Archive for the “Motorsports” Category
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SUPER GT: Honda HSV-010 GTPosted by Alex V. in Motorsports, tags: Honda, HSV, HSV-010 GT, Super GT
The stillborn NSX successor presented by Honda back in 2008 has made its way into the 2010 Super GT season. Powered by a 3.4L engine FR layout, it is supposed to output 500hp or around that, as per GT500 regulations.
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ALGARVE HISTORIC FESTIVAL: Those were the days!Posted by Alex V. in Motorsports, tags: Batmobile, Bobby Rahal, Chris Amon F1, historic, Jochen Mass, Matra, stirling moss
Stirling Moss, Jochen Mass, Bobby Rahal. BMW Batmobile, a couple of Matras, Amon F1 cars and all sorts of vintage racecars.
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MACAU GUIA GP: It’s that time of the year again!Posted by Alex V. in Motorsports, tags: guia, macau, wtcc
Every year the final race of the year is held at the unique street circuit of Macau. The WTCC venue has been present in the late eighties and early nineties, coming back strong again in 2005.
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B IS FOR BEASTS!: Pure SoundPosted by Alex V. in Motorsports, tags: audi quattro, group b, lancia stratos, rally, toivonen
Its never enough to talk about the Golden Age of rallying: the 80′s and the Group B beasts. However, I’m going to let the cars do the talk, screams and growls. I’ve gathered 3 videos with pure sound, found on Youtube.
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SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS: Lost hope?Posted by Alex V. in Motorsports, tags: Petition, Spa-Franchorchamps
We will be bringing a few stories about this amazing track on the following weeks. This track deserves to live on forever, but instead the Belgian Court has decided to ban races there for the next 17 years!
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Pentti Airikkala (1945-2009): King of Left Foot BrakingPosted by Alex V. in Motorsports, tags: Pentti Airikkala, Vauxhall Chevette
The old-school ‘flying finn’ rally driver Pentti Airikkala passed away on September 30, 2009. Rest in Peace.
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LOTUS RETURNS TO F1: Proton single-seater?Posted by Pedro Branco in Motorsports, tags: F1, formula 1, Lotus
If you happen to visit a street market on Portugal, you can see that all those gipsy stands on a vacant gravel square are selling an array of brands that would make Harrods blush. We know that’s easy to get a piece of cloth and stitch on it a well known logo. Does the same formula apply to a F1 car?
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GP2 SERIES FINAL ROUND: Ladder to the Formula 1Posted by Alex V. in Motorsports, tags: AIA, GP2, Hulkenberg GP2 Series are just one step below Formula 1, so its pretty serious business. Big sponsorship and huge TV coverage. This was the only race that didnt follow F1 and that’s because people around here are trying to bring F1 back to Portugal!
That meant security was very tight, but since I work at the track, I had clearance.
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LMS ALGARVE 1000KM: A midsummer night’s race.Posted by Pedro Branco in Motorsports, tags: AIA, Autodromo Internacional do Algarve, Le Mans Series, LMS
Saturday, august 1st was a great day. Why? Because there were lots of racing at the new Algarve circuit and, most important of all, I was there to watch it! To get even better, on Friday I managed also to see the last qualifying of the Classic Endurance Racing (CER) cars and the start of the Le Mans Series (LMS) qualifying. But let’s give you some insight before the report of the events occurred. |
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