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GP: Monaco Race Day!

2009-05-24T23:10:00.004+01:00

Looks like it's my favourite driver winning my favourite GP for his 5th win out of 6! This is of course good news. We all thought that Kimi was going to take pole with his KERS from the line, but far from it! Barrichello actually overtook him for second place. These would be the finishing places for these 3, with Kimi's team mate behind in 4th. Lewis Hamilton was a no-show again on his favourite

F1: Monaco Qualifying

2009-05-23T14:46:00.003+01:00

This is probably my favourite race, and I'm really looking forward to it tomorrow! Button did it again after a slightly poor show during Q1 and Q2, he had been struggling in the practises and this is known to be one of his poorer tracks. In Q3 he really was the last person I expected to get pole, but he pulls it out of the hat again which an excellent lap.This will give him a great advantage

VW Scirocco R: Spy Shots.

2009-05-18T02:21:00.004+01:00

On Auto express there are some shots of the Scirocco R about to make it's debut at the Nurburgring. And it looks, well, disappointingly similar if you ask me. Okay; it's lower, it's got 19" alloys and a bodykit, but the bodykit just looks somewhat 'stuck on' in my opinion. It just doesn't grab you, unlike the original Studie R photo's which came out earlier this year, that looked fantastic and

Jun Hyper Lemon Skyline R34

2009-05-16T21:26:00.004+01:00

Jun is famous for modifying cars, and this has to be one of the best Skylines ever built. It has a completely rebuilt engine by Jun, producing 1200+Bhp, in fact it broke the dyno when they tried to test it.It will run a quarter mile in 9.20. Noting that a Veyron will do it in 10.2, SSC Ultimate Aero TT will do it in 9.9, Cerbera Speed 12 9.9, nothing short of a funnycar or similar will take this

Fireballed 500bhp Mini!

2009-05-13T23:50:00.006+01:00

Yes that is correct 500+Bhp Mini 'Widow' by "Fireballed Tim Racing", a California tuner. In order to achieve this:"he fitted a higher flowing head, intake manifold and fuel system, to create a system to install a Garrett GT3071R turbocharger, while a 75mm throttle body was installed for better airflow, and a water-to-air intercooler to help reduce the charge temperatures.But because the ‘Widow’

New Vauxhall Astra revealed.

2009-05-13T23:27:00.004+01:00

So here's the new Astra. It doesn't look too bad, although I'm not a huge fan. Having said that with the current range of Astras the base spec one does look awful, yet the Sprothatch models and especially the VXR look very nice indeed. This new model definately is inkeeping with the current Vauxhall range, so I look forward to some of the sporty ones coming out, but at the moment I'd say I prefer

F1: Oldest and most successful team Ferrari will walk away in 2010 if the rules are not revised.

2009-05-12T16:57:00.003+01:00

Ferrari have claimed that they will not register their cars for 2010 if a budget cap comes into play."No F1 in 2010 if the rules do not change. Ferrari confirms its opposition to the new rules imposed by FIA and does not intend to register cars for the 2010 F1 world championship," said a team statement following a meeting at their Maranello headquarters.This doesn't come as a huge surprise, they

F1: Spanish Qualifying and Race Round Up

2009-05-11T12:11:00.005+01:00

Sorry for the late update, been a bit busy with uni work! Anyway...A great result yet again with Button finishing on pole with an awesome final lap for England, which is somewhat lucky as once again young Lewis Hamilton was a qualifying no-show, and finished up in 14th. Button's team mate Barrichello got 3rd after a fantastic lap from Vettel in the excellent Red Bull cars. In fact the fuel

Lotus Sell-Out

2009-05-08T01:06:00.003+01:00

Now then, I am lucky enough to live right next to the Lotus test track, and a couple of months back I saw a lightly disguised one of these cruise past me. Although I knew what it was (because I'm like that), did it look like a Lotus? No.THAT! Is not what a Lotus should look like, it's just somewhat boring and unimaginative. The idea was behind Lotus was (relatively) cheap road/race cars. They are

Fiesta Rude Boi

2009-05-05T22:55:00.003+01:00

So; the recent wave of fiesta's have been a little on the dull side if you don't mind me saying, even the previous model wasn't exactly exciting. Where are the 2 litre turbos lads. Sort it out, if you want a chance of competing with a VXR or Renaultsport.Moutanue tuning company thought they'd try and do something about that, with a performance pack costing around £1500. It only adds 20bhp, but

Good news and bad news. Bugatti Royale!

2009-05-03T23:21:00.003+01:00

So we'll get the ball rolling with a little bit of bad news. Okay, so it's not car related, but I'm practically talking to myself on this blog anyway I should think, so whatever :). Anyway, the bad news is that Norwich City (my team of course) have just been relagated to League One. That's the team that Darren Huckerby (San Jose Earthquakes) used to play for, just for any budding young Major

Audi RS5, new spy shots.

2009-05-02T00:05:00.004+01:00

Quite possibly my favourite of the Audi range, I've always loved the (already beastly) A5/S5, which already has a 4.2 V8 with their excellent Quattro system, with a far from modest 350bhp, propelling it from a standing start to 60 in 5.1 seconds.We have been hearing rumours of it having 580bhp 5.0 litre twin turbo V10 engines such as found is the RS6 Avant. However it seems that cutbacks are

F1: McLaren receive suspended ban

2009-04-29T14:37:00.004+01:00

"Having regard to the open and honest way in which... Whitmarsh addressed the World Motor Sport Council and the change in culture he made clear has taken place in his organisation, the WMSC decided to suspend the application of the penalty it deemed appropriate," the FIA said. "That penalty is a suspension of the team from three races... This will only be applied if further facts emerge

Aston Martin One-77

2009-04-28T18:42:00.005+01:00

I think that someone with little or no knowledge/interest in cars would look at that picture above and be impressed. The 20" alloys, the rear diffuser, the clean back and thin lighting, the slits down the door and the flared arches (which you can't really see in this photo). In my opinion THE ultimate car (despite all the people who will continue to say the fastest is the best).This car may or

F1: Bahrain GP

2009-04-26T15:35:00.003+01:00

A good GP right from the word go. Notably Hamilton made up a lot of places, using his superb KERS system. From there it was Dunkirk all over again, with everyone scrapping for places.The Brawn GP car of Jenson Button took a win, despite overheating fears. The air temperature was at 36 degrees for most of the race, and the car's optimal performance was at below 33 degrees, at one point through the

F1: Bahrain Qualifying 2009

2009-04-25T13:12:00.005+01:00

An interesting result, and I can't help but feel sorry for Mark Webber, it would have been really nice to see Red Bull getting a bit further again. He took being blocked well and wasn't bitter, and Sutil was good about it and seemed sorry, I admire going into Red Bull to apologise as well, many a driver wouldn't have done that.Being an avid Toyota driver, it can't be bad having them first and

Aston Martin F1

2009-04-24T18:02:00.003+01:00

"We are very serious about entering Formula One in 2010 providing that it is commercially viable and there is the potential to be fully competitive," said former Benetton and BAR team boss David Richards, who is also chairman of Aston Martin."On the commercial side we would want a situation where the sort of budget you would need to be competitive would be sensible," he added."And we would expect

2008 Scirocco GT 2.0TSi

2009-04-23T12:23:00.003+01:00