Formula 1 - British Grand Prix 2012

Silverstone Circuit. Memorise the corner names. As Formula 1's most exciting season in a while rages on, I've struggled to keep up in terms of write-ups. Thus, the Canadian and European races will appear on here out of sequence, hopefully during F1's three-week summer break across August. You've probably already seen the races, but if I write them then I can refer back to them in future.Anyway, three weeks ago, Formula 1 came home. Silverstone played...

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Audi R8 V10 Plus Is A Normal R8 With More... Plus

Audi R8 V10 Plus The Audi R8 has been with us since 2007. It's due to be replaced by a new R8 in a year or two, but for the time being, why not squeeze a little more out of the old one? The futuristic-looking Lamborghaudi has just been facelifted and the chassis and underfloor aerodynamics have been improved in many important and I'm sure very interesting ways.While all the existing models weigh the same as before, the V8 R8 gains 15 horsepower...

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New MGB Will Be Made In China, Should Stay There Forever

MG Icon ConceptAs you most likely know, MG-Rover is still alive, except that Rover is now spelt Roewe (only still existing in China), and MG is currently only making a fastback-shaped Focus rival with a cheap feel and only one engine, called MG6. They plan to expand that range with an "MG3" hatchback to take on Vauxhall Corsa-sized cars, previewed by the MG-Zero Concept, and now this. This is widely being touted as a "new MGB", which will become...

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TVR - Trevor's Visceral Racers

Black Cat Racing TVR Tuscan Challenge carTo cut back my history of TVR, I decided to leave out their forays into motorsport, a world to which their powerful-but-light cars are surely well-suited. So here's the rest of it.The first time Trevor Wilkinson made a racing car was actually the 1950s JOMAR, brought about by American racing driver Raymond Saidel, who wanted a better-handling car than his Oldsmobile-powered Allard and had failed thus far to...

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TVR Is Gone And They're Never Coming Back

Over time, even the wildest car companies decided it was time to calm down and make money. Porsche now make an SUV and a 4-door executive car alongside their sports cars, Ferrari have made a four-seat shooting brake designed using customer requests rather than tradition, Lamborghini no longer has a two-wheel-drive model, and so on. Except that the wildest car company didn't calm down, because to this day, TVR has never made a boring, sensible...

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This Is The Weirdest Car You'll Find On eBay This Week

Nope, it's not a 5-Series. Guess again.This car lives in Ipswich, in Suffolk. Ipswich likes the colour blue, as it adorns their football team's kit and has done for generations. This, however, is a slightly excessive application of blue hue, as you'll see in pictures of the engine and interior. But that's not the strangest thing about this car. You may well have recognised the rear end to be that of an E60-generation BMW 5-Series, but doesn't the...

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Ken Block's Gymkhana_Five - San Frandrifto

9/7/12, 9:52, 305 views (when posted)Just when you thought four and a bit videos of increasingly extravagant stunt driving was enough, his right honourable hoonigan Sir Kenneth Blocketh XLIII hath returned from the wildernesses of various WRC stages - one of which he actually scored points at - to tear up San Francisco in a totally non-gay way, although some rubber did get burnt. Well, quite a lot actually. But after that, he started shredding tyres on camera(s) and here we have it, another showcase from one of the few men to whom sustained oversteer...

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