Formula 1 - Belgian Grand Prix 2011

Spa-Francorchamps track map. This is the longest circuit on the calendar, and one of the drivers' all-time favourites The Race In A Nutshell:- Bruno Senna locks up and causes collisions at turn 1, loses front wing, gains drive-thru penalty later- Nico Rosberg took the lead at Les Combes, but fell back after DRS was enabled- After first round of pit stops, Webber passes Alonso at Eau Rouge (no mean feat)- Hamilton and Kobayashi collide braking into...

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Video Sunday - The Greatest Pony Video...... In The World

Uploaded: 13/8/2011Running Time: 3:28WAIT! Don't leave! I haven't been sucked into the "Brony" craze and this is worth watching, only because it's so well made. The lip syncing seems dead-on most of the time. Other than that, it pretty much is what it is.Called "My Little TopGear: Friendship is Ambitious But Rubbish", the audio from a couple of TG episodes has been used to turn a popular My Little Pony cartoon into the greatest pony cartoon... In The World. It is quite random, but if you don't find the whole Brony thing so annoying, quite...

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Repost: How the Toyota Camry is Killing Our Dreams

I won't make a habit of reposting other people's writing, but I agree with this article and probably couldn't make the same point better. It's written by Mike Spinelli, an editor at American blog JalopnikWe received some bad news this week. Mazda's rotary engine died again, while the Toyota Camry just keeps on living. Here's why we should care about the rotary engine, and why no one reads magazines about toasters.Maybe you've...

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Game Review: Test Drive Unlimited 2

Test Hardware: Xbox 360 Elite, Official Wireless ControllerIn A Nutshell:I like:The ideaShowroom (and test driving cars I can't afford)Choice of carsExploringI Don't Like:Driving physicsSub-standard graphics, sound (~)Annoying commentary/charactersQuite repetitive single playerRATING: 65/100I know it's been out since about February, but I finally picked up a copy of Test Drive Unlimited 2 last week. It only cost me £20, and to be honest I'm glad...

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Ferrari 458 Spider Is Afraid Of Newspapers

It was inevitable, and now it's here. Ferrari has released a video of the new 458 Spider (unofficially the Italian word for convertible), which folds its metal roof (or maybe carbon fibre, details are still scarce) in a similar way to the 575 Superamerica from about 5 years ago, but in two parts instead of one, and hiding under a cover rather then sitting upside-down on the back. According to Ferrari, the use of a folding hardtop instead of...

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Video Sunday - Ken Block Marathon

Welcome to Video Sunday, a new regular feature that's fairly self-explanatory. This week commemorates the fifth video from American rally and stunt driver Ken Block, called Gymkhana 4 (that'll make sense in a minute). Without further ado, here is the first one, a pure and simple motorsport video featuring a 530 horsepower Subaru Impreza WRX STI (GD):Uploaded: 11/11/08Running Time: 4:27Views At Time of Posting: 10,601,664These will be going in chronological order, so here is Gymkhana 2, "The Infomercial". Like most sequels to videos like these,...

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The New Porsche 911: Don't Tell Me It Looks The Same

First the original 901 in the '60s, then the 996 in the late '90s, now the 991. Here is the third all-new 911 in 48 years.A world without a Porsche 911 in showrooms is a world hard to imagine. The perennial German sports/supercar has been with us now since 1963, and has evolved many times over the years. First the 901 (changed to 911 after Peugeot had a strong word with them), then the 930, then 964, 993, 996, 997... and now this, the 991. Why they've...

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SPOTTED: The New BMW 3-Series

Image Source: http://www.f30post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=572138Y'know, it's not really wise to have a photoshoot of a new model in a place where car spies can get to you, especially not when you're still heavily camouflaging the prototypes. That would make the camo somewhat pointless. Still, it does at least mean that we know what the new BMW 3-Series looks like: a smaller 5-Series.Still, BMW must know themselves that all they need to do...

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