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Peter Arundell Alberto Ascari Peter Ashdown Ian Ashley Gerry Ashmore
Monday, December 26, 2011
Silverstone gets planning permission
Both Aylesbury Vale District Council and South Northamptonshire Council have effectively approved Silverstone Circuit?s outline planning application, which supports the venue?s 20-year Masterplan – the next big step towards securing the long-term future of the international venue. The circuit is owned by the British Racing Drivers? Club (BRDC), although there are advanced negotiations going on [...]
Source: http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2011/12/16/silverstone-gets-planning-permission/
Bob Christie Johnny Claes David Clapham Jim ClarkÜ Kevin Cogan
BMW M5 F10 first independent dyno results [videos]
The US market still has to wait until next year to savour that which is the BMW M5 F10. But in Europe, the all new M5 is hitting the markets and tuning firms are getting their greasy paws on the autobahn scorcher for the first time.
Jimmy Bryan Clemar Bucci Ronnie Bucknum Ivor Bueb Sebastien Buemi
Sad news from Melbourne
I know that this is a Formula 1 blog but I think it is right to note the passing of V8 Supercar driver Jason Richards, who has died after a 14-month battle with cancer. He was 35. A New Zealander, he cut his teeth in the sport in karting, where he enjoyed much success and [...]
Source: http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2011/12/16/sad-news-from-melbourne/
Kenny Acheson Andrea de Adamich Philippe Adams Walt Ader Kurt Adolff
VW Golf GTI gets tuned by Schmidt Revolution
Schmidt Revolution has introduced a new tuning program for the Volkswagen Golf GTI (Mk5). It features revised styling and an upgraded TFSI engine. 
Christijan Albers Michele Alboreto Jean Alesi Jaime Alguersuari Philippe Alliot
Sunday, December 25, 2011
Karthikeyan Makes Surprise F1 Return With HRT
Narain Karthikeyan has made a surprise return to Formula One after being announced as one of Hispania HRT’s drivers for the 2011 season. The Indian driver was unveiled as the first racer to be working with the Spanish based squad, who look likely to enter into a second season of racing despite on-going financial concerns. [...]
Source: http://f1fanatics.wordpress.com/2011/01/07/karthikeyan-makes-surprise-f1-return-with-hrt/
Ronnie Bucknum Ivor Bueb Sebastien Buemi Luiz Bueno Ian Burgess
Robert Kubica Hospitalised Following Rally Accident
UPDATE ON KUBICA’s CONDITION: �http://wp.me/p3uiu-11K Renault Lotus F1 driver Robert Kubica has been airlifted to hospital following a car accident while competing on a rally. The incident, described as a high speed accident, left the Pole injured and he had to be airlifted to hospital. �His co-driver Jakub Gerber was uninjured in the incident. While [...]
Source: http://f1fanatics.wordpress.com/2011/02/06/robert-kubica-hospitalised-following-rally-accident/
Frank Armi Chuck Arnold Rene Arnoux Peter Arundell Alberto Ascari
Domenicali says Ferrari still support cost controls | F1 Fanatic round-up
In the round-up: Ferrari say they want to keep costs down in F1 despite having quit FOTA.
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Manny Ayulo Luca Badoer Giancarlo Baghetti Julian Bailey Mauro Baldi
How to get thrown out of a moving car Russian style [video]
More dash cam love comes to us from Russia today. Unfortunately for one the guys riding in the back of this Honda Accord, there's no love lost. 
Mario Andretti Michael Andretti Keith Andrews Elio de Angelis Marco Apicella
Video: Gumball 3000 Number 13 Trailer and 2011 Highlights
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The Gumball 3000 is a modern day version of the infamous 1970s road trip movie. It takes drivers across 3000 miles through 13 countries in just seven days with insane parties each night. And while the real thing won’t actually take place until Friday, May 25th, 2012, a new trailer of the Gumball 3000 has been released and follows the story of MTV’s Dirty Sanchez stars, Lee Dainton and Matthew Pritchar,d participating in the famous 3000 mile road trip.
"Gumball is about challenging tradition and taking a non conventional approach to exploring and developing cultural and creative boundaries," said Maximillion Cooper, Founder & CEO, Gumball 3000 Group.
This year’s show will feature stars like: Bun B, EVE, Ndamukong Suh, The Dudesons, Tamer Hassan, Costas Mandylor, Shane Lynch, Maximillion Cooper, David Hasselhoff, David Guetta, and more. Next to all of these stars, and some really cool cars, the event will also include lots of music, film, and entertainment.
Don’t want to wait for next year’s event? Hit the jump to check out the best engine sounds of the 2011 Gumball 3000!
Video: Gumball 3000 Number 13 Trailer and 2011 Highlights originally appeared on topspeed.com on Sunday, 25 December 2011 06:00 EST.
Ivan Capelli Piero Carini Duane Carter Eugenio Castellotti Johnny Cecotto
Steve McQueen?s Le Mans overalls sell for $984,000!
A set of overalls worn by Steve McQueen in the Le Mans movie has been sold at auction for an amazing $984,000 including commission fees – making them the most expensive item of motor racing related memorabilia we?re ever likely … Continue reading 
Source: http://adamcooperf1.com/2011/12/18/steve-mcqueens-le-mans-overalls-sell-for-984000/
Piers Courage Chris Craft Jim Crawford Ray Crawford Alberto Crespo
Formula One Goes High Definition
This week FOM, the Formula One Management company run by Bernie Ecclestone, has announced it will be providing native High Definition Formula One coverage for the very first time. �This heralds the entrance of the sport into the super clear broadcast territory. High Definition television has been available for some time now in the United [...]
