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Formula Fun: A Eulogy
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The clock on F1 goes back to zero. We have lost another. Jules Bianchi was one of the brightest rookies we had ever seen. His drive to 9th at Monaco was one of the greatest drives I have seen in Formula One. He did things in a back marker car that should have been impossible,…
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Formula Fun: A More Serious Note
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Now, we should all know the young man in this image. His name is Jules Bianchi, and he currently lies in a coma in a French Hospital. His career was ended at a Japanese Grand Prix last year. Not since Ayrton Senna had a grand prix driver suffered an accident so horribly during a race. He hit…
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Formula Fun: Post Homecoming Edition
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[youtube]https://youtu.be/ARBZPMH3Dgg[/youtube] Ahh yes, we are home Formula One fans. Well, spiritually at least. Silverstone is the home of F1, and F1 is most at home in Silverstone. The former airbase is the home of the most attended Grand Prix of the year. Where the silly season get’s its start, and get started it did. For…
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Formula Fun: Goodwood Edition
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[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVKyIG6OXq8&spfreload=10[/youtube] This weekend the Goodwood Festival of Speed once again had race cars and street cars of much provenance attack the Hill at the Goodwood estate. That means it’s a good time to show off the most important and most fun F1 and F1-related cars that ran up the hill this year. Let’s start off with…
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COTA needs to be the new automotive proving ground
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With news this week of The Green Hell banning manufacturers from attempting lap records, the automotive dick measuring world was stunned. What non-biased field of battle will we have the fastest road legal cars on earth battle on? Where will forum kiddies go to argue about what car is better, looking at only lap times?…
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Formula Fun: The Austrian Edition
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The hills were alive with the sound of race cars this weekend! Grand Prix racing returned to Austria for the second year in a row at the Red Bull ring. Austria is a fast circuit with only 9 turns, which sees it churning out some of the fastest lap times in F1. This is a picture book circuit…
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When Gold Rush Goes to COTA.
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Gold Rush Rally is probably the most successful road rally not named Gumball at this point. When I learned they were going to be here in Austin, I knew I had to see the cavalcade of new money ballers with their super/hypercars. Click through to see how the group both completely confirmed and completely shattered…
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Formula Fun: Canadian Travels Edition
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So, you all already know that I was in Montreal for this past grand prix. But what I shared was mostly a brief of the weekend and not the full experience of what all happened. I decided I would do a day by day recap of my trip, include some words on a few events…
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Formula Fun: I Was There This Time!
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[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivAzHZDZRpc&spfreload=10[/youtube] Now, I may have talked some big game going into this weekend about doing posts every night wrapping up the day’s events. Well, no plan ever survives contact with the enemy, and in this case, the enemy was lemon drops, Jameson, and Gin and Tonics. That, and a tad bit of food poisoning almost…
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Formula Fun: Pre-Canada Edition
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[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1cXCWzBQh8&spfreload=10[/youtube] As I am a biased writer, I think one of the greatest races of the modern era took place in Montreal in 2011. Jenson Button pitted 6 times, was in every possible position you can imagine, and forced the near perfect Sebastian Vettel into an error on the last lap, letting him win the…
