The following video shows us some footage from testing at the Jacarapagua circuit in Rio de Jeneiro. The Brabham BT55 was a very revolutionary car. Designed by Gordon Murray, it was the first ever Formula 1 car to feature a "flat-iron" design. This meant a very low profile that theoretically produced aerodynamic advantages, not least reducing drag through a lower frontal area. Up until the BT55 and...
A Look Back At Super Touring
November 29, 2006 MamaeyaYT
One for the Super Touring fan. This video below is vintage BTCC from the days when it was still running to the Class 2 Super Touring rules. I found it thanks to the folks at Chequered Flag Motorsport. This one features former grand prix runners "Our Nige" and Derek Warwick.Here's another one from the 1992 season, which in the end was won by Tim Harvey in the BMW 318is. The video features that demon...
Lewis Hamilton
November 28, 2006 MamaeyaYT
Over the last week much has been said about the bright eyed young McLaren protege, Lewis Hamilton. I've only ever seen him race twice on the telly. Once at Macau, which I must admit I've totally forgotten about. The other time was during the Turkish round of GP2 this year where he demonstrated some breathtaking pace and some superb racecraft. But then again, its easy to demonstrate such things when...
Macau Grand Prix Roundup
November 19, 2006 MamaeyaYT
Its a testament to Lewis Hamilton's blinding speed to find that his lap record of the 6.1 km Guia circuit has stood since 2002 and has only been beaten today by Robert Streit. But once again, the Macau Grand Prix has proven to be a hard test for the grand prix stars of tomorrow. Of course, far be it for bloody Star Sports to carry the qualifying race held yesterday so I missed out on a lot of the...
Macau Guia And BTCC Note
November 19, 2006 MamaeyaYT
I was very upset that for the first time in years, the Macau Grand Prix was not shown live on Star Sports. They obviously thought that the premier Formula 3 event of the year and the championship finale of the World Touring Car Championship was not worthy to be up against some stupid ATP Masters Tennis tournament. I can understand a grand slam tennis tournament taking precedence but this???Anyway,...
Andy Priaulx / Augusto Farfus Jr / BTCC / Guia / Halfords / Honda Integra / Macau GP / Mario Thiessen / Matt Neal / Racing Bart Mampaey / RBM / SEAT / Touring Cars / World Touring Car Championship / WTCC
FIA / GPMA And Rule Making
November 17, 2006 MamaeyaYT
Two articles ago, I stated that a specialist engine maker like Cosworth would not be able to effectively compete in grand prix racing's new future due to the technical challenges. Having read the Mosley/Goschel Q & A in full, I think I was completely wrong on that one. The way it looks, I think they would be able to do so on technical grounds. The difficulty for a company like Cosworth would be...
Burkhard Goschel / F1 / FIA / Formula 1 / Formula 1 Rules / Formula 1 Teams / Governance / GPMA / Max Mosley
FIA / GPMA And Future Technology
November 17, 2006 MamaeyaYT
I kinda screwed up my last post. Serves me right for not reading the Financial Times. But then, I have no online FT subscription and I refuse to pay 7 bloody ringgit for a copy at my local newstand. By now of course, everyone should have seen the official Q & A (Max just loves these) with the FIA president and Herr Goschel.In my defence I assumed that when Max spoke of green technologies and...
Latest News From The Frontlines
November 15, 2006 MamaeyaYT
In the battle for the future of grand prix racing, peace seems such an overused word. Seen it too many times in the past so naturally, I'll take the latest peace declaration with a large grain of salt. Having come to terms with commercial arrangements, the GPMA have finally (or so it seems) kissed and made up with the FIA and Max Mosley. In a meeting in Munich which up until now had been kept under...
Cosworth / Ferrari / Formula 1 / Frank Williams / Governance / GPMA / Max Mosley / Ron Dennis / Teams
Living Fast
November 12, 2006 MamaeyaYT
Strange to hear drivers talk these days. Take Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen. Fernando recently claimed that three world titles would be enough for him before retiring from the sport. And in this story on ITV-F1, Kimi says that his three year contract with Ferrari may be his last. One could contrast this with Senna and Schumacher. Both loved racing and in particular, winning. During their time...
Sanctions and Licenses
November 03, 2006 MamaeyaYT
Interesting story on GrandPrix.com caught my eye today. To summarize, the Toro Rosso drivers Vitantonio Liuzzi and Scott Speed have been prohibited from taking part in the forthcoming Supernationals X kart race in Las Vegas. The organisers of the race Superkarts USA have been advised by the FIA that both Liuzzi and Speed would stand to lose their superlicenses if they proceed with participation.Wow....
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