Source: http://f1fanatics.wordpress.com/2011/01/13/formula-one-goes-high-definition/
Tony Brise Chris Bristow Peter Broeker Tony Brooks Alan Brown
Saturday, December 24, 2011
Prior-Design BMW 1M conversion for 1-Series Coupes
So, you had no luck acquiring a BMW 1M and had to settle for a 135i. Have no fear, a solution is near. 
Has Hamilton finally turned the corner?
Somehow you suspected that, after all his problems this year, there was going to be a happy ending for Lewis Hamilton somewhere along the line - and it came with a top-class, controlled drive to victory in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
As he celebrated on Sunday, the healing nature of the weekend's events was clear in the McLaren driver's face.
Suddenly all the bad things that have turned this into what Hamilton himself has called his worst season in Formula 1 took on a new perspective in the wake of his first win since the German Grand Prix back in July.
This was a Hamilton that has not been seen in 2011, calmly ticking off the laps at the front, resolute in the face of a challenge from Ferrari's Fernando Alonso, the sport's most relentless competitor, doing just enough to keep the Spaniard at arm's length without extending his car and tyres more than he needed to.
In that sense, it was very like many of the wins taken this season by Sebastian Vettel, whose domination has left Hamilton over-striving, increasingly frustrated in the face of the Red Bull's generally uncontainable speed.
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Brilliant as they were, Hamilton's two previous wins this season in China and Germany came about on weekends when Red Bull were slightly off-form in one way or another.
But Hamilton did not have to worry about Vettel in Abu Dhabi after a mysterious puncture pitched the German into a spin at the second corner of the race.
The flailing tyre did so much damage to the car as the world champion wrestled it back to the pits that Vettel was forced to retire at the end of the first lap.
Whatever the cause of the failure, it means it will remain a tantalising mystery as to whether Hamilton could have beaten Vettel had the Red Bull remained in the race.
The Englishman was certainly confident that he had a good chance. He had looked the form man all weekend, to the extent that it was something of a surprise that Vettel pipped him to pole position on Saturday. As much as it can be a surprise that a man who has taken all but four pole positions all season should get another one, anyway.
Hamilton drove superbly throughout the three days in the desert, showing none of the mental instability or driving misjudgements that have stymied him in recent races and led to so many of his well publicised contretemps with Ferrari's Felipe Massa.
Hamilton said after the race that he had felt much more positive this weekend than at recent races, and it certainly looked that way.
It was, as McLaren team boss Martin Whitmarsh pointed out, "a great recovery from where he's been in the last few months".
Certainly, it was a marked contrast from previous races, where his state of mind -
about which Hamilton was unusually open in Abu Dhabi - was clearly anything but peaceful.
The end of his four-year relationship with pop singer Nicole Scherzinger last month has clearly affected him - he mentioned that he did not intend to stay single for long.
And after his victory on Sunday, Hamilton added that he wanted to get his father Anthony and brother Nicholas - both of whom were at his side at all the races until this season - back to provide him more support.
As well as the issues in his personal life, he also talked about a "negative vibe from everyone" that had surrounded him recently as he was faced with "negative questions" from the media about his troubles on the track. All this, he said, "affects your judgement".
Hamilton's willingness to discuss these problems in public is to be applauded - it gives an all-too-rare insight into the inner workings of one of world sport's biggest stars, and in Abu Dhabi at least he found the means to rise above it.
Hamilton is a truly great racing driver. But if Sir Jackie Stewart, for example, were to hear those remarks, he would be tearing his hair out.
Stewart - a three-time world champion and one of the greatest racing drivers in history - has long talked about the importance of removing emotion before climbing into a Formula 1 car. It is too easy, he says, for that emotion to cloud your judgement - and with that comes mistakes. In his era, that meant serious injury or worse.
Safety has improved and the risks are lower now, but nevertheless Hamilton seems this year to have been living proof of the truth of Stewart's remarks.
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Hamilton is an emotionally driven man, and some would argue that this is what allows him to access the stunning highs that none of his rivals are able to match. To take away the emotion, they would argue, would be to take away some of his gift, too. The one is not possible without the other.
But others would say that, whatever support mechanisms you create around you, life is unpredictable, and that whatever happens away from the sporting arena, it is a top-class athlete's job not to let those problems affect their performance.
In the euphoria of victory, Whitmarsh said of Hamilton: "There is no reason in my mind why he can't raise himself to another level now."
On the evidence of Sunday, that was exactly what Hamilton did this weekend in Abu Dhabi. Which suggests that if Hamilton can continue to keep his personal life out of the cockpit of his car, there is every reason to believe Whitmarsh's remarks are more substance than spin.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/andrewbenson/2011/11/somehow_you_suspected_that_aft.html
Ivan Capelli Piero Carini Duane Carter Eugenio Castellotti Johnny Cecotto
HAPPY HOLIDAYS
I want ALL the staff of the magazine and the FORUM members to have a safe and happy holiday season . You can dream , but only if you dream ,can you live ..Happy holidays to one and all . Your poor grammar poster ---oldcarguy
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David Clapham Jim ClarkÜ Kevin Cogan Peter Collins Bernard Collomb
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