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Nelson Piquet Jr.’s famous family name doesn’t quite have the same kind of clout in NASCAR as it does in the rest of the auto racing world.
Some of the baggage might have made its way here from overseas, though.
The son of a three-time Formula One champion, the Brazilian achieved his dream when he got an F1 ride of his own in 2008. But it ended in scandal after Piquet deliberately … More
A direct comparison between the speed of GT cars and F1 machines.
For the last two years the Sauber F1 Team mechanics have been using their downtime to slice a Formula One racing car lengthwise down the middle with the precision of true craftsmen. Chief Designer Matt Morris quite literally gets underneath the skin of the F1 car, pointing out where and how the individual components are located within the chassis. Everything is packed in pretty tightly. Sergio Pérez is also on hand to demonstrate the driver’s seating position.