Over the last few months there has been plenty of buzz about Honda’s possible return to Formula 1 as an engine supplier for the McLaren team. According to various new reports, sources close from Honda in Japan say the comeback will happen for the 2015 season with the official announcement to come as early as [...]
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What do you do when you meet your hero? Do you talk to them, say hello, shoot the breeze, or stay at a distance, just hoping to catch their eye for a subtle sign of recognition? What if it’s an inanimate object, like the McLaren F1? Then things can get really weird… especially if other [...]
I found a home away from home at Suzuka over this past weekend as a little slice of Italy was served up for Japanese fans of the prancing horse. It never fails to amaze me just how much love actually exists for Ferrari over here, and seeing the collectors, the owners, the racers and of course, [...]
The best place to be at any Formula One race is the paddock, which is where the drivers are most of the time if they aren’t on the track fighting each other wheel to wheel. You never know when the drivers will appear so I spent a good amount of time in the paddock waiting [...]
This weekend, Formula 1 headed to Sepang Circuit for the second round of the 2013 season, and what unfolded was a race filled with both on-track drama and some very uncomfortable moments between team-mates. The biggest of these was of course between first and second place finishers Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber of Red Bull [...]
Today’s news story on the possibility of Honda returning to Formula 1 got me thinking a little bit about F1′s “good old days”. It also got my thinking about an absolutely mind-blowing diecast model I came across in Tokyo a couple weeks ago and I thought you guys might want to check it out. This [...]
If reports out of the Formula 1 circle are true, we may be seeing one of the greatest engine and chassis combos in F1 history return. Word has it that Honda will become the engine supplier for McLaren’s F1 team beginning in 2015. Neither party has confirmed the reports, but it seems F1′s move to [...]
More...Following on from our introduction, this montage shows off some perfect video examples of the cars in question: on the edge, over the edge. Dust, fire, snow, smoke, cheering. Wings and bodywork barely held on. Battling oversteer, barriers, the elements, the crowd.
If you want to see just how dangerous Group B was, go to 1m20 in and the Lancia 037 jumping over a crest and into a sea of people, who organically open up as the car lands before closing in behind. Or at 2m36s when the T16′s tail drift causes fans to nonchalantly jump out of the way. It was expected! You’re up front for the best view, you take your chances.
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The Autosport International show at the Birmingham NEC in the UK is one of the biggest shows of its kind in the world, dedicated to competition cars and the plethora of industries that support them. It’s a show that isn’t specifically directed at the public: that comes more as a convenient cherry on top of [...]
While it’s already been over forty-eight hours since I left the Las Vegas Convention Center, I can still feel the effects of the SEMA show, both mentally and physically. It’s that one-week jam-packed full of cars, parts, people and parties that those of us who work in the tuning industry will spend the next 362 [...]
Working with Speedhunters has been a life changing experience. I often wake up smiling, thinking how did I get so lucky to end up with my dream job straight out of college. It can however be an intimidating experience too. Sometimes the notion of writing a story that you’re not 100% confident in can be [...]
Dominating the automotive world this week is news of the passing of famed automotive designer Sergio Pininfarina at the age of 85. Pininfarina penned many of the world’s dream cars and is especially well known for his work with Ferrari over the years. It’s hard to understate the impact his work has had on people [...]
Want to get an idea of what it’s like to go from birth to the starting grid of Monaco Grand Prix in less than two minutes?
Check out this amazing piece that was aired as part of BBC’s coverage of the Monaco GP a few weeks back.
It’s one of the most memorable motorsports related clips I’ve seen in a long time.
-Mike
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We all have dreams and aspirations. Some may be bigger than others, but there is always that internal yearning nagging at our sub conscious on a regular basis. You might remember some time last year, we ran a series of stories entitled ‘Things To Do Before You Die’, a series of stories where we composed our own automotive bucket lists. Despite shooting motorsport for the best part of a decade now, I’ve never seen a contemporary Formula One car run in the metal before. For every single day I can remember throughout these years, I’ve only ever had one ambition – shooting F1. Last weekend, I finally ticked that item off my bucket list.
If there is one track that really qualifies as a Temple of Speed, it has to be Fuji Speedway. It might not have the long history of some of the legendary race circuits we have featured so far like Brooklands and Autodromo Nazionale Monza, but since its opening in December 1965 it has held an [...]
