car in Monaco qualifying to prevent Alonso beating him to pole position.
He still refuses to answer questions about the last incident and is resigned to the fact he will always - at least outside Germany - be a man who is more admired than loved.
"Everybody forms his own opinion about any person," he says. "I think I just want to be treated fair, that's the only think I look for. Who likes me or loves me, I'm happy about. Who doesn't, I understand, because you can't be loved by everyone."
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/andrewbenson/2011/08/schumacher_learns_from_his_mis.html
Giancarlo Baghetti Julian Bailey Mauro Baldi Bobby Ball Marcel Balsa
McLaren releases new promo for Asia Pacific subsidiary announcement [video]
McLaren has released a new promotional video for their announcement to create a subsidiary for the Asia-Pacific region. 
Eitel Cantoni Bill Cantrell Ivan Capelli Piero Carini Duane Carter
Monday, September 26, 2011
F1 2011 Launch Catch Up ? McLaren, Mercedes, Red Bull, Sauber, Toro Rosso, Renault?
Catching up on the launches in one mega post. �Here in you’ll find quick interviews with senior members of the team and photos from the Red Bull, Sauber, Renault Lotus, Toro Rosso, Mercedes and McLaren launches. Apologies for being somewhat late, the whole blog isn’t running at full power until the season starts again. Red [...]
Felipe Massa: ?He could have caused a big accident?
Felipe Massa was furious after the Singapore GP after once again his race was compromised by a clash with Lewis Hamilton. Massa picked up a puncture in the incident, but was able to recover to ninth place. The two had … Continue reading 
Source: http://adamcooperf1.com/2011/09/25/felipe-massa-he-could-have-caused-a-big-accident/
Jay Chamberlain Karun Chandhok Alain de Changy Colin Chapman Dave Charlton
2012 Lotus Exige S teaser promo full version released
Remember that bizarre 2012 Lotus Exige S teaser from before the Frankfurt Motor Show? Lotus has now released the full version and it's still as baffling as ever. 
Bob Christie Johnny Claes David Clapham Jim ClarkÜ Kevin Cogan
Hot Rods and Hinges - Doors, trunks, cowls & Hoods
I've enjoyed learning to build all sorts of hinges that would work in a variety of ways, depending on the cars configuration.
Fun being challanged to overcome an obstacle, and at the same time try to make the door and body jams fit into the design, make it look right, and at the same time also work well.
I spend a light of time scratching my head and rebending over and over again, until I figure something new out. Maddening at times
I spent the last year and a half just building a variety of street rods up to point of painting, but leaving them in primer for now, cause to me they look kinda cool in primer - Primer is a color right 
Anyway, here's some pics of my last year and a half.
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Gino Bianco Hans Binder Clemente Biondetti Pablo Birger Art Bisch
